Quimet i Quimet
Montaditos & Conservas · Poble Sec, Barcelona · €€
Awards: 50Best Discovery
Standing-room-only legend since 1914, run by five generations of the same family. Montaditos assembled before your eyes with rare conservas and 500+ bottles lining the walls. One-hour maximum stay; a universally acclaimed Barcelona institution.
The Delekta Review
Five generations. Since 1914. A standing-room space in Poble Sec barely wider than a hallway, with bottles lining every wall from floor to ceiling. Quimet i Quimet is the most iconic tapas bar in Barcelona — a title many have claimed, and this one has earned. The montaditos — small, precisely assembled open-faced bites — are the legacy. The combinations sound improbable: tinned seafood with honey, yogurt, and olive oil; smoked salmon with cream cheese and truffled honey; foie with black olive caramel. They work. The genius is in the precision of the assembly: each montadito is a miniature composition made with premium conservas, artisan cheeses, and condiments that shouldn't go together but do. No sitting. No reservations. The bar is always full, and people pile in for vermut hour. At Poble Sec prices, it remains remarkably accessible. The fifth generation now runs the bar, and the 50Best Discovery nod is simply paperwork at this point.
What the critics say
- Quimet & Quimet, Barcelona's Best & Most Iconic Tapas Bar – Culinary Backstreets
- Quimet & Quimet Review – AFAR
- Quimet & Quimet – Barcelona Food Experience
- Quimet & Quimet – 50Best Discovery
- Quimet & Quimet - Review - El Poble-Sec - Barcelona - The Infatuation
- Quimet i Quimet – Macarfi
Visit
- Address
- Carrer del Poeta Cabanyes, 25, Sants-Montjuïc, 08004 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 42 31 42
Nearby restaurants in Poble Sec
- Xemei — Authentic Venetian, €€€
- Martínez — Seafood & Paella, €€€
- Denassus — Wine Bar & Creative Plates, €€€
- Palo Cortao — Andalusian Tapas, €€
- Taberna Noroeste — Galician Tapas, €€€