Via Veneto is an elegant dining room once frequented by the artist Salvador Dalí, serving refined Catalan cuisine.

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Via Veneto

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Salvador Dalí was a regular at this high-society, Michelin-star restaurant after it opened in 1967, and you can still dine at his favourite table. Oval mirrors, orange-rose tablecloths and fine cutlery set the stage for intricate dishes such as oyster-and-crayfish tartare, suquet de peix (Catalan fish stew) and the signature roast duck for two. The cellar has over 1800 Spanish wines.


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