elBulli1846 Museum

elBulli1846 Museum in Cala Montjoi, Roses, Spain, showcases the history and innovation of the renowned elBulli restaurant, offering insights into its culinary legacy.

Planning your visit

elBulli was the most influential restaurant of the past half-century. Ferran Adria's operation in a remote cove on the Costa Brava held three Michelin stars, was named the world's best restaurant five times, received two million reservation requests a year for 8,000 seats, and effectively invented modern avant-garde cooking — spherification, foams, the deconstruction of dishes — before closing voluntarily in 2011 at its peak.

elBulli1846, opened in 2023 on the original site at Cala Montjoi, is not a restaurant. It is a museum of the restaurant and of Adria's subsequent research into the theory of cooking and innovation, displaying the kitchen, the archive of dishes, the notebooks, equipment and the methodology.

The name refers to the 1,846 dishes created there.

Whether it satisfies depends on interest in the ideas rather than the food, since nothing is served.

Cala Montjoi is remote, reached by a winding road from Roses.

Bookable options are entry tickets. Current availability is shown below.