{"id":361,"date":"2009-05-22T10:54:20","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T09:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noexpert.co.uk\/?p=361"},"modified":"2021-10-31T22:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T22:28:32","slug":"el-celler-de-can-roca-numbers-do-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=361","title":{"rendered":"El Celler De Can Roca – numbers do lie!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The S.Pellegrino World’s Best <\/a>Restaurants list<\/a> rates El Celler De Can Roca <\/a>as number 5,\u00a0not that the place is bad, far from it. It is just that I haven’t been to all the best restaurants in the world yet, and this one already is not in my top 5.\u00a0 Actually I should have know better than trust this list, as last year I visited number 11 L’Astrance in Paris, again not bad – but not really worth in my view the\u00a0acolades it receives. Plus this year Restaurant Gordon Ramsay – Royal Hospital Road <\/a>in Chelsea did not even make the top 100, and that is most definately in\u00a0my top 10.<\/p>\n

El Celler De Can Roca is out in the suburbs of Girona<\/a>, so about 1 hour on the train from Barcelona, then a 10-15 minute taxi ride.\u00a0 It is a very stylish venue, and they had some nice touches, the one I especially approved off, was the complimentary Cava and water (not that we did not really pay for it in the bill – as El Celler De Can Roca is not cheap). This is a much nicer approach than staff pushing you to buy a glass of overpriced Champagne before your meal (one of my pet hates).<\/p>\n

An easier alternative in the Roca Brothers empire, is to just stay in Barcelona and go to their restaurant at Hotel Omm <\/a>, Moo.<\/p>\n