Tunateca Balfegó Espai Gastronòmic — Restaurant in Barcelona

Tunateca Balfegó is owned by the Balfegó company which sustainably farms bluefin tuna near Tarragona and distributes their fish to restaurants around the world.

Tunateca serves a tasting menu of their tuna served in both Japanese and Western preparations.

I loved my meal. The tuna is of the highest quality and all the preparations showcase the fish without overwhelming it.

Where else can you find a restaurant that serves an all tuna menu? Maybe in Japan. If you're visiting Barcelona, Tunateca is one of my top suggestions.

Some of the most interesting dishes:

Tuna carpaccio

Sashimi with 3 different cuts: akami, chutoro, otoro. I actually liked the chutoro the most, even more than otoro.

Tuna sobrassada

Paté with cured tuna heart

Stew of tuna cheek

I had the shorter tasting menu at €93, which is a great value.

The award-winning design of the dining room is creative yet tasteful in a Mediterranean theme with a school of tuna...

The tuna is worse than it was the first time I came shortly after it opened a few years ago.

The menu had changed and is plainly worse in terms of variety with some dishes unavailable but you’ll only be told if you try to order them.

I understand that the sustainability is a large part of the appeal, but the product needs to stand up and my most recent visit disappointed greatly in that respect.

The drinks offering is a bit shallow.

It’s well priced for what it is, and some of the people will be impressed by the product without realising that it can be levels better.

I am unlikely to return and would caution against visiting. I’d say that if you want to have bluefin, you should have it somewhere where the quality stands up. But if you want it at a fairly affordable price,...

WAAAY OVERRATED The place and ambiance is like eating at IKEA, nothing special. We went for the long degustation menu. The first phase (Japanese) was probably some of the BEST tuna based dishes I have ever had. HOWEVER, the FUSION phase was uneven at best and very confusing flavors. Probably 2-3 of the dishes we tried we left UNFINISHED. In fact 3 out 4 in our party thought they were plain BAD (and we have experience in gourmet restaurants). The dessert was also confusing.

While some of the meal was poor, the service was excellent and we felt well take care of (hence the 3 stars and not 2!)

Overall, more reputation than...