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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.

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.

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

Sant Gervasi Thai with a Mediterranean twist, from its French-Catalan owners.

Perched on one of Montjuïc’s cactus-clad cliffs, this is one of the finest tapas bars in town.

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

The weekend brunch is a local fixture, offering staples like pancakes and Eggs Benedict.

A Venezuelan-run gastrobar on Carrer Riego, one of the reasons Sants is rising.

With views of the Mediterranean sea, this modern specializes in traditional seafood and paella.

A sprawling food hall in a converted garage just off Passeig de Gràcia.

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.

Smoked butter, pastrami and picnic provisions in the Fábrica Lehmann courtyard.

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

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

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.

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

Bring lunch and rent a grill at this century-old picnic ground in Collserola.

After opening their first location in Madrid, elBulli alumni Nino Redruello and Patxi Zumárraga decided to open their second location in Barcelona.

Pastry chef Richard Bies’s artisanal doughnut shop on Parlament handcrafts small batches fresh daily.

A tortilla institution since 1978 with 180 varieties, now on Viladomat.

Vegan restaurant Fat Veggies serves up barbecue and smoked vegetables.

Spain’s first fully plant-based Mexican eatery.

The Raffaelli family’s Tuscan trattoria in Gràcia – handmade pasta, Lucca recipes.

Expect to find a steady stream of students flowing in and out of the shop throughout the day, leaving an animated buzz after a welcome hit of caffeine.

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.

The newest and most beautiful café-cum-brunch place to hit the Eixample.

Long one of Gràcia’s stalwarts, this “old man” bar has been brought up-to-date by the founders’ grandkids.

A fish restaurant with its very own laboratory for creating the perfect fish dish.