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The Santa Anna shopfront in 1966, drawn: the screen wall with its enamel signs, the pastry counter, a waiter carrying two beers and a full dining room
The Santa Anna shopfront today, drawn: the black frontage, the tapas counter and the dining room behind
Paella Tapas Since 1929 Groups La Rambla 30 metres Book a table

Santa Anna Restaurant

The same family, on the same street, since 1929

Carrer de Santa Anna, 8. Thirty metres from La Rambla. Founded by Josep Vila and run by his family ever since.

Paella Tapas Since 1929 Groups La Rambla 30 metres Book a table

Our paella dishes

Paella de marisco, Homemade paellasMusselsPrawnLangoustineClamsSeafood paella
Paella de verduras, Homemade paellasGreen beansPepperGreen asparagusPeasVegetable paella
Paella de pollo, Homemade paellasGreen beansChickenArtichokePeasChicken paella
Paella mixta, Homemade paellasPork ribCuttlefishPrawnChickenMixed paella
Arroz negro, Homemade paellasCuttlefishSquid inkPrawnsClamsBlack rice
Paella de pulpo, Homemade paellasPrawnsOctopusCuttlefishOctopus paella
Fideua catalana, Homemade paellasNoodlesPrawnsCuttlefishCatalan fideuà

People come here for the paella.

People like our paellas because they're homemade. We make them here, one pan at a time, and that's why they taste the way they should.

Market produce, time and skill, nothing else. That's the secret of the honest price we offer our customers.

At midday the people who work in the neighbourhood have lunch. In the evening, people passing through Barcelona have dinner. The same table and the same dishes for everyone.

And we make them for one person, with no minimum of two.

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Tapas in the Gothic Quarter

Here, sharing is a philosophy: everything goes to the middle of the table, and it keeps coming until nobody's hungry. Pan con tomate, bravas, croquetones de jamón, gambas al ajillo still sizzling when they land. Authentic tapas, the way a Spanish restaurant in Barcelona serves them.

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A Catalan restaurant in the Gothic Quarter

Santa Anna is a family restaurant serving Catalan cuisine in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, run by the same family since 1929: one of the traditional Catalan restaurants of the old town.

The house started out as a delicatessen with a bar, and the grill and the restaurant came later. It sold cold cuts, cured sausage, cheese, butter from the Pyrenees, game and pastries. The cold meats Josep Vila cured himself made his name, and they were what brought the customers in.

Discover our story

The frontage in 1966: the enamel ovals reading tapas, bocadillos calientes, pizzería, pastelería, helados and típicos, and the set lunch board at 400 pesetas.The interior in black and white: hams hanging above the counter, shelves stacked with tins and bottles, and the staff behind the counter.The frontage with its blue Restaurant Santa Anna sign and two blackboards on the pavement pricing breakfasts and churros with chocolate in pesetas.The tapas counter before the renovation: trays in the glass case, wooden stools, and the price boards in pesetas on the wall behind.The frontage today: the black Santa Anna sign, the glass front with people eating inside, and the pavement blackboard listing the paellas and black rice.
Carrer de Santa Anna, 1966Inside the shop, around 1935The frontage, around 1985The counter, around 1985The frontage, 2026

Eating with a group

From €22

For ten people or more,at a fixed price per person.

Tax includedBooked by telephone

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Two long tables laid for about sixteen people, with blue linen and wine glasses.

30 metres from Las Ramblas

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We take bookings by telephone, every day.

933 18 63 36

Email reservas@restaurantsantaanna.com

The marble bar with the hams hanging over it, and the dining room behind, with people eating.