Semproniana
Creative Catalan · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
Awards: 1 Sol Repsol · Michelin Selection
Ada Parellada's colourful Eixample institution since 1993. Seventh-generation Catalan cooking reimagined with creativity, sustainability, and zero waste. 1 Sol Repsol.
The Delekta Review
Ada Parellada comes from seven generations of restaurateurs — the Parellada family has fed people since 1714 at the Fonda Europa de Granollers — and Semproniana is her declaration that tradition and invention are the same thing. The canelons de butifarra negra take a classic Catalan format and fill it with blood sausage; the result tastes like something your grandmother would have made if she'd been bolder. The rabbit with chocolate, the cod with honey and rosemary, the scallops with sea urchin — everything on the menu is familiar and surprising at once. Dishes come in three sizes (S, M, XL), which is either a gimmick or a genuinely generous idea, depending on how hungry you are. The room is a riot of colour — Modernist floors, eclectic decoration, the energy of a house that's been loved for thirty years. Repsol Solete. Parellada has said she may close before turning seventy, so don't wait.
What the critics say
- Semproniana – Guía Repsol (1 Sol)
- Semproniana – Macarfi
- Semproniana – Time Out Barcelona
- La ciudad cerca de Barcelona donde nació Ada Parellada y su familia es dueña de un emblemático restaurante: "Es un lugar maravilloso"
Visit
- Address
- Carrer del Rosselló, 148, Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 53 18 20
- Website
- semproniana.net
- Reservations
- Book a table
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