Barcelona boasts such an immense offering of bars that deciding where to meet for a drink can be a daunting task. To lend a hand, whether your tipple is wine,...
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Discover the best places to drink in Catalonia's capital. Reviews of bars, pubs and tapas bars in Barcelona
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Latest bar and pub reviews
La Casa de la Pradera
Without fanfare, this is a bar that welcomes the entire LGBTQ+ family in the heart of the Raval, the historic center of Barcelona. Its friendly and fun...
Bar La Rovira
Can Comalada was a Gràcia institution: it closed in 2008 and left a void in the hearts of Gràcia locals. It wasn't until August 2015 that the...
Il Birrino
You're greeted by a blackboard with six craft beers, five of them Catalan. Beer is the official poison at Il Birrino, a small space that might puzzle...
Beer'linale
An ambitious project, Beer'linale occupies two floors, which have been converted into dining rooms, and a stately bar overlooks the entrance and serves...
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Dr. Stravinsky
Dr. Stravinsky
A mysterious light calls you from a hidden corner in the Born Next to the entrance, an amber-coloured liquid falls, drop by drop, in a hypnotic process of...
Sant Antoni Glori贸s
Sant Antoni Glori贸s
Let's get right to it: in Sant Antoni, where you have to pay for tap water and they charge you €13 for a plate of meatballs, there was a need for a...
Bar de La Central
Bar de La Central
Satan is in the chapel. No, that’s not the name of some Slayer song. Satan's Coffee Co. and Stefano Colombo (of Xemei fame) co-manage the...
Pastrami Bar / El Paradiso
Pastrami Bar / El Paradiso
Pastrami Bar is pretty much what it sounds like, a sandwich place where you can get a mean pastrami, the likes of which you won't find anywhere else in...
Bodega d'en Rafel
Bodega d'en Rafel
Rafel works long hours preparing traditional home-made dishes, including meatgalls, potato omelette, beef stew, Russian salad.... The place is cosy and the...
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Barcelona's best tapas bars
Quimet i Quimet
Packed to the rafters with dusty bottles of wine, this classic but minuscule bar makes up for in tapas what it lacks in space. The specialities are 'conservas'...
Polleria Fontana
Polleria Fontana isn't just a common chicken eatery. It's also not that close to the Fontana metro station. Instead it's a tapas bar/restaurant between the...
Ten's
At this restaurant, Jordi Cruz (from Àbac) gives his idea of what a tapas bar should be. This includes his own versions of classic tapas, such as squid...
La Esquinica
Think of it not as a trek to the less-than-central neighbourhood of Nou Barris, but as a quest; queues outside are testament to the great value of the tapas....