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The Escribà family’s Bogatell-beach paella house, cooking over wood fires since 1992.
The best restaurants in Barcelona – from local tapas joints to fine dining, curated by people who actually live here.

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

This family-run restaurant has set itself up as a jewel in the Barcelona curry scene.

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

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

A purposefully unflashy little ramen place hidden down a tatty side street.

Chef Miquel Pardo’s Bib Gourmand tasting menu runs through creative tapas and lands on a shared paella with socarrat in every serving.

They have gained a following for their “slow” street food and craft beer.

Spain’s first fully plant-based Mexican eatery.

The manufacturer of organic vegetarian products also has several restaurants.

Welcome to Barcelona’s first restaurant specializing in bánh mì sandwiches, a classic Vietnamese street food feast.

Vegan restaurant Fat Veggies serves up barbecue and smoked vegetables.

Market-cuisine tapas named for the great-grandmother whose cooking started it.

Catalan bistró serving up innovative, exquisite small dishes.

The unassuming Poblenou ramen restaurant taking the city by storm.

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

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

This vegan restaurant mixes world cuisines to leave diners disoriented.

At steakhouse in Bivio, Argentine Black Angus arrives on a hot stone for you to finish at the table.

Serving up paella and seafood dishes for over a hundred years.

Neapolitan pizza meets Mediterranean cuisine.

The menu is full of delights like tapas, burgers, pasta dishes and wok-based treats – all sure to put a smile on the face of the fussiest of eaters.

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

Michelin-starred chef Jean Luc Figueras opened this bistro in the five-star Mercer Hotel.

It’s taken a while for the fast food of Sicily to filter through.

This restaurant is housed within the walls of what was once Bar Torino, thought to have been Barcelona’s first vermouth bar.

The rooftop of an Egyptologist’s hotel – discreet, art-filled, no day-club treatment.

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.

The 1836 institution where paella was invented for a dandy who wouldn’t peel shrimp.

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

A gastrobar that fuses traditional Catalan cuisine with modern techniques.