Semproniana
Creative Catalan · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
Awards: Repsol Solete
Open since 1993
Ada Parellada opened Semproniana in 1993 at 22, walking away from law school to bring her family's restaurant lineage to Eixample. Repsol Solete, S/M/XL portion sizes, and a kitchen that treats Catalan tradition as a starting point, not a script.
The Delekta Review
Creative Catalan — traditional formats reinterpreted; market-driven, with sustainability and zero-waste at the center Each dish offered in three sizes — S, M, XL — for appetite and budget Several set menus alongside the carta
Canelons de butifarra negra — Catalan cannelloni filled with black blood sausage Vieiras con setas y salsa de erizo de mar Arroz del Benere with sobrasada Delirium tremens — the kitchen's signature dessert
Ada Parellada opened Semproniana in 1993 at age 22, leaving law school in her fourth year Her great-great-grandmother Sila founded Granollers' Fonda Europa after losing everything in floods, arriving in town with two wineskins Fonda Europa still operates today, run by Ada's cousin Maria Antònia Ada also runs Gastrorecup — a network of 17 Catalan restaurants (including Michelin-starred kitchens) cooking from market discards
Catalan Modernist floors and eclectic, colourful décor Esquerra de l'Eixample, drawing more locals than tourists
Quoted in
“I'm an orchestra conductor: I don't play any instrument perfectly, but I know how they all sound.” — Ada Parellada · Metrópoli Abierta
What the critics say
- Semproniana | Guía Repsol
- 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"
- Parellada y el menú del día
- Del Giardinetto al Jardí de l'Ateneu, recorrido por los restaurantes más literarios de Barcelona
- La autora Lali Biosca publica un libro de relatos y recetas inspirados en el Mediterráneo
- B de gust: Semproniana
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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- Mordisco — Modern Mediterranean, €€€
- Embat — Bistronomic Mediterranean, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, €€€
More Catalan in Barcelona
- La Cova Fumada — Traditional Catalan Tapas, Barceloneta, €
- Agreste Mar — Italian-Catalan, Barri Gòtic, €€€
- Tram-Tram — French-Catalan, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€€
- Vivanda — Fine Dining Catalan, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€€
- Los Caracoles — Traditional Catalan, Barri Gòtic, €€€