Contracorrent
Serious cooking, smart-value tasting menu, and one fixable blind spot
Contracorrent Gràcia feels like a chef-led place that’s trying to give us a lot without making it feel expensive. The tasting menu is the headline: a genuinely interesting price for a format that still respects product, technique, and pacing. We get the sense there’s a real cook behind it—someone who understands when to push and when to let ingredients speak.
What holds it back is the wine side, oddly. There’s no proper wine list to browse, and the day we went, the person looking after us couldn’t really help us choose with confidence. It’s a shame, because the contrast is stark: the owner (who wasn’t there that day) is a strong sommelier, and you can feel the place wants wine to matter. That gap turns a potential “great night” into a “really good dinner.”
Still, we’d go back. The kitchen earns it, the menu makes sense, and the weak point feels solvable—one better wine touch away from being a regular.
Clean: 7.5/10
Comfort: 8/10
Food: 8.5/10
Wine: 7/10
Service: 8/10
The Experience: 8/10
Price: 45€/pax
