Tapas 24
Creative Tapas · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
Carles Abellan's (ex-elBulli) basement tapas bar near Passeig de Gràcia. Bikini trufado, roast chicken croquettes, and bravas that redefined Barcelona tapas since 2006.
The Delekta Review
Tapas 24 is Carles Abellan's statement that high technique and a basement bar are not mutually exclusive. The man spent fifteen years at elBulli, earned a Michelin star at Comerç 24, and then in 2006 opened this deliberately casual counter on Diputació — strip lights, high stools, a near-permanent queue — to cook tapas that look simple and taste like the product of someone who understands molecular gastronomy but chooses not to show off. The bikini trufado is the calling card: a ham-and-cheese toastie elevated with truffle that originated at elBulli and somehow works better here. The bravas and the bomba are textbook. Twenty years in, the place still fills every service, still draws kitchen professionals on their nights off, and still charges prices that make the quality feel like a favour.
What the critics say
- Tapas 24 – The Infatuation
- Tapas 24 – Macarfi
- Tapas 24 – FoodBarcelona
- Tapas 24 cumple 20 años – Huley & Mantel
- Este es el mejor restaurante para ir de tapas en Barcelona según 'Joc de Cartes'
- El mejor bar de tapas de Barcelona según el chef José Andrés: "Sirven uno de los mejores sándwiches del mundo"
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de la Diputació, 269, Eixample, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 88 09 77
- Website
- tapas24.es/en
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in Eixample
- Batea — Seafood, €€€
- Besta — Seasonal Seafood Bistro, €€€
- Mordisco — Modern Mediterranean, €€€
- Embat — Bistronomic Mediterranean, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, €€€
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- Bar Mut — Classic Spanish Tapas & Wine, Eixample, €€€
- Bar La Plata — Tapas, Barri Gòtic, €€