Best Restaurants in Plaça d'Espanya (2026): Dinner You'll Still Be Talking About

Plaça d'Espanya is good for one of the densest fine dining clusters in the city, and the restaurants people save most are Retruc, La Gastronomica (Burgers&Beers) and Enigma. Ranked from 10 places we track here, creator picks first.

Updated · 10 places we track in Plaça d'Espanya, all first recorded in March 2026

A few blocks north-east of Plaça d'Espanya sits a cluster of serious restaurants. Enigma, Cinc Sentits and COME are all within walking distance of each other, and Austral Coffee Bar and Morrow Coffee cover the daytime. Book the tasting menus early. Outside meal times this is a corridor to Montjuïc, not a place to wander.

How we chose

We track 10 places in Plaça d'Espanya filed under restaurants. The rest runs on a broader popularity signal from our wider place index, so the tail of this list moves less than the top does. Last added to in March 2026.

Ranked restaurants in Plaça d'Espanya

Retruc

Restaurant · Plaça d'Espanya

Head to this sprawling spot where you can drink beer and play games with your crew in Barcelona.

La Gastronomica (Burgers&Beers)

Restaurant · Plaça d'Espanya

Casual burger spot in Barcelona where you can watch your food being made and find decent beer and vegan choices.

Enigma

Restaurant · Plaça d'Espanya

Chef Albert Adrià serves up mind-bending dishes that engage all your senses at this Barcelona restaurant.

Alapar - Restaurante Japonés-Mediterráneo

Restaurant · Plaça d'Espanya

Creative Japanese and Catalan flavors blend together in inventive tasting menus here.

Casa de Tapas Cañota

Restaurant · Plaça d'Espanya

You'll love the bustling atmosphere and garden setting perfect for sharing paella and sangria with friends.

Cinc Sentits

Restaurant · Plaça d'Espanya

Chef Albert Adrià's refined take on Catalan cuisine comes through in every tasting menu course paired with carefully chosen wines.

COME

Restaurant · Plaça d'Espanya

Cutting-edge Mexican cuisine paired with creative cocktails makes for an exciting dining experience.

Dumplings

Restaurant · Plaça d'Espanya

Casual Asian restaurant in Barcelona serving affordable dumplings and other dishes in a relaxed atmosphere.

CruiX Restaurant

Restaurant · Plaça d'Espanya

Cozy brick walls frame authentic Spanish tapas and carefully chosen wines in this Barcelona gem.

Tandoor

Restaurant · Plaça d'Espanya

Tandoor serves up genuine Indian dishes and refreshing lassi in Barcelona.

Where this data comes from

Spillist pulls places out of TikToks and Reels and keeps track of what people save. The counts on this page cover the 10 places we hold in the Plaça d'Espanya neighborhood. Spot something wrong or closed? Tell us.

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