What are the latest cool, chic restaurants in Barcelona?
I agree El Bulli restaurant ran by Ferran Adria is a must! It is not in Barcelona, but in Roses on the Costa Brava, not far. His restaurant has been awarded with Michelin star and he is more a genius than a cook. He likes experimenting and finding new tastes. Although I think you could spend some time in a Costa Brava apartment on holidays and go to this restaurant in Roses as well as visiting other nice coastal towns nearby such as Cadaques or Figueres where you can see some works of another genius: Salvador Dali.
This was selected as Best Answer Andrew- Barcelona boasts a new ‘hotspot’ every other day, but some notables stand out in the overhyped crowd: ABac Restaurant & Hotel boasts amazing, new Catalan cuisine, terming it “cuisine d’auteur”, but in a mod, turn of century mansion that claims it’s the first “GastroHotel” making it a destination in itself. 15 stylish luxe rooms and outstanding cuisine make ABaC white hot. Hisop at the end of Eixample is a sweet, sleeper spot, low key, uber chic that boasts the duo of fab chefs, Guillem Pla & Oriol Ivem, formerly from Neichel. They serve contemporary, Catalan cuisine. Understated & elegant. Less is more, in the best of terms. El Bulli deserves mention, as wunder chef Ferran Adrià announced he’s closing in 2011 to transform the locale into a culinary academy. Get in now…if you can! The farmhouse, 2 hrs north of Barcelona sits over the seaside in a dreamy destination unto itself. Oft regarded as the best restaurant in the world, El Bulli is more
