An assured approach to the classics of Catalan cuisine, combined with the sunny terrace tables on the pretty Plaça Sant Just, make this one of the best-value restaurants...

The rambling dining rooms at the 'house of teaspoons' have been packing 'em in since 1786. The secret to this restaurant's longevity is a straightforward one: honest, hearty...

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,...

Casa Calvet allows the time-strapped visitor to sample some excellent cooking and appreciate the master of Modernisme at the same time. One of Gaudí's more understated...

Talented chef Jordi Artal shows respect for the classics (flat coca bread with foie gras and crispy leeks, duck magret with apple), while adding a personal touch in dishes such...

Carles Abellan trained under Ferran Adrià but now ploughs his own, very successful, furrow in this urbane and sexy restaurant. A selection of tiny playful dishes changes...

Also open in the mornings for breakfast, and late night for drinking at the bar, Elisabets maintains a sociable local feel, despite the recent gentrification of its street....

Dazzling in its design, Els Quatre Gats is an unmissable stop for those interested in Modernista architecture and indeed the art of the period, being the former regular meeting...

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...

In a coolly designed space under the NH Constanza, Icho (in Japanese it means gingko tree - of which three graceful examples sit outside) fuses Japanese with Spanish cooking....

La Font del Gat is a welcome watering hole high on Montjuïc between the Miró and ethnological museums. The small, informal-looking restaurant has a surprisingly sophisticated...

A charming converted 19th-century coaching inn with a shady vine-covered terrace. The open wood grill sizzles with various parts of goat, pig, rabbit and cow, as well as a few...

An inviting entrance, pillar-box red, is a beacon of cheer on one of Barcelona's less salubrious streets. Inside, the three Fernández sisters have created a bright and...

The staggering success of the Quinze Nits enterprise (there are now countless branches here in Barcelona and now in Madrid, along with a handful of hotels) is down to one...