Restaurant in Vallromanes, Spain
Organic tasting menus, resort setting, near Barcelona.
Restaurante 1497 occupies the eco-certified Mas Salagros resort in Vallromanes, a short drive from Barcelona inside the protected Serralada Litoral. The kitchen builds its contemporary tasting menus around certified organic, seasonal ingredients drawn largely from the on-site kitchen garden and a network of local farmers. A Michelin Plate holder in both 2024 and 2025, it operates three distinct tasting menus served to the whole table.
Yes — if you want a tasting-menu dinner that takes organic, seasonally-driven cooking seriously within a hotel setting that actually justifies the detour. Restaurante 1497 sits inside Mas Salagros EcoResort, Spain's first 100% certified eco-hotel, in the protected Serralada Litoral hills outside Vallromanes. The room looks out over grounds that include the kitchen garden you can see from the entrance — the same garden that supplies a meaningful share of what lands on your plate. For a special occasion within 30 minutes of Barcelona, it is one of the more considered choices available at the €€€ price point.
Chef Flavio Costa runs three tasting menus , 1497, Albor, and Tierra , each served to the full table only, no mixing formats. The name 1497 references the year of the first historical documents relating to the farmhouse itself, and that grounding in place carries through to the food. The kitchen's technical emphasis is on certified seasonal, organic ingredients sourced from the on-site kitchen garden and committed local farmers. This is not a kitchen hiding behind provenance claims: the menus rotate with the seasons, and the ingredient sourcing framework , proximity, purity, certification , is structural rather than decorative. Michelin awarded the restaurant a Plate in both 2024 and 2025, recognising cooking of good quality. That is a meaningful baseline signal: not a star, but a clear marker that the food is competently executed and consistent. For this part of Catalonia at €€€ pricing, that credential matters.
The restaurant shares access with Cibus, a more informal sibling eatery specialising in grilled dishes and rice. If your group is split between wanting a full tasting experience and something more casual, knowing that Cibus exists as an alternative on the same property is practical information worth having before you book.
Restaurante 1497 is well-matched for couples celebrating anniversaries or birthdays who want a self-contained resort experience rather than a city-centre restaurant. The eco-hotel setting means you can stay on-site, which removes the logistics of a return drive to Barcelona after a long dinner. It also works for small business meals where the natural, unhurried setting does more atmospheric work than an urban dining room would. It is less suited to groups who want à la carte flexibility or who are primarily coming for wine depth , the wine programme is not detailed in available data, so do not assume cellar ambition to match the food ambition without checking directly with the venue.
| Detail | Restaurante 1497 | Cocina Hermanos Torres (Barcelona) | Can Poal (Vallromanes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price range | €€€ | €€€€ | Lower |
| Format | Tasting menus only (full table) | Tasting menus | Traditional à la carte |
| Setting | Eco-resort, rural hills | Urban Barcelona | Village, Vallromanes |
| Michelin recognition | Plate 2024, 2025 | 2 Stars | Not listed |
| Booking difficulty | Easy | Harder | Easy |
| Good for stays | Yes (on-site hotel) | No | No |
For local Vallromanes alternatives, Can Poal offers traditional Catalan cuisine at a lower price point, and Sant Miquel provides a more direct village dining option. Neither competes on the same contemporary tasting-menu format. See our full Vallromanes restaurants guide for broader coverage, and browse Vallromanes hotels, bars, wineries, and experiences if you are planning a longer stay in the area.
Restaurante 1497 operates at a different tier and price point than Spain's headline tasting-menu destinations. El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Quique Dacosta in Dénia, Arzak in San Sebastián, Azurmendi in Larrabetzu, and Aponiente in El Puerto de Santa María are all €€€€ operations with Michelin Stars and corresponding booking difficulty. 1497 is €€€, easier to book, and the right choice if the eco-resort setting and organic-sourcing philosophy are central to what you want rather than technical fireworks for their own sake.
Within Barcelona itself, Cocina Hermanos Torres is the stronger pick if you want 2-Star ambition and a city location. But if you are weighing a night or weekend away from Barcelona and want the meal embedded in a natural setting, 1497 makes more sense than driving further afield to Mugaritz or Martin Berasategui.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurante 1497 | Part of the EcoResort Mas Salagros, the first 100% eco-hotel in Spain and an oasis of peace and tranquillity in the protected Serralada Litoral area just a few minutes from Barcelona. The restaurant, the name of which is a nod to the year of the first documents relating to the main farm building, has a contemporary feel and shares access with the more informal Cibus eatery, which specialises in grilled and rice dishes. Here, the focus is on modern cooking that is based around certified seasonal, organic ingredients, for which seasonality, proximity and purity are key tenets (many of these are sourced from the kitchen garden by the entrance to the hotel as well as from local farmers committed to practices that respect nature). The experience is centred around three tasting menus served to the entire table only: 1497, Albor and Tierra, each with their distinct narrative that reflects the landscape, the seasons and a deep respect for provenance.; Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | €€€ | — |
| Quique Dacosta | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| El Celler de Can Roca | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Arzak | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Azurmendi | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Aponiente | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
Comparing your options in Vallromanes for this tier.
Book at least two to three weeks in advance, more if you're planning around a weekend or a stay at Mas Salagros. The restaurant operates within a boutique eco-resort outside Vallromanes, so demand is partly tied to hotel occupancy. If you're not staying on-site, call or email ahead to confirm availability for external diners.
The restaurant has a contemporary feel within an eco-resort setting, which points toward neat, relaxed dress rather than formal attire. Think polished casual: no need for a jacket or tie, but the three-course tasting menu format at €€€ pricing means you'll feel out of place in beachwear or activewear.
The entire table must choose one tasting menu — 1497, Albor, or Tierra — so align on format before you arrive. The kitchen focuses on certified organic, seasonal ingredients, many sourced from the on-site kitchen garden and local farmers. It also shares the Mas Salagros site with Cibus, a more informal grill and rice restaurant, which is worth knowing if someone in your group wants a lighter option.
Cibus, the sister restaurant on the same Mas Salagros property, covers grilled dishes and rice in a less formal format — it's the practical fallback if your group isn't aligned on a full tasting menu. For a city-based alternative with a similar organic focus near Barcelona, you'll need to head into the metropolitan area, where the contemporary dining scene is considerably broader.
Yes, it's well-suited to anniversaries and milestone dinners, particularly if you're combining it with a stay at Mas Salagros, Spain's first certified 100% eco-hotel. The tasting-menu-only format, organic provenance focus, and location in the protected Serralada Litoral area make it feel self-contained in a way a city restaurant can't replicate. If you want a big-city atmosphere or à la carte flexibility, it's not the right fit.
At €€€, it sits in a reasonable bracket for a tasting-menu restaurant with two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024, 2025) and a genuine organic sourcing commitment. The value case depends on whether the eco-resort setting and provenance-led cooking appeal to you specifically — if you're paying purely for culinary ambition at that price point, Spain has higher-rated options. For the combination of location, concept, and credentials, it holds up.
If you're committed to the format — full table, one menu, seasonal organic ingredients — yes. Chef Flavio Costa offers three distinct menus (1497, Albor, Tierra), each built around proximity, purity, and seasonality, with produce from the on-site kitchen garden and local farmers. If someone at your table isn't on board with a fixed tasting structure, book Cibus next door instead.
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