:Disfrutar – Barcelona, Spain – 18/12/2025

Here’s a brief summary of my experience at Disfrutar.

What restaurant?
– Disfrutar, the number #1 restaurant of the world in 2024.

Where?
– L'Esquerra de l'Eixample in Barcelona, Spain.

Menu and prices?
– Classic menu, €315 per person.
– Wine pairing, €170 per person.

How many courses and how long does the whole thing take?
– 15 courses in the official menu, but some courses have more than one dish. In total you eat 23 dishes. Between 3 and 4 hours.

Pros
– Impeccable service: I haven’t been to a lot of 3-star restaurants (this was #6) but service was probably the best so far. The two people that conducted my service were very, very good at their jobs. Personable since the start, never mechanical, truly knowledgeable (and we asked a decent amount of questions) and really chill. Very professional but in a relaxed way. We manage to talk about their backgrounds like how does one get your job here? What did you do previously? And the chats were long and genuine. Both of them absolutely improved my experience.
– Exquisite, creative and delicious food: we kept being surprised with what we were served. By the flavours and especially by the textures. I don’t remember how many bites I took expecting one thing and it was something completely different/opposite of it. For example, the first dish is a cat tongue biscuit. Odds are you’ve probably had one before and know more or less what to expect but it turns out being entirely different than the “regular” concept. I won’t go into details to not spoil the experience but this sort of thing happened in many dishes throughout service.
– Affordable wine list and beverages in general: I’ve been charged €22 euros for a water and €9 for an espresso at a 2-star in Paris before. At Disfrutar? Regular priced water (€4.10)!!! Also, many high-end Michelin restaurants boast about their exclusive wine list and I’ve seen places charge €34 for a glass of the cheapest wine available. Disfrutar has an enormous wine list, with bottles ranging from €40 all the way to 4 digits. We had a €104 bottle that was fantastic and went really well with the service.

Cons
– Not the restaurant’s fault but one table with 6+ guests was pounding wine and being overly loud, so the dining room wasn’t the most quiet. Not that I enjoy/want complete silence, but I also don’t want people shouting.

Photos:
1) Lengua de gato gelada de mojito de pasión
2) Pétalos de rosa a la ginebra y frambuesa de lichi
3) Coca de hojaldre sin harina con trufa y burrata
4) Panchino relleno de caviar y crema agria
5) Pan con mantequilla ahumada aireada y caviar
6) Sándwich helado de gazpacho con guarnición olorosa de vinagre de Jerez
7) La Gilda del Disfrutar con caballa marinada
8) Hoja crujiente de setas con mantequilla de boletus
9) Escabeche de vinagre de setas cremoso con ostra
10) Pesto multiesférico con pistachos tiernos y anguila
11) Macarrones a la carbonara
12) Ensalada líquida y Polvorón de tomate y Caviaroli de arbequina
13) Suquet de merluza con cappuccino de suquet
14) La gallina de los huevos de oro: huevo frito de crustáceos
15) Tatin multiesférica de foie gras y maíz
16) Pichón con espaguete de alga kombu, amazake y almendra
17) Corazón de nuez con sidra casera ahumada al momento
18) Pepino Hoisin
19) Cornete de sésamo negro con yogur y fresitas
20) Manzana negra con helado de mantequilla noisette y hojaldre sin harina

Not pictured because of photo limit:
– Yema de huevo crujiente con gelatina caliente de setas
– Petit fours: Roca de piña con chocolate blanco; roca de té matcha; “marshmallow” de frambuesa; bombón líquido de chocolate y fruta de la pasión; mochi de fresa; algodón de violeta.

Overall I’d definitely recommend this place and I will come back next year to try their seasonal menu. It is in my opinion, still the best restaurant in town.