I was lucky enough to get a table for dinner off the waitlist in March for June. The property is beautiful – modern yet comfortable due to the wooden elements and inner garden.

They hand you a huge menu with two options, we chose the feast menu with 20 courses for 295€ and the wine pairing for 150€. There were an endless number of small snacks before the actual dinner even started. My favorite dishes were the shrimp veloute, which had a very intense flavor, and the nettle dish, but I honestly loved every single dish. Also the desserts were in a league of their own. Not to mention the play dough dessert for which they infuse acutal play dough. It really is a lot of food and you get very full in the end.

The wine pairing was extraordinary, 17 glasses of phenomenal wines as half pours, you don’t get such a high class pairing for that money anywhere else. It started with a 1986 Gonzalez-Byass Añada Palo Cortado, which recently sold in an auction for 2000€ per bottle. I honestly can‘t remember every single wine, as you will definitely feel the alcohol towards the last third the pairing.

The service was flawless, we had different servers throughout the evening and all were excellent. Josep Roca also greeted each table, he seemed like a shy but very sweet guy! We even got a kitchen tour in the end, there are 30 cooks for 45 guests which is incredible if you think about it.

Overall, El Celler de Can Roca was the most complete and perfect fine dining experience I've had to date. It really is what one would expect from a three-star restaurant. Compared to Disfrutar, I personally found it more substantial food-wise and also like the atmosphere more.

On a site note, Girona is a beautiful city and is definitely worth a visit.