An old-style café-bar that's good for lazy Sunday mornings, with its battered leather seats, ceiling fans and shady tables outside, although staff can sometimes be less than...

It claims to serve the best patatas bravas in Barcelona, but really we love Bo for its terrace on one of Gràcia's most lively and emblematic squares. Its reasonably original...

A smoky but likeable old family bodega with a faded, peeling charm, barrels on the wall and rows of dusty bottles. Manolo specialises not only in reasonably priced wine, but in...

The speciality at this vast Galician restaurant is seafood in every shape and form, served with military precision by a fleet of nautically clad waiters. The sole cooked in...

An ancient rambling farmhouse clad in bougainvillea and perched high above the city, Can Travi Nou offers wonderfully rustic dining rooms with roaring log fires in winter,...

Every day is Day of the Dead in this cheerily decked out little Mexican joint, with its tissue paper bunting and chaotic hubbub. The minuscule writing on the menu and low...

Darling of the Sunday papers, El Bulli is possibly the most talked-about restaurant in the world today; thus it merits a mention here, despite its location up on the Costa...

Most regions of Spain are represented on the menu at this profoundly traditional restaurant. There is a particular emphasis on Galicia (caldeirada gallega is a hearty fish...

Run by an Italian mother and daughter, the Caffetteria Italiana is famous for its own-recipe dark chocolate ice-cream - of which it runs out every night. Other freshly made,...

A comic metaphor for modern-day Barcelona, Himali moved into what was a local boozer, but has retained the silhouettes of famous Catalans - Dalí and Montserrat Caballé among...

With whitewashed stone walls, piles of books and games, and a gaily painted table-and-chair set for children, La Nena is wonderfully cosy, or would be if the staff would only...

While this is often described as a lesbian-friendly restaurant, in fact that's the least noteworthy thing about it, and all are made welcome. Most come here for the good-value...

The policy at Barcelona's only Iraqi restaurant is to have everything on the menu at the same price, so that the cost won't hold anybody back from ordering what they want. The...

Colourful, pop art decor coupled with a chilled and convivial atmosphere makes this the perfect bar to sit and shoot the breeze. It's occasionally livened up with a flamenco...