Even before Alkimia was awarded its Michelin star it was notoriously tricky to get a table and these days it hasn't got any easier. Chef Jordi Vilà is...
C/Indústria 79Casa 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...
C/Casp 48
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...
C/Aribau 58Carles Abellan trained under Ferran Adrià, and ploughs his own, very successful furrow in this urbane and sexy restaurant. A selection of tiny, playful...
C/Comerç 24
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...
Cala MontjoiA potentially great restaurant, let down by a dining room rendered clamorous by a steel floor. The lighting, too, is a bit spotty and unforgiving; still,...
C/Provença 230Run by two young, enthusiastic and talented chefs, Hisop aims to bring serious dining to the non-expense-account masses by keeping its prices low and its...
Passatge Marimon 9In 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...
C/Deu i Mata 69-95
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...
C/Diputació 424
The tables at Moo are as desirable as the rooms in its parent, Hotel Omm. The cooking, overseen by the celebrated Roca brothers, is some of the most...
C/Rosselló 265Top-notch but unstuffy, Saüc ('elderberry') is generally overlooked by the section of international media crazy for 'Spain is the new France' restaurant...
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