Montalbán – Casa Jose

This is a great little gem of a seafood restaurant. We had the cockles, the barnacles, the razor clams (nabajas) and the octopus and everything was delicious.
You’ll be hard pressed to find fresher seafood in Barcelona. One of my favorite dining experiences in a city with amazing food!
It’s not fancy, but simple fresh and delicious.

The seafood here is simply excellent. Montalban was in our airbnb host’s guidebook for best seafood and I can testify that it was an excellent recommendation. Everything was perfectly and simply cooked so that the natural flavours of the seafood could shine. Just a little salt, pepper, a splash of white wine, a lug of good I’ve oil and a squeeze of fresh lemon were all that this restaurant uses to prepare their seafood– and that’s all it needs.
I highly recommend the razor clams and the octopus. Both were amazing. We also had the cockles and the calamari. These were expertly done but we may have ordered too much food, because we weren’t able to finish the octopus although it was the best we’ve ever had. Despite not speaking English and my Spanish (which has presently is half French after 10 days in France), the server was kind enough to pack up our remaining octopus to that we could enjoy later. It was too good to waste.
If you love seafood, and I mean really really good fresh seafood cooked market style, then make the trip to Montalban in Poble Sec. It’s not the cheapest seafood dinner, but it was one of the best and we’ll worth it!

Es de esos lugares que aunque gastes un poco más de dinero piensas que es un regalo que de vez en cuando te mereces. Es un local muy pequeño y por ello super familiar, donde tienes la sensación, agradable eso sí, de estar comiendo casi con los camareros y los cocineros. Es un local gallego, y a mí me encanta como cocinan en Galicia, suave pero sabroso. Aquí se come pescado muy fresco. Lo mejor es pedirse varios platos para picar, sobre todo porque querrías probarlo todo. Las navajas, las gambas y los berberechos son de lo mejor que he probado, y la gran estrella es el pulpo gallego. Ya he dicho que barato no es pero de verdad vale la pena. Prepárate para gastarte unos 25 €.