The 10 Best Restaurants in La Barceloneta, Barcelona

Located on the beach of La Barceloneta, Arenal Restaurant offers guests mouthwatering dishes based on the best seafood recipes, as well as the best of everything else! Just a short walk away from the city center, guests can enjoy the relaxed and quiet atmosphere of the restaurant, with the sea and the sand as the perfect background to a delicious Mediterranean themed meal. Arenal Restaurant offers a spacious and accommodating interior which reflects the beauty of the sun, sand and sea which can be found just outside its doors.

Crowning the old port’s cable car tower, Tower de San Sebastian, Torre d’Alta Mar has stood in place since 1929. At 75 meters above sea level, Torre d’Alta Mar offers unrivaled 360 degree sea and city views, as well as the chance for guests to arrive by cable car. Serving a range of Mediterranean dishes with specialties ranging from fine fish and meat to caviar, and always using fresh and extremely high quality local produce, the restaurant boasts high quality and memorable cuisine. Featuring cutting-edge decor and a cosmopolitan atmosphere, this restaurant offers guests an impressive and unique dining experience.

A perfect place to start the evening, this long and narrow restaurant prides itself on its buzzing atmosphere and great entertainment. In addition to the standard delicious tapas, they serve heavy meat dishes such as steak with liver paté, and other popular dishes. This unique and popular bar opens onto the street, giving guests the chance to enjoy a delicious meal in a bustling daytime or balmy nighttime atmosphere. As well as an excellent food menu, featuring both simple favorites to elaborate new additions, guests can also choose from one of the restaurant’s homemade beers. With a cosmopolitan and typically Barcelonian atmosphere, El Vaso de Oro will not disappoint for guests wanting a fun and authentic taste of Spain.

A simple, stylish restaurant, Kaiku offers unprecedented and sophisticated takes on seafood classics. With their salad starters accompanied by shavings of foie gras, and a paella with wild mushrooms, Kaiku offers guests a twist on the traditional dishes served by surrounding restaurants. With the chance to dine on one of the terrace tables overlooking the beautiful beach, Kaiku boasts relaxation and innovation. The restaurant demonstrates the work of the creative and adventurous chef Hugo who serves a variety of interesting dishes using fresh ingredients sourced from the fish market just yards away.

This family run restaurant is one of the oldest in Barcelona, serving as a wine shop as of 1911, and serving tapas from the 1950s. Now serving traditional Catalan cuisine, still including tapas, but with a variety of seafood main dishes as well, this traditional and classy restaurant is famous for its authentic atmosphere. Featuring decor reminiscent of simpler times, Restaurante Can Ros stands by its long standing governing principle of freshly cooked food at decent prices. For a friendly, simple, and charming dining experience and a real taste of the simple Barcelona, this is a delightful place to eat and drink.

A fine example of Barcelona’s rich fishing history, Salamanca is one of the most typical restaurants in Barcelona and has served guests for around 30 years. Just minutes from the beach, with astonishing views that complete the dining experience, Salamanca is another restaurant famous for its fresh and flavorsome paellas, as well as its ‘jamón ibérico’. Chefs at Salamanca pride themselves on using the freshest of ingredients, producing the meat dishes from the livestock on the restaurant’s very own farm!

Described as the most relaxed tapas bar in this area of Barcelona, Manolete is a new and fresh addition to the collection of restaurants in La Barceloneta. Typical Mediterranean tapas feature on the menu, as well as fantastic wines, all of which can be enjoyed in a comfortable and well decorated interior, or even on the fantastic outdoor terrace. Despite its young age, this restaurant has already established itself as one of the must-visit eateries in the area.