Mercado Central Taberna Cevichera
Peruvian / Ceviche Bar · Poble Sec, Barcelona · €€
Pablo Ortega's author cevicheria in the former Mano Rota space — over 10 ceviche varieties, a central bar with the cevichero in full view, and two decades of Peruvian pedigree.
The Delekta Review
Pablo Ortega has spent two decades cooking Peruvian food at the highest levels, and Mercado Central feels like the distillation of everything he has learned. Built around a central bar where ceviches are prepared in real time — no barriers, echoing 1990s Lima markets — the range is staggering: over ten varieties, from the classic apaltado with corvina and avocado to the carretillero, a street-cart punch of garlic, ginger, and chili. Beyond ceviche, the kitchen delivers lomo saltado, genuinely crispy chi jau kay fried chicken, and a seco de rape swapping beef for local monkfish. Pisco drives the cocktails. At around 40 euros a head, this is not tourist-trap Peruvian — it is the real thing.
What the critics say
- Abre Mercado Central, una cevichería de autor en Poble-Sec – Gastronomistas
- Authentic Peruvian food in the heart of the Poble-sec neighborhood – Ara.cat
- Mercado Central, el restaurante con mayor oferta de ceviches de Barcelona – BCN Foodie Guide
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de la Creu dels Molers, 4, Sants-Montjuïc, 08004 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 686 15 15 33
- Website
- instagram.com/mercadocentraltaberna
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in Poble Sec
- Xemei — Authentic Venetian, €€€
- Martínez — Seafood & Paella, €€€
- Quimet i Quimet — Montaditos & Conservas, €€
- Denassus — Wine Bar & Creative Plates, €€€
- Palo Cortao — Andalusian Tapas, €€