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Restaurants, bars and cafes in Barcelona – tapas, brunch, natural wine, craft beer and everything in between. Curated by locals.
Barcelona
food & drink
Restaurants, bars and cafes in Barcelona – tapas, brunch, natural wine, craft beer and everything in between. Curated by locals.
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Xiringuito Escribà
The Escribà family’s Bogatell-beach paella house, cooking over wood fires since 1992.
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Otsu
A creative Japanese-inspired café blending coffee, design and food in Poblenou.
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Bonsai
A matcha-obsessed Eixample café sourcing first-harvest ceremonial powder from Japan, stone-ground to order – with proper coffee alongside.
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Makamaka
Burgers and cocktails meet surf decor on a big terrace near Barceloneta beach.
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Barkads Burgers
A Filipino family puts pork belly and liver sauce into a Blai smash burger.
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La Gilda
A small tapas & wine bar with honest cooking.
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La Xarxa
On the corner of Plaça Molina you’ll find the traditional Catalan restaurant, La Xarxa.
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Caj Chai
Peruse a menu of 125 varieties of rare imported teas.
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La Europea
This bodega doubles as a café with familiar favorites with a twist, or from further afield.
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Món Vínic
A singular reference for any wine lover who comes to Barcelona.
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Raó
Locally sourced and seasonal products are favored to create modern delights that are based on a selection of Mediterranean and traditional local dishes.
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Batea
A modern seafood bistro that reimagines the traditional marisquería concept.
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Can Solé
Serving up paella and seafood dishes for over a hundred years.
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La Balabusta
On the corner of Rosselló and Enric Granados you’ll find the Israeli restaurant La Balabusta.
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Les Truites
A tortilla institution since 1978 with 180 varieties, now on Viladomat.
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Bistrot Levante
A neo-bistro on one of the Gòtic’s quieter plazas – meze and a good wine list.
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Les Dues Sicílies
Try an arancini, fried rice balls stuffed with beef, mushrooms, Iberian ham or prawns.
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Bloome by Sasha
A healthy café on Passeig de Sant Joan, with a second branch on Via Laietana.
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Bar But
Market-fresh Mediterranean food is their game, but Asian influences assert themselves too.
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Bar Treze
This tapas bar sits among Sarrià’s burgeoning scene along its main street, Major de Sarrià.
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Takeaway & Delivery Picks
Good news in having some restaurants jumping back into action with takeaway and home delivery services.
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Alkimia
An upmarket restaurant in Sant Antoni offering Catalan cuisine.
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Flax & Kale
Their “flexitarian” cuisine is rooted in nutrition and 35 years of culinary experience.
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Maná 75
A Barceloneta paella specialist – a dozen varieties, 19 open cooking stations.
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Departure Coffee Co.
A pared-back coffee bar and art gallery down a tiny Raval street, pouring SlowMov beans across V60, pour-over and cold brew.
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El Puestu
Specializing in “vins i platillos”(wines and small dishes), the menu features bold but simple dishes that rely heavily on the quality of each ingredient.
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Bicos
Bicos means “little kisses” in Gallego, and it’s a befitting name for this Galician corner restaurant.
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Ajoblanco
The upscale bar and restaurant was designed by Lázaro Rosa Violán.
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Bicioci Bike Café
Andrea and Fabrizzio’s Gràcia workshop-café – bikes, brunch and Italian pizza.
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Contracorrent Bar
A local wine bar attracting a Catalan-speaking, natural wine-loving crowd.