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My Favorite Restaurants in Barcelona

Published: Apr 04 2018 2 Comments

Barcelona is a fantastic place for food lovers. There is a wide variety of cuisines available to cater for all tastes and price points. Here are my favorites:

Japanese

  • Tomoe – Excellent Japanese food.
  • Minamo

Healthy

  • Les Tres a la Cuina – Healthy home made food lunch set menu at 9 Euro.
  • The Green Spot – Excellent cocktails and the best vegan pizza ever. Might be overpriced, but the ingredients are top quality.
  • Arc Iris – Menu del dia €9.50
  • Viridi Carlos III

Fusion

  • Miriot – Brazilian fusion restaurant with very innovative dishes and a menu del dia option at 12 Euro.
  • Ziryab Fusion Tapas Bar – Great fusion tapas, recommended for a night out with friends as it gets noisy.
  • La Piccolina – Tiny place open only for lunch, but worth it.

Arabic

  • Iakni – Best Lebanese food in Barcelona.
  • Karakala – Our go to lunch set menu during the weekend. Lebanese food.

Italian

  • La Macchina Pasta Bar – Quick and tasty pasta at decent prices.
  • Nonna Maria – Authentic Italian food.
  • La Balmesina – Check out the menu del dia too.
  • Via Margutta

Mediterranean

  • Mastico

Asian

  • Petit Bangkok – Thai food at its best. Book in advance.
  • Mian
  • Boko
  • Mian

Greek

  • La Taberna Griega

Polish

  • Polka Bar

Russian

  • Souvenir – Friendly owners and great Russian food.

Peruvian

  • Totora
  • Toma Ya

Scandinavian

  • Pappa Sven

Vegetarian

  • En Ville – Menu del dia €13.

Tapas

  • Viana – My candidate for best tapas in Barcelona.
  • Tosca – Really awesome tapas.

Local Food

  • Casa Lolea – Take sangria and mushroom risotto.

Burgers

  • Bacoa – Epic burgers. Many branches around town.

Steak

  • Arcano – Good for steaks.

Cafes

  • Federal Cafe – Good food and coffee and excellent spot for working.

Take Away

  • Las Muns Gracia – Delicious high quality empanadas.
  • La Fabrica (El Born) – Very good empanadas.

Brunch

  • Timeline bar – Tiny place but a great brunch.
  • Enkel – Great brunch selection including sandwiches, eggs in different styles, shakshuka and arepas. Nice juices too.
  • La Esquina

Fine Dining

  • 130 Restaurant – Wagyu meat and fantastic service in La Bonanova
  • Ekubo – Authentic Japanese in Eixample

Paella

  • Barceloneta – A bit overpriced and service doesn’t feel homely, but paella is consistently good.
  • El Raco del Aguir
  • Taverna Hofmann

Sweets

  • Le Sucre Coeur

When I’m looking for something new I look at the Plateselector or Barcelona Food Experience websites to find new ones. Traveler also has a great list of menus del dia in Gracia, my favorite barrio in Barcelona.

What are your favorite restaurants in Barcelona?

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  1. Julian ArdenJulian Arden says

    April 4, 2018 at 4:14 pm

    Where is the image from?

    Reply
    • Jean says

      April 4, 2018 at 6:44 pm

      Some fancy restaurant in Barcelona but I forgot the name, somewhere near the port.

      Reply

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