Fancy Dinning: Best Michelin Restaurants In Barcelona!
Is there anything better than indulging in the most luxurious food? Barcelona Michelin star restaurants are expensive, but dining in one of them his always a memorable experience. I have tried a few of the top Michelin star restaurants in Spain, and I have always been surprised, delighted and impressed by they service, the quality of the products and their creativity. And did you know that Barcelona is one of the cities with most Michelin stars, not just of Spain but also of Europe?
If you are a foodie, I strongly recommend to book at least one of your meals in one of them, so you always remember your trip to Spain! Today I’m sharing with you not just the most highly rated restaurants in the Michelin Guide Spain, but what most connoisseurs would consider to be the top of the top restaurants in Barcelona.
Barcelona food scene basics
BARCELONA FOOD SCENE IN A NUTSHELL
- 3-star restaurants: 4
- 2-star restaurants: 5
- 1-star restaurants: 20
- Big gourmand restaurants: 8
- Over 10.000 restaurants
- 39 food markets
- Dozens of 100+yo food stores
- World-class wine bars
- Award-winning cocktail bars
- Acclaimed bakeries, cake shops and gelato shops
- And some of the best food tours and tapas tours in Spain!
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1
Abac ***
This was the first of all the Michelin restaurants in Barcelona to get a 2nd Michelin star, then a 3rd. Located in an exclusive area of the uptown Barcelona, it is not only a restaurant but also a very classy hotel. Chef Jordi Cruz is famous for his creativity and the way he plays with traditional flavors and combines them with exotic influences.
LOCATION: Uptown
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2
Lasarte ***
The Monument Hotel is home to the third of the 2 Michelin Star restaurants in Barcelona is managed by the world renowned Basque chef Martin Berasategui, owner of 3 stars for his main restaurant in Guipuzkoa.
They are famous for treating with exquisite respect the products of the earth and the sea, and the delicacy with which they serve them. BTW, if you couldn’t book there, they also own the Oria restaurant in the same building – a 1 Star Michelin restaurant.
LOCATION: City Center (Eixample / Passeig de Gracia)
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3
Cocina Hermanos Torres ***
Two twins that learned to cook helping their grandma Catalina at home, run a trendy restaurant in the off the beaten path district of Les Corts, after their success at Dos Cielos at the top of the Melia Sky Hotel.
LOCATION: Les Corts
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4
Disfrutar ***
A personal favorite, Disfrutar is one of the few Michelin restaurants in Barcelona that doesn’t partner with a hotel. 3 chefs that learned in the iconic El Bulli of Ferran Adria opened their Barcelona restaurant after their success in the quaint seaside village of Cadaques.
Their creativity leads them to challenge traditional cooking to surprise their guests with flashbacks to their childhood meals and unexpected textures and flavors behind familiar presentations. You can read my experience in Disfrutar that I shared some time ago in this blog.
LOCATION: Eixample
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And these are the 2 Michelin star restaurants Barcelona features:
1
Cinc Sentits**
Chef Jordi Artal runs a contemporary restaurant that offers a new interpretation of Catalan cuisine: its landscape, its products, its seasons… The restaurant is exclusively based on two tasting menus, one 3 courses longer than the other, where the food is adapted to the available products at that time of the year – always changing. It’s important to note that the only day that they serve lunch is Saturday, and they are cloaed both on Monday and Sunday.
LOCATION: Eixample
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2
Enoteca Paco Perez **
Chef Paco Pérez runs this restaurant at the Arts Ritz-Carlton Hotel, another of the most coveted 2 Michelin Star restaurants in Barcelona. Its location by the sea inspires a menu mainly focused on seafood and fish.
And as it’s name evokes, you will also be able to enjoy a wine list of over 500 wines. BTW, in the same hotel you can have some amazing tapas at Arola, run by chef Sergi Arola who has also been awarded 2 Michelin stars for his restaurant in Madrid.
LOCATION: Olympic Village
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3
Enigma **
If you’ve ever heard about chef Ferran Adria and El Bulli restaurant, you’ll now that he was considered a revolutionary that stole the throne of fine cuisine from the French back in the 1990’s and introduced for the first time terms such as technoemotional, spherification or deconstruction in cooking. He was a revolutionary and his restaurant was declared Best of the World 5 years in a row.
Well, together with him was his brother Adria who run the dessert section of El Bulli, and after the restaurant closed he decided to fly on his own opening his own projects. Enigma is considered by many the real heir of El Bulli. A restaurant that is also a cocktail bar, and an immersive experience that surprises you with every new course. It was about the time that Michelin gave it is well deserved second star!
LOCATION: Poblesec
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4
MontBar **
I still remember when my clients first started mentioning that “new tapas bar” that was so delicious. But what was just one more bar soon started finding it own way to stand out, focusing on more and more refined products, and introducing more creative touches that fusionated tradition and vanguard.
This is the story of how a tapas bar became a Michelin star restaurant. Here you’ll find two tasting menus that change with the seasons, and a short but well balanced a la carte menu.
LOCATION: Eixample
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5
Aleia **
The restaurant of the Hotel Casa Fuster is located in the second floor of a gorgeous modernist building designed by a competitor and elder of Antoni Gaudi: Domenech i Muntaner. The place distillates elegance and class, and it’s the perfect background for the tasting menu offered by the chefs Paulo Airaudo and Rafa de Bedoya. They work with local produce to reinterpret traditional recipes into new concepts. There’s no a la carte options – just one single tasting menu that can be optionally paired by an alcoholic or a non-alcoholic selection of drinks.
LOCATION: Gracia
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Need help figuring out where to eat during your trip? Save HOURS of planning with our professional advice. And get a complimentary discount for a private tour with us!What about the 1 Michelin Star restaurants?
Barcelona 1 star michelin restaurants
| CITY CENTER | EIXAMPLE | UPTOWN | OTHER AREAS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French | --- | --- | Via Veneto | --- |
| Asian | Dos Palillos Koy Shunka | Kamikaze | Scapar | Suto |
| Contemporary | Moments Caelis | Angle Alkimia Atempo Prodigi Fishølogy Teatro Kitchen | Hofman Mae Barcelona | Hisop Quirat |
| Mexican | --- | COME | --- | --- |
| International | --- | Slow & Low | --- | --- |
Any other good Michelin star restaurants near Barcelona?
Girona Michelin restaurants
,The province of Girona is a culinary haven, with one three-star Michelin restaurant and three 2 Michelin star restaurants:
- *** El Celler de Can Roca. Girona city suburbs. Considered by many one of the best restaurants in the world and run by the stellar Roca brothers.
- ** Bo.TIC. Corça (Empordà county, just over 30 minutes drive from Girona). Creative cuisine that stems off traditional Catalan cooking.
- ** Les Cols. Olot (Garrotxa county, around 1 hour drive from Girona). Winner of a Michelin Green Star for its sustainability, it’s the restaurant of a spectacular contemporary boutique hotel in the countryside.
- ** Miramar. Llançà (seaside village close to the French border and about 1 hour drive from Girona). Run by Paco Pérez, the chef of 2-star Michelin restaurant Enoteca in Barcelona.
The Girona province also has 9 one-star restaurants: Esperit Roca (Sant Julia de Ramis), Divinum (Girona city), Massana (Girona city), L’Aliança (Anglès), Les Magnòlies (Arbúcies), Emporium (Castelló d’Empúries), La Fonda Xesc (Gombrèn), Ca l’Enric (Vall de Bianya), Els Tinars (Llagostera), Voramar (Portbou) and Castell Peralada (Peralada).
Other Catalan Michelin star restaurants
The only other 2-star Michelin restaurant outside of Barcelona and Girona is La Boscana, in Bellvís (a countryside village near Lleida). A romantic location imbibed in nature and elegant design. The locally grown fruits have a strong influence in its kitchen.
The rest of Catalonia only has 1-star Michelin restaurants, distributed as follows:
- Province of Barcelona. Can Jubany (Calldetenes), Tresmacarrons (El Masnou), Sala (Olost), Els Casals (Sagàs), Lluerna (Santa Coloma de Gramenet), Casa Nova (Sant Marti Sarroca) and L’Ó (Sant Fruitós de Bages)
- Province of Tarragona. Rincón de Diego (Cambrils) Can Bosch (Cambrils), Quatre Molins (Cornudella de Montsant), Deliranto (Salou), Les Moles (Ulldecona), L’Antic Molí (Ulldecona), Villa Retiro (Xerta), Citrus del Tancat (Alcanar).
- Province of Lleida. Malena (Gimenells) and Fogony (Sort).
PREFER TO LEAVE YOUR EXPLORATION IN OUR HANDS?
We are expert private tour guides based in Barcelona and we’ll be glad to organize your Barcelona sightseeing! Here are some of our top food tours:
- Barcelona food and market tour
- Barcelona Tapas Tour
- Penedes Wine and Cava Tour
- Chocolate tour of Barcelona
Check out also our collection of Barcelona tours, food tours and day trips to other destinations.
And if you can’t find what you are looking for, contact us and we’ll be glad to create your custom tour.
What are your favorite Michelin restaurants in Barcelona?
Marta
Marta is the founder of ForeverBarcelona. She is a passionate tour guide that loves Barcelona and loves writing too. She is the main author of our Blog, and is committed to sharing her knowledge about Barcelona and her best tips with our readers.
