Since April 28, the Hotel Arts Barcelona has been hosting ROKA Barcelona, the contemporary Japanese cuisine restaurant with addresses in different cities around the world. Local guests and clients of the emblematic 5-star hotel can exclusively enjoy this ephemeral concept that will last the 2023 summer season.
ROKA, the brainchild of co-founder and creator Rainer Becker, initially launched in London in 2004 and has since expanded to four restaurants in the English capital, as well as locations in Dubai, Istanbul and more. Becker is widely known for being the first to bring robata grilling to Europe: a traditional Japanese cooking method inspired by fishermen cooking fish over charcoal on boats in the northern coastal waters of Japan.
The main kitchen, in sight and in the center, comes from this traditional charcoal grill, robata, whose origin dates back to the fishermen of northern Japan, who cooked the fish in the boats with different coals. Undoubtedly, an integral design element of the restaurant that the Japanese interior designer Noriyoshi Muramatsu has known how to use.
This new limited-time temple of gastronomy at the Hotel Arts Barcelona combines the successful Japanese robatayaki cooking concept, the technique of cooking over charcoal, together with his personal approach to modern gastronomy, with a love for the local flavors of the land. and the sea, and the seasonal product, present in all the gastronomic proposals of the iconic hotel.
Open seven days a week exclusively for dinner service, your menu cannot miss its exceptional Wagyu sushi with Oscietra caviar, yellowtail tuna sashimi with yuzu and truffle dressing, or king crab dumplings, black cod and prawns with roasted chili, impeccably presented. Among its dishes cooked on the robata grill, seafood, meat and vegetables stand out, such as the exquisite sea bream, miso and red onion fillet or the lamb chops with Korean spices and asparagus with sweet soy and sesame.
Equally sophisticated are its desserts, made with great skill, such as sweet miso crème bulée, roasted figs and pistachio ice cream. In addition, his menu has creative cocktails to relax while a DJ is in charge of putting music to the warm Mediterranean nights.
“We are extremely excited about the arrival of ROKA to the Hotel Arts and the city of Barcelona. ROKA is an unparalleled gastronomic experience that will combine very well with the culinary attractions that Barcelona offers, creating an incomparable concept”, says Andreas Oberoi, general director of the Hotel Arts Barcelona.
For his part, Sven Koch, CEO of Azumi Ltd, adds: “We are delighted to make ROKA's debut in Barcelona and to open the Hotel Arts Barcelona. The culinary scene in this city is so vibrant, in which we see ROKA as at home, even if only for a short time. We are looking forward to the start of the summer season”.
ROKA Barcelona thus completes the magnificent summer offer hosted by the Marina Coastal Club at the Hotel Arts Barcelona, the gastronomic destination par excellence in Barcelona, and joins the portfolio of restaurants of the ROKA Group, present in London (Charlotte Street, Shochu Lounge , Mayfair, Aldwych, Canary Wharf ), Dubai, Riyadh and Kuwait, the second being temporary in Spain, after the success of ROKA Mallorca.
