La Balmesina is three friends from the Veneto: Massimo Morbi on the oven, Mattia Ciresola running the kitchen and Alessandro Zangrossi out front, with the name taken from the address on Carrer de Balmes. The dough is sourdough on organic flour with a prefermento and a long ferment, offered in a classic version and a whole-spelt one. The menu leans Catalan as often as Italian: the Sucabaruca puts butifarra on squash cream, and the Manel skips cheese entirely for anchovies, capers and black olives.
Services & facilities
Dine-inTakeawayReservations
Opening hours
- Mon–Sun 13:00–15:30, 19:30–22:30
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Reviews
4.4
Good
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Jordan MacMahon 3 months ago5.0
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Lesley Mercer-Medeiros 7 months ago5.0
Pizza was fabulous. Definitely be sure to reservation, even for lunch as we had to wait a day to get a table! The pizza was packed with flavor and fresh ingredients. The service was mediocre - I would have liked a wine list and it seems some people were brought bread to their table and others not. Definitely recommend the pizza though - a great find in Barcelona!
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Oğuzhan Gültekin 4 months ago5.0
The Nduja sauce Calabria pizza I chose was absolutely perfect. Even though the dough was long-fermented, it was thin in the center, well balanced, and still wonderfully crispy. The quality of the ingredients and the harmony of flavors were excellent. With its friendly atmosphere and pleasant presentation, this is definitely a place pizza lovers should come back to
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Explorer Angelina 6 months ago5.0
Pizza was good but I can’t say super extraordinary. This place been in my wishlist for a while but in real it’s 4/5. Solid. The negative thing was that guy said they had reserve for our place after 1.5 hours and we had to move to other table. We had nice conversation so it was fine. But in general it’s not nice to do that.
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Marc Berry 11 months ago3.0
Nice pizza - kept hearing about how good this place is - and it's ok. The pizza is quite good and the place is nice. We had some good and some average starters, and 3 pizzas. Having been told this is the best pizza in Barcelona, I was quite disappointed. I would give it 4 stars if it wasn't so expensive, so have marked it down. €100 for 3 pizzas, 2 starters and 4 drinks. There are many many better pizzas everywhere. The place is nice, the service is good and we enjoyed it, but i wouldn't go again by my choice.
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A S 4 months ago5.0
La Balmesina absolutely lives up to the hype. The pizza is everything you want from a great Neapolitan-style pizza. The Amatriciana pizza was sublime, and as was the tiramisu. These and a drink all for the reasonable price of around €20.
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Fredrick Tannennadel 6 months ago5.0
We had a reservation at 19:30 and they weren't ready for service in time. Apart from that the service was friendly and fast and the pizza was authentic and delicious! The back of the restaurant doesn't have any windows, so the interior isn't so nice. Also the tiramisu isn't too great either.
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Zhasi Kirilova 2 months ago5.0
One of the most delicious pizzas i’ve ever eaten. Full of taste, crispy and enjoyable. The tiramisu was also one of the best. The creme was soo soft and melting in your mouth.
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Jann M 4 months ago5.0
I recently visited La Balmesina in Barcelona and had a very enjoyable experience. The pizzas were delicious and you can really tell that they use fresh high-quality ingredients. What stood out to me most were the creative and interesting
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Kim R 4 months ago5.0
Delicious, fast, friendly, consistent. Best pizza I’ve had in Barcelona and toe to toe with any I’ve had in Napoli or elsewhere. Reservation highly recommended!
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lee vicky 4 months ago5.0
Great atmosphere, friendly service, and delicious pizza. Everything was served quickly, and the pizza was honestly one of the best we’ve had in a long time. Looking forward to coming back!
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SaladDaysSally3.0
It Will Do. This writer is shaking her head. Why wasn't this more of a winner? On our December trip to Barcelona, we visited this pizzeria, because it was ranked as #11 on the Top 50 Pizzerias in Europe List. We made a reservation, yet we waited about ten minutes for our table upon our on-time arrival. We were seated at a high-top table in the front / bar area, not at a "regular" table. Staff was slow to come by to take our orders. Eventually, we flagged someone down to bring water to our table. The water was not refilled. Modest decor. Prices scraped the high-end of mid-range for pizza. The unremarkable menu, unevenly baked pizza (see photo), unremarkable salad, and inattentive, slow service all added up to our first disappointment regarding an establishment on the Top Pizzerias Lists. The restaurant was clean and in a safe neighborhood, so you would be fine going there, but your meal, if it is like ours, certainly will not be average and not as one would expect from being named as one of the best. Ah well. Can't win them all.
