Cold-weather meals

El Asador de Aranda

• Price band: 3/4
• Critics choice

This cosy restaurant is located in Casa Rovirata, one of the city’s modernist gems. It’s the quality of the meat that stands out here, especially the lamb and the suckling pig.

Agut

• Rated as: 3/5
• Price band: 2/4
• Critics choice

This has been one of the best inns in Catalonia for many years. They have revived many dishes – such as brains in batter – that had virtually died out. Booking ahead is essential: Every Sunday morning you’ll see queues of people waiting to get in here.

Yalta Crimea

• Rated as: 4/5
• Price band: 2/4
• Critics choice

For those who love traditional Russian and Ukrainian cuisine, one of the few spots to fill your belly in Barcelona is the Yalta Crimea. It's not here by default, however: their borscht soup and golubtsy are excellent.

El Llagar de Granda

• Critics choice

Run by chef Visi Granda, El Llagar de Granda is the only Asturian restaurant in town that has succeeded in breaking the monopoly of competitor El Furacu. Come here to enjoy Visi's generous, flavoursome cuisine rooted in the traditions of the north, with dishes such as the house paté, scorpionfish

Freixa Tradició

• Price band: 3/4
• Critics choice

The return of Josep Maria Freixa to his family home, now that Ramon has gone off to enjoy fame in Madrid, has resulted in an authentic festival of traditional cuisine: pig’s trotters with prunes and pine nuts, cuttlefish with artichokes, and perhaps the finest macaroni in Barcelona.

Escairón

• Price band: 2/4
• Critics choice

Escairón is particularly remarkable for its Galician entrecot (sirloin steak) and caldo gallego (Galician broth). Jorge and Pilar make you feel at home, while the clientele are mostly regulars. Aside from the entrecot, main dishes include barbecue, stews, and especially the eponymous dessert,

Gelida

• Rated as: 3/5
• Price band: 1/4

Gelida is one of those bar-restaurants that are few and far between nowadays, ideal for tight budgets and good eaters. The fork breakfast is a memorable experience. And at lunchtime, get ready for a communal meal with some delicious starters and main dishes. The capipota, shoulder and cod are

El Furacu

• Price band: 3/4
• Critics choice

With specialities like natural cider, bean stew, hake cooked in cider and the finest cheeses from Asturias, El Furacu is always packed.

Terra d'Escudella

This traditional Catalan restaurant and bar is right next to Plaça d’Osca. To do justice to its name, make sure you try the great house escudella (stew), but if it’s meat you want, then go for the Catalan sausage and cuttlefish stew (a surf ’n’ turf classic), veal cheeks with apple sauce and

Llamber

• Price band: 2/4
• Critics choice

Fran Heras has opened a follow-up to his restaurant in the Asturian city of Avilés, right here in Barcelona. This one is a gastrobar, or it may be more correct to call it a tapas restaurant with a distinctly Asturian flavour. The menu is very personal and creative, and there's no fussy