Can Jubany

Is Can Jubany worth the drive to Calldetenes?

Yes — and the answer gets clearer once you understand what you are booking. Can Jubany is a farmhouse restaurant in a small town outside Vic, about an hour north of Barcelona, that has held a consistent position among Europe's serious dining destinations for years. If you are planning a special occasion meal in Catalonia and want something that delivers real cooking in a setting with genuine character, Can Jubany belongs on your shortlist alongside El Celler de Can Roca in Girona and Cocina Hermanos Torres in Barcelona. La Liste scored it 92.5 points in 2025 and 92 points in 2026.

The restaurant and what to expect

Can Jubany opened in 1995 when Nando Jubany and Anna Orte converted a farmhouse in Calldetenes into a restaurant. The building sits alongside a working vegetable garden that supplies the kitchen directly, which means what arrives on the plate is closely tied to what is growing on the property. The entrance gives you a view of that garden and the kitchen before you reach the dining rooms, which read as rustic-contemporary: stone and timber with enough refinement to feel appropriate for a celebration rather than a casual lunch stop.

Inside, the space divides into several rooms, a post-dinner drinks area, a chef's table positioned at the kitchen. For a special occasion, the chef's table is worth requesting specifically — it puts you closest to the action and gives the meal a different quality of attention. The atmosphere is warm rather than formal, which makes it work for both a significant birthday dinner and a serious business meal where you want the setting to do some of the work without being stiff about it.

The kitchen runs on the logic of Catalan ingredients treated with contemporary technique. The vegetable garden is not decorative, it shapes the menu in measurable ways, the proximity of the garden to the kitchen means the gap between harvest and plate is as short as it gets. The scent that reaches the table from the kitchen reflects that: garden-forward, clean, with the kind of depth that comes from produce cooked at the right moment rather than stored and retrieved.

What you will eat

Can Jubany offers an à la carte option alongside two set menus: "A stroll around Catalunya" and "The Great Can Jubany Feast." Documented dishes from the award records include dry rice with sea cucumber and crayfish broth, roasted suckling pig with seasonal garden vegetables, grilled tuna belly with fruit and salt from bacalhau, sea cucumber with grilled bacon and onion from Figueres, cannelloni of roast chicken with creamy mussels. Dessert examples on record include vanilla brioche rum baba with ice cream. The cooking sits at the intersection of Catalan tradition and contemporary precision, not avant-garde for its own sake, but not playing it safe either.

The à la carte option is worth noting for diners who want control over pacing or are eating with someone who has dietary constraints. The set menus are the fuller expression of what the kitchen does, but the flexibility of à la carte makes Can Jubany more accessible for mixed-preference groups than many restaurants at this price tier.

On-site versus off-premise

Can Jubany is not a restaurant where the food travels well or where off-premise eating makes sense. The menu is built around live fire, garden timing, produce that needs to be served immediately. Dishes like dry rice with sea cucumber or roasted suckling pig are constructed around texture and temperature in ways that do not survive transport. If your question is whether to order delivery or takeout from Can Jubany, the answer is no, that is not what this kitchen does, attempting it would miss the point entirely. The experience is inseparable from the farmhouse setting, the pacing of the rooms, the proximity to the garden and kitchen. Book a table or skip it.

Know Before You Go

• Cuisine: Modern Catalan, Modern Cuisine
• Price: €€€€
• Location: Ctra. de Sant Hilari, s/n, 08506 Calldetenes, Barcelona, Spain
• Hours: Tuesday–Friday lunch 1:15 PM–3:30 PM; Wednesday–Saturday dinner 8:30 PM–10:00 PM; Monday and Sunday closed
• Booking difficulty: Easy
• Menus: À la carte plus two tasting menus, "A stroll around Catalunya" and "The Great Can Jubany Feast"
• Chef's table: Available; positioned directly beside the kitchen
• Getting there: Calldetenes is approximately one hour from Barcelona by car; public transport options to this rural location are limited
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