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The 3 best restaurants in Barcelona
Our definitive top three restaurants, scored by the panel. Number one right now: Xavier Pellicer.
A living ranking — positions can change. Updated July 2026.
Good questions
What are the best restaurants in Barcelona?
Our panel's top three right now: 1. Xavier Pellicer (9.6/10); 2. Disfrutar (9.4/10); 3. Cocina Hermanos Torres (9.3/10). A living ranking scored by seven independent critics who visit anonymously and pay their own bills.
Our panel's top three right now: 1. Xavier Pellicer (9.6/10); 2. Disfrutar (9.4/10); 3. Cocina Hermanos Torres (9.3/10). A living ranking scored by seven independent critics who visit anonymously and pay their own bills.
What is the best restaurant in Barcelona?
Xavier Pellicer — 9.6/10 on our scale, cross-checked against Michelin, Repsol, Barcelona à Table, Macarfi, TheFork and Google.
Xavier Pellicer — 9.6/10 on our scale, cross-checked against Michelin, Repsol, Barcelona à Table, Macarfi, TheFork and Google.
Who picks the best restaurants in Barcelona on We Know Barcelona?
Seven local critics — a sommelière, cooks, a pastry technician and food writers — who visit anonymously and pay their own bills. Each venue is also cross-referenced with the major guides.
Seven local critics — a sommelière, cooks, a pastry technician and food writers — who visit anonymously and pay their own bills. Each venue is also cross-referenced with the major guides.
Why isn't the world's most famous restaurant our number one?
Disfrutar may be the most influential kitchen in Europe, and its second place here is no slight. But our scale asks a different question — not "how far does this kitchen push the craft", but "how completely does a meal here deliver, plate to bill". On that measure the panel keeps landing on Xavier Pellicer. Reasonable people disagree; two of our seven do. That's what the panel is for.