La Flauta
Catalan Tapas & Flautas · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
Open since 1984
Anchor restaurant of Grupo La Flauta — the Barcelona group that also runs Cervecería Catalana, Vinitus, Ciutat Comtal, and Bar Anxoita — La Flauta on Aribau has spent roughly forty years perfecting a single format: the flauta, a slim baguette sandwich with a crisp crust and tender crumb.
The Delekta Review
Open about forty years on Aribau — original location plus a Rambla Catalunya sibling, both running the same flautes-and-tapas formula Anchor of Grupo La Flauta — sister restaurants Cervecería Catalana, Vinitus (3 BCN+Madrid locations), Bar Anxoita, Bodega Anxoita, and Ciutat Comtal
Flute-shaped baguette sandwiches (flautes) carry the identity — fillings rotate by season but the bread is the constant: crisp outside, tender inside
Forty years on Aribau — traditional Eixample tapas bar, the kind of address that stays because the neighbourhood needs it.
Flautes filled with cured meats, jamón, grilled vegetables; bravas; croquetes; seasonal xipirones, wild mushrooms, wild asparagus
Closed Sundays and three weeks in August — peak hours mean queues outside, especially weekends
Quoted in
“Although the food is fresh and flavorsome, service can be brusque.” — Fodor's
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- Address
- Carrer d'Aribau, 23, Eixample, 08011 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 933 23 70 38
- Website
- laflautagroup.com