Terrace open every evening· Sunday vermut from 12:00· Walk-ins welcome at the bar
Casa Oliva.El Born · Barcelona
Mediterranean kitchen · Since 2014

Wood fire,
olive oil,
long lunches.

A small Mediterranean kitchen behind Santa Maria del Mar. Everything grilled over olive wood, everything meant to be shared, and a wine list built almost entirely from small Catalan growers.

13:00 – 23:30Open today
24 seatsPlus 12 on the terrace
Banys Vells 7Two minutes from the basilica
Cocina
a la
brasa
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How we cook

Three things never change.

Olive wood, always

One grill, lit at eleven every morning. Nothing on the menu is finished any other way.

The market decides

Núria walks to the Barceloneta market twice a week. Whatever looks best becomes the special.

Small growers only

Forty-odd bottles, nearly all Catalan, nearly all from people we have actually met.

Dos
hermanas
Our story

Two sisters,
one grill.

Núria cooks, Alba runs the room. The menu is short because everything is cooked to order over olive wood, and the dining room is small because we like knowing who is at every table. We opened in 2014 with eighteen seats, a second-hand grill and a list of six wines.

Ten years later there are twenty-four seats, the same grill, and a list that finally needs a page of its own.

“If it doesn't taste of smoke, salt and olive oil, it doesn't leave the kitchen.”
Núria & AlbaFounders
Said about us

In print.

One of the few kitchens in El Born still cooking entirely over wood — and it shows in every plate.
Barcelona Table · 2025
The octopus alone is worth the queue. Come early, sit at the bar, order the vermut.
Ruta del Vermut · 2024
A wine list with no big names and no bad bottles. Ask Alba and stop reading.
Vins Catalans · 2025
The room

Come and see.

The grill, 11:40
Terrace, Banys Vells
Octopus, off the embers
The long table, set for sixteen
Sunday vermut at the bar
La mesa larga

The long table.

Sixteen seats at the back of the room, for birthdays, small weddings, company dinners or anyone who simply wants the whole grill to themselves.

  • SeatsUp to 16 people, one single table
  • MenuSet menu from €48 per person
  • WinePairing or by the bottle, your choice
  • BookingTwo weeks ahead, evenings only
Ask about the long table
Reservations

Come for lunch,
stay for the afternoon.

Tables for two to six online. For larger groups, the long table or the terrace, call us — we will always find something.

+34 93 000 00 14

Lunch13:00 – 16:00
Dinner20:00 – 23:30
MondayClosed
Finding us

Carrer dels Banys Vells.

AddressCarrer dels Banys Vells 708003 Barcelona · El Born
MetroJaume I (L4)Four minutes on foot
LunchTue – Sun · 13:00 – 16:00
DinnerTue – Sun · 20:00 – 23:30
ClosedMondaysAnd the first two weeks of August
Contact+34 93 000 00 14hola@casaoliva.es
Once a month

New menu, new bottles.

A short email when the carta changes and when we open bookings for the long table.

Find us Book a table
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