Tuesday, July 21, 2026

An independent guide to Barcelona’s best restaurants and wine bars

Eixample

The 36 restaurants and 8 wine bars we have reviewed in Eixample, Barcelona.

Bardeni — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 70€

Bardeni

Something has shifted at Bardeni. For us, the scarcity of new dishes from chef Dani Lechuga was never the…

THE EXPERIENCE 10/10 · 2026

Alkostat — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 90€

Alkostat

Alkostat is, simply, one of Barcelona’s best restaurants. The cooking is modern fine dining rooted in product…

THE EXPERIENCE 9.5/10 · 2025

Xavier Pellicer — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 90€

Xavier Pellicer

If 2025 closed with Xavier Pellicer at the top of its game, 2026 has opened in much the same way. On the…

THE EXPERIENCE 9.5/10 · 2026

Topik — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 60€

Topik

Adelf Morales trained at Martín Berasategui and Ca Sento, then spent three years cooking in Japan, and Topik…

THE EXPERIENCE 9/10 · 2026

Maitea — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 60€

Maitea

Maitea feels like the kind of place we want to keep for ourselves: warm, unfussy, and quietly consistent. The…

THE EXPERIENCE 9/10 · 2025

Alkimia — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 184€

Alkimia

You climb the stairs of the Moritz brewery building, leave the Ronda’s traffic behind, and land in one of the…

THE EXPERIENCE 9/10 · 2026

Direkte — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 110€

Direkte

The biggest news at Direkte is the address. Arnau Muñío packed up his tiny counter beside the Boqueria and…

THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2026

Gresca — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 45€

Gresca

Gresca is one of those Barcelona spots that actually earns its reputation: focused cooking, strong product,…

THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2025

Melo Jia — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 45€

Melo Jia

Melo Jia feels like a small, modern take on Chinese home-style cooking, with a menu that leans into warmth…

THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2025

Mantis — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 100€

Mantis

Toni Solans and David Romero cook with an unfair advantage: they know exactly what wok, steam and dim-sum…

THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2026

Suru — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 80€

Suru

Three Gresca alumni built Suru around a robata grill and a proposition: yakitori technique, Catalan product,…

THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2026

Nairod — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 65€

Nairod

Some restaurants earn their reputation by being loud. David Rustarazo earned his by being right. Nairod…

THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2026

Soluna — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 89€

Soluna

Teppei Nii spent eight years as Hideki Matsuhisa’s right hand at Koy Shunka before opening this improbably…

THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2026

Sun Taka — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 110€

Sun Taka

Sun Taka feels like a place you have to work a little to reach—physically and conceptually. The space is…

THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025

Mont Bar — Wine Bar in Eixample

Wine Bar·Eixample · 230€

Mont Bar

On the twenty-fifth of November, Michelin gave Mont Bar its second star, one of three awarded in Barcelona…

THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2026

Pepa — Wine Bar in Eixample

Wine Bar·Eixample · 60€

Pepa

Pepa occupies a converted bookshop, and the bones of the old room do half the hosting — teak, shelves, the…

THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2026

Maleducat — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 70€

Maleducat

Maleducat lives in that modern Barcelona lane of Catalan-Mediterranean plates for sharing: seasonal product,…

THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025

Entrepanes Díaz — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 30€

Entrepanes Díaz

Entrepanes Díaz plays the “just a sandwich spot” card, then quietly overdelivers. It’s a proper Eixample bar…

THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025

Besta — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 110€

Besta

The Galician–Catalan conversation at Besta keeps getting more articulate. Manu Núñez and Carles Ramon have…

THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2026

Cruix — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 75€

Cruix

Cruix is the kind of Barcelona spot that knows exactly what it is: a rice house with a modern…

THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025

Teòric — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 85€

Teòric

Teòric Taverna is modern Catalan cooking with old roots: seasonal, local-minded, and built around a…

THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025

Paco Meralgo — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 50€

Paco Meralgo

There is a particular kind of Barcelona restaurant that survives every wave of fashion by declining to notice…

THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2026

Sartoria Panatieri — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 55€

Sartoria Panatieri

The Eixample Sartoria Panatieri isn’t the kind of place you visit for coziness or beauty—at least not in the…

THE EXPERIENCE 7.5/10 · 2025

Melós — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 150€

Melós

Miquel Pardo opened Melós in November 2025 and made an immediate, slightly disorienting impression: this is a…

THE EXPERIENCE 7.5/10 · 2026

Bodega Bonay — Wine Bar in Eixample

Wine Bar·Eixample · 55€

Bodega Bonay

Bodega Bonay is the sort of place you recommend when you want to avoid both disappointment and commitment.…

THE EXPERIENCE 7.5/10 · 2025

Jiribilla — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 80€

Jiribilla

Gerard Bellver spent roughly two decades cooking in Mexico before opening this room on Comte Borrell, and it…

THE EXPERIENCE 7.5/10 · 2026

The Fish & Chips Shop — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 20€

The Fish & Chips Shop

The Fish and Chips Shop has expanded into a small Barcelona mini-chain, and it’s earned that status the…

THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025

Taktika Berri — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 55€

Taktika Berri

Taktika Berri trades in the reassuring language of Euskadi: classic dishes, solid portions, and the quiet…

THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025

Garage Bar — Wine Bar in Eixample

Wine Bar·Eixample · 45€

Garage Bar

Stefano Fraternali built Garage Bar out of the Vella Terra fair, which celebrated its tenth anniversary this…

THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2026

Món Vínic — Wine Bar in Eixample

Wine Bar·Eixample · 45€

Món Vínic

What Món Vínic does exceptionally well is the part nobody writes about: it is calm, it is immaculate, and it…

THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2026

La Gormanda — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 55€

La Gormanda

La Gormanda is the kind of place that wins you over before the first bite: a pretty, well-decorated room and…

THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025

Casa Alfonso — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 35€

Casa Alfonso

Casa Alfonso is a classic casa de comidas: straightforward, traditional food built for everyday dining. The…

THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025

Bar Canyí — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 45€

Bar Canyí

Bar Canyí feels engineered for the feed: vinyl spinning, crowd buzzing, and that “neo-traditional” Barcelona…

THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025

Slow & Low — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 170€

Slow & Low

Slow & Low is modern Barcelona cooking with the volume turned up: open-kitchen intensity, contemporary…

THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025

Sin mala uva — Wine Bar in Eixample

Wine Bar·Eixample · 30€

Sin mala uva

We went back to Sin Mala Uva, despite the fact that it did not exactly thrill us in 2025, and this time we…

THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2026

Glug — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 50€

Glug

Michelin caught up with Glug this year, handing Iván García and Beatrice Casella a Bib Gourmand in the 2026…

THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2026

Bar Mut — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 40€

Bar Mut

Bar Mut still looks like the kind of place you’d text a friend about: warm lighting, handsome wood, that…

THE EXPERIENCE 6/10 · 2025

Doga Wine Bar — Wine Bar in Eixample

Wine Bar·Eixample · 40€

Doga Wine Bar

Some restaurants fail interestingly. Doga fails the other way. A year on, our notes read the same in every…

THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2026

Público — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 85€

Público

Público has everything a modern wine tavern is supposed to have: two hundred–odd references, thirty-something…

THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2026

Torpedo — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 35€

Torpedo

Torpedo is a late-night Barcelona bar built around the classics done “chef-style”: gourmet sandwiches, a…

THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2025

Múrria — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 55€

Múrria

Colmado Murria is pure Barcelona postcard in the best way: a centenary space with real charm, gorgeous…

THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2025

Vertical — Wine Bar in Eixample

Wine Bar·Eixample · 45€

Vertical

Prime location, handsome room, utterly senseless concept. We went back to Vertical a few months after its…

THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2026

Bisavis — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 105€

Bisavis

Bisavis has real talent on the plate: strong product, solid technique, and combinations that often make…

THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2025

Trü by Artur Martinez — Restaurant in Eixample

Restaurant·Eixample · 115€

Trü by Artur Martinez

After all the noise surrounding the opening of this new restaurant from chef Artur Martínez — formerly of…

THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2026