Neighbourhood guide · Barcelona
The Best Bars in Eixample
Eixample is Barcelona's grand grid — wide modernista boulevards, high ceilings, and a drinking scene that ranges from old-world elegance to the most forward-thinking bar on the planet. This is where you'll find a martini trolley wheeled to your table the way it's been done for generations, and, a few blocks away, a bar that threw out the back bar entirely and got named the world's best for it. Bookend either with a cult vermut counter and you've got a night that spans a century of Barcelona drinking.
4 bars
Morro Fi
A standing-room vermut bar so beloved it grew into its own vermouth and conservas label. House vermut, a few tins from the sea, and a soundtrack of jazz — the platonic ideal of the Barcelona aperitivo.
What to order
House vermut with the works — olive, orange, a splash of soda — and a tin of mussels.
Barely any space inside. Order at the bar and spill onto the pavement like everyone else.
Bodega 1900
Albert Adrià's love letter to the classic Barcelona bodega — vermut done beautifully, in a room that feels like a private dining club.
What to order
House vermouth with conservas selection — the boquerones are extraordinary.
Book ahead. This isn't a walk-in kind of place on weekends.
Dry Martini
The most elegantly worn-in bar in Barcelona. Wood-panelled walls, white-jacketed staff, and a martini trolley that comes to the table. Old-school Barcelona glamour that never tried to be anything else.
What to order
The house martini — cold, stirred, served with ceremony.
Ask for a table in the back room. Darker, quieter, the real atmosphere.
Sips
A bar that reimagined what a bar looks like — there's no traditional back bar; bartenders build drinks around you from mobile stations. Named the world's best bar, and it earns the hype without a shred of stuffiness.
What to order
Work through the signature menu — each drink is an idea as much as a drink.
Reserve ahead for a seat, or arrive early and try for a standing spot. Worth the planning.
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