If you're in Barcelona, we'll hazard a guess that you're after seafood-ideally without paying an arm and a leg. This gallery has been updated with new information since its original publish date. Read our complete Barcelona travel guide here. Here are our picks of the best restaurants in Barcelona–from modest to magnificent, casual to swanky, and traditional to avant-garde–to make sure you never waste an eating opportunity in this city again. These days, Barcelona is home to a new generation of chefs who can be found working their magic anywhere from the most modest of tapas bars and natural wine joints to multi-Michelin-starred temples of fine dining. It all began in the early 2000s with a certain chef, Ferran Adrià, whose legendary (now-closed) El Bulli placed Catalonia firmly on the map of the world's best dining destinations. And they are not wrong-but something else makes Barcelona stand out even more: the food. What’s the first thing you think of when you hear “Barcelona?” For a lot of people, the Catalan capital conjures images of year-round sunshine, a hedonistic lifestyle, and Gaudí's splendid architecture.
