Forget the three kilometres of golden sandy beaches and Gaudí's splendid architecture: the first reason to visit Barcelona is the food served in every restaurant.
And while the legacy of El Bulli still lives on among the city's great chefs (even despite the recent closure of Adrià's culinary empire, which includes legendary establishments like Tickets, Pakta and Enigma), there are so many brilliant dishes prepared by so many great chefs that it's an almost insurmountable challenge to discover them all (that's not to say you shouldn't try). Few cities in the world can match the Catalan capital for its gastronomic offerings, which range from world-class Michelin stars to modest tapas restaurants and everything in between.
It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. Compiling a list of the best restaurants in Barcelona involves a lot of research, and we're more than happy to survey the range of restaurants here, especially if it means hungry visitors can discover something new and exciting.
This list of 30 essential dining experiences is just the tip of the iceberg, but it offers a wide variety of food (and prices), from the stars of Catalan cuisine to the many tastes of Barcelona's growing international culinary scene.
Barcelona's must-try gourmet restaurants
Besta
Besta is the brainchild of Catalan-born Carles Ramón and Galician-born Manu Núñez. Together, they have invented a unique gastronomic style: a blend of the best seasonal products from their respective regions. It is a perfect marriage and the result is simply ethereal. Ramón and Núñez try new recipes and take risks, especially when it comes to mixing unorthodox ingredients from the sea and the land. Surf 'n' turf is a mainstay of Spanish cuisine. Combinations such as chicken and shrimp or meatballs and squid abound on the menus here, but Besta goes even further, serving Galician oysters with thin slices of dry-aged beef, for example.
Price: €€€
Address: Carrer d'Aribau, 106, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, seafood
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Our rating: 4.4 / 5
Mr Porter
Tucked away inside the Sir Victor Hotel, Mr. Porter is everything you'd expect from its trendy address and has become a crowd pleaser. It may be billed as a steakhouse, but its wood-fired oven also serves superb vegetable and seafood dishes. Menu highlights include roasted whole leek, smooth beef carpaccio and succulent Japanese Wagyu steak, but the dish that will have you fighting for the last bite is the sweet-but-spicy jumbo prawn salad with corn and avocado.
Price: €€€€
Address: Carrer del Rosselló, 265, 08008 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Steakhouse, Vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,4 / 5
Cocina Hermanos Torres
Twins Sergio and Javier Torres made their name with the Michelin-starred Dos Cielos restaurant at the Meliá Barcelona Sky Hotel. More risky and avant-garde, Hermanos Torres was awarded two coveted stars two years after it opened. Playing with juxtaposition, whether it's high-contrast textures and temperatures, ultra-modern interpretations of Catalan "grandma" dishes or unexpected flavour combinations.
Price: €€€
Address: Carrer del Taquígraf Serra, 20, 08029 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, Mediterranean, vegetarian options
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Our rating: 4.6 / 5
Alkimia
Despite its Michelin-starred status, Alkimia has magically managed to stay under the radar - how lucky! Chef Jordi Vila's tasting menus consist of a balanced series of dishes whose flavours and textures are perfectly matched. He has a particular affection for the sea, and this is evident in dishes such as hollandaise with hazelnuts and suquet de xérès (or Catalan seafood stew).
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Address: Ronda de Sant Antoni, 41, 08011 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Mediterranean, vegetarian options
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Our rating: 4.5 / 5
Aürt
At Aürt, Artur Martínez's tasting menu restaurant in the lobby of the Hilton Diagonal Mar hotel, the seasonally changing menu is perfect, with each dish appealing to your love. This place is for foodies with relaxed afternoon hours; after all, it takes a while to eat 15 courses. Their cuttlefish tarar(a) is a success, the cuttlefish being tender and perfectly balanced. The royal onion is good enough to change your opinion of onions forever.
Price: €€€€
Address: Pg. del Taulat, 262, 264, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: European, fusion, Mediterranean, Spanish, contemporary
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Our rating: 4.6
Dos Palillos
Albert Raurich won a Michelin star for the masterful tasting menus at this small tapas restaurant in El Raval, which blend Japanese ingredients with Spanish panache. Dishes such as Szechuan-style jellyfish and chicken sashimi (served rare!) may force you out of your comfort zone, but treat yourself. A small number of diners, all seated around an open central kitchen, creates a warm and intimate atmosphere for all participants, including the staff.
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Address: Carrer d'Elisabets, 9, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Asian, fusion, Spanish, Japanese, Mediterranean, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,2 / 5
Solomillo
Satisfy all your darkest carnivorous desires in this meat-lovers' paradise, where the name of the restaurant is the same as the name of your order (solomillo means 'sirloin steak'). It's the best steak in Barcelona and the menu is as customisable as you like: choose your type of beef, its weight and how you want it cooked, as well as optional sauces and sides. If you're overwhelmed by the choices, opt for the Beef Frison, cooked medium rare, with Café de Paris sauce, Dauphinoise potatoes and carrot rissoles with cumin on the side. You are welcome to join us.
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Address: C/ de Mallorca, 251, 08008 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Mediterranean, Spanish, steakhouses, European, vegetarian options
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Our rating: 4.4 / 5
Enoteca Paco Pérez
The bright white dining room exudes sophistication. Everything is spotless, from the immaculate white tablecloths to the spacious table layout to the staff in their immaculate uniforms. Chef Paco Pérez is an El Bulli alumnus who has broken away from Adrià's world and earned six Michelin stars of his own. His aforementioned love of 'mar i muntanya' (surf 'n' turf in Catalan) is present in many of his dishes, which include decadent creations such as crayfish served with wild mushrooms and sea figs or perfectly balanced sea bass with wild mushrooms and mussels. To fully enjoy the Paco Pérez experience, the tasting menu is a must, although its €200 price tag is not for the faint of heart.
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Address: Carrer de la Marina, 19, 21, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Mediterranean, Spanish, vegetarian options
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Our rating: 4.3 / 5
Green Spot
Billed as the vegetarian restaurant that's 'vegetarian for non-vegetarians', Green Spot does indeed manage to cater for both vegetarians and carnivores, which is ideal if you've wolfed down a few too many plates of fried croquettes and calamari during your time in town. The menu features comfort food, such as fried cauliflower with mint and tamarind sauce and four-cheese pizza with courgette flowers, but also lighter, healthier options, such as grilled vegetable salads.
Price: €€
Address: Carrer de la Reina Cristina, 12, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Vegetarian
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Our rating : 4,4 / 5
Disfrutar
A meal at Disfrutar is like a show: there's fire, ice, smoke, and lots of flavour and colour. Three chefs from the late El Bulli create playful and unpredictable tasting menus that often surprise us by saying one thing to our eyes but sending a completely different message to our taste buds. Highlights include crispy egg yolk with mushrooms and chocolate peppers in oil and salt, but in this two-starred gem, everything is good. This restaurant is one of the best in the world !
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Address: C. de Villarroel, 163, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Mediterranean, Spanish, vegetarian options
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Our rating: 4,7 / 5
Berbena
The locals rule here. Few tourists have heard of Berbena, and even fewer venture off the beaten track into the city's chic neighbourhood above Avenida Diagonal. Inside, you'll find daily batches of homemade bread that smells like your grandmother's cooking, comfort food like beef stew and gooey slices of Spanish omelette, platters of locally sourced cheeses and charcuterie - all made to be shared. We like to think you'll stumble in here for a quick meal. You'll find a table by the window. One thing leads to another, and by midnight you'll realise you've spent hours snacking and chatting. And you won't regret a single second of it.
Price: €€
Address: Carrer de Minerva, 6, 08006 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,6 / 5
Cinc Sentits
There are no bells and whistles at Cinc Sentits, but you couldn't blame Catalan-Canadian chef Jordi Artal if there were. After ten years as a marketing director in Silicon Valley, he not only taught himself to cook, but he earned a Michelin star in 2009. But Artal is not one to brag. He is kind, gentle and modest; he works alongside his sister; his mother sometimes helps him serve. Their restaurant, recently moved and refurbished in the Eixample, is appropriately sober, with simple wooden chairs, white walls and no fuss. You'll be fighting over the stars of the tasting menu with your dining companions, but trust us: The pan-fried scallop with a ham chip is top-notch.
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Address: C/ d'Entença, 60, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Mediterranean, Spanish, European
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Our rating : 4,6 / 5
Picnic
From the regulars who come in every week to the hip tourists who wander in on a whim, Picnic seems to have a kind of rare universal appeal - the popularity never wanes in this little piece of Brooklyn dropped into Barcelona. The American-Chilean fusion menu is a brunch dream: hash browns with quinoa, fried green tomatoes with salty cheese and salsa are not to be denied.
Price: €€
Address: C/ del Comerç, 1, Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,4 / 5
Benzina
Most attendees are in this garage to settle in and enjoy comforting, no-frills Italian food. The entrance and left side are crowded with glamorous stool-posters who revel in social lubricants and listen to a classic rock soundtrack before heading to more formal dinners. Treat appetizers like tapas: Mix juicy bites of buffalo mozzarella and tomato with rich bites of aubergine alla parmigiana served with Parmesan ice cream. For the main courses, it's all about the carbs: linguine with garlic, oil and lobster; perfectly balanced dishes of risotto and gnocchi; and even an old-fashioned carbonara, all gooey and sticky. If the background music makes you burst out laughing, who cares?
Price: €€€
Address: Passatge de Pere Calders, 6, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,5 / 5
Can Fisher
Tourists are inevitable at a seaside paella restaurant like this one, overlooking Bogatell beach, but what sets Can Fisher apart is the high proportion of locals, giving it Barcelona credibility. Fish dishes come in all shapes and sizes, from delectable red shrimp carpaccio to freshly shucked oysters, anchovies dripping with olive oil, steamed mussels and fresh salt-baked turbot. But again, the real highlight here is the wide range of paellas. From the goosebump-inducing lobster rice soup to the Arroz del Señorito, specially designed for young people who prefer not to get their hands dirty, to the black squid rice with small squid, padrón peppers and alioli, the selection is so good it's almost impossible to choose just one.
Price: €€
Address: Av. del Litoral, 64, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Seafood, Mediterranean, Spanish, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,3 / 5
Slow & Low
At Slow & Low, everyone rushes to the six stools at the kitchen counter, which are placed at the same height as the chefs - a metaphor, perhaps, for the restaurant's ethos: to take in everything that we traditionally associate with tasting menus. Chef Francesc Beltri has spent time travelling and living in Bali and Singapore, and brings these influences into his cooking, along with Mexican, Mediterranean and Peruvian flavours. Dinner will be full of risk, mouth-watering flavours and beautiful raw materials.
Price: €€
Address: C. del Comte Borrell, 119, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Fusion, Mediterranean, Spanish, vegetarian options
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Our rating: 4.5 / 5
Estimar
If you're a fan of all things fish, look no further than Estimar, hidden in one of the smaller streets in Barcelona's El Born district. Chef Rafa Zafra is a former El Bulli, but nowadays he's less interested in molecular gastronomy than in passing on his passion for the sea. The prawn carpaccio is a star dish, as are the razor clams, grilled Cap de Creus prawns and whole grilled sole. Portions are small but expensive, so be prepared to order generously and pay accordingly.
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Address: Carrer de Sant Antoni dels Sombrerers, 3, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Seafood, Mediterranean
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Our rating : 4,2 / 5
Parking Pizza
The name Parking Pizza doesn't lie: yes, it's a car park. And apart from a giant pizza oven giving off the aroma of dough in the back left corner, little has changed from its previous incarnation. On the concrete floor, still outlined by the white paint of the car parks, are large communal tables and cardboard seats with removable lids to store your stuff. It's hip, it's hipster, it's crowded and it's the best pizza in Barcelona (is it as good as a slice of New York pizza? You decide). Of the 13 choices on the menu, number 11 is the signature: a circle of gooey joy without cheese or tomato, with Fior di Latte mozzarella, fontina, parmesan, egg and truffle.
Price: €€
Address: Carrer de Londres, 98, Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: pizza, Italian, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,2 / 5
Ca l'Estevet
Back in the day (a very long time - the restaurant opened in the 19th century), this El Raval restaurant was a favourite haunt of Barcelona's artistic community, and the old-fashioned bohemian decor has been well preserved: bad lighting, white tablecloths on dark wood, and walls adorned with old portraits and mosaics. The food is honest and delicious - top dishes include cod fritters and meatballs with cuttlefish and prawns.
Price: €€
Address: Carrer de Valldonzella, 46, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,5 / 5
Assunta Madre
If, like us, you often fantasise about giant bowls of pasta overflowing with seafood straight from the sea, then Assunta Madre is the place to come to satisfy all your deepest desires - especially in a city overflowing with tapas. Fantastic raw materials - lobsters, sea urchins, lobsters - are masterfully transformed into Italian classics, like spaghetti with clams or huge seafood platters. Be sure to check the price of the daily specials before ordering, to avoid a nasty surprise on your bill.
Price: €€€€
Address: C/ de Provença, 300, 08008 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Seafood, Italian, Mediterranean, European, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,4 / 5
Xavier Pellicer
Xavier Pellicer closed his restaurant Celerí, which offered a mostly plant-based menu with animal protein options, just after he won a Michelin star for it. He reopened a little later in a new location under his own name, and was immediately awarded the title of the world's best plant-based restaurant in 2018 by the green guide "We're Smart" in its "Think Vegetables. The change is more of the same, but better.
Pellicer has more space, an oak grill and a wok fire. Dive into his experiments with the new facility, like the incredible cauliflower steak with massala spices. Or the aubergine glazed with wild watercress, to which carnivores can add 'botifarra del perol' sausage. Or the green beans with potatoes and chanterelles, which are already a must in the world of vegetarian creations in Barcelona.
Price: €€€
Address: C/ de Provença, 310, 08037 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Mediterranean, Spanish, vegetarian
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Our rating: 4.5 / 5
Passadis del Pep
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Passadis del Pep is that there is no menu to read. Invite your waiter to take a seat at the table and explain what you want to eat, what you don't want to eat and what your budget is. This will be followed by an expertly executed tasting menu of the best seasonal produce, bought at the market on the day and carefully tailored to your taste, budget and dietary requirements. Prices range from around 70 euros per person to whatever you are prepared to spend. Specialities include grilled squid and cannelloni with chicken and foie gras.
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Address: Pla de Palau, 2, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Seafood, Mediterranean, Spanish, vegetarian options
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Our rating: 4.3 / 5
Yakumanka by Gastón Acurio
With its casual dining room and hand-painted panels on the walls, Yakumanka looks more like a casual beach restaurant than a serious dining destination, but make no mistake, it is one (a fact your wallet will surely become aware of by the end).
This restaurant is the work of Gastón Acurio, the father of modern Peruvian cuisine. The dishes are, as you'd expect, authentically Peruvian and make a real impact, from classic ceviche (of course), with tiger's milk, or leche de tigre, lots of coriander and just the right level of spice, to tiraditos of sliced tuna, green mango and crunchy quinoa, not to mention all the fresh fish and seafood options of the day behind the well-stocked counter.
Price: €€
Address: C/ de València, 207, Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Peruvian, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,5 / 5
Suculent
From the outside, Suculent may not look like a temple of gastronomy, but the interior is rustic-chic, with wooden tables and wicker chairs. Books, plants and jars fill the shelves along the walls, creating a homey atmosphere. Chef Toni Romero is not afraid to push the boundaries. His dishes are unconventional, creative and utterly decadent, so leave your diet at the door and prepare to indulge your inner foodie. The adventurous will be blown away by combinations such as steak tartare served on bone marrow, or beetroot with beurre blanc and smoked eel, while the more squeamish may be disappointed at the sight of the glazed cockerel crest.
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Address: Rambla del Raval, 45, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, Mediterranean, contemporary, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,2 / 5
Àbac
Located in a small boutique hotel on the outskirts of Barcelona, Àbac is run by Jordi Cruz, an immensely talented chef who won his first Michelin star when he was just 24. He did it again when Àbac received its third star from the Michelin inspectors. When it comes to the main event (and let's face it, the food is why you're here), Àbac offers very little choice. There is only one tasting menu. It costs 265 euros. It must be served to the whole table. And you won't be disappointed.
Cruz takes you on a journey that starts with stunning appetisers like his 'Gilda de Mar', through marinated oyster with apple and mushrooms, grilled eel on brioche with 'all i oli' and fresh wasabi, grouse roasted with beetroot romesco, and countless other bites and plates, before finishing with a series of decadent desserts, such as his frosted "tuile" with flowers, yoghurt textures, crumbled biscuit and violet ice cream.
Price: €€€€
Address: Av. del Tibidabo, 1, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, Mediterranean, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,4 / 5
Fismuler
Fismuler Barcelona is the much-loved result of the professional passion and friendship of three chefs. Nino Redruello, Patxi Zumárraga and Jaime Santianes met in the kitchen of the legendary El Bulli in 2002 and, although their careers took them down different paths, they ended up at Fismuler.
The restaurant is sleek and modern, with exposed brick, bare wood and stone tiles blurring the line between the city street outside and the interior of the dining room, separated only by a huge glass wall. The cuisine has obvious Spanish roots, but also strays north and west, with Provençal pate and black truffle burrata. Dishes such as the ortiguilla (sea anemone) omelette and the delicate semi-cooked sea bream with raisins and almonds are superb modern interpretations of Spanish classics, and the service is as informal as possible to avoid pretense while still offering a refined dining experience.
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Address: Carrer del Rec Comtal, 17, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,2 / 5
Lasarte
Lasarte is brought to us by Martín Berasategui, the chef with the most Michelin stars in Spain - twelve in total - and the third most starred chef in the world. At present, seven of his restaurants have 12 Michelin stars between them, with Lasarte in Barcelona having three. So it goes without saying that the cuisine at this restaurant is going to be out of this world. You can choose between a tasting menu or an à la carte menu. Whichever you choose, you'll find dishes like squid tartar with egg yolk, red shrimp on a sea bed with fennel and coral emulsion, and venison with black truffle. And don't forget to reserve a seat for pastry chef Xavi Donnay's cherry petit fours. Donnay won best pastry chef honours at the Best Chef Awards 2020.
Price: €€€€
Address: C/ de Mallorca, 259, 08008 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, European, Mediterranean, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,6 / 5
Paco Meralgo
Although there are a ton of tapas restaurants in Barcelona, few strive for top quality seasonal produce. Paco Meralgo is one of them. The menu may look like what you see elsewhere, but the quality is much better. For a selection of classic tapas, you can't go wrong with the patatas bravas (fried potatoes with a spicy sauce and garlic aioli), the tuna salad with tomato and onion, or the cuttlefish croquettes 'Obama'.
Price: €€
Address: C/ de Muntaner, 171, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, Mediterranean, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,5 / 5
CruiX
This hidden gastronomic gem attracts food lovers who don't want to spend a hundred euros or more on a Michelin-starred meal. Cruix's tasting menu concept seems almost too good to be true. Eight courses will cost you 40 euros. Yes, you read that right: forty euros for eight courses. It turns out that the price tag is the only thing that's cheap, because the food looks and tastes like a million euros. Tasty bites like cod 'churros', crispy rice with beef jerky, as well as Thai-inspired Tom Kha Gai ice cream. It's clear that chef Miquel Pardo has big ambitions.
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Address: C/ d'Entença, 57, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, contemporary, vegetarian options
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Our rating : 4,5 / 5
Direkte Boqueria
Any food lover worth their salt knows that Direkte Boqueria, an unpretentious old market stall, is a must-visit on a trip to Barcelona. Reservations disappear so quickly it makes your head spin. The formula is simple: two tasting menus, nine courses for 60 euros, or 12 for 75 euros.
And it doesn't take long to appreciate why chef Arnau Muñío was named Chef of the Year 2018 at the prestigious Girona Gastronomic Forum. His style is Catalan-Asian fusion, and there's no doubt about it when the delicately balanced umami of the oyster gyoza dumpling with its "capipota" sauce explodes in your mouth (capipota translates as "head and hoof" and refers to a rustic Catalan stew made from veal head and shanks). But the real showstopper is the ultra gooey matcha cheesecake.
Price: €€€€
Address: Carrer de les Cabres, 13, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
Specialities: Spanish, fusion, Asian, Mediterranean
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Our rating: 4.7 / 5
FAQ Restaurant Barcelona
Is Barcelona known for its gastronomy?
A renowned destination for foodies, Barcelona offers some of the best paellas to be found in Spain. Although Valencia is the capital of Spanish paella, Barcelona is no slouch when it comes to rice.
Is Barcelona a gourmet city?
Barcelona is a city of gourmets. And even if you eat up to six meals a day, as is often the case in Spain, it's not enough to grasp the full extent of the offer.
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