Best Burgers in Barcelona: Barrio by Barrio

The best burgers in Barcelona are spread across the Eixample, the 19th-century grid between the old town and Gràcia, and in Gràcia itself, El Born and Sant Antoni. Poblenou, the former industrial district near the beach, adds a newer restaurant scene around its Rambla.

Barcelona eats Catalan before it eats American. Pa amb tomàquet, bread rubbed with ripe tomato and olive oil, comes with almost everything, and allioli, the garlic and oil emulsion, is the local sauce for grilled meat. Botifarra, the Catalan pork sausage, is the region’s own grilled classic. Menus are often written in Catalan first, and the word for burger is the same in both languages: hamburguesa. Few locals sit down to dinner before 9 pm.

Burgers in Barcelona: key facts

• Barrios to explore: Eixample, Gràcia, El Born, Sant Antoni and Poblenou.
• Markets: La Boqueria, off La Rambla, and the restored Mercat de Sant Antoni, which reopened in 2018.
• Catalan staples: pa amb tomàquet, allioli and botifarra.
• Language: menus appear in Catalan and Spanish, and often in English too.
• When locals eat: a long lunch from 2 pm, a late dinner from about 9 pm.
• Currency: euro (EUR), and menu prices include VAT (IVA).

Every guide we publish on Barcelona is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. Follow our burger restaurant guides for the same method in other cities.