Hostal La Gavina

In 2015, chef Romain Fornell joined the Hostal de la Gavina de S’Agaró, a 5-star Grand Luxe hotel, considered the best on the Costa Brava and one of the most emblematic in the Mediterranean, as gastronomic director.

The hotel management has signed a collaboration agreement with the French chef Romain Fornell, who has lived in Barcelona since 1996. His career and international recognition endorse him as a great chef and the property of La Gavina has full confidence in his talent and experience.

The gastronomic line of La Gavina, with the entry of Romain, has been updated in accordance with the most demanding standards of haute cuisine, but maintaining the essence that characterises the establishment, traditional Mediterranean cuisine, and giving it its own identity and creativity. Fornell manages all the hotel’s gastronomic spaces, La Terraza, the Garbí Pool Restaurant, the Villa d’Este, the Wedding and Banqueting events and with special emphasis on the Candlelight restaurant, the gastronomic restaurant. The beautiful staircase leading up to the Candlelight restaurant introduces guests to the intimate and reserved atmosphere that will govern the entire dinner.

The Candlelight’s indoor area is only open at the beginning and end of the season, when the weather does not yet invite you to go out onto the terrace. Its warmth and intimacy make it the ideal setting for memorable evenings, with a fine, elegant chandelier illuminating each table. Four oil paintings by the well-known Catalan painter Emili Grau i Sala, who lives in Paris, decorate the room. They are the result of the artist’s inspiration for the place.

The Candlelight’s patio also maintains the intimate essence of the interior. Dining in this stillness is a pleasure thanks to the care and beauty of the setting; a sheltered terrace with its tall trees bordering it, the stars covering the sky and live piano music. Enjoying the simplicity, the small things, the detail of the music, on a summer night with a starry sky, is what the Candlelight’s patio brings. For his new menu, Romain Fornell has been inspired by the natural surroundings of the sea and the landscape, and fuses his classic French haute cuisine with Mediterranean cuisine based on quality, contemporary and local produce, to satisfy the most demanding palates.

The menu also boasts a prestigious wine cellar with the most highly rated wines on the market and around 200 references from all over the world.