El Gran Cafè

9 Carrer d'Avinyó, Barcelona, 08036

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Opening times:

  • Mon - Thu: 7:30pm - 11:59pm
  • Fri, Sat: 7:30pm - 12:30am

Diner ratings

  • food: 7.4
  • value: 7.5
  • service: 7.8
  • based on 29 ratings
  • toilets: 7.7
  • ambience: 7.9
  • recommend: 7.6
  • overall rating: 7.7 

Party & group booking

Everyone knows El Gran Cafè, as it has been a Barcelona landmark since their grandmothers knew Picasso. The decor is so charming, with its authentic Modernista style, and the service so excellent that it leaves diners free to concentrate on enjoying themselves. There are several private rooms tucked away here and there, seating beteen 15 and 80 people maximum, so that there is bound to be a perfect space for your birthday, celebration, or corporate entertaining. Set menus includes dishes like Payes bread with smeared tomato, appetizers of baby squid Andalusian style, main course of duck confit with gratin potatoes, and dessert of chocolate with strawberries caramel. Fine wines. Great ambience

room information seating standing
Main Restaurant 1 - 160 -
Private Dining Room 1 12 - 15 -
Private Dining Room 2 15 - 20 -
Basement 25 - 30 -
Private Dining Room 3 70 - 80 -

About El Gran Cafè

A longtime favourite of Barcelonans, from the 1920s until the next century, probably, El Gran Cafè restaurant feels every bit like a Parisian Art Nouveau brasserie. The Modernista style is glamourous, with red velvet curtains, original paintings, statuettes, grand brass chandeliers, soaring pillars, live piano in the evenings and a balcony from which to survey the scene. You'll feel as if you're on a movie set. The menu is a careful selection of traditional Catalan dishes like Paella Costa Brava and French ones like steak tartare. People tend to return again and again, not least because the prices are moderate and the service superb.

Sample menu

Signature dish

Homemade croquettes

Sample dishes

  • To share:
  • Lamb Knuckle Segovian Style
  • Crème Catalan Mousse with Chocolate Fondant

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Snapshot

cuisine: Catalan, European
price: Under £25 | €28 | US$39
opening times:
Mon - Thu: 7:30pm - 11:59pm
Fri, Sat: 7:30pm - 12:30am

Essential information

Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. A credit card is required to reserve a table, if there is availability - this is simply to secure your booking, absolutely no money will be charged to the card except in the case of late cancellations. Late cancellations (within 48 hours of the reservation) and no-shows will incur a charge of 15 euros per person.

Diner reviews for El Gran Cafè

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25 Jun 2010

Reviewer :  Caroline Leach  -  grazer

The restaurant was a lovely venue. The meal sizes where good quality and great value for money. The waiters where very attentive and the private room was perfect for our group of 14. The portion size was quite large so if you have a smaller appetite one course will probably be enough. Fantastic experience.

  • overall: 9.0
  • food: 9
  • value: 9
  • service: 9
  • toilets: 9
  • ambience: 9
  • recommend: 9

14 Apr 2010

Reviewer :  EL  -  foodie

El Gran Cafe Barcelona 7/4/10 More french style than spanish. There were 4 of us and we had some excellent dishes and some poor ones, so choose carefully. My husband's rice and fish stew was excellent, but my Dubarry puree with clams was tasteless. Crema catalana was curdled. The atmosphere was lively with a live pianist and plenty of customers even early in the evening (many places do not even open until 8.30pm). The service was friendly but a little inefficient.

  • overall: 6.7
  • food: 6
  • value: 6
  • service: 6
  • toilets: 8
  • ambience: 8
  • recommend: 6

7 Apr 2010

Reviewer: (Anonymous)

The onion soup was terrible

  • overall: 5.8
  • food: 6
  • value: 5
  • service: 5
  • toilets: 6
  • ambience: 7
  • recommend: 6

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