Piropo Bistro
Vintage Spanish / Catalan · Gràcia, Barcelona · €€€
Open since 2026
Chef Quim Marqués's nostalgia project in Gràcia — 1980s Catalan and Spanish dishes reimagined three minutes from his earlier Santa Magdalena. Croquettes, vitello tonnato, macaroni with grapes; the menu plays unironically retro.
The Delekta Review
Chef Quim Marqués — previously ran Suquet del Almirante in Barceloneta; co-founded Santa Magdalena in Gràcia with daughter Paula Piropo opened in January 2026, just down the street from Santa Magdalena The name 'Piropo' is a Spanish compliment
Vintage 1980s Spanish-Catalan — comfort food rewritten with contemporary technique
Roast beef croquettes — with prunes, raisins, onion, tomato, cinnamon Vitello tonnato Macaroni with grapes and guanciale Catalan cheese board curated by affineur Caseus Whisky cake; flan
Tiled walls and floor, dim wine-and-amber tones — 34 seats
Wednesday to Sunday evenings; lunch Saturday and Sunday only
What the critics say
- TimeOut: Barcelona Restaurants featuring Homenatge
- ARA: Chef Quim Marqués Opens Restaurant
- 7 Caníbales: Quim Marqués Restaurants
- Piropo, la nueva apuesta de la familia Marquès
- El nuevo restaurante de cocina ochentera de Barcelona: platos gourmet de la mano del cocinero Quim Marqués
- Piropo Bistró | Macarfi
- 5 restaurantes de Barcelona donde la tradición se sirve con carácter (y sin pedir permiso)
- Restaurante Piropo, Gràcia, Barcelona
- B de gust: Piropo
Visit
- Address
- Carrer del Topazi, 18, Gràcia, 08012 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 936 66 50 55
- Website
- restaurante.covermanager.com/piropo-bistro
- Reservations
- Book a table
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