Disfrutar was opened in 2014 by three chefs trained at the legendary El Bulli: Mateu Casañas, Oriol Castro, and Eduard Xatruch. The name means "to enjoy" in Spanish, and it is a promise the restaurant executes with theatrical brilliance. This is not a restaurant that seeks to impress through restraint—it embraces spectacle, playfulness, and pure creative invention.
The 28-course tasting menu is a journey through the chefs' imagination. Courses arrive as visual and textural provocations—edible gardens, smoking presentations, dishes that confound expectations by transforming familiar ingredients into something entirely unexpected. Some courses are literally theatrical: prepared at your table, completed as you watch, or even played with like edible toys.
Despite the extravagance, there is discipline beneath the playfulness. Every course is technically masterful. Flavors are carefully balanced. The progression is thoughtfully designed to build anticipation and create narrative arcs across the meal. This is cooking that celebrates the absolute joy of eating while demonstrating technical mastery of the highest order.
Disfrutar occupies that rare space: it is simultaneously serious and celebratory, ambitious and generous, intellectually challenging and deeply fun. It ranks second globally on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list—a ranking it has occupied for multiple years. For those seeking a dining experience unlike any other, Disfrutar is essential.
