Shunka
Japanese / Sushi · Ciutat Vella, Barcelona · €€€
Awards: Guía Repsol
Open since 2001
Hideki Matsuhisa's first Barcelona sushi room — opened in 2001 in the Gothic Quarter, before he went on to open Michelin-starred Koy Shunka. Bare-bones traditional Japanese: sushi, sashimi, agedashi dofu, iwashi tataki.
The Delekta Review
Traditional Japanese — sushi, nigiri, sashimi, plus a short kitchen list of small plates Bare-bones aesthetic — no theatre, no flourish; the kitchen is the show
Hideki Matsuhisa's first Barcelona room, opened in 2001 in the Gothic Quarter — a long-running Japanese address tucked into the old city's tighter streets.
Unagi nigiri (€5.15) Agedashi dofu (€7.85) Iwashi tataki — seared sardines (€7.95)
Hideki Matsuhisa, born in Toyota, Japan (1972), arrived in Spain in 1997 Trained by his father, a Tokyo master sushi chef and restaurant owner Opened Shunka in 2001 with his wife, sister, and brother-in-law Later opened Koy Shunka (2008-2009), the gourmet sibling — and the first Japanese chef in Spain to earn a Michelin star
What the critics say
- Shunka Japanese is one of the best sushi restaurants in Barcelona - Foodie in Barcelona
- Time Out Barcelona — Shunka
- Shunka: la taberna de Miquel
- SHUNKA. (Barcelona)
- Shunka | Macarfi
- Shunka – Jot Down Cultural Magazine
- Shunka (Barcelona) | ComerJapones
- Si no és el millor restaurant japonès de Barcelona, poc n'hi falta (Shunka)
Visit
- Address
- Carrer dels Sagristans, 5, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 12 49 91
- Website
- koyshunka.com/KoyShunka/home_Shunka.html
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in Ciutat Vella
- El Chigre 1769 — Catalan-Asturian / Sidrería, €€
- Bar El Pollo — Basque/Tapas, €
- Kiosko Universal — Seafood, €€
- Arraval — Catalan, €€
- Time Out Market Barcelona — Food Hall, €€
More Sushi in Barcelona
- Arko — Brazilian-Japanese Sushi, Eixample, €€€€
- Sato i Tanaka — Japanese / Sushi Omakase, Eixample, €€€