The Best Restaurants in Barcelona

Experimental creative cuisine. A culinary journey that will excite all your senses! I was seated in the hidden room behind the wine cellar. My favourite bite was the caviar fried bun and fois gras. Not going to spoil the experience but u'll all love it.

Definitely my kind of place That’s the ideal place for me: mouthwatering food, excellent wine list with tons of hidden gems, friendly atmosphere and great vibe. Food is simple but the best ingredients used and everything cooked à la minute.

Market Inspired seafood and more! Very friendly ambience with fun and engaging serving. Food is as delicious as it can get! Very fresh seafood. Our favourite was Gamba Vermrlla.

Loved this place…Mont Bar is a beautiful small place serving some fantastic dishes. There’s a tasting menu and an a la carte option. We tried many dishes and loved them all.

Explore the origins of Mediterranean cuisineA super restaurant in the Raval that looks to the civilisations that have come and gone in the Mediterranean and what they ate for inspiration. Some interesting use of garums, and nice plays on texture and temperature as you'd expect from ex-elBulli, but also brilliant meat cooking. Take a seat at the counter and marvel at the calmness of the kitchen as you work your way through the tasting menu or a la carte.

Fine dining without nitrogen Suculent is like a bridge between Catalan tradition and creativity, it’s fine dining without espuma and nitrogen but with friendly service and the cozy atmosphere of a gastropub. The tasting menus are balanced and you don’t feel overstuffed after the meal. It’s also a rare example of value for money and an interesting and not too fancy wine pairing.

The greatest natural wine bar with cool atmosphereWith a huge selection of natural wines from all over the world, this place with a cool atmosphere, loud music and eclectic people also has special small dishes to accompany a glass or some bottles.

One of my favourite seafood tapas bars, without the tourist crowds, in Gracia.Lluritu is that seafood tapas bar we all dream of for our Barcelona trip, with a marble counter, and a menu on the wall with daily specials written on the tiles. Excellent fresh seafood, order the grilled calamar, shrimp, scallops, clams and the tomato and smoked eel salad. Also fish grilled or fried on the plancha. And those olives with anchovy filling with a glass of ice cold sherry, beer or white wine! Nice service, too. The other restaurant, Lluritu 2, is a few blocks away and has a similar menu but a modern interior.

Authentic hole in the wall breakfast and lunch tapas bar in Barceloneta.Wine and tapas for breakfast? Why not, as this place opens at 9 and closes after lunch. No sparkling wine, only cold cheap wine poured from the barrell. A must try is the bomba croquet with beef filling and alioli, the mussels and the calamar. A few tables and a bar. Love this place.

The renovated Enigma restaurant by Albert Adrià offers a great gastronomic experience. Chef Albert Adrià prepared almost 20 dishes for us and we were absolutely amazed by the creative execution and super tasty, precise flavors.We also decided to try their Sua bar, where in a separate room you can have special lobster dishes that are prepared in front of the guest on a small Josper grill.The wine list is great, but you should definitely try out their beautiful selection of cocktails.Great experience, absolutely for a recommendation!

Fine dining seafood restaurant in the heart of Barcelona.High quality local ingredients processed in a simple way. Open kitchen and visibly fresh fish. The grill is the heart of the kitchen and you can feel it in every portion. Excellent wine list. A tasty experience to do if you are spending some days in Barcellona for a quick lunch or long and quiet dinner.

Cool, modern tapas with the best ingredients and a great natural wine selection.An informal place to share dishes and great wines in a cool atmosphere, the 3 partners came from Gresca and opened this new place last December. At a table of 4, you can almost taste the whole menu. A great place to spend some time with good company.

Fantastic authentic Catalan classic. Not to be missed for tapas and more.A classic institution with a wonderful ambience. From excellent tapas to Catalan dishes both from the sea and land. If you want to choose one casual Catalan restaurant or tapas bar this would be my choice. Very affordable considering what you get.

Iconic tapas bar in El Born with great mix of locals and tourists.El Xampanyet is a tapas bar in the El Born district named after the homemade sparkling wine that it serves. Good tapas, both funky and traditional vibes. Great mix of locals and tourist all day long. No reservations.

I think it’s fair to say that Cocina Hermanos Torres is a classic modern 3 Michelin star restaurant with everything that this entails. I think I have mentioned techniques and elaborated presentations more times in this piece than I have in my last 5 put together. It is however not just about techniques. The flavors are great as they should be and it’s all underpinned by great service. Lately, I have been annoyed when tasting menus last for +4 hours which is a very long time unless it’s +20 dishes. Here it was about 3 hours and not once did I think to myself “it's been a while since the last dish” which is exactly how it should be.

The place where you will possibly eat the best game dishes in Barcelona.I love their menu, which changes very often since they work with seasonal and local products. Nice ambient in the middle of Barcelona Eixample.

For gastronomy lovers, a visit to this three Michelin-starred restaurant is a must. Paolo Casagrande's work in Lasarte leaves no one indifferent.

Since it’s opening as a complement to Alkimia, Al Kostat has grow into one of the best catalan restaurants in Barcelona. Now it features an extended menu that goes from simple Anchovies, one of the best omelettes in Barcelona to more cooked and gourmand dishes like filled Pig Trotters or Game dishes when in season. Some of the best in the city are also their rices, like the red Mullet one or a classic taken from Alkimia with crayfish. Recently added to their menu is the Picasso chicken, one of the best roasted chickens I have tried.They also had a good wine list as it’s shared with Alkimia.

One of our favorite counters serving produce driven dishes and great wines.Bisavis is probably one of the restaurants we mention most often on this page, and this is because we want to come every time we are in Barcelona. The reasons for that are many, first of all, counters are our favorite way of experiencing a restaurant, then, you’re always guaranteed to have a great time with Eduard, and of course, we adore the food here. And regarding the wines, you are guaranteed to drink interesting wines and learn about them, given Eduard’s great passion for the subject.Now, focusing on what we ate, we had the following:* Cuttlefish, truffled egg yolk and Iberian pork jowl.* Picanha, sea urchin & balsamic vinegar.* Bonito (aged for 1 week), sea urchin & pesto.* Blood sausage from Perol & baby cuttlefish.* Blood sausage & prawns from Arenys.* Scallop & sobrassada.* “Tear drop” peas from Maresme & shaved truffle.* Sweetbread & caviar.* Panna cotta & caviar.There are dishes that are served on every visit, some times with a small twist, but then there are also always some new dishes, which is a perfect combo given we often miss specific dishes and also always like to try some new ones. Every single dish is always delicious, but in the case the cuttlefish with Iberian pork jowl was our favorite dish.The wine selection was great as well, and what we love is that we always get to try so many different ones by the glass which most places would only serve by the bottle.Definitely on of our favorite places in the city!

Traditional sushi counter serving only Omakase menu.This is definitely the best sushi that we know of currently in Barcelona and also one of the best in Spain. Sato used to work at Sato i Tanaka until he decided to open his own sushiya called Sensato. The restaurant is only a counter, which is the only way we like to enjoy sushi, and serves Omakase only as mentioned. The curious thing about this omakase compared to others we’ve had, is that they mix the otsumamis and the nigiris instead of starting with the otsumamis and then follow it with nigiris. We really enjoyed this format of mixing, and thought it was very nicely balanced to still be able to taste every single bite.Now let’s see some of the dishes we had:* O toro zuke with an egg yolk, soy and truffle sauce.* Iwashi nigiri.* Maguro zuke nigiri.* Gelatine of cockle broth, cockle, tomato and asparagus.* Ikura gunkan.* O toro nigiri.* Shiso with sardine tempura and beetroot tempura.* Unagi nigiri.The whole omakase was around 21 dishes long, these ones mentioned just are some of our favorites.We loved the place, the atmosphere, and above all that, the food! A place we can’t recommend enough, but be warned, it’s hard to book.

Seasonal and high-standard pizzería from locals who think about the planet. Chefs Rafa Pannatiere, who worked for seven years at Celler de Can Roca, and his partner Jorge highlight a new dimension of each product, and incorporate them using their haute cuisine techniques and knowledge of traditions from all corners of the globe. They are also producing all sausages and cheeses used at Sartoria Panatieri.

A safe bet. A restaurant with high-level signature cuisine, which seeks all the nuances of the traditional Catalan cuisine. Run by Jordi Vilà.

Long-standing market restaurant serving inventive TAPAS. Located in the middle of Barcelona's emblematic BOQUERIASince 1987. Extraordinary traditional market cuisine in the heart of one of the most emblematic markets in the world. El Quim is one of those places that you should always visit and for which you don't need an excuse. Local produce, traditional cuisine and authentic service. Quim is the name of the restaurant and the name of its owner who you will find at the helm of the stall day in and day out.

Fresh, innovative and never the same - Atlantic and Mediterranean influenced dishes with amazing service! Friendly and knowledgeable service. Interesting wine list with beautiful Atlantic whites and Catalonian reds. A mix of dining formats - counter dining, large tables and high stools. Warm and casual interior. Perfect for an occasion or date night

The most creative pastry shopThe 4th generation of pastry chefs and the most creative ones. It's a must go to taste some of the pastries and have some chocolates and don't forget to admire the beauty of the sugar flowers made by Patricia Schimidt.

Creative cocktails & Young cool atmosphereThe small and well decorated bar in the heart of El Born is always full! The young smiling bartenders are non stoppable. A place to visit and for sure try to find a seat in the bar.

One of the best restaurants in Barcelona. A great mix between vanguard and tradition.Chef Oliver Peña and his team offer an amazing selection of dishes made with an intelligent creativity and great experience. Most of the dishes are creation of the head chef and memories of his mother and grandmother. A great mix between vanguard and tradition. Good flavours and texture in all the elaborations. A must in Barcelona right now.

Great 'asador' in the middle of BarcelonaRafa and Jorge from Sartoria Panatieri opened Brabo a few months ago. Different proposal but same technique: the fire. Mainly they offer grilled dishes: vegetable, meat and fish very well done over the fire. Even the desserts. Comfy ambiance in a small restaurant. Highly recommended when you are in Barcelona and you escape from tapas restaurants and want fine dining with reasonable prices.