37 editor picks in Barcelona.
37 spanish places in Barcelona we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Barcelona | Spanish across every city.
Spanish cooking in Barcelona covers the full span, from the standing vermouth bar to some of the country's most decorated dining rooms. Quimet i Quimet in Poble Sec and 7 Portes in the Born hold the traditional end, while Disfrutar in the Eixample and Lasarte on Carrer de Mallorca sit at the avant-garde and fine-dining peak. Casa Amalia and Casa Julia in the Eixample keep the everyday neighbourhood table in the same picture.
Disfrutar in Barcelona's Eixample is the elBulli successor by Adria's old chefs Castro, Casanas and Xatruch. Voted World's Best Restaurant in 2024.
OrderThe two tasting menus rotate; trust the kitchen and the wine pairing.
TipReservations open 2 months ahead and burn within hours. Their easier sister room is Compartir BCN, walking distance away.
Bar Mut in Barcelona's Eixample is the marble-counter standard for natural-wine-and-market-produce dining. The Iberico steak tartare is the dish.
OrderThe Iberico steak tartare and whichever off-menu fish board the kitchen runs.
TipMid-week dinner is easier than weekend; bar seats walk-up only.
Quimet i Quimet in Barcelona's Poble-sec is the four-generations standing bar where bottles line the wall and the cook builds montaditos on demand.
OrderThe salmon-yoghurt-truffle-honey montadito and a flight of tinned mussels.
TipOpen Mon-Sat lunch and early dinner only; closed Sunday. Arrive before 19:30 for a hope of a corner.
Bar del Pla in Barcelona's Born is the locals' counter on Montcada that draws the chef trade for the modernised tapas and natural-wine. Priced at €€.
OrderThe beef carpaccio with truffle and the slow-cooked Iberico cheeks.
TipOpen daily lunch and dinner; book the bar over the back room. Walk-up after 22:30 is the easier slot.
Casa Leopoldo in Barcelona's Raval, founded 1929 and revived by Romain Fornell, holds the canonical version of cap i pota and the Catalan suquet.
OrderThe cap i pota with chickpeas and the fish suquet for two.
TipClosed Sunday dinner and all Monday. Lunch menu del dia is the easier price point.
Elsa y Fred in Barcelona's Born is the neighbourhood bistro on Rec Comtal that runs Catalan tapas with a vermouth list and a weekend brunch carte.
OrderThe buey tartare and a glass of the house vermouth.
TipThe brunch service runs Sat-Sun 11:00-16:00; the weekday menu del dia is the lunchtime deal.
Montiel in Barcelona's Born is a small-room tasting kitchen with Nabil Benhammou in the kitchen and Marcos Eiras in the dining room: a market-led menu.
OrderThe market-led tasting; ask for the wine pairing.
TipClosed Mon-Tue. Book two weeks ahead for a Friday or Saturday seat; the Wednesday turn is the easier walk-up.
Manairo in Barcelona's Eixample is Jordi Herrera's one-star room where the deconstructed paella in a tomato shell and live-flame fillet built the reputation.
OrderThe signature deconstructed paella and the live-flame fillet.
TipClosed Sunday. The 45 euro menu del dia at lunch is the entry; dinner doubles it.
7 Portes in Barcelona's Born has run since 1836: arched rooms, brass plaques on regulars' tables, a paella for each day of the week. Priced at €€€.
OrderThe Thursday paella Parellada and the crema catalana to finish.
TipLunch is easier than dinner; the noon paella is held on the menu every day of the week.
Casa Amalia in Barcelona's Eixample is a 1950s neighbourhood dining room where bacallà a la llauna and esqueixada sit on the carte every weekday lunch.
OrderThe esqueixada starter and the bacallà a la llauna oven dish.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The 19 euro menu del dia at lunch is the value pick.
Can Sole in Barcelona's Barceloneta has run since 1903, now in the fourth generation: marinera cuisine, lobster paella with socarrat, suquet de peix.
OrderThe lobster paella for two and a starter of bacalla fritters.
TipClosed Sunday dinner and Monday. Book a week ahead for weekend lunches; the paella needs 30 minutes from the kitchen.
Bar Bodega Quimet in Barcelona's Gracia is a corner-bodega vermouth bar with tin sardines, anchovy boquerones and house draught vermouth poured cold.
OrderVermouth on tap with two olives, anchovies on the side.
TipOpen daily lunch and early evening; closed mid-afternoon. Cash easier than card on busy days.
El Nacional in Barcelona's Eixample is the Passeig de Gracia food hall: four kitchens around a single bar, all Spanish, all open midday to 01:00.
OrderGalician octopus from La Llotja and a 3-meat platter at La Paradeta.
TipWalk-in for the bar, book the table; open 12:00-01:00 daily.
Can Paixano in Barcelona's Barceloneta has poured pink cava out of bottle-lined tile walls since 1969. Priced at €. Kitchen leans cava and tapas.
OrderThree pink cavas and a chorizo bocadillo. Repeat.
TipNo reservations, no tables. Bar closes early; arrive before 22:00 to get a corner.
Casa Julia in Barcelona's Born is a family-run dining room cooking the Catalan canon, founded in 1907 and still selling the 13 euro menu del dia weekdays.
OrderThe Catalan stew if it's on the chalkboard, plus the cigarrillo croquetes.
TipOpen lunch only Mon-Sat; the 13 euro three-course menu is the value pick.
Can Vilaro in Barcelona's Sant Antoni has cooked Catalan working-class plates since 1948: cap i pota, botifarra amb mongetes, daily off-the-bone fish stew.
OrderThe botifarra amb mongetes and a glass of house red.
TipClosed Sundays. Cash easier than card. Lunch menu del dia is 13 euros.
Casa Fernandez in Barcelona's Sant Antoni is the all-day kitchen open 13:00-01:00 every day. Steak frites, fried squid, Catalan rice on the chalkboard.
OrderThe steak frites in pepper sauce and a side of fried squid.
TipOpen until 01:00 every day. Late-night kitchen is the rare slot in the city.
Vinitus in Barcelona's Eixample is the long-counter Catalan tapas room two blocks off Passeig de Gracia: honey cod, grilled prawns, calamari.
OrderThe honey cod and grilled prawns, plus a glass of Catalan vermouth.
TipNo reservations; queue forms at 13:00 and 20:30. The Carrer d'Arago branch is the easier walk-up.
Bormuth in Barcelona's Born is the marble-counter tapas-and-vermouth room on Placa Comercial by Mercat del Born: classic patatas bravas, tortilla, croquetas.
OrderThe patatas bravas and the tortilla espanola, with a vermouth on tap.
TipOpen daily lunch and dinner. Walk-in only; aim for 13:00 or 19:30 for a counter seat.
Semproniana in Barcelona's Eixample is Ada Parellada's family-run Catalan creative room since 1993: the crema catalana sandwich and Iberian carpaccio.
OrderThe crema catalana sandwich for dessert; Iberian carpaccio to start.
TipLunch carte is the price point; book Friday or Saturday a week ahead.
Cera 23 in Barcelona's Raval is the locals' modern-Catalan room: the volcano black rice arrives at the table flaming, the tuna tartare is the back-up order.
OrderThe volcano black rice for two; the tuna tartare to start.
TipClosed Sunday; the early sitting at 20:00 walks in easier than 22:00.
Els Tres Tombs in Barcelona's Sant Antoni is the canonical neighbourhood vermouth-and-tapas counter, named for the Sant Antoni Three Kings procession.
OrderVermouth on tap with bravas; tortilla espanyola as the next round.
TipOpen weekday breakfasts and Sunday vermouth lunchtime; cash easier than card.
Fabrica Moritz in Barcelona's Sant Antoni is the Jean-Nouvel-restored brewery-brasserie with house Moritz on tap and a 35-strong tapas list.
OrderThe signature Moritz Epidor and a tapas board for two.
TipOpen 09:00-01:00 daily; the basement bar takes walk-ins on busy nights.
Lasarte in Barcelona's Eixample is the three-star Berasategui-Casagrande Basque-Catalan tasting room inside Hotel Monument on Passeig de Gracia.
Moments in Barcelona's Eixample is Carme Ruscalleda and son Raul Balam's two-star tasting room inside the Mandarin Oriental on Passeig de Gracia.
Via Veneto in Barcelona's Sant Gervasi has held a star since 1974: Belle Epoque dining rooms, classic Catalan carte and one of the city's deepest wine.
Caelis in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter is Romain Fornell's one-star French-Catalan room inside Hotel Ohla, with a chef-table-counter seating eight.
Hisop in Barcelona's Sant Gervasi is Oriol Ivern's one-star room since 2001, a minimalist contemporary Catalan kitchen named after the Mediterranean hyssop.
Casa Fernandez in Barcelona's Sant Antoni runs its full Catalan kitchen until 01:00 every day: steak frites, fried squid, paella, the late-night menu.
OrderCatalan late kitchen
TipOpen until 01:00 every day. Walk-in for the bar; book the table after 22:30.
Bar Bodega Quimet (hidden) is old catalan vermouth bodega on a gracia side street; locals lunch here, tourists walk past on the way to the plaça de la vila.
TipOpen daily lunchtime; cash easier than card. The vermouth on tap and the anchovies is the order.
Casa Amalia (hidden) in Barcelona: 1950s Catalan dining room on a Passatge nobody walks; bacalla a la llauna and weekday menu del dia for 19 euros.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The 19 euro menu del dia at lunch is the value pick; locals book mid-week.
Casa Fernandez (hidden) in Barcelona: Open kitchen running until 01:00 every night; one of the rare late-night Catalan rooms not in a hotel.
TipOpen every day until 01:00. The fried squid and steak frites are the post-show order.
Granja M. Viader (hidden) is open since 1870 just off the rambla; the canonical catalan dairy bar that locals still treat as the standard chocolate milk stop.
TipClosed Sunday. Cacaolat by the glass is the order; chocolate-fondue and ensaimada to share.
Conesa Entrepans on Plaça Sant Jaume in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter has run toasted bocadillos since 1951: 90+ fillings, 5 euro sandwich, a lunchtime steal.
OrderToasted bocadillo
TipClosed Sunday. Order by number from the wall; counter takes 10 minutes.
Can Vilaro in Barcelona's Sant Antoni runs a 13 euro menu del dia Mon-Sat lunch: three courses with bread, water, glass of wine and dessert.
OrderCatalan three-course lunch
TipClosed Sunday. The 13 euro menu del dia runs 13:30-16:00. Cash easier than card here.
Casa Julia in Barcelona's Born runs a 13 euro three-course Catalan menu del dia Mon-Sat lunch: bread, water, glass of red, dessert, all part of the price.
OrderCatalan menu del dia
TipClosed Sunday. The Wednesday lunch is the cleanest catch; book for groups of four or more.
Casa Fernandez in Barcelona's Sant Antoni runs an open-late kitchen with main courses under 14 euros: steak frites, fried squid, every day until 01:00.
OrderOpen-late Catalan kitchen
TipOpen every day until 01:00. The fried squid is the late-night order; cash and card.
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