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Café Emma

4.1 (31 reviews)
ModerateFrench, Cafeteria
Open • 8:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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Romantic
Casual
Quiet
Outdoor seating

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Myra C.

Our local friend suggested this place... so we followed her lead; just a short walk from our hotel. Since we just had a complimentary breakfast at our hotel, we unfortunately did not have the pleasure of dining here. We did order a cappuccino; very strong but good if you like strong coffee. I liked it. We sat in the patio area, which was nice, but the restaurant itself is very charming. I hope we get to stop by one of these nights before we fly back home... Because our local friend raved about it. Customer service was super friendly.

This is the inside seating area.
Mary B.

We loved this place! It was one of few places open before 9 or 10 (at 8am) and we went for breakfast. They have a decent selection and it was the best eggs Benedict I have ever tasted! The waiter did not speak much English but he was understanding and patient. The inside seating area is beautiful and welcoming. I recommend!

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“I had the Iberian ham as a starter, the duck breast in orange sauce for the main course and the crepe suzette for dessert.”

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Disfrutar - Crispy Egg Yolk

Disfrutar

4.8(139 reviews)
1.3 km•L'Eixample
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Going to Barcelona , I had to make a pilgrimage to Disfrutar, the #1 restaurant in the world…read moreaccording to the 2024 world's 50 best list. Problem was, I tried to get reservations 7 months out and they were fully booked. So on the waitlist I went. Then my phone rings in Los Angeles at 3:30 am 2 months later. My wife is panicked like some emergency is happening....I spring awake as I hear Disfrutar on the other end, asking me if I could make a cancelation they just had on one of my dates I requested. Wow, best phone call I ever got in the middle of the night. So glad I happened to leave my cell next to my bed and forgot to silence it, The Foodie Gods work in mysterious ways. 1. Frozen Passionfruit Lady Finger with rum 2. Drop of rose petal water, then lychee frozen raspberry, followed by drop of rose petal water. Beet macaron that dissolves in your mouth like cotton candy. 3. They call it a "panchino" I would describe it as a baked Chinese bao bun filled with caviar and crème fresh. Served with truffle vodka. 4. Solid bubbles of smoked butter with caviar, the magnifying glass to appreciate the detail of the smoked butter, and the little person on the paper is a reminder to look towards th. It even has a shadow as it is a tiny pop up book. 5. Gazpacho sandwich. Rather than being soft, it had the texture of a light meringue, which left the familiar flavor of the traditional soup. Served with a scent of vinegar spray for you to smell before each bite 6. Deconstructed Gilda Pintxo with marinated mackerel. We were shown a photo of a traditional Gilda prior to being served theirs. Of course there was a surprise as the "olive" kind of exploded in your mouth and wasn't really an olive at all. 7. Flourless Coca (Catalan pastry) with Escalivada (Catalan relish of eggplant, peppers, onions, tomatoes, oil) and anchovy crème. The golden "caviar" on top was droplets of olive oil that burst nicely in your mouth. 8. Crunchy mushroom leaf. This had the intense flavor of a porcini mushroom soup, and incredibly delicate. 9. Crispy egg yolk with warm porcini and trumpet mushroom gelatin. Bite through the tempura, pour the yolk into the cup and eat side by side with the mushroom gelee. 10. Oxygenated mushroom broth with oyster mushroom and succulent. It tasted like cactus, meh. But everything else was delicious. 11. Multispherical pesto with pistachios and smoked eel. An iconic dish. Those aren't peas, it's a string of green pearls of pesto that turn into sauce to mix with the Parmesan sauce and smoked eel. 12. Macaroni alla carbonara. The clear pasta has the texture of pasta but is made with beef gelatin to add a nice extra flavor to each bite. This was one intense Parmesan cheesy cream sauce. 13. Liquid Salad and tomato Polvoron (which had a light spongy texture like a fine creamy chocolate) Olive oil pearls made a return on the tomato cookie. 14. Suquet fish stew deconstructed Hake White fish, with potato gnocchi saffron, parsley foam, potato cappuccino. A traditional Catalan dish in an untraditional way. 15. The Goose that laid the golden eggs: fried egg of crustacean. Fried egg white with a golden "egg yolk" that was actually a Thai red sweet chili crab sauce. With Thai peanut sauce, cilantro, shrimp, this is a very familiar flavor profile. 16. Multi spherical tatin of corn and foie. This is an illusion. You try to pick up a mirrored version of the dish. Beautiful sweet corn flavor offsetting the earthiness of the foie on a light crispy corn base. 17. Squab with amasake kombu spaghetti, rice sauce, almond sauce, and grape. Kombu is a Japanese edible kelp. Working the sauces from inside to out, grape at the end led towards the desert portion of the evening. 18. Served with a smoked apple cider, you crack a walnut, inside you wil find a small manchego cheese cube. As you reflect on how inedible the walnut shell is, the next dish.... 19. Musings on Walnuts. Disfrutar has found a way to make the walnut shell edible, fairly soft and left marinating in various ways over time to break down the shell and infusing it with various flavors without completely losing the walnut taste. The Idiazabal cheese foam held everything together. 20. Hoisin Cucumber. Candied pork rind, cucumber granita with mint. Like eating a mojito with a crunchy sweet hoisin sauce pork rind. Might be the best dish of the night. 21. Black sesame cornet. The next layers had strawberry and crème. Very delicate, eat it quick before it breaks into shards. 22. Black apple with noisette butter ice cream and flourless puff pastry. The black apple...they show you the aging process at different stages. They serve it at 60 months at which point it is kind of a brown fleshy goop, but such an intense flavor, almost booze like in nature, served warm and with butter ice cream. 23. Petit fours were served in the courtyard. Contained Pineapple rocks, strawberry mochi, raspberry marshmallow, matcha tea rock, chocolate and passion liquid bonbon, and cotton candy.

Amazing! Dining here…read moreis like tasting a painting - or eating a piece of music. It doesn't offer the cozy aroma of an Abuelas Spanish kitchen, but visually every dish is stunning.

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Ginette - Croquettes, codfish sticks, carrots

Ginette

5.0(5 reviews)
1.3 km•Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera-Born

I'm so glad we decided to venture out on a really rainy night to this place. Service is impeccable…read morewith cute knowledgeable young waiters who know their wine and obvs very passionate about the food itself. The restaurant itself is cozy, intimate and much bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside. It's styled like a whimsical French abode, but with bonus comfortable seats! (I've been to many a restaurants where the sofas look cute but are uncomfortable af to sit in.) Codfish sticks - this is a fish stick I'd happily eat for the rest of my life. The cod is cooked and battered perfectly. I made fun of SO for ordering this but I loved it Octopus - get. it. immediately! Croquettes - yummmm so flavorful and warm on the inside with a nice crunch on the outside Carrots - great but wish there was more honey on it! Black risotto with marinated cuttlefish - a little too salty but still good (the only minus) Big plus to the service, intimate setting and for recommending a great wine to us. My only regret was that we were so full that we didn't get dessert! Highly suggest anyone in Barcelona go visit!

So so good! The mango crevice here is amazing. They also…read moremake a foie gras plate that is also very very good. We liked everything we tried here and went back a couple different times on our trip to the area. The service was also really top notch and took very good care of us overall. I enjoyed a very crisp and delish white wine each evening I went with a variety of shared small plates.

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Ginette - Risotto with cuttlefish

Risotto with cuttlefish

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Café Emma - french - Updated November 2026

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