Paco Meralgo
Seafood Tapas · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
Awards: Michelin Selection
Open since 2002
Eixample's Alta-Taberna seafood-tapas register since 2002 — corner of Muntaner and Còrsega, Michelin Selection at street prices. The name puns 'pa' comer algo'; the kitchen does what the boats land that morning, served fast across a marble bar.
The Delekta Review
Michelin classifies it at the single-€ price symbol — Selection-level cooking at neighborhood prices
Opened 2002 in the space previously occupied by Restaurant L'Olivé Part of the Grupo Olivé family of restaurants — sibling projects include Bar Cañete (Raval) and Barceloneta
Alta taberna: market-driven seafood tapas plus rice dishes at lunch — a single-principle menu (product, product, product) at street prices
Croquetas de sepia 'Obama' — the house signature Palamós prawns when in season, handled with minimal intervention Espardenyes (sea cucumbers) — once-humble fishermen's fare, now a delicacy Cod 'carpaccio' and txangurro (Galician crab) Pa amb tomàquet often cited among the city's best Calamares fritos, pimientos de Padrón, courgette flower with mozzarella, fried artichokes
Modern interior with a marble bar, high tables, stools, and large windows looking onto Eixample modernista facades Corner of Muntaner and Còrsega — a neighborhood crowd of well-heeled Eixample regulars
Open daily, lunch 13:00 and dinner 20:00 to past midnight; private dining room upstairs
What the critics say
- Paco Meralgo – MICHELIN Guide
- Paco Meralgo – Macarfi
- Paco Meralgo – Time Out Barcelona
- Paco Meralgo – Barcelona Food Experience
- Alta Taberna Paco Meralgo – Barcelona Navigator
- La "alta taberna" especializada en marisco a precio de calle que arrasa en Barcelona (y en la Guía Michelín)
Visit
- Address
- C/ de Muntaner, 171, Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 30 90 27
- Website
- restaurantpacomeralgo.com/en
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in Eixample
- Batea — Seafood, €€€
- Besta — Seasonal Seafood Bistro, €€€
- Mordisco — Modern Mediterranean, €€€
- Embat — Bistronomic Mediterranean, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, €€€
More Tapas in Barcelona
- La Cova Fumada — Traditional Catalan Tapas, Barceloneta, €
- Fino Bar — Wine Bar / Tapas, Gràcia, €€
- Bar Tomás — Tapas & Bravas, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€
- Bar Mut — Classic Spanish Tapas & Wine, Eixample, €€€
- Bar La Plata — Tapas, Barri Gòtic, €€