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Best Sagrada Famila Restaurants

Best Sagrada Familia Restaurants

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Thanks for reaching us at la Salsamenta Barcelona Cooking Class Blog. This is the first post of a series where we will cover one of the main topics you ask to us. Restaurants to eat in Barcelona! In this case, let’s start with the best Sagrada Familia restaurants.

Classic style:

– El Celler del Vermut: It’s a very classic old-fashioned Galician Taberna. Classic tapas and Galician specialities. Not super fancy but really homemade and tasty. Small Place, better to reserve. So, It cannot be missing from our list of the best restaurants in La Sagrada Familia

– Bardeni: One of the better meat places in Barcelona but with a twist. Do not think about a steakhouse with big T-bones and so. It is designed to provide smaller dishes to share among the party. Maximum 4 people per table and only with previous reservation. This is one of the restaurants of this best Sagrada Familia restaurants that we go more often.

– El Pocavergonyes: That’s a true experience. It is located inside the farmer’s market of Sagrada Familia, which has nothing to do with other touristic markets like La Boqueria o Santa Caterina. Here you will find a nice Bar-Restaurant for getting some tapas in a nice inside terrace. Also, you will have the opportunity to see an authentic local market and buy supplies if you need them.

– La Granota: Nice and popular restaurant for locals. They offer a selection of tapas, being the Spanish omelette one of the signature dishes (several different flavors). They also offer an affordable lunch menu during weekdays. Check opening hours, they usually close from Saturday lunch until Monday. So, It is also a must in this best Sagrada Familia restaurants list.

– El Puertecillo: Funny seafood place! At the entrance you will find fresh fish shop where you can choose the fish that you want to eat and how do you want it to be cooked (grill, fry, steam…). Then you can take a seat and have a drink while they prepare the meal. They will call your number afterward, and you can get prepared food at the counter. We haven’t been there for a while, but some guests told us it was nice!

Getting a bit more international:

– La Chula or La Chula Taqueria: Mexican classics, The first is nicer to dine in and the second one is maybe better for a takeaway and eat at AV. Gaudi or Sagrada Familia Park

– El Bund: Homemade Dumplings and some original Chinese food. Quick, cheap and Homemade. Service can be a little bit rude when crowded, but food is very nice

– Michael Collins:  No surprises here. The classical Irish pub to have a beer and some Pub food.

– Can Pizza: Nice Napolitana style pizza 2min from the metro

We hope you enjoyed this best Sagrada Familia restaurants from La Salsamenta Barcelona Cooking Class!

Cheers!

Barcelona’s Restaurant Guide

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Barcelona's Restaurant Guide

Hello!

This post is a Bacelona’s Restaurant Guide and is always “under construction” as we are adding new areas, new tips and new comments from our Experience from La Salsamenta Barcelona Cooking Class and from the experiences we get from our guests. So let’s move on!

Basics:

First, let’s start with one of the Basic rules in Barcelona: The NO-GO food area. Except you need to eat something quick like a sandwich, hot dog or similar we strongly suggest not to eat in following areas: Las Ramblas, Plaça Reial, Paseig de Gracia, Sagrada Familia, Avinguda Diagonal, Raval, and Gotic quarter.

That may sound like a lot of places, but those areas are tiny. As an example, Sagrada Familia. By Sagrada Familia we just mean 2 blocks from the church, a bit further it should be OK. We have to say that even in those areas there are nice places. But unless you know where you are going (we include some recommendations bellow) better not.

Quick shots:

  • Try to eat always as soon as possible. Workers are fresh, you will be able to get a table easily. As time goes by restaurants get crowded, service slow down and in trendy places it can be a little bit stressing. 
  • Ah, of course, make a reservation if possible!
  • Opening times and menus are usually up-to-date on Google and the restaurant website. Check it out so you avoid surprises

Classic Recommendations:

So, let’s move on to our recommendations in this Barcelona’s Restaurant Guide. Those are some of the oldest restaurants in town that offer a great blend of traditional cuisine and amazing environment.

  • Els 4 Gats: The café opened on 12 June 1897 in the famous Casa Martí, and served as a hostel, bar and cabaret until it eventually became a central meeting point for Barcelona’s most prominent modernist figures, such as Pablo Picasso and Ramon Casas i Carbó. Now became a restaurant that keeping that spirit in mind serves delicious traditional food.
  • 7 Portes: It was inaugurated in 1836, it was a restaurant specialized in serving different dishes of Catalan cuisine, specializing in serving fish and rice. The restaurant is located in the Xifré house in Barceloneta (near the Lonja de Barcelona) and is one of the century-old restaurants in the city. A meeting place for artists and Barcelona intellectuals.
  • Los Caracoles: Los Caracoles is one of the emblematic restaurants of Barcelona opened in 1835. It is located in the Gothic Quarter. One of its characteristic dishes has been snails served in a tapa accompanied by wines. Also, don’t forget to try it’s classic “Pollastre a l’ast” (Roasted chicken).
  • Can Culleretes: Placed in an historical building and started running in 1958. It serves good quality set menus from 20-25€ that will give you a good opportunity to taste local cuisine at a reasonable price.
  • Can Pineda: A bit outside the common touristic areas. Can Pineda started in 1902 as a food house for the factory workers in the area, but it has evolved in one of the top quality Catalan food restaurants in Barcelona.
  • Can Solé: Founded in 1903, everything started cooking for the fishermen at the Barceloneta port to become what today is an emblematic restaurant in the city. 4 generations of the family have been serving delicious meals over 100 years

Restaurants by Area:

So, apart from the city classics here we provide you with some extensive recommendations of great value for money restaurants that are not so traditional:

Hope you enjoy our Barcelona’s Restaurant Guide and please leave a comment with your new discoveries just below!

Cheers! Bye Bye!