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

Vinyl-soundtracked family tapas bar since the 1950s

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

Dani Lechuga's meat-obsessed counter bistro

Family wine-warehouse turned Catalan taberna

Easygoing modern tapas on the Born's Plaça Comercial edge

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

Half-century Les Corts classic for fish and grills

Vintage family fish bar, plancha and chalkboard prices

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

1903 fishermen's tavern, fourth-generation rice house

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

Three Michelin stars in a theatre of open kitchens

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

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

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

Matsuhisa's robata izakaya across from Santa Caterina market

Hideki Matsuhisa's Michelin-starred Japanese counter

Market-driven Catalan cooking opposite Mercat de la Llibertat

Candlelit wine jewel-box in the old Jewish quarter

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

Inland 1959 paella house where Barceloneta families eat

El Bulli-trained Catalan cooking on the Rambla del Raval

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

Seasonal Catalan small plates with a coveted garden terrace in Sarria

Venetian cooking by twin brothers below Montjuic

Design-led vegetarian kitchen near the old port