Sagardi
Basque Pintxos & Grilled Meats · El Born, Barcelona · €€€
Basque pintxos bar and grill restaurant. Outstanding txuletón (T-bone steak) and pintxos counter. Well-known for authentic Basque cuisine in Barcelona.
The Delekta Review
Sagardi near Santa María del Mar operates on two levels. At street level, a self-service pintxos bar where you grab a plate and browse 80+ constantly-refreshed options, counted by toothpick at roughly 2,80€ each. Upstairs, a grill restaurant where the txuletón — Basque T-bone sold by weight at 6€ per 100g — is the main event. Complimentary xoriço arrives as amuse-bouche. Croquetes of jamón ibèric, fried txistorra, grilled morcilla with piquillo peppers rank among the better bar plates. Part of the Grupo Sagardi chain — Iñaki López de Viñaspre's empire — and on a good night the self-service format is the closest Barcelona gets to actual Donostia pintxos culture. The fair critiques: 2,80€ per pintxo where comparable bars in San Sebastián charge half, service that runs rushed in peak tourist hours, occasionally a tough steak. Reliable rather than revelatory. A safe bet when you want Basque bites in the Gothic Quarter without doing research, which is sometimes exactly what you want.
What the critics say
- Sagardi Review - Fodor's Travel
- SAGARDI BCN Gòtic Restaurant Barcelona - GAYOT
- Sagardi BCN Gotic, Barcelona ~ Basque Pintxos in El Born
- Sagardi – Macarfi
- Sagardi – Bon Viveur
- Sagardi – Directo al Paladar
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de l'Argenteria, 62, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 933 19 99 93
- Website
- sagardi.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in El Born
- Orvay — Mediterranean & Wine Bar, €€
- 7 Portes — Catalan Seafood & Rice, €€€
- Llamber — Asturian Modern, €€€
- Cal Pep — Classic Tapas Bar, €€€
- Taberna Nardi — Seafood Bar, €€
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