Tickets...ABac...Cal Pep...Café De L'Academia ...Santa Maria.....Where do I go?!

[ChetSahni]

I am travelling to Barcelona for the first time in July and wanted some help in deciding where to visit. I am in Barca for 5 nights and have short-listed the following:

Tickets
Quimet & Quimet
Paco Meralgo
ABaC
Cal Pep
Santa Maria
Café De L'Academia
Pinoxto
El Quim
Can Valles

Also what is the best Seafood Restaurant in Barcelona. Im dying to try Sea Urchin. Also any other restaurant recommendations.

Any help would be great :)

[erica]

There are reams of threads discussing this subject, so you might want to read a few of these and return with questions. For example, I dined at Tickets, Quimet/Quimet, Cal Pep, PacomerAlgo, Pinoxto, and Quim in 2011 and wrote about my experiences in the thread linked below.

There is not single best seafood restaurant in Barcelona; Rias de Galicia is often mentioned, but it is one of quite a few.

You might have trouble booking Tickets because I understand it books up far in advance these days.

Maybe I dined at the wrong places but I do not remember seeing raw erizo/sea urchin on many menus, although the markets have them on hand. I'm sure you can find them easily, but other sea creatures may be more easily found. Sea cucumber, espardena, for example, is quite a delicacy.

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/768881

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/769353

http://www.riasdegalicia.com/