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Otsu
A creative Japanese-inspired café blending coffee, design and food in Poblenou.
Restaurants, bars and cafes in Barcelona – tapas, brunch, natural wine, craft beer and everything in between. Curated by locals.

A creative Japanese-inspired café blending coffee, design and food in Poblenou.

The Escribà family’s Bogatell-beach paella house, cooking over wood fires since 1992.

A matcha-obsessed Eixample café sourcing first-harvest ceremonial powder from Japan, stone-ground to order – with proper coffee alongside.

This old-school wine shop and tapas bar was founded in 1954.

An intimate Italian-inspired restaurant serving up small plates and natural wines.

Market-fresh Mediterranean food is their game, but Asian influences assert themselves too.

A modern seafood bistro that reimagines the traditional marisquería concept.

This bodega doubles as a café with familiar favorites with a twist, or from further afield.

Bicos means “little kisses” in Gallego, and it’s a befitting name for this Galician corner restaurant.

This casual restaurant’s motto is refreshingly straightforward: “nice food for a small price.”

A restaurant with the spirit of a bistrot sitting in the Hotel Villa Emilia.

UMA House Trafalgar’s seventh-floor pool terrace, with a 360-degree read on the city’s rooftops, spires and the ridge behind them.

Perched atop the glitzy Almanac – a five-star rooftop built for Manhattans by the pool and sunsets that flatter everyone in them.

A plant-filled terrace on the roof of Casa Bonay, trading panoramic drama for a beach-bar mood and Istanbul-inspired sharing plates.

Thank (or blame) these guys for kicking off Barcelona’s gourmet burger boom.

Chef Selva hails from the South Indian city of Chennai, aka Madras.

Five generations have been providing the neighborhood with traditional fare.

Handmade chocolates, fudge and marshmallows made with organic fruit and natural dyes.

A tiny, fiercely authentic Thai kitchen in Les Corts, packed with homesick regulars.

Steps away from Santa Maria del Mar sits this gem of a café.

If you’re a lover of Italian cuisine, you’re in for a treat at Isabella’s.

Single-source beans are freshly roasted on-site and expertly ground to craft espresso, Aeropress, V60 and Chemex-based beauties.

Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza shares the bill with football at this Gòtic bar.

Tapas at La Ravala are homemade daily and can be found traditionally displayed in a glass case on top of the bar.

Head to Barceloneta beach with a takeaway bowl or smoothie packed with protein and superfoods.

The Wittmore’s Michelin-listed restaurant, with a rooftop terrace above it.

This centenarian horchatería is loved for its artisanal icy treats.

On the corner of Plaça Molina you’ll find the traditional Catalan restaurant, La Xarxa.

Try an arancini, fried rice balls stuffed with beef, mushrooms, Iberian ham or prawns.

A brunch café behind the Rambla del Raval – ecological food, craft coffee, pastries.