This review covers NOMAD's Frutas Selectas café at Pujades 95 in Poblenou. Wood, tables, a pastry counter and retail coffee shelves fill the former public roastery space. It is the NOMAD address to choose when you want to sit with coffee and food; Coffee Bar and Petit NOMAD are smaller, separate cafés.
Choose Pujades when you have time for a table and something to eat. For a shorter coffee stop closer to the centre, Coffee Bar on Passatge de Sert and Petit NOMAD on Bergara offer smaller rooms.
Coffee
Start with the house-roasted menu. NOMAD separates coffees by role rather than treating every bag as interchangeable: approachable espresso profiles, filter roasts built for clarity, limited lots, decaf, cold coffee, and retail bags with enough origin and process detail for a curious home brewer. At the bar that translates into espresso, milk drinks, batch brew, and slower cups without making the room feel like a laboratory.
The best first order depends on how long you have. A flat white or espresso keeps the visit quick and clean; batch brew is the better everyday measure of the roastery; the special filter lane is where Frutas Selectas earns the detour. If you are buying beans, use the shelf as part of the visit rather than a last-minute grab by the till.
Filter
Filter is the strongest reason to slow down here. The menu includes batch brew and hand-brewed coffee, alongside beans to take home. Ask what is tasting brightest, what is on batch, and what the staff would take home; this room rewards that small conversation more than a blind order from the board.
The filter program also gives the page its honest tradeoff. Frutas Selectas is more exposed and busier than a hidden coffee bar, so it is not the place for hushed tasting-room theatre. Its advantage is that a high-grade filter can sit beside lunch plates, takeaway orders, and a retail shelf without losing its place.
Food
Food is broader than a token croissant. Expect pastries, sandwiches, toasts and a changing lunch menu; ask about the day's dishes and dietary options before ordering. The food helps the Pujades room carry a late-morning or lunch stop, especially if you are already in Poblenou rather than cutting through the centre.
Still, this is not a brunch page in disguise. Order food because the room gives you time for it: coffee first, something from the case or lunch counter if it looks right, then beans for later. The pastry and lunch side makes the visit easier to plan, but it should not distract from the filter and retail shelf.
Service & Room
Frutas Selectas is the most relaxed NOMAD room to use, but not always the quietest. The counter, tables, and front terrace pull in coffee visitors, office traffic, local regulars, and people treating Pujades as a specialty-coffee street. At peak times the queue can stretch the visit; off peak, the staff have more room to talk through beans, batch brew, or a special filter.
The redesign gives the cafe a softer register than the brand's older minimalist bars. Wood, natural light, a visible pastry case, and retail shelving make it feel warmer than a pure brew counter, while the industrial bones keep it from becoming a generic all-day cafe. Come for a table when you want coffee plus food; choose the smaller NOMAD addresses when you want the sharper, shorter version.
Why Filter Notes shortlisted NOMAD Coffee
Choose Frutas Selectas for a table, house-roasted coffee and food at Pujades 95. Its wooden interior, pastry counter and changing lunch dishes make it a different visit from the smaller Coffee Bar on Passatge Sert or Petit NOMAD on Bergara. Allow time to look through the retail coffees before leaving.