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

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...

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

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...

Locals were heartbroken when the old, beloved Casa Delfín served its last plate of fried sardines, but it has scrubbed up very nicely indeed in its new...

Talented Canadian-Catalan chef Jordi Artal shows respect for local classics (flat coca bread with foie gras and crispy leeks, duck magret with apple), while...

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

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

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...

It's currently all the rage for Barna's top chefs to set up more affordable offshoots, and this one is under the guiding hand of Carles Gaig. The Fonda Gaig...

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...

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...

This bright little tapas restaurant only has four tables, so it pays to reserve. All the usual tapas, from anchovies to cured meats, are rigorously sourced,...

If you're curious to try some of the more extreme experiences in postmodern haute cuisine (we're talking tripe and brains rather than the latest flights of...