Noru Bar
Contemporary Japanese Ramen · Poblenou, Barcelona · €€
Daniel Benito's tiny Poblenou ramen bar. Four seasonal bowls that rotate — curry, laksa, tan tan, vegan — built on slow-cooked, uncompromising broths.
The Delekta Review
Daniel Benito — veteran of Gresca, Gaig and Mont Bar — distilled a lifetime of fine-dining technique into a counter with four ramen and nothing else. It works. The broths land somewhere between Tokyo orthodoxy and Southeast Asian swagger: a laksa-curry ramen that walks the line between coconut richness and Japanese restraint, a tan tan with proper sesame depth, a vegan bowl that doesn't feel like a consolation prize. The menu rotates with the seasons — lighter, brighter in summer; richer in winter. No reservations, so you queue at the door; lunch turns over fast. About €15 gets you fed. Easily the most interesting contemporary ramen in the city, and the reason Benito just opened a second shop in Gràcia.
What the critics say
- Noru Barcelona — Time Out Barcelona
- Noru, espectacular ramen bar — BCN Foodie Guide
- Noru Bar: El Rincón del Ramen en Poblenou — BCN Cool Hunter
- El bar de ramen de Barcelona que triunfa con solo cuatro platos — National Geographic Viajes
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de Pere IV, 152, Sant Martí, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 674 12 23 25
- Website
- noru.bar
Nearby restaurants in Poblenou
- Els Tres Porquets — Mediterranean Catalan Tapas, €€€
- Can Dende — Brazilian Brunch & Café, €€
- Atipical — Creative Mediterranean, €€
- Can Fisher — Seafood & Paella, €€€
- Can Recasens — Catalan Deli & Wine, €€
More Ramen in Barcelona
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- Ramen-Ya Hiro — Japanese Ramen, Eixample, €€
- Kobuta Ramen — Ramen & Japanese Tapas, Sants, €€
- Koku Kitchen Ramen — Japanese Ramen, El Born, €€
- Kanada-Ya — Japanese Tonkotsu Ramen, Eixample, €€