Location
Ziryab is a cute little fusion tapas restaurant in the backstreets of Barcelona’s old medieval town. In 2018 it moved to Carrer Grunyí in the Born neighbourhood, adopting a new concept of Mediterranean tapas rather than the Middle Eastern fusion which was the tapas at its inception in 2012. It now sit hidden in a winding alleyway near the Picasso Museum on carrer de Montcada, the street that from the 17th century onwards was used for the rich merchants and noblemen of Barcelona to build their palaces, which were expansive, charming with welcoming inner courtyards and housed horse stables, servants quarters and rooms for entertaining visitors… these old palaces have now been converted into museums and galleries, and Ziryab is right round the corner, located itself in an old 16th century family palace, part of which was used as a stable. Ziryab’s tapas restaurant itself evokes the charm of this part of the old city with its brick walls, its high wooden beamed ceilings and eclectic personality.
