The 14th-century Convent de Sant Agustí has had a new lease of life in recent years - first with James Turrell's fabulous 'light sculpture' surrounding the C/Comerç entrance,...

Still the best of the various café terraces now sitting on the edges of the quiet, traffic-free Plaça Vicenç Martorell, Kasparo serves tapas, bocadillos, salads and a varying...

Considered something of a classic, Bar Mendizábal has been around for decades, its multicoloured tiles and serving hatch a feature in thousands of holiday snaps. Really it's...

Since opening in 1995, this mall, office and leisure centre has become a focus of local life. There's a seven-screen cinema (foreign films are mostly dubbed into Spanish) and...

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 doggedly wholesome place, all red gingham and pine and chewy spinach tart. The speciality is tasty focaccia with various toppings, along with the usual high-fibre, low-fun...

Downstairs in the basement, the low sofas fill up with amorous couples, while upstairs everything is sleek and light, with brushed steel, dark leather and a Klimt-like mural. A...

Cast-iron pillars, etched mirrors and bucolic murals create an air of fading grandeur at Café de l'Opera, which now seems incongruous among the fast-food joints and tawdry...

Possibly the only café of its type left in the Eixample, with a delightfully dusty air, Modernista wooden banquettes, walls stained with the nicotine of ages and marble tables...

A cosy tearoom, where first flush Darjeeling is approached with the reverence afforded to a Château d'Yquem. A range of leaves comes with tasting notes describing not only the...

This three-level mall at the sea end of Avda Diagonal has an airy marine theme and a sea-facing roof terrace filled with cafés and restaurants of the fast-food variety. As well...

Heaven on earth for the sweet of tooth, Dolso is a 'pudding café', where even the fabulously on-trend retro baroque wallpaper is chocolate-coloured. Desserts run from light (a...

With this alfresco terrace café the Parc de la Ciutadella finally has a healthy alternative to the kioskos serving overpriced beer and bags of rainbow popcorn. Not much more...