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A table worth the pause

Tapas, longer dinners and a few good reasons to stay at the table. Pick a neighbourhood and a style of meal, then use the restaurant’s own booking details to shape the rest of the outing.

24+ good ideas

RestaurantCatalan

Bar Cañete

Make the table the centre of the evening. A Catalan and Mediterranean stop between the Raval’s galleries and a later night out.

Catalan€€€
RestaurantCatalan

Bar Brutal

A longer conversation over dinner and wine. Leave the museum behind and make Princesa the place where the evening settles.

Catalan€€€
RestaurantCatalan

La Plata

A small stop that need not become a small memory. A few tapas give a Gothic Quarter walk a welcome pause.

Catalan
RestaurantCatalan

Bar del Pla

Keep Montcada for lunch as well as art. A table for sharing a few plates and letting the conversation set the pace.

Catalan€€
RestaurantBarcelona

Els Quatre Gats

Sit down to Catalan cooking in the Modernista café associated with Barcelona’s artists and bohemian gatherings.

RestaurantBarcelona

Caelis

Choose a tasting-menu evening at Romain Fornell’s restaurant, with French technique shaping a contemporary Barcelona kitchen.

RestaurantBarcelona

Cinc Sentits

Give dinner its own place in the itinerary at this tasting-menu restaurant focused on Catalan produce.

RestaurantBarcelona

Via Veneto

A formal dining room for a long lunch, with classic service and a strong connection to Barcelona’s restaurant history.

RestaurantBarcelona

7 Portes

Plan a rice-focused meal beneath the arcades of this historic restaurant near the waterfront.

RestaurantBarcelona

Hisop

A compact dining room where contemporary Catalan cooking turns seasonal ingredients into a carefully paced menu.

RestaurantBarcelona

Lasarte

Make room for an ambitious tasting menu in the restaurant associated with Martín Berasategui on the Eixample side of the centre.

RestaurantBarcelona

ABaC

Head towards Tibidabo for a destination dining room where Jordi Cruz’s tasting menus make dinner the main event.

RestaurantBarcelona

Disfrutar

An extended tasting-menu experience built around playful forms, precise technique and the surprise of the next course.

RestaurantBarcelona

Cocina Hermanos Torres

Watch the kitchen become the dining room’s centre of gravity at the Torres brothers’ Barcelona restaurant.

RestaurantBarcelona

Hofmann Restaurant

An intimate restaurant linked to the Hofmann culinary school, pairing kitchen discipline with a seasonal menu.

RestaurantBarcelona

Moments

A tasting-menu occasion inside the Mandarin Oriental, with contemporary Catalan cooking as the starting point.

RestaurantBarcelona

Alkimia

Explore Jordi Vilà’s reading of Catalan cooking in a restaurant where the setting is part of the experience.

RestaurantFish and Seafood

Batea

Batea puts fish and seafood on the map at Gran Via de Les Corts Catalanes 605.

Fish and Seafood€€
RestaurantContemporary

Virens

Plan the next Barcelona meal around the kitchen: Virens is an address for contemporary cooking.

Contemporary€€
RestaurantJapanese

Koy Shunka

Japanese cooking at Koy Shunka, with the exact address ready for your city route.

Japanese€€€€
RestaurantFusion

Dos Palillos

Dos Palillos puts international cooking on the map at Elisabets 9.

Fusion€€€€
RestaurantMediterranean Cuisine

Dos Pebrots

Plan the next Barcelona meal around the kitchen: Dos Pebrots is an address for Mediterranean cooking.

Mediterranean Cuisine€€€
RestaurantCreative

Mont Bar

Contemporary cooking at Mont Bar, with the exact address ready for your city route.

Creative€€€
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