Exclusive Local’s Guide to the Best Restaurants in Barcelona!

Are you ready to embark on a culinary journey through the vibrant streets of Barcelona? Look no further!
Our expert local insiders have carefully picked the most exceptional restaurants in various categories, ensuring an unforgettable gastronomic experience.
Whether you’re into sushi, tapas, seafood, or foreign cuisines, we’ve got you covered!

Our guide contains the very best in each category, handpicked by our passionate local teammates. You can trust their expertise and taste.
Get ready for an unforgettable culinary adventure with AdKaizen!

Sushi restaurants

Ikibana Paralelo
A spectacular terrace in the heart of Barcelona and in about 10 min from the show!
The menu offers a wide variety of easy-to-share proposals, which makes it ideal for group lunches and dinners.
A gastronomic journey through the Brazilian and Japanese cultures in which you will discover different new flavours, textures and aromas.

Robata
Japanese perfection in the center of Barcelona.The dishes served here won’t leave you disappointed: an extensive menu of sushi and Japanese dishes, with a certain elegant western touch.The restaurant is almost always packed with hungry guests. Make sure you book well in advance!

Tapas restaurants

El Nacional Barcelona
Is the first restaurant in Barcelona with different areas where you can try traditional recipes from around the Iberian Peninsula.
It is a unique gastronomic multi-space with a great venue that includes 4 restaurants and 4 bars under the same modernist roof: a meat restaurant, a fish restaurant, a tapas restaurant and a fast delicatessen restaurant.

El Vivo Tapas
Is a very special restaurant, with one of the most interesting nights in the city, dinners with daily events and the most exclusive cocktails.
Exigency in choosing the freshest produce and market quality, experience, love and professionalism in the preparation, the careful and aesthetic presentation of the dishes, will make your visit unforgettable!

Feroz Barcelona
Is daring, decisive, simple, and complex at times.The menu offers a variety of dishes, including Carpaccio, Tuna Tartare, Burrata, and Paella. The food is of high quality and well-presented.In addition to the delicious food and drinks, Feroz Barcelona also features a magician who walks around the tables performing tricks, adding an extra touch of entertainment to your visit!

Cachitos Diagonal
Offers the best tapas and drinks in a bright space of avant-garde and modern style.The formulae here is simple – Mediterranean inspired food and a range of classic and contemporary cocktails; fresh and seasonal products, prepared in accordance with traditional Spanish recipes with a contemporary touch.

Fresh seafood and great view

Xhiringuito Escribà
Escribà offers a fantastic view over Bogatell beach and the sea and is best known for its paella and rice dishes. Founder is also famous for hailing from the famous baking family, which explains the fabulous deserts.You will find the perfect place to enjoy a large number of seafood dishes in a modern and intimate atmosphere, where rice is the star ingredient.

L’Escamarlà
On the table only fresh ingredients cooked in the traditional way: live fire and good hands to make the dishes delicious. Fresh from the ocean, all the preparations have a unique flavour and warmth.
Pleasant terrace a stone’s throw from the beach with beautiful panoramic views is definitely something you will enjoy!

Foreign cuisines

9 Reinas
A piece of Argentina located in the heart of Barcelona. The menu is presented with the best selection of meat from around the world, pasta kneaded by hand, and the delicious empanadas.
You will find a group menu specially designed for companies and groups. That is a great place to bring your team and business partners!

Bella Italia
Offers the best of Neapolitan gastronomy, made with fresh ingredients and cooked as “mamma” would do.
The kitchen offers a wide variety of pasta-based dishes: pizza for every taste, all made with the most classic Neapolitan recipe, meat-based specialties and excellent desserts so that your meal does not lack anything!

Chez Coco
If you never appeared to taste French and Spanish cuisines, take your chance at Chez Cocó. In its impressive open kitchen chickens, quails, pigeons and guinea fowls are masterly roasted. Eating good apple pie, fruitcake and gelato is what most visitors advise.
With no doubt, it is a must in uptown Barcelona!

Ceviche103
Full of cultural confluences and rich in products and flavours, the Peruvian cuisine has achieved a privileged position in Barcelona’s dining scene.
The Peruvian chef makes excellent and authentic homemade dishes true to the culinary traditions of his country and presented with a creative twist.
It is a perfect place to enjoy traditional recipes that are rich in flavours.

Cantina Machito
A small colourful Mexican restaurant with authentic dishes made with fresh and traditional ingredients. Come here for perfectly cooked Mexican tacos, monkfish and chips and guacamole, try good pancakes, fruitcake and che.
Just remember, that they don’t take reservations on the weekend when it gets packed, so show up with plenty of time to spare!

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