Restaurant in Barcelona

Seasonal vegetarian and vegan cooking with global accents

The Istanbul Anatolian grill, transplanted to the Eixample

Jordi Vila's Catalan cuisine inside the Moritz brewery

Valencian rice mastery in a former textile factory

Tiny Venetian taberna beside the Boqueria

Theatrical classic-Spanish bar dining steps off La Rambla

Vinyl-soundtracked family tapas bar since the 1950s

Dani Lechuga's meat-obsessed counter bistro

Family wine-warehouse turned Catalan taberna

Easygoing modern tapas on the Born's Plaça Comercial edge

Reborn Gothic classic for honest Catalan cooking

Legendary no-menu seafood counter run on the chef's whim

Half-century Les Corts classic for fish and grills

Barceloneta's oldest house, seafood since the 1750s building

1903 fishermen's tavern, fourth-generation rice house

Ten-table owner-run seafood and rice locals' room

The benchmark all-day tapas bar of the Eixample

Three Michelin stars in a theatre of open kitchens

Seasonal Franco-Catalan tapas on Rambla del Poblenou

Poblenou's seafood benchmark on a postcard plaza

Albert Adria's 25-course labyrinth, the El Bulli idea reborn

Born's original Basque pintxo bar inside a cultural centre

Matsuhisa's robata izakaya across from Santa Caterina market

Hideki Matsuhisa's Michelin-starred Japanese counter

Modern Barceloneta rice and seafood kitchen

Market-driven Catalan cooking opposite Mercat de la Llibertat

Irish-owned brunch-and-cocktails fixture of 20 years

Two-star cooking served at a counter, not a white-tablecloth room

Wine shop, deli and snug restaurant with a local list

Andalusian-Catalan tapas, north-meets-south kitchen

Inland 1959 paella house where Barceloneta families eat

El Bulli-trained Catalan cooking on the Rambla del Raval

Seasonal Catalan small plates with a coveted garden terrace in Sarria

Venetian cooking by twin brothers below Montjuic