Ultramarins Riera
Creative Mediterranean · Sants, Barcelona · €€
Small, inventive neighbourhood bistro in Sants offering excellent tasting menus with local wine pairings. Always full — book ahead.
The Delekta Review
Ultramarins Riera is a minuscule neighbourhood bistrot in Sants — a handful of tables, a tasting menu that changes with the market, and the quiet ambition of a chef who has clearly decided serious cooking doesn't require a centre-of-town postcode. The wine pairing is a genuine strength: Catalan and small-producer bottles, many natural or low-intervention, matched with thought rather than reflex. The seasonal menu leans creative Mediterranean, with the kind of confident restraint that tells you the kitchen has nothing to prove. The room is small enough that the chef clocks every table and adjusts pacing accordingly — dinner feels personal without feeling performative. For Sants residents, this is the serious restaurant they don't have to leave the barri for. For visitors, it's worth the metro ride alone. Reservations are essential — the place is always full, which is its own review.
What the critics say
- Ultramarins Riera
- Ultramarins Riera – ViaMichelin
- Ultramarins Riera – Macarfi
- Ultramarins Riera – La Vanguardia (Comer)
- Ultramarins Riera – El Periódico de Catalunya
Visit
- Address
- Carrer Daoiz i Velarde, 15, Sants-Montjuïc, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 931 30 44 29
- Website
- ultramarinsriera.cat
- Reservations
- Book a table
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