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Viblioteca

The name gives the game away – Viblioteca is a wine bar. But it is so much more than that. In a space not much bigger a double garage, Viblioteca seats about 30, and somehow from behind the bar the small team conjures up incredible sharing plates.

There’s no stove in the ‘kitchen’, so no grilled or fried dishes, but it doesn’t matter – smoked sardines on toast with idizibal cheese, tuna tataki and avocado salad, a brilliant deconstructed caprese salad, confit potato with jamon and a poached egg are just some of the many highlights here.

The owner is an oenophile and will help you choose wines by the glass or bottle – she has loads that aren’t on the list. The prices are reasonable and there are around 50 different cheeses to choose from to finish. Absolute gold. Bookings essential.

Incredible cheese selection at Viblioteca

C/Guilleries 10

932 844 202

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Tragaluz

Fine dining at Tragaluz is pretty fine

By the same group as the crowd-pleasing Cuines Santa Catarina and Bar Lobo, Tragaluz should be a winne given it is the group’s flagship.

Certainly the space is right – with its opening roof that should be spectacular on a warm summer evening – and the food presentation is what you’d expect from a place seemingly looking for Michelin stars. (Oddly enough it doesn’t even get a mention in the red guide, which is somewhat strange in our opinion – some lesser places make the list).

If fine-dining is your schtick, you could do worse. 

Pasaje de la Concepción, 5

Tel: 934 870 621

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Cera 23

Cera 23 is another delightful small restaurant in El Raval, Barcelona

The first restaurant in the area by the people behind Arume, Cera 23 is a slightly less popular destination, with a more straightforward menu. Solid work from the kitchen and efficient wait staff. Go hungry though – the serves are big.

Book ahead.

Large serves at Cera 23 in El Raval, Barcelona. Go hungry

Carrer de la Cera, 23

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