Restaurants in Barcelona

In Barcelona, the Spanish and in particular the Catalan cuisine at home. In Barcelona, people from many countries find here their home, so you can also find an exquisite international cuisine.

For fish or seafood the former fishing area near the Barcelona’s beach is Barcelona's first address. In the Gothic quarter (Barrí Gotic) in the centre of Barcelona you will find a rather wide variety of restaurants from around the world. In the district of Eixample, outside the mass tourism of the old city, a traditional Spanish cuisine dominates.

From Thursday to Saturday, you should reserve a table.

Opening times

Spaniards eat compared to the Middle-Europeans rather late. Lunch is served between 14:00 and 16:00 in the afternoon and evening you don’t eat before 21:00. Some restaurant’s kitchens open because of that reason often only from 21:00 to about 24:00. Around the Rambla in the Gothic quarter, many restaurants have adapted to the tourists and open the kitchen earlier.

Pricing and Payment

Many restaurants offer a cheap lunch menu (menú del día), salad, main dish, dessert and a drink. Prices range from 6 -15 €.
At night you should calculate with slightly higher prices. Of course every price class restaurants can be found in Barcelona - from fast-food restaurant to gourmet temple. Often the prices are indicated on the menu cards without the 7% value added tax (IVA).

Only one person pais at a table. The breakdown of the invoiced amount you do then among yourselves.

Tipping

Local people in Spain get only a little tip. In restaurants it is about 5 percent, or you complete the invoice amount to a "just" sum. Leave the tip on the table when leaving the restaurant.

Smoking in restaurants and bars

Since 2006, in Spain and Catalonia a far-reaching smoking ban exists: smoking in the workplace, office buildings, cultural facilities, shopping centres and public transport is generally not allowed. Bars and restaurants with more than 100 m2 must have separate areas for smokers and non-smokers. Smaller restaurants or bars can even decide whether smoking is allowed or not. This must be clearly identified at the entrance. In some public houses like discos or nightclubs which do not serve or prepare food, smoking is possible, if the owner allowes this.

Recipes

Our original Spanish and Catalan to download recipes can be found in our recipe collection.

Here we have the restaurants assigned to the districts.