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The Escribà family’s beachfront paella house on Bogatell, cooking rice over wood fires since 1992 – the pastry dynasty’s savory venture.
The best restaurants in Barcelona – from local tapas joints to fine dining, curated by people who actually live here.

The Escribà family’s beachfront paella house on Bogatell, cooking rice over wood fires since 1992 – the pastry dynasty’s savory venture.

Opened by three friends, Cal Trapella offers a cosy refuge in which to devour the homemade tapas on offer.

Eager to innovate, the family-run group (also owners of Teresa Carles) brings another healthy-eating concept to fruition: the first flexitarian restaurant in Spain. A legend on the menu classifies each dish under Raw Food, Gluten Free, Plant Based or Oily Fish…

While a hit with local brunch-goers, their hearty lunch and dinner options are most worthy of note.

Costa Pacífico brings Mexican varieties of ceviche to Barcelona, plus other national favorites that aren’t so well-known here.

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

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

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

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

A gastrobar that fuses traditional Catalan cuisine with modern techniques

A taqueria in the heart of the city that…

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

This vegan restaurant mixes world cuisines to leave diners disorientated

On the corner of Rosselló and Enric Granados you’ll find the Israeli restaurant La Balabusta.

Sant Antoni’s newest addition to the thriving Thai restaurant scene.

Individual paellas – rare in Barcelona – made from Mercat de la Concepció produce at this Eixample classic since 1950.

Nestled away on Passeig Sant Gervasi, Koh-ndal delivers authentic Thai food with a Mediterranean twist (thanks to its French-Catalan owners).

This Barceloneta restaurant, founded in 1921, specializes in seafood.

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

Down towards Barceloneta’s beach, you’ll come across a place that serves what is arguably the best paella in the city: La Mar Salada.

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.

“Neapolitan Authentic Pizza”: thin-crust, doughy delights cooked in proper wood-fired ovens…

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.

A gastronomic oasis in an otherwise bleak desert of tourist traps.

Starting out on the food truck scene, Masala 73 has expanded into a restaurant offering Indian classics with a nod to local food culture.

Raval's exquisite Asian restaurant and sake bar offering a truly unique gastronomic experience.

A restaurant serving up recipes from the North West of Spain.

Traditional Spanish fare with creative touches.

Their mission is to bring simple, fresh and traditional Vietnamese cuisine to Barcelona.

These sister restaurants offer an interesting selection of creative sushi rolls, fusing the textures, flavors and ingredients from cuisines found outside the traditions of Japan.