Restaurant in Barcelona

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

Sarria's no-nonsense temple to the city's best patatas bravas

Family wine-warehouse turned Catalan taberna

Easygoing modern tapas on the Born's Plaça Comercial edge

Reborn Gothic classic for honest Catalan cooking

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

Galician seafood tapas from the Rias de Galicia family

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

The benchmark all-day tapas bar of the Eixample

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

Where Barcelona's top chefs eat on their night off

Oriol Ivern's quietly inventive modern-Catalan room since 2001

Matsuhisa's robata izakaya across from Santa Caterina market

Hideki Matsuhisa's Michelin-starred Japanese counter

Modern Barceloneta rice and seafood kitchen

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

Wine shop, deli and snug restaurant with a local list

Inland 1959 paella house where Barceloneta families eat

Venetian cooking by twin brothers below Montjuic

Design-led vegetarian kitchen near the old port