Pakta

Our verdict

Albert Adrià launched Pakta in 2013 on Carrer de Lleida, a street closer to the working-class rhythms of Paral·lel than to the tourist circuits of the Eixample, and the address alone signalled that this was not a project built on footfall. The concept was Nikkei, the Japanese-Peruvian culinary tradition that had been developing in Lima since the late nineteenth century, here interpreted through tasting menus that moved between ceviche, nigiri, and causa in a room designed with Japanese minimalism on one side and Peruvian textile colour on the other. A sushi bar anchored the space and kept the format intimate. Tasting menus were priced at 95€ and 130€, positioning Pakta firmly in Barcelona's upper tier of destination dining. The format was fixed: multi-course, no à la carte, with the kitchen setting the pace. That structure suited the Nikkei approach, where the sequencing of Japanese technique against Peruvian acidity and spice requires a controlled arc rather than individual plate selection. The restaurant closed in 2020, making it one of several Adrià projects whose run ended during that period, but its seven-year tenure left a documented mark on how Barcelona's fine-dining scene engaged with Latin American culinary traditions.