Soluna

Japanese / Mediterranean Tasting · Eixample, Barcelona · €€€

Awards: Michelin Selection

Open since 2019

Teppei Nii's tasting-menu room beside the Hospital Clínic, opened late 2019 with his wife Diana Chen — eight years as Hideki Matsuhisa's right hand at Koy Shunka before the leap. Japanese technique laid over Mediterranean product: A5 wagyu with Maresme peas, scallop with caviar, and the now-emblematic okonomiyaki of cod kokotxas.

The Delekta Review

Tasting-menu only, no à la carte — short Soluna menu around €69 and longer Festival/Premium menu in the €100 band; both rotate every couple of months Japanese technique with Mediterranean product — not sushi, not izakaya; closer to what Philippe Regol called 'Japanese bistronomic', sitting above izakaya and below kaiseki Just one self-rolled temaki of red shrimp and scallop punctuates the menu — the closest the kitchen comes to a sushi-bar moment

Pizza japonesa de cocochas de bacalao — an Osaka okonomiyaki rebuilt around cod cheeks, katsuobushi and pil-pil; the house emblem across every reviewer Wagyu A5 Miyazaki — often with Maresme peas and miso, or with roasted piquillo peppers Bonito tataki with tosazu and kombu foam — a recurring opener through several seasons Lobster tataki in white-miso broth (miso-shiru); Gillardeau oyster with yuzu emulsion Scallop kani with caviar; razor clam marinated with enoki; sometimes a chirashi of Ebro Delta eel Taiyaki — the fish-shaped Osaka pastry, made to order to close

Teppei Nii grew up in Osaka, worked at Keisuke Matsushima's Michelin-starred room in Nice, then spent eight years as Hideki Matsuhisa's right hand at Koy Shunka in Barcelona before opening Soluna in late 2019 His wife Diana Chen co-founded the project and runs the floor; the name combines 'sol' and 'luna' — Hinata and Mitsuki, their two children

Six-seat marble bar facing the open kitchen — the prized seating — plus a handful of tables behind; sober wood, subtle light, dried-flower arrangements Four-person team — two in the kitchen, two on the floor — and a service register that critics describe as serene and unobtrusive Exterior gives no hint of what's inside; the entrance is famously understated

Address: Carrer de Casanova 157, l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample — next to the Hospital Clínic, three minutes from L5 Hospital Clínic Service Tue–Sat dinner from 20:30; lunch Thu–Sat from 13:30; closed Sunday and Monday Reservations via the house form at solunabcn.com/reservas (preferred), or by phone — the six-seat counter goes first, book early

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Address
Carrer de Casanova, 157, L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 930 10 01 39
Website
solunabcn.com
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