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Xiringuito Escribà
The Escribà family’s Bogatell-beach paella house, cooking over wood fires since 1992.
The best restaurants, bars and cafes in Barcelona – tapas, brunch, natural wine, craft beer and everything in between. Curated by locals.

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.

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

This supermod tortillería hasn’t changed much in five decades.

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

Melissa’s wine studio – tastings, bottles and subscription boxes from €39.

Zara’s hands-on Barcelona food-and-wine workshop – paella and cooking classes, wine tastings, and the cava-sabering party trick.

Homemade food, great music, local beers and what they bill as “the best terrace of the @22 district.”

The three guys behind the restaurant take inspiration from American BBQ, but equally, they are inspired by a Mexican mole or Argentinian provoleta.

Maiaia is a vermuteria with family and tradition at its core.

The creators of the Vella Terra food and wine fair founded this wine bar to celebrate excellent natural wines and natural, artisanal foods.

An Argentinean steakhouse importing Black Angus, Nebraska beef and New Zealand lamb.

A specialty bar built on tasting one coffee across different extraction methods – Jaleo beans, guest roasters and a warm, unsnobby welcome.

Eat My Trip is an exciting brunch spot in the city, tying together the inspiration of travel and food through the fusion of flavors from around the world.

Casa Lolea’s sister restaurant, in a converted century-old hardware store.

Andrea and Fabrizzio’s Gràcia workshop-café – bikes, brunch and Italian pizza.

Plant-focused fast food concept by Netflix’s The Final Table contestant Benjamin Bensoussan has opened its first location on the busy Rambla de Catalunya.

The menu reflects the broad and varied dishes of Asia, all perfected by Hong Kong-born Peter to taste just like his momma made them.

Fellow Italophiles rejoice – we can now enjoy authentic sourdough pizzas right here in Barcelona.

Boa-Bao takes diners on a culinary journey through flavors of Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and beyond.

Listo is a “bistronómico” – a relaxed cocktail bar where you can enjoy accomplished cuisine.

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

A Pluma is what happens when a trained chef takes on the humble concept of rotisserie chicken.

This takeout and delivery-only pizzeria makes Roman-style gourmet pizza at fast food prices.

This vegan restaurant mixes world cuisines to leave diners disoriented.

These two Indian street food eateries will spice up your life.

Fantastic, innovative tapas in a casual setting.

Barcelona’s legendary cava and tapas bar.

A Born natural-wine institution – Can Cisa’s Bar Brutal pours biodynamic, sulphite-free bottles alongside sharing plates to a clued-in crowd.

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