Barcelona food - thanks in advance

[numtumfutunch]

Im going to Barcelona with the missus next month
We both 'do' food and would welcome recommendations

A slight snag is that FCB have a home game on one of our booked nights
Hence we should probably make some advance reservations

We'd be very grateful for recs in the following categories:

Posh but not £££ Michelin stars
Really nice
Decent treat restaurant
First night arrival at 10pm, tapas sounds good

Our hotel is pretty central

Cheers

[omniflow]

Bar Canate

Absolutely fantastic. You'll need to book. Ask for seats at the counter.

[mikebradford]

Not quite what you've asked for however I always eat once at one of the many food stalls in Mercat de la Boqueria
I like it as many have small tacos and other bits that are effectively Tapas.

[DJFish]

https://www.loscaracoles.es/index.php?lang=en

Quite touristy and surrounded by pickpockets, but a great experience and they do a cracking steak.
(At least they did 20 years ago)

[jfis89]

Cuitat Comtal is a good choice for late night tapas. It s quite touristy as it s in a lot of guidebooks/blogs but it s good. I think Cerverseria Catalana is owned by the same people, also worth a look, both open till 1am. Barceloneta also has lots of cheap places that are good for seafood in particular, Montolio Can Maño, La Cova Fumada etc. I m not sure Barcelona being at home will make too much of a difference but always worth booking places at the weekend anyway

[w1bbles]

We went to Cera 23 (https://www.cera23.com/en/). Outstanding Spanish cuisine and not crazy expensive.

[The jiffle king]

I lived in Barca a while ago and if these places are still there then they were great
Paco Meralgo
Flamant

Heck there were loads but not any on the tourist trail. A few roads off from it and they were great.

[tr7v8]

Only place I remember and I've been a few times as we have a factory there. Is the Internacional Restaurant Bar very good food, but gets busy.

[Every day a journey]

jfis89 said:

Cuitat Comtal is a good choice for late night tapas. It s quite touristy as it s in a lot of guidebooks/blogs but it s good.

Went to that one last week. Gets a thumbs up from me!

Another really good one we went to was Restaurant la Bellvitja which is on C' de L'Hospital off Ramblas

One to DEFINITELY avoid, La Fonda. dismal.

[TheHeadhunter]

Tragaluz is lovely: https://grupotragaluz.com/restaurantes/tragaluz-ba...

[Nurburgsingh]

As close to having a religious experience as I have come https://2254tapasbarcelona.com

[apotek]

Can I second Tragaluz. An excellent restuarant we visited a few days after the Queen of Spain had been there. Both the food and the atmosphere was great.

There is also the scruffy old absinthe bar a haunt of Ernest Hemmingway called Bar Marsella worth a look and a drink of the absinthe
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