Mae
Creative Asian-Mediterranean · Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona · €€€€
Awards: ★ Michelin · 1 Sol Repsol
Open since 2023
Earned its first Michelin star in 2025 — the project of three friends in the former Freixa Tradició room in Sant Gervasi. Chefs Germán Espinosa (Spanish) and Diego Mondragón (Colombian) cook a Mediterranean–Latin American fusion they call sincretisme; Mariella Rodríguez (Costa Rican) runs the floor.
The Delekta Review
First Michelin star awarded 2025
Three founders from different cultures: chef Germán Espinosa (Spain), chef Diego Mondragón (Colombia), and manager Mariella Rodríguez (Costa Rica) Opened in the former Freixa Tradició room in Sant Gervasi
Two tasting menus: Menu Mae (€95) and Menu Gran Mae (€130) — prices rose post-star from €65/€95 'Sincretismo' philosophy — Mediterranean and Latin American flavours fused with technique rather than novelty
Maresme tomato with almonds and ají amarillo. Cauliflower foam with spider crab (changurro) and mussel gelée with fresh herbs. Kombu-cured sea bass with lulo fruit infusion and radish. Lamb rack with Jerusalem artichoke (tupinambo).
Carrer de Sant Elies in Sant Gervasi — small dining room, formerly Freixa Tradició; cinematic plating with substance underneath
What the critics say
- MAE Barcelona – Barcelona - MICHELIN Guide Restaurant
- Mae: the restaurant that fuses Barcelona and Costa Rica - Salir por Barcelona
- Mae Barcelona - elnacional.cat
- Mae
- MAE Barcelona | Macarfi
- Restaurante Mae (Barcelona): cocina mediterránea
- Mae, una mirada a América desde el Mediterráneo
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de Sant Elies, 22, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08006 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- 645 73 62 83
- Website
- maebcn.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
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- El Pescadito de Mandri — Seafood / Fried Fish, €€€
- Barra Alta — Modern Spanish, €€€
- Bar Tomás — Tapas & Bravas, €€
- Tram-Tram — French-Catalan, €€€
- Vivanda — Fine Dining Catalan, €€€
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- Orvay — Mediterranean & Wine Bar, El Born, €€
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