Maleducat

Creative Catalan · Eixample, Barcelona · €€€

The team behind this concept also launched Taberna Nardi. Creative Catalan cooking that surprises without losing identity — exciting interpretations of local, seasonal ingredients.

The Delekta Review

The name means 'rude' in Catalan — more precisely, 'bad-mannered' — which is perfect for a restaurant that cheerfully violates the conventions of polite dining. Chef Víctor Ródenas (ex-Caelis, Vía Veneto, DiverXO) teamed with brothers Marc and Ignasi Garcia to create a Sant Antoni room where evolved Catalan comfort food meets uninhibited hedonism: offal without apology, bold sauces, portions that don't negotiate. The short menu and daily blackboard specials shift constantly with whatever the kitchen pulled in that morning. Popularity has become its own problem — Ródenas has complained publicly about diners booking three places at once and deciding at the last minute, which tells you how many tables this room now moves. The fair critique is that sauces can occasionally swamp the ingredient underneath; the more common reaction is that the energy and sheer ambition make Maleducat one of the restaurants that currently defines what Barcelona dining looks like. The team went on to launch Taberna Nardi in the Born — same DNA, different address.

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Address
Carrer de Manso, 54, Eixample, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 936 04 67 53
Website
maleducat.es
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