Estimar Barcelona
Average price €80
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MICHELIN Guide selection 2021
- The MICHELIN Plate: Good cooking
- 1 couvert(s) Simple restaurant
MICHELIN Guide's Point Of View
An intimate restaurant that is somewhat tucked away but which has received many plaudits thanks to the passion for the sea shown by the Gotanegra ...
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En una hermosa callejuela del Born de las que parecen recién salidas de un cuento de hadas hallamos esta joya que apuesta por el mejor producto del mar. Un local pequeño, cuya reforma ha mantenido los elementos originales, de aire contemporáneo, sobrio y elegante sin perder ese toque informal que a menudo nos hace olvidar que nos encontramos ante un restaurante de alta cocina. Y es que Estimar ha sido, y con razón, una de las aperturas más sonadas de la Barcelona de los últimos años. Es ese restaurante íntimo y agradable, tanto para una cena de pareja como para una celebración familiar, un lugar con un servicio impecable y una cocina excepcional que responde a la inteligente máxima de menos es más, a veces tan cara de ver en la ciudad.
El chef andaluz Rafa Zafra regenta Estimar como si fuese su propia casa, pues el comedor y la cocina están totalmente integrados, y lo hace con una filosofía inequívoca: producto, producto y más producto. Y es que, pese a su juventud, el chef ha pasado por los fogones de establecimientos de gran nivel, que van desde Arzak a La Terraza del Casino. Numerosos años alejado de su Sevilla natal que le infirieron, si cabe, un amor aún mayor por los productos de su tierra y por la gastronomía andaluza, en especial la marinera. En su Estimar, Zafra escoge el mejor pescado entre los mejores y lo presenta prácticamente desnudo, sin adulterar, tratado de la mejor de las maneras, dejando que hable por sí solo y que el comensal descubra un universo de matices hasta el momento desconocido.
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Restaurant menu
- Average price €80
- Ensaladilla tradicional con bogavante del país
- €24
- Carpaccio de cigalitas y cebolla caramelizada "Homenaje al Bulli 1995"
- €21
- Mejillones a la vinagreta de encurtidos
- €14
Dietary options
Vegetarian dishesUser photos
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Ratings & Reviews
Excellent
Best restaurant in town by far. What Rafa, Anna and their team do at Estimar brings you to another level of food enjoyment: a mixture of out-of-this-world fish and shell-fish quality combined with top of the art technique and stone-built consistency. An absolute must
Amazing food. Exceptional service. Spot on wine list. Loved it.
The food and service were both outstanding. Best restaurant I’ve been to in Barcelona.
Incredibly fresh and expertly prepared seafood from Roses Spain. Estimar is now my wife's favorite restaurant in Barcelona. I see why.
Restaurante con un Chef enamorado del mar: pescados (rape & lubina) & mariscos suculentes. La comida se preparada con delicateza, los pescados cocinados en las brasas están deliciosos. Ambiente intimista que se agradece en pleno barrio del born.
Caro, pero lo vale
Espectacular
Outstanding product quality and service. If you enjoy the top treatment of product please try
Estimar is one of the best restaurants in Barcelona. Very good value for money. Always enjoy coming back!
My wife and I had a wonderful dinner at this very fine seafood restaurant. The Hostess Anna and Servers Tiffany and Gabriella were very helpful, friendly and professional. And the food was uniformly delicious. We highly recommend the shrimp carpaccio, the razor clams, the cantabrian anchoives with tomato bread, the percebes (barnacles) and the scorpion fish. A “don’t miss” restaurant every time we return to Barcelona!!! Enjoy!!!
Muy bien todo.
Best of the best.
Riquisimo, fresco, el postre delicioso...el ambiente super bien! Me encanto!
Exquisito y bien atendido
La repera
El pan gomoso
An absolutely delicious meal. The service was attentive with the staff going out of their way to ensure that we were pleased. Preparations were innovative, and it was a treat to watch the various cooks. A perfect evening.
The seafood is pristine. Really loved this restaurant. The cheesecake was the texture of cream caramel and one of the better desserts I have ever had.
A beautiful, intimate restaurant with an amazing staff that was only surpassed by the quality, creativity and uniqueness of the food.
Excellent fish and seafood ambience., high end priced.
More information
Opening time
Comida: de 13:00 a 15:30 (excepto lunes y domingo)
Cena: de 20:00 a 23:30 (excepto domingo)
How to get to the restaurant
Carrer de Sant Antoni dels Sombrerers, 3, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
Public transport
Metro Jaume I (L4)
Directions to get there
Born,
Features
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You can reserve the restaurant for a private event (Max. 20 people)
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