Venues similar to Koy Shunka

Jordi Vila's Catalan cuisine inside the Moritz brewery

Martin Berasategui's three-star Basque temple inside the Monument Hotel

Jordi Cruz's three-star flagship in an uptown garden estate

Dani Lechuga's meat-obsessed counter bistro

The benchmark all-day tapas bar of the Eixample

Born's original Basque pintxo bar inside a cultural centre

Michelin-starred restaurant-school with an open kitchen of chefs in training

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

Intimate tasting-menu dining on a quiet Gracia corner

Peruvian-Asian-Mediterranean fusion off Carrer Blai

Venetian cooking by twin brothers below Montjuic

Matsuhisa's robata izakaya across from Santa Caterina market

Three-star elBulli alumni at the creative peak of Spanish gastronomy

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

Two-star modern Catalan from Canadian-Catalan chef Jordi Artal

Belle-epoque grand classic where moneyed Barcelona has dined since 1967

Michelin-starred Asian-Spanish tapas behind a Raval bar

Three Michelin stars in a theatre of open kitchens

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

Candlelit wine jewel-box in the old Jewish quarter