31 editor picks in Barcelona.
31 upscale places in Barcelona, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in Barcelona: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Barcelona food.
Sips in Barcelona's Eixample is Marc Alvarez and Simone Caporale's Worlds 50 Best No. 1 cocktail bar (2023): a glass cube on Muntaner, tasting-menu drinks.
TipReservations book 6 weeks ahead. The 8-course cocktail tasting at 110 euros is the order.
Paradiso in Barcelona's Born is the speakeasy through-a-pastrami-shop on Rera Palau: Worlds 50 Best No. 1 in 2022, now book months ahead for cocktail theatre.
TipReservations via Instagram or Resy open 4 weeks ahead. No walk-ins; the queue at the door is for the dispatchers.
Bar Brutal in Barcelona's Born is the natural-wine-bar standard run by the Ca l'Anna Cantina team: a 600-strong cellar with a focus on the orange-wine scene.
TipClosed Monday. The bar takes walk-ups, the back-room dining books two days ahead.
Cal Pep in Barcelona's Born has run the same standing counter since 1977: tortilla del bacallà, baby clams with ham, fried gambes, all called out by Pep.
OrderThe tortilla del bacallà and the clams with ham, with a glass of cava.
TipNo reservations. Be at the door at 13:00 or 19:30 if you want a counter seat in the first turn.
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.
Dos Palillos in Barcelona's Raval is Albert Raurich's Asian-tapas counter behind a black curtain inside Casa Camper. Dim sum, yakitori, sushi-bar service.
OrderThe full Asian tasting menu; sit at the counter to watch.
TipClosed Sun-Tue. Counter seats book up two weeks ahead; the back dining room is easier.
Mont Bar in Barcelona's Eixample is Iván Castro's tapas-counter-with-a-Michelin-star: tasting plates over a wooden bar with an obsessive natural-wine list.
OrderWhichever tasting menu they call; the wine pairing is the move.
TipCounter seats book 4 weeks ahead. Tue-Sat dinner only. Closed Sun-Mon.
Two Schmucks in Barcelona's Raval is the Pavel Davydov and Moe Aljaff dive-cocktail bar: low-light, loud music, pickle martinis and a Worlds 50 Best top-10.
TipWalk-up only; queue starts at 22:00. The pickle martini is the order; cash easier than card.
Dry Martini in Barcelona's Eixample has poured the city's reference martini since 1978: a polished wood bar, white-jacketed bartenders and the silver-counter.
TipOpen daily 13:00-02:30. The martini at the bar is the only order; cocktails-on-the-rocks at the table.
Bar Mut in Barcelona's Eixample also runs as one of the city's deepest natural-wine bars: 200 bottles by the glass, marble counter pours from 13:00.
TipOpen Mon-Sat; the bar takes walk-ups, the back room books. Mid-week is easier than weekend.
Dos Pebrots in Barcelona's Raval is Albert Raurich's Mediterranean-historical bistro: dishes researched from Roman and Phoenician cooking, plated for now.
OrderThe bone marrow starter and the wholegrain wood-fired bread.
TipClosed Mon-Tue. Lunch is the easier seating; the wine list is short and Catalan.
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.
Monvinic in Barcelona's Eixample is the modernist wine bar with a 3,500-bottle cellar and an in-house sommelier school, pouring glasses from every major wine.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. Book the wine table in the back over the bar for serious tastings.
Can Cisa in Barcelona's Born is Bar Brutal's daytime sister: same cellar, lunch menu del dia at 18 euros, the same natural-wine list at the marble bar.
TipClosed Sunday-Monday. Lunch menu del dia is the value pick; book the back room for groups.
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.
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.
Boadas in Barcelona's Raval, off the Rambla, has poured cocktails since 1933 in a triangular Art Deco bar: Miguel Boadas trained at La Floridita in Havana.
TipOpen Mon-Sat 12:00-02:00. Closed Sunday. The Daiquiri is the canonical order; counter only.
Solange in Barcelona's Eixample is the James-Bond-themed cocktail bar with a deep luxury-spirits cellar: high-quality classics and a list of signature.
TipOpen daily 18:00-02:00. Book ahead Fri-Sat; walk-ups easier Tue-Thu.
Dr Stravinsky in Barcelona's Born is the apothecary-themed cocktail bar with its own bitters lab in the back: 30+ house bitters and a quiet basement room.
TipOpen Tue-Sun 19:00-02:00. Closed Monday. Reserve the basement table.
Bobby's Free on Carrer de Pau Claris in Eixample is the password-required speakeasy behind a working barbershop: low-light, jazz, classic drinks.
TipOpen Tue-Sun 19:30-02:30. Closed Monday. Password sent on Instagram after booking.
El Xampanyet in Barcelona's Born has run as a cava-only bar since 1929: a single house cava on tap and conserves on the bar, no spirit list.
TipOpen Tue-Sun. Closed Monday. Cash easier than card on busy days. Get in by 13:00.
Morro Fi in Barcelona's Eixample is the vermouth-bar that defined the new wave: house vermouth on tap, tinned mussels, olives, no kitchen behind the counter.
TipOpen daily 12:00-23:00.
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.
Bar Marsella in Barcelona's Raval, founded 1820, is the city's oldest cocktail bar: dust-stained mirrors, marble tables and the absinthe ritual still served.
TipOpen Mon-Sun 22:00-02:30. Cash only. The absinthe with sugar-cube ritual is the order.
Old Fashioned in Barcelona's Gracia is the speakeasy behind an unmarked door on Carrer de Santa Teresa: 60 bottle bourbons, rye, the classic-drink set.
TipOpen Tue-Sun 19:00-03:00. Closed Monday. Ring the bell at the unmarked door.
Negroni in Barcelona's Raval is the small-room cocktail bar named for and specialising in the Italian aperitivo: 12 Negroni variations and a deep amaro list.
TipOpen Mon-Sat 19:30-02:30. Closed Sunday. The barrel-aged Negroni is the order.
Vinitus in Barcelona's Eixample is the no-reservations Spanish wine bar that drew the after-work crowd from day one: 200 wines by the glass and a 14 euro.
TipOpen daily; no reservations. Queue at 13:00 or 19:30 for a bar seat in the first turn.
Bormuth in Barcelona's Born is the vermouth-and-tapas counter on Rec since 2014: bombas, patatas bravas, vermouth on tap, late kitchen until 23:00.
TipOpen daily. The bar takes walk-ups, the back room books. Try the bombas with the house vermouth.
Sensi Tapas in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter is the small-room wine-and-tapas counter with a 70-bottle Catalan-focused list and a five-course tasting at 35.
TipOpen daily evenings. Book the tasting two days ahead; bar walk-up for tapas-only.
Garage Bar in Barcelona's Eixample is the petrol-station-themed cocktail bar on Consell de Cent: deep gin-tonic list and tapas plates from the open kitchen.
TipOpen daily 19:00-02:30. The gin-and-tonic flight is the order; tapas plates close at 23:30.
El Rincon del Vino in Barcelona's Eixample is the neighbourhood Spanish-wine bodega with 90 bottles by the glass and a 16 euro lunch menu del dia weekdays.
TipClosed Sunday. The afternoon vermut hour from 12:00-15:00 is the value play.
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