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The best restaurants, bars and cafes in Barcelona – tapas, brunch, natural wine, craft beer and everything in between. Curated by locals.

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

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

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

The upscale bar and restaurant was designed by Lázaro Rosa Violán.

A modern Indian bar and restaurant in Eixample offering a light and healthy approach to Indian cuisine.

Barcelona's legendary cava and tapas bar.

Head to Chi Nanit for Shanghai-style Chinese food from the same people that owned the popular Nanit on Balmes.

A Gràcia rice specialist serving 25+ paellas made with bomba rice and seawater.

A little oasis of southern Spanish tapas and cheap beer.

Founded and run by a Tuscan family, the Italian cuisine is as delicious as it is authentic.

Catalan bistró serving up innovative, exquisite small dishes.

This gastrobar offering Catalan dishes with a genuine Lebanese touch.

The tacos, micheladas and margaritas leave no doubt this is a Mexican must.

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

Opened by the team behind Marmalade, Milk and Firebug, GiGi’s is one of those places where every day feels like Sunday. Start your morning with a Popeye’s Punch smoothie and Turkish eggs with yogurt on rye…

This tapas bar/restaurant dates back some hundred years.

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.

Luzuria is about simple food made with passion.

A singular reference for any wine lover who comes to Barcelona.

This unassuming little pizza takeout is one of those places you get dragged to by “that foodie friend” after tipping back one too many cold ones.

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

A Goan tapas bar blending Indian recipes with Barcelona’s sharing-plate style

The prettiness and wholesomeness of Iranian food is an open secret.

A gastrobar based out of a locale with a history going to back to 1892.

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

This restaurant-cum-wine bar mixes cuisines from China, Japan and Korea

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

Deep Pizza is proud to make Detroit-style pizza...

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

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