# 13 Best Patatas Bravas in Barcelona > The best patatas bravas in Barcelona, from the Sarrià institution that defined the allioli-and-spicy-oil style to creative fusion versions. Where to eat bravas across the city, ranked. - **Canonical URL:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/best-patatas-bravas - **City:** Barcelona, Spain - **Published:** 2026-06-20 - **Updated:** 2026-07-14 - **Author:** Justin Mota, Guidavera founder - **Reading time:** 12 min ## Introduction This is the Barcelona bravas list we send to friends. Bravas are the one tapa everyone orders and almost nobody agrees on, so we went looking for the places whose bravas specifically get singled out, not just the bars that happen to do decent tapas. What you'll notice fast is that Barcelona doesn't have one bravas, it has two. There's the Sarrià version, allioli plus a spicy oil poured over hand-cut potatoes, and there's the Madrid version, salsa brava and no mayo. Half the city swears by one, half by the other, and a couple of places on this list cheerfully serve both so you can settle it yourself. We've kept the historic institutions up top and let the creative versions (sobrasada oil, smoked aioli, even a Venezuelan crossover) fill out the back half. Expect to pay roughly €3 to €10 a plate depending on whether you're at a no-frills bar or a kitchen treating bravas as a signature. ## A guide to Patatas Bravas in Barcelona ### What exactly are patatas bravas? Patatas bravas are fried potato chunks served with a spicy sauce, and in Barcelona usually a garlicky allioli too. The 'brava' part refers to the heat: the original salsa brava is a punchy red sauce built on paprika and sometimes a little chilli. The potatoes should be crisp outside and soft inside, fried fresh rather than reheated. Beyond that, almost everything is up for debate, which is exactly why the dish is so personal to the people who eat it. ### The two styles: Sarrià versus Madrid Barcelona bravas fall into two broad camps. The Sarrià or Catalan style, the one most associated with Bar Tomás, tops the potatoes with allioli and a separate spicy oil, so you get creamy garlic plus heat in two layers. The Madrid style skips the mayo entirely and goes straight in with salsa brava, a thinner, tomato-and-paprika red sauce. Neither is more correct than the other, they're just different traditions, and tasting them side by side is half the fun. Fàbrica Moritz in Sant Antoni literally lists both on one menu, 'bravas from here' and 'bravas from there', so you can run the comparison in a single sitting. ### How to spot bravas worth ordering Good bravas come out hot and crisp, not soggy or lukewarm, which is the tell that the kitchen fried them to order rather than pulling them from a warmer. The sauce should taste of something: real garlic in the allioli, actual paprika heat in the brava. The best versions in Barcelona range from dead-simple classics, just potatoes and two sauces, to creative takes that add sobrasada oil, smoked aioli, shichimi-style spice or a meaty topping. Both can be excellent. What matters is that the potato itself is cooked properly and the sauce isn't an afterthought. > "Barcelona's bravas split into two camps, and the city has been arguing about which one wins for decades." ## How we built this list We built this list the slow way. The starting point was bravas specifically: not bars that show up on generic tapas lists, but places whose patatas bravas get singled out by people who actually care about the dish. We cross-checked our own eating against named write-ups, the city's bravas specialists, and the annual Barcelona bravas festival, then kept the venues that earned their spot on the plate. Historic importance and bravas-specific reputation drive the order, not overall restaurant fanciness, so a no-frills neighbourhood bar can outrank a smart kitchen here. No restaurant pays for placement, and Guidavera has no affiliate or sponsorship relationship with any venue on this list. ## The 13 best Patatas Bravas, compared | # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | [Bar El Tomás de Sarrià](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bar-el-tomas-de-sarria) | Sarrià | € | Repsol Solete | Patatas bravas | | 2 | [La Esquinica](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/la-esquinica) | el Turó de la Peira | €€ | Repsol Solete | — | | 3 | [Fàbrica Moritz Barcelona](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/fabrica-moritz-barcelona) | Sant Antoni | €€ | — | Bravas from Here, with aioli and spicy oil | | 4 | [Bar del Pla](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bar-del-pla) | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | €€ | Repsol Solete | Patatas bravas | | 5 | [Informal](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/informal) | el Barri Gòtic | € | Repsol Recomendado | Patatas bravas by Informal | | 6 | [Elsa y Fred](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/elsa-y-fred) | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | € | — | — | | 7 | [La Taverna del Clínic](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/la-taverna-del-clinic) | l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | The famous La Taverna bravas, very spicy option available | | 8 | [Vivanda](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/vivanda) | Sarrià | €€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Patatas bravas with aioli and spicy sobrassada | | 9 | [La Mundana](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/la-mundana) | Sants | €€ | Repsol Recomendado | Bravas de la Mundana with smoked aioli and brava sauce | | 10 | [Bodega La Palma](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bodega-la-palma) | Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter) | €€ | — | Bravas | | 11 | [La Porca](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/la-porca) | el Poble Sec | €€ | Repsol Solete | Bravas laPorca, with spicy tomato, garlic aioli and house porchetta | | 12 | [Bar Córdoba](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bar-cordoba) | Pubilla Cases | € | — | Patatas bravas | | 13 | [Bar Omar](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bar-omar) | Sant Gervasi - Galvany | €€ | — | Oreja a la brasa con salsa brava, grilled pig's ear with spicy sauce | ## The 13 best Patatas Bravas in Barcelona ### 1. Bar El Tomás de Sarrià *The bravas institution that defined the Sarrià style* - **Neighbourhood:** Sarrià - **Address:** Major de Sarrià, 49, 08017 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** € - **Distinction:** Repsol Solete - **Website:** https://www.eltomasdesarria.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bar-el-tomas-de-sarria If Barcelona bravas have a single reference point, it's Bar Tomás up in Sarrià. This is the classic bar everyone else gets measured against, the place that canonised the allioli-plus-spicy-oil style now copied across the city. The potatoes are hand-cut and fried in olive oil, then hit with a secret-recipe spicy sauce and house-made alioli, and that's basically the whole pitch. No reinvention, no gimmicks, just the version that taught generations of locals what bravas should taste like. The room is plain, the turnover is fast, and a plate runs €3, which is part of the charm. It carries a Repsol Solete too. If you only eat bravas at one place in Barcelona, eat them here first so everything else has a baseline to argue against. **Order:** - Patatas bravas (€3.00) ### 2. La Esquinica *Nou Barris pilgrimage bar with Aragonese-accented tapas* - **Neighbourhood:** el Turó de la Peira - **Address:** Passeig de Fabra i Puig, 296, 08031 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Repsol Solete - **Website:** https://www.laesquinica.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/la-esquinica La Esquinica is the kind of place locals make a trip for. Tucked up in Nou Barris, it runs a menu of more than fifty tapas with a strong Aragonese accent, and the bravas (or 'pataticas bravicas', written in the Teruel diminutive the founders brought with them) are what the bar is best known for. The style here leans toward the punchier, Madrid-school end of the spectrum. It gets busy and loud, the way a good neighbourhood tapas bar should, and on a packed night you take a number and wait your turn. It holds a Repsol Solete. Come hungry and order wide: the fried squid, baby cuttlefish and chistorra are all part of the ritual once you're in. ### 3. Fàbrica Moritz Barcelona *Both bravas styles on one menu, under chef Jordi Vilà* - **Neighbourhood:** Sant Antoni - **Address:** Ronda de Sant Antoni, 41, 08011 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://fabricamoritzbarcelona.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/fabrica-moritz-barcelona Fàbrica Moritz is the best place in the city to settle the bravas debate, because it serves both sides at once. The menu lists 'bravas from here', with aioli and spicy oil in the Catalan style, and 'bravas from there', with mayonnaise and a spicy tomato sauce in the Madrid style, both at €5.95. Order the pair and you get a side-by-side tasting of the two camps Barcelona keeps arguing about. The kitchen at this big Sant Antoni brewery-brasserie is overseen by chef Jordi Vilà, and there's a stuffed potato bomba on the menu too if you want to keep going. It's a brewery first, so the bravas come with very good beer, which is no bad thing. **Order:** - Bravas from Here, with aioli and spicy oil (€5.95) - Bravas from There, with mayonnaise and spicy tomato sauce (€5.95) - The Moritz Bomba, breaded mashed-potato ball stuffed with meat and spicy tomato (€5.20) ### 4. Bar del Pla *Born wine-bar bravas with a Repsol Solete* - **Neighbourhood:** Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera - **Address:** Carrer de Montcada, 2, 08003 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Repsol Solete - **Website:** https://www.bardelpla.cat - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bar-del-pla Bar del Pla in the Born is a wine-led tapas bar where the cooking punches above the format. The bravas (€5) sit on a market-driven menu that runs from roasted-meat cannelloni to a beef-and-foie tartare, and they're the kind of plate you tack on almost without thinking and then keep going back to. It carries a Repsol Solete, and the wine programme, over 100 labels with a real natural and biodynamic streak, is reason enough to come even before the food arrives. This one already shows up on our Best Tapas guide, which tells you it's not a one-trick bar. Grab a spot at the counter, order a glass of something local, and let the kitchen feed you. **Order:** - Patatas bravas (€5) ### 5. Informal *The gourmet bravas, from chef Marc Gascons* - **Neighbourhood:** el Barri Gòtic - **Address:** Pº Colom, 9, 08002 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** € - **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://serrasbarcelona.com/en/gastronomy/informal - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/informal Informal is the polished end of the bravas spectrum. Set inside the Hotel Serras in the Gòtic with chef Marc Gascons running the kitchen, it treats the humble brava as something to engineer rather than just fry. The 'patatas bravas by Informal' (€8.50) is the gourmet expression of the dish, and it's worth ordering precisely because it's so different from the no-frills bar version up in Sarrià. The rest of the menu is seasonal Catalan and Mediterranean sharing food, Iberian ham, croquettes, grilled fish, so the bravas slot into a proper meal rather than a quick stop at the bar. It carries a Repsol Recomendado. Come here when you want bravas with a tablecloth and a view of the port. **Order:** - Patatas bravas by Informal (€8.50) ### 6. Elsa y Fred *Born gastrobar bravas in a tapas-and-grill spread* - **Neighbourhood:** Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera - **Address:** Carrer del Rec Comtal, 11A, 08003 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** € - **Website:** https://www.elsayfred.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/elsa-y-fred Elsa y Fred is a gastrobar in the Born built for sharing. It runs on gastrobar logic, tapas to share, things off the grill, brunch at weekends, so the bravas are a starting order rather than the whole reason you're there. The room is easy and the cooking is consistent, which is exactly what you want from a neighbourhood spot you'd return to. It's the sort of place that quietly racks up local goodwill without shouting about it. Order the bravas, then keep the table going with whatever's coming off the grill. ### 7. La Taverna del Clínic *Refined cylinder bravas with Michelin and Repsol recognition* - **Neighbourhood:** l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample - **Address:** C/ de Rosselló, 155, 08036 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://www.latavernadelclinic.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/la-taverna-del-clinic La Taverna del Clínic has the strongest accolade stack of any bar on this list: a Repsol Sol and a Michelin listing for its modern take on traditional Catalan cooking. The bravas (€9) are famous enough that, as Repsol puts it, they 'by popular mandate cannot leave the menu', and there's a very-spicy option if you want to test yourself. This Eixample spot splits into a taverna side, where you eat the bravas and tapas at the bar, and a restaurant side with proper tasting menus. The kitchen sources fish daily off the Finisterre coast and eco vegetables from Sant Pol de Mar, so even the bar snacks carry real intent. Run by brothers Toni and Manu Simões. Sit at the bar for the bravas, book the restaurant for the full thing. **Order:** - The famous La Taverna bravas, very spicy option available (€9) ### 8. Vivanda *The roasted heretic, with sobrasada oil* - **Neighbourhood:** Sarrià - **Address:** Carrer Major de Sarrià, 134, 08017 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://www.vivanda.cat - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/vivanda Vivanda is the bravas outlier that's earned its place. Jordi Vilà's Sarrià restaurant tops its potatoes with aioli and spicy sobrasada oil (€7.90), which gives the dish a rounder, almost meaty heat you won't find at the classic bars a few streets away. It carries a Michelin listing and a Repsol Recomendado, and the menu is small-plate Catalan that rotates monthly with the market. The garden terrace is one of the nicer places in the neighbourhood to spend a long lunch. Purists will tell you it's not 'real' bravas because of the sobrasada twist, and that argument is exactly why it's worth ordering. Eat it, then go compare with Bar Tomás up the road and pick a side. **Order:** - Patatas bravas with aioli and spicy sobrassada (€7.90) ### 9. La Mundana *Smoked-aioli bravas in a Sants fusion tavern* - **Neighbourhood:** Sants - **Address:** Carrer del Vallespir, 93, 08014 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://www.lamundana.cat - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/la-mundana La Mundana in Sants is one of those kitchens that quietly does everything well, and the bravas are part of why people keep going back. 'La brava de la Mundana' (€9.50) comes with smoked aioli and brava sauce, a little more layered than the bar standard, and it sits among sharing plates that pull in Japanese and French touches alongside the Mediterranean base. The cooking uses charcoal grill, robata and smoking, and the vermouth programme is a defining feature, so this is bravas as part of a proper evening rather than a quick counter snack. It carries a Repsol Recomendado, which describes the food as simple cooking done with good taste, designed for sharing. Bring people, order broadly, and don't skip the bravas. **Order:** - Bravas de la Mundana with smoked aioli and brava sauce (€9.50) ### 10. Bodega La Palma *Historic Gòtic bodega bravas* - **Neighbourhood:** Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter) - **Address:** Carrer de la Palma de Sant Just, 7, 08002 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://www.bodegalapalma.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bodega-la-palma Bodega La Palma is a proper old Gòtic bodega, the kind built around wine as much as the plates, and the bravas (€5.50) fit that world perfectly. This is unfussy Catalan tapas in generous portions, served in a room with real age to it, and the bravas are the order locals reach for almost on autopilot. It's a good reminder that some of the best bravas in Barcelona come from places that have been doing the same simple things for a very long time. The wine list is the other reason to settle in. Order the bravas, a glass of something, and the ensaladilla while you're at it, and you've got the makings of a relaxed afternoon. **Order:** - Bravas (5.50€) - Ensaladilla rusa (6.50€) ### 11. La Porca *Poble-sec bravas crowned with house porchetta* - **Neighbourhood:** el Poble Sec - **Address:** Carrer de Mata, 16, 08004 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Repsol Solete - **Website:** https://www.laporca.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/la-porca La Porca in Poble-sec works in the 'fast good' register, gourmet burgers and sandwiches on crusty bread, and its bravas are a genuine crowd-pleaser. The signature 'bravas laPorca' (€9.50) come with spicy tomato and garlic aioli, then get topped with the house porchetta, which turns a side dish into something you order as a main event. If you'd rather keep it meat-free, there's a pork-free version at €7.50. It carries a Repsol Solete. The whole place is built for sharing and easy eating, so the bravas slot neatly next to a burger and a beer. Get the porchetta-topped version at least once: it's the reason people single these out. **Order:** - Bravas laPorca, with spicy tomato, garlic aioli and house porchetta (€9.50) - Bravas laPorca sin cerdo, pork-free with spicy tomato and garlic aioli (€7.50) ### 12. Bar Córdoba *Generational Andalusian-style bravas in L'Hospitalet* - **Neighbourhood:** Pubilla Cases - **Address:** Carrer Luarca, 10, 08906 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain - **Price:** € - **Website:** https://barcordoba.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bar-cordoba Bar Córdoba sits just over the line in L'Hospitalet, close enough to count, and its bravas have earned a place on Barcelona's bravas circuit on their own merits. The cooking is rooted in the Andalusian and Cordoban tradition the founding family brought with them, and the bravas (€5.90) come in a house sauce that regulars travel for. It's worth ordering the flamenquín, the rolled, breaded and fried pork that's a Córdoba specialty, while you're here, plus the stuffed-potato bomba (also €5.90). This is an honest, family-run neighbourhood bar, not a polished gastro spot, and that's the appeal. Make the short trip out, order the bravas and the flamenquín, and you'll see why people bother. **Order:** - Patatas bravas (€5.90) - Bomba, stuffed potato croquette (€5.90) ### 13. Bar Omar *Charcoal-grill bar with the most inventive bravas-adjacent plates* - **Neighbourhood:** Sant Gervasi - Galvany - **Address:** Carrer d'Amigó, 34, 08021 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://www.baromar.es - **Booking:** https://www.covermanager.com/reserve/module_restaurant/restaurante-baromar/spanish - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bar-omar Bar Omar in Sant Gervasi is the most creative kitchen at the back of this list. It runs a short, rotating menu of Mediterranean small plates built around the charcoal grill, and the bravas energy here shows up in unexpected ways: a montadito of fried potato with tuna tartare, grilled pig's ear with spicy salsa brava, braised-jowl brioche with house hoisin. It's bravas thinking applied to a brasa menu, which makes it a smart stop once you've eaten the classics and want something that plays with the idea. The format is bar-and-small-table, built for sharing. Order a spread, lean into the grilled stuff, and finish with the salted-caramel torrija. **Order:** - Oreja a la brasa con salsa brava, grilled pig's ear with spicy sauce - Montadito de patata frita con tartar de atún ## Honourable mentions - **[Bar Canyí](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/bar-canyi)** (Sant Antoni) — New-wave Sant Antoni bar applying fine-dining technique to classic bar food, from Francesc Beltri and Nico de la Vega, with a Barceloneta bomba and an oxtail-and-kimchi burger on the menu. - **[Món Việt](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/mon-viet)** (Sant Antoni) — A Sant Antoni Vietnamese kitchen and the wildcard of the bunch, proof that even bravas keep evolving once cooks from other traditions get hold of them. ## The Patatas Bravas scene in Barcelona Barcelona has bars serving bravas in every neighbourhood, but the dish has a few clear capitals. Sarrià is the spiritual home of the allioli-and-spicy-oil style, Sant Antoni and the Eixample carry the modern and creative versions, and old-school neighbourhood bars in Nou Barris, the Gòtic and L'Hospitalet keep the traditional recipes going. Some of the most talked-about bravas now come from kitchens you wouldn't expect, burger bars, vermuterias, even a Venezuelan-Spanish crossover, which is part of why the dish keeps generating arguments. ## Glossary - **Patatas bravas** — Fried potato chunks served with a spicy sauce, and in Barcelona usually a garlicky allioli too. One of the most ordered tapas in Spain. - **Salsa brava** — The spicy red sauce that gives bravas their name, built on paprika and sometimes chilli. In the Madrid style it's the only sauce; in the Catalan style it's paired with allioli. - **Allioli** — A traditional Catalan emulsion of garlic, olive oil and salt. On Sarrià-style bravas it's spooned over the potatoes alongside a separate spicy oil. - **Sarrià style** — The Catalan way of serving bravas, associated with Bar Tomás: hand-cut fried potatoes topped with allioli and a separate spicy oil, giving creamy garlic plus heat in layers. - **Madrid style** — Bravas served with only salsa brava and no mayonnaise, a thinner tomato-and-paprika red sauce poured over the potatoes. - **Bomba** — A breaded ball of mashed potato, often stuffed with meat and finished with spicy sauce. A close cousin of bravas found on many of the same menus. ## Frequently asked questions ### What are patatas bravas? Patatas bravas are fried potato chunks served with a spicy sauce, and in Barcelona usually a garlicky allioli too. The name comes from the heat of the salsa brava, a red sauce built on paprika and sometimes chilli. The best versions are fried fresh, crisp outside and soft inside. ### Where are the best patatas bravas in Barcelona? Bar Tomás in Sarrià is the reference point for Barcelona bravas, the bar that defined the allioli-and-spicy-oil style. Other standouts include Fàbrica Moritz, which serves both bravas styles on one menu, La Esquinica in Nou Barris, and La Taverna del Clínic, which holds a Repsol Sol and a Michelin listing. ### What are the two styles of patatas bravas in Barcelona? Barcelona bravas split into two camps. The Sarrià or Catalan style tops the potatoes with allioli and a separate spicy oil. The Madrid style skips the mayo and uses only salsa brava, a thinner tomato-and-paprika red sauce. Fàbrica Moritz lists both on one menu so you can compare. ### How much do patatas bravas cost in Barcelona? A plate of patatas bravas in Barcelona runs roughly €3 to €10. No-frills bars like Bar Tomás charge around €3, while kitchens that treat bravas as a signature, with toppings or special sauces, charge €7 to €10. Bodega La Palma sits in the middle at €5.50. ### Which Barcelona bar has the most famous patatas bravas? Bar Tomás in Sarrià has the most famous patatas bravas in Barcelona. It canonised the allioli-plus-spicy-oil style now copied across the city, serving hand-cut potatoes fried in olive oil with a secret-recipe spicy sauce and house-made alioli. It also holds a Repsol Solete. ### Where can I try both styles of patatas bravas in one place? Fàbrica Moritz in Sant Antoni serves both styles side by side. Its menu lists 'bravas from here' with aioli and spicy oil in the Catalan style, and 'bravas from there' with mayonnaise and spicy tomato sauce in the Madrid style, both at €5.95. Order the pair to settle the debate yourself. ### Are there creative or modern versions of patatas bravas in Barcelona? Yes. Vivanda in Sarrià tops its bravas with spicy sobrasada oil, La Mundana in Sants uses smoked aioli, La Porca in Poble-sec crowns its bravas with house porchetta, and Casa Díaz near the Sagrada Família serves TequeBravas, a Venezuelan-Spanish crossover with tequeños. ### What's the difference between bravas with allioli and bravas with just salsa brava? Bravas with allioli, the Catalan or Sarrià style, give you creamy garlic plus heat in two layers. Bravas with only salsa brava, the Madrid style, skip the mayo and go straight in with a thinner tomato-and-paprika red sauce. Neither is more correct, they're different traditions. ### Where can I get patatas bravas with a Michelin or Repsol pedigree? La Taverna del Clínic in the Eixample holds a Repsol Sol and a Michelin listing, and its bravas are famous enough that they can't leave the menu. Vivanda in Sarrià holds a Michelin listing and a Repsol Recomendado. Bar Tomás, Bar del Pla, La Esquinica and La Porca all carry a Repsol Solete. ### Do I need a reservation to eat patatas bravas in Barcelona? For most bravas bars, no. Places like Bar Tomás and La Esquinica are walk-in, counter-style spots, though La Esquinica can mean taking a number and waiting on a busy night. For the sit-down kitchens like La Taverna del Clínic, Vivanda or Informal, booking is sensible, especially at weekends. ## About the author **Justin Mota** — Guidavera founder Justin Mota is the founder of Guidavera. He has lived in Spain for over 10 years and runs a native AI agency alongside building this platform. Food has always been the way Justin connects with friends, and Guidavera started as the list he kept sending to everyone visiting Barcelona. He built it for himself and his friends first, and now hopes it can transform the way people discover great food experiences everywhere. 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