CALDERS

Number one restaurant in the world 2024 — Chefs Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch, and Mateu Casañas, all alumni of elBulli, with two Michelin stars and a culinary approach that redefines what a tasting menu can be. Multi-sphere techniques, hyper-precise plating, and a progression of 30+ courses that feels like a genuine art installation.

Carrer de Villarroel 163 · 08036

Martin Berasategui and Paolo Casagrande's three-Michelin-star restaurant inside the Mandarin Oriental Barcelona — the highest-rated kitchen in Catalonia, built around Basque Country technique applied to exceptional Catalan and Spanish produce. Formal, flawless, and the pinnacle of Eixample fine dining.

Carrer de Mallorca 259 · 08008

Albert Adrià's avant-garde tapas bar in Poble Sec — the most reservations-impossible table in Barcelona, delivering dishes that began as experiments at elBulli in a joyful, maximalist circus-inflected room. Molecular olives, smoked salmon cornet, and the kind of cooking that turns a tapas format into something genuinely intellectual.

Avinguda del Paral·lel 164 · 08015