The entire experience is a small shared counter facing the open kitchen — arguably the best balance of creativity, intimacy and value in the city. Catalan ingredients pushed through Asian technique. Began as a stall inside La Boqueria market and has since moved to Carrer de París, keeping the counter format that made its name.
Location
Eixample, Barcelona
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Plan Your Visit
Counter service
Order at counter, casual atmosphere
Insider Intel
The smoked cheesecake with green tea — on the menu since the original Direkte opened in 2018, and the chef calls it the oldest thing in the restaurant besides himself. The savoury courses rotate; it is a surprise tasting menu.
Book ahead; the counter is small and the whole restaurant is that counter.
Moved out of its original La Boqueria market stall to Carrer de París, keeping the counter format. Catalan ingredients through Asian technique.