At the Fonda Gaig the food is very traditionally Catalan, like that at Petit Comité, in a return to grandmotherly Catalan basics.

Fonda Gaig - Barcelona

Carles Gaig and a growing number of top chefs are going back to simpler and more affordable food.

Gaig’s traditional pastas are legendary: slender cannelloni with a decadent multimeat filling, and macarrones del cardenal, silky pasta tubes cloaked in a divine sauce of cream and onion sofrito under gratinéed Parmesan.

Fonda Gaig - Barcelona

Look for standards such as botifarra amb mongetes de ganxet (sausage with white beans) or canelons de l'Avia (Grandmother's cannelloni) or pollastre de gratapallers a la casssola (stewed free-range chicken).

An interpretation of the traditional Catalan cuisine that has made Carles Gaig synonymous with top Barcelona dining since 1869, this new enterprise is making a place for itself in Barcelona's continous evolving cuisine.

A great destination for a long lunch or dinner, very relaxed, very Catalan and in a super comfortable ample dining room,  with red leather armchairs, careful soundproofing and mellow lighting.

Petit Comite - Barcelona

Traditional Catalan cooking by Fermí Puig, the Michelin-starred chef from Hotel Majestic’s Drolma, is the theme in this contemporary design space, the Petit Comitè, serving around the clock from midday to midnight.

Local top chefs have started to move on…or back, as they return to the traditional dishes of the Catalan kitchen, reinventing old classics with great raw ingredients and improved techniques, treating your palate to new old specialties like poached eggs, stuffed breaded onions and traditional favorites including trinxat (chopped cabbage with potato and bacon) or caneloni amb béchamel de tòfona (canelonni with truffled béchamel) to the traditional dessert s like mel i mató (fresh cheese and honey),  crema catalana, pears in red wine and chocolate fritters.

It’s only the food that’s rustic, though – the interior is well up-to-date and keeps the rest of your senses firmly in a modern cosmopolitan setting.

This bistro is Puig's attempt to open up to a less élite public, serving more affordable versions of the Catalan classics.

Dishes are small and meant to be ordered in a tapas style

Ferrum - Barcelona

In a warm and refine place not far from city center, Ferrum could be defined as a modern Catalan gastronomic restaurant. 

We appreciate very much the way the chef transforms fresh market products and traditional recipes into something new, sophisticated and amusing.

We tasted: Foie gras with vanilla infused pears and muscatel gelee (14€) - Cod carpaccio with crispy onion, dried tomato and olives (12€) - Eggs “Ferrum” with porcini mushrooms, foie gras and truffle essence (11€) - Baked turbot San Sebastian style (17.5€) - Caramelized Iberian pork with green peppers, cherry tomatoes and Manchego cheese (18€)..

A perfect mix of savors and ideas..  

Not too sophisticated but enough to amaze! Imagination we wish to see more often.

Great chart of local wine.. 

Perfect.

Ca L'Isidre Barcelona

Excellent Catalan cooking with French inspiration. Ca l'Isidre from the name of his owner Isidre Gironés and her daughter Nuria (she worked for Alain Ducasse) is the favorite restaurant of the King Juan Carlos in Barcelona.

Difficult to choose an only dish. Try grilled baby octopuss a la plancha, baked seabass, grilled 'king - sea cucumber', fried codfish 'home style', grilled scampi from Sant Carles, grilled turbot with vegetables...

And much more.. You will have to go there several times, if you can afford it, to be able to try all these wonderful plates.

Small but nicely decorated. We enjoyed the wines as well. Essential to book

A 40€ menu

Can Vallès - Barcelona

As you are walking down Aragó street, next to Rocafort, suddenly you find a restaurant called Can Vallès.

One might think that he has bumped into another Barcelona's bar, and here comes the big mistake. This restaurant with, at first gland, simple appearance, has a lot to show us.

The quality, detail and care of the dishes is equivalent to the outstanding restaurants in the city. Recipes made with the best products on the market.

Some dishes: chickpeas with lobster, pork feet cannelloni, fresh seafood, meat served on a hot stone, fresh salads and some very nice tapas!

The desserts...? Try the cheesecake or chocolate cake with cinnamon ice cream.

And.. the best wines selection!

Do not forget to book in advance as this is a small but very popular place .