Every venue we have reviewed in Eixample, ranked by our “Experience” score. The current district leader is Bardeni (10/10). For the city-wide picture, see best restaurants and best wine bars in Barcelona.
Eating & Drinking in Eixample
31 restaurants and 8 wine bars reviewed in Eixample — every one visited anonymously and scored. Top of the district right now: Bardeni.
Restaurant·Eixample · 70€
Something has shifted at Bardeni. For us, the scarcity of new dishes from chef Dani Lechuga was never the…
THE EXPERIENCE 10/10 · 2026
Restaurant·Eixample · 90€
Alkostat is, simply, one of Barcelona’s best restaurants. The cooking is modern fine dining rooted in product…
THE EXPERIENCE 9.5/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 90€
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
Restaurant·Eixample · 60€
Topik is one of those Barcelona restaurants that never needed the spotlight to be excellent. The cooking sits…
THE EXPERIENCE 9/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 110€
Direkte practices modern, chef-driven Mediterranean cooking: seasonal product, sharp technique, and plates…
THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 45€
Gresca is one of those Barcelona spots that actually earns its reputation: focused cooking, strong product,…
THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 45€
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
Restaurant·Eixample · 100€
Mantis came out swinging: one of those openings that felt genuinely promising, powered by two serious chefs…
THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 80€
Suru is doing a lot of things right. The cooking leans modern and product-led: clean technique, strong raw…
THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 65€
Nairod cooks in that rare zone where tradition feels alive, not nostalgic. The style is market-driven and…
THE EXPERIENCE 8.5/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 110€
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
Wine Bar·Eixample · 230€
Mont Bar has the rare talent of feeling like a neighborhood hideaway while cooking with the focus of a…
THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025
Wine Bar·Eixample · 60€
Pepa Bar a Vins is a good-looking, easy-going wine bar that gets the fundamentals right: pleasant room,…
THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 70€
Maleducat lives in that modern Barcelona lane of Catalan-Mediterranean plates for sharing: seasonal product,…
THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 30€
Entrepanes Díaz plays the “just a sandwich spot” card, then quietly overdelivers. It’s a proper Eixample bar…
THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 110€
Besta cooks between two seas: a Galician–Catalan dialogue with a serious seafood focus, Atlantic depth…
THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 85€
Teòric Taverna is modern Catalan cooking with old roots: seasonal, local-minded, and built around a…
THE EXPERIENCE 8/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 55€
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
Restaurant·Eixample · 150€
Melòs arrives with the poise of a chef who’s already done the hard part—finding a voice—and now wants to…
THE EXPERIENCE 7.5/10 · 2025
Wine Bar·Eixample · 55€
Bodega Bonay is the sort of place you recommend when you want to avoid both disappointment and commitment.…
THE EXPERIENCE 7.5/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 20€
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
Restaurant·Eixample · 55€
Taktika Berri trades in the reassuring language of Euskadi: classic dishes, solid portions, and the quiet…
THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025
Wine Bar·Eixample · 45€
Garage Bar wears its identity loud and proud: this is a natural-wine-first place, from the way the list is…
THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025
Wine Bar·Eixample · 45€
Mon Vínic is a wine-and-cheese bar with a shop attached, and it still feels like a benchmark for drinking in…
THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 55€
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
Restaurant·Eixample · 35€
Casa Alfonso is a classic casa de comidas: straightforward, traditional food built for everyday dining. The…
THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 45€
Bar Canyí feels engineered for the feed: vinyl spinning, crowd buzzing, and that “neo-traditional” Barcelona…
THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 170€
Slow & Low is modern Barcelona cooking with the volume turned up: open-kitchen intensity, contemporary…
THE EXPERIENCE 7/10 · 2025
Wine Bar·Eixample · 30€
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
Restaurant·Eixample · 40€
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
Wine Bar·Eixample · 40€
Doga Wine Bar looks like it wants to belong to that modern Barcelona category of “natural wine + small plates…
THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 85€
Público is a large, polished wine bar built around a simple promise: lots of bottles, plenty by the glass,…
THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 35€
Torpedo is a late-night Barcelona bar built around the classics done “chef-style”: gourmet sandwiches, a…
THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2025
Restaurant·Eixample · 55€
Colmado Murria is pure Barcelona postcard in the best way: a centenary space with real charm, gorgeous…
THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2025
Wine Bar·Eixample · 45€
Prime location, handsome room, utterly senseless concept. We went back to Vertical a few months after its…
THE EXPERIENCE 5/10 · 2026
