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Can Culleretes

Can Culleretes gives 1786 as its year and calls itself the oldest restaurant in Catalonia. It began as a shop serving hot chocolate in the Carrer d'en Quintana, and has served Catalan cooking to the city for most of the two centuries since.

What it is
Restaurant
Opened
1786, by its own account
Area
Gothic Quarter
Nearest museum
Picasso Museum, 700 m

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    What Can Culleretes is known for

    1. A chocolate house

      By its own account it opened in 1786 as a house that served hot chocolate, and became a restaurant under the Regàs family, who bought it about 1890.

    2. The same family since 1958

      The Agut and Manubens family bought it in 1958 and still run it.

    3. The rooms

      The dining rooms have beamed ceilings, iron chandeliers and walls hung close with framed photographs and drawings.

    What to know

    • The sign over the door carries the date 1786
    • The building is listed as a cultural asset of the city
    • It is on a lane a minute from La Rambla, by the Liceu

    Where Can Culleretes is

    Address

    Carrer d'en Quintana 5
    08002 Barcelona, Spain

    Nearest station

    Liceu, on line 3, about two minutes away

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

    On the Carrer d'en Quintana since 1786

    The house gives 1786 as the year a chocolate house opened at number 5 of the Carrer d'en Quintana. The Regàs family made it a restaurant at the end of the nineteenth century.

    After the Civil War it passed to the hoteliers' union, and in 1958 to the Agut and Manubens family, who run it still.

    Can Culleretes: common questions

    Where is Can Culleretes?
    At Carrer d'en Quintana 5, in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona. The nearest station is Liceu, on line 3, about two minutes away.
    Which museums and sights are near Can Culleretes?
    Picasso Museum is 700 m away, Palau de la Música Catalana is 700 m away, Casa Batlló is 1.4 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
    What is Can Culleretes known for?
    A chocolate house, The same family since 1958, The rooms. The oldest restaurant in Barcelona by its own account, on a lane off La Rambla since 1786, first a chocolate house and later a dining room.
    When did Can Culleretes open?
    In 1786, by its own account. The sign over the door carries the date 1786.

    What visitors say about Can Culleretes

    Rating from Google

    4.3

    6,925 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 25 October 2026.

    Read every review on Google

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