“Excelente atención!! La paella es muy buena, comimos dos y las dos riquísimas, la negra mi preferida. Sin dudas volveremos!!”
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Adrian Corso
September 2025
Rice dishes
Where to eat black rice in Barcelona: with seafood, made to share
Arroz negro con Mariscos is the black rice on the menu at Mediterránea, the restaurant at Hotel Zenit on Carrer de Santaló in Sant Gervasi. It comes to the table in the paella pan, it's ordered to share and it's one of the house favourites.
The dish
Black Rice with Seafood
It's a seafood rice cooked in a paella pan, with the dark colour that comes from the squid ink and a stronger taste of the sea than a seafood paella. It works as a main for anyone who has come specifically for it, and as a second rice for a table that orders the Paella Mediterránea and wants to compare. It arrives freshly made, in the same pan, and is served out at the table.
21 €
How to order the black rice and what to have with it
Made to share
It's served in the paella pan in the middle of the table. Ask your waiter how far it goes and adjust your order to how many of you there are and whether you're having starters or a second rice.
A starter for contrast
Before the black rice, go for something fresh or slightly sweet that doesn't repeat the taste of the sea: the Tartar de tomate y aguacate or the Berenjenas rebozadas con miel de caña (fried aubergine with cane honey).
What to drink
A Copa de vino de la casa (glass of house wine) goes well with the ink. If you'd like something lighter, a Cerveza; and to get started while you wait for the rice, a Vermut.
If someone doesn't eat seafood
Order the Paella de Verduras de temporada or the Risotto cremoso de Setas at the same table, so anyone who skips seafood has their own rice while the rest share the black one.
Other rice dishes to order alongside the black rice
To compare: the Paella Mediterránea is the seafood rice without ink, and the Fideuá de Mariscos swaps the rice for short noodles. The Mar y Montaña adds meat.
- 21.00 €
Mediterranean Paella
Mediterranean seafood paella
- 21.00 €
Seafood Fideuá
Seafood noodle paella
- 21.00 €
Sea and Mountain Paella
Paella with seafood and meat
- 21.00 €
Seasonal Vegetable Paella
Paella with seasonal vegetables
“The paella is very good, we had two and both were delicious, the black one was my favourite.”
What guests say about Mediterránea
“Me he quedado en el Hotel Zenit 3 noches y he comido y cenado en este restaurante. Puedo decir que tanto los platos de la carta como los del menú están muy muy buenos!! Buena elaboración, presentación y sabor. La aten…”
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Lore Román
August 2025
“La verdad que da gusto encontrar lugares así,donde la fusión de comer bien,buen ambiente y excelente atención,a día de hoy es un privilegio encontrar,Candela es una profesional impresionante,siempre atenta,con una son…”
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Luis Chacha
August 2025
“Fuimos a cenar a Mediterránea y la experiencia fue fantástica de principio a fin. El ambiente del lugar es cálido, con una decoración que invita a relajarse y disfrutar. Perfecto para pasarla bien con buena compañía.…”
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Florencia Gonzalez
July 2025
“La atención es como la de la abuela nona. Me sentí en casa y encima me llenaron el termo con agua caliente para el mate.”
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lucas galgano
June 2025
Black rice FAQs
The squid ink. It's cooked in a paella pan with seafood, just like a classic seafood paella, but the ink turns it black and gives it a more intense taste of the sea. If you'd rather have it without ink, that's the Paella Mediterránea on the menu.
It's a black rice with seafood, and the selection can vary depending on what comes in. If you want to know what's in it that day, or you're allergic to any shellfish, ask your waiter before ordering.
No. Anyone can book a table for lunch or dinner without a room. The restaurant is on the first floor of the hotel, at Carrer de Santaló, 8.
On foot. Carrer de Santaló, 8 is a few minutes' walk from Plaça de Francesc Macià and the Diagonal, in the Sant Gervasi-Galvany neighbourhood.
Yes. Call us on 932 411 800 or email reservasbarcelona@zenithoteles.com with the date, how many of you there are, which rice dishes you fancy and any allergies. For 10 people or more we work with a set menu, agreed in advance.
Paella, fideuá and other rice dishes
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All our rice dishes
The six on the menu, plus the fideuá and the mushroom risotto, and how to choose depending on what everyone at the table eats.
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The three paellas
Seafood, surf and turf or vegetable: what goes in each paella and which to order if it's your first time.
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Coming for dinner
If the black rice is for the evening, what the dining room is like at dinnertime and how to book.
Book a table for black rice
Book online for lunch or dinner at Santaló, 8. If you'd like the terrace, mention it when you book and we'll tell you if there's room.
Book a table