Yakumanka
Peruvian · Eixample, Barcelona · €€€
Yakumanka is Gastón Acurio's Barcelona outpost — a lively Peruvian cevichería in Eixample where head chef Tomás de la Paz runs Mediterranean product through rigorous Peruvian technique, from leche de tigre to tres leches.
The Delekta Review
Head chef Tomás de la Paz runs Acurio's formula with real conviction — Mediterranean product filtered through Peruvian technique, and the results land hard. The classic ceviche, built on Castelló prawns and a leche de tigre laced with Normandy oyster, is intense and deep in a way that sticks. The shaomai stuffed with northern Peruvian chupe, Iberian pork, and eel is the kind of dish that makes you question why ceviches get all the attention. The ají de gallina croquettes are addictive — order them early. Pisco sours, classic or mango, are non-negotiable. The room is warm, colourful, and packed at Saturday lunch — bar seats overlook the cold-prep kitchen, and the staff know the lore. At around €60 a head, sourcing line-caught wild fish over farmed or trawled justifies the price. The tres leches defies expectations: the kind of dessert you never finish, except here you do.
What the critics say
- Yakumanka – Macarfi
- El restaurant peruà de Barcelona que et farà enamorar – Mengem (Ara)
- Yakumanka Peruvian, Eixample – Foodie in Barcelona
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de València, 207, Eixample, Eixample, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 935 66 15 48
- Website
- yakumanka.com
- 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, €€€
More Peruvian in Barcelona
- Maymanta — Peruvian Fine Dining, Pedralbes, €€€€
- Lascar 74 — Peruvian Tapas, Poble Sec, €€
- Macambo — Contemporary Peruvian, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€€
- Mercado Central Taberna Cevichera — Peruvian / Ceviche Bar, Poble Sec, €€
- Nobu Barcelona — Japanese-Peruvian Fusion, Sants-Montjuïc, €€€€