# 16 Best Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants in Barcelona > The best vegan and vegetarian restaurants in Barcelona, ranked by specialist reputation and guide recognition. From a Repsol 2 Soles vegetable kitchen to 100% vegan tapas, burgers, and Asian. Updated June 2026. - **Canonical URL:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/best-vegan-vegetarian - **City:** Barcelona, Spain - **Published:** 2026-06-20 - **Author:** Justin Mota, Guidavera founder - **Reading time:** 13 min ## Introduction This is the list we send to friends who eat plant-based and are tired of being told to just get the patatas bravas. Barcelona's vegan and vegetarian scene is one of the best in southern Europe right now, and it's not all the same thing: there's a Repsol 2 Soles vegetable kitchen doing tasting menus that convert die-hard omnivores, there's a fine-dining spot with a Michelin nod and trompe l'oeil plant dishes, and there's a fully vegan burger bar that's been quietly doing its thing in the Gothic Quarter for years. We split this into three honest buckets so you know what you're walking into: 100% vegan (no animal products anywhere), vegetarian (meat-free, vegan options common), and veg-forward (vegetables are the whole point, even if a little fish or meat plays a supporting role). Prices run from around 13 euros for a burger-and-bravas at the casual end up to 105 euros for the full tasting menu at the top. ## A guide to Vegan & Vegetarian in Barcelona ### What's the difference between vegan, vegetarian, and veg-forward in Barcelona? It matters more here than you'd think, because the labels get used loosely. A fully vegan kitchen has zero animal products on the menu, full stop, so dairy and eggs are out as well as meat and fish. A vegetarian kitchen is meat-free but may use cheese, eggs, or dairy, and most now run a generous set of vegan options alongside. Veg-forward is the newer category and the one that trips people up: these are kitchens where vegetables are the absolute centre of the cooking and the identity, but a little fish or meat may appear in a supporting role, or where you can choose a fully vegan or vegetarian version of the same menu. If you're strictly vegan, ask which dishes are plant-based when you book at a veg-forward or vegetarian spot, because the kitchen will usually adapt. ### How good is fine dining for plant-based diners in Barcelona? Better than almost anywhere else in Spain. Vegetables have moved from the side of the plate to the centre of the most ambitious kitchens in the city, and the guide recognition has followed. Xavier Pellicer holds a Repsol 2 Soles and offers every tasting menu in vegan, vegetarian, and omnivore versions, putting plants at the heart of the meal at a serious level. Virens, inside a hotel in the Eixample, holds a Michelin Selected listing and a Repsol Recomendado for its gastrobotanic cooking. Fronda Pasaje carries both a Michelin Selected listing and a Repsol Recomendado for fully plant-based tasting menus. This is a real shift: you can now eat a multi-course, professionally recognised meal in Barcelona without a single animal product, and not feel like you've made a sacrifice. ### What kinds of vegan food can you actually find in Barcelona? Pretty much everything, which is the fun part. Beyond the salads-and-bowls cliche, the city has fully vegan takes on entire cuisines: Mexican at Gallo Santo, Asian and sushi at Desoriente, Persian at Noush, American diner food and burgers at Mad Mad Vegan and Vrutal, and Spanish tapas built for sharing at Velada and La Perra Verde. There's even a fully gluten-free and fully vegan kitchen, Potstot, that rebuilds Catalan rice and paella tradition with no animal products and no gluten at all. On the vegetarian side, Teresa Carles has been the flagship sit-down dining room since 2011, and its sister project Flax & Kale runs a flexitarian concept that's 80% plant-based. Whatever you're in the mood for, there's a plant-based version of it somewhere in this city. > "Plant-based eating in Barcelona stopped being a compromise a while ago." ## How we built this list We built this list by leaning on the people and signals that actually know this category. Plant-based dining has its own specialist world, and a venue's standing inside that world counts for more than how many generic travel blogs mention it. We weighted historic importance (the kitchens that built Barcelona's plant-based scene), specialist reputation, and professional guide recognition where it exists, and we cross-checked every venue against its own current menu and self-description. We ordered by subject authority, not by general popularity, which is why a Repsol 2 Soles vegetable kitchen and a long-running, deeply-cited vegan bar sit near the top regardless of how trendy they are this month. We also ran a closure check, because plant-based venues turn over fast, and left off anything we couldn't confirm was open and serving. No restaurant pays for placement, and Guidavera has no affiliate or sponsorship relationships with any venue here. ## The 16 best Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurants, compared | # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | [Cat Bar](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/cat-bar) | El Born / La Ribera | € | — | CHAMPION burger with Bravas | | 2 | [Teresa Carles](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/teresa-carles) | el Raval | €€ | — | Les Bravas de la Teresa | | 3 | [Xavier Pellicer](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/xavier-pellicer) | la Dreta de l'Eixample | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 2 Soles | 8-course tasting menu | | 4 | [Asante](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/asante) | Poble-sec | €€ | — | Flat White | | 5 | [Fronda Pasaje](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/fronda-pasaje) | Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera | €€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Forest butter / sesame bread / takuan | | 6 | [Virens](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/virens) | la Dreta de l'Eixample | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Teardrop peas wok with poached egg and celery foam | | 7 | [Desoriente](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/desoriente) | el Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou | €€ | Repsol Solete | Kiss Me Ramen v3 (dashi-coconut broth) | | 8 | [Vrutal](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/vrutal) | Poblenou | €€ | — | French Kiss burger | | 9 | [PÖTSTOT](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/potstot) | El Raval | € | — | Ceps and Black Truffle Croquettes (4 pieces) | | 10 | [Gallo Santo Gràcia Veg Mex & Cocktails](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/gallo-santo) | Vila de Gràcia | €€ | — | Al Pastor Tacos | | 11 | [Flax & Kale Tallers](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/flax-kale-tallers) | el Raval | €€ | — | Flax & Kale pizza (gluten-free base, cashew cheese) | | 12 | [Velada — Tapas Plant-Based y Cócteles](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/velada) | Barri Gòtic | €€ | — | Bravas Velada | | 13 | [La Perra Verde](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/la-perra-verde) | Vila de Gràcia | € | — | Truffled Tortilla | | 14 | [Mad Mad Vegan](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/mad-mad-vegan) | L'Eixample | € | — | The Mad Signature burger | | 15 | [Sésamo](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/sesamo) | El Raval | €€ | — | — | | 16 | [Fat Veggies](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/fat-veggies) | la Dreta de l'Eixample | €€ | Repsol Solete | Veggie Tasting Menu | ## The 16 best Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurants in Barcelona ### 1. Cat Bar *The long-running fully vegan bar in the Gothic Quarter* - **Neighbourhood:** El Born / La Ribera - **Address:** Carrer de la Mercè, 29, 08002 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** € - **Website:** https://catbar.cat/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/cat-bar Cat Bar is the one almost everyone who eats plant-based in Barcelona ends up at sooner or later, and it's been doing the same thing well for years: 100% vegan, casual, burger-led, with local craft beer and wine. It's often described as one of the city's earliest dedicated vegan bar-restaurants, and you can feel that lived-in confidence the moment you sit down. The burgers are the anchor, served with bravas or salad, and they're proper plant-based burgers rather than a sad afterthought. Everything's affordable, with the loaded burger-and-bravas plates landing around 13 euros, and there are gluten-free options if you need them. It's small, it's friendly, and it's the safest first recommendation we can make to anyone landing in town who wants to eat vegan without thinking too hard about it. **Order:** - CHAMPION burger with Bravas (€13) - BLACK burger with Bravas (€13) - Patatas Bravas (€6.50) ### 2. Teresa Carles *The vegetarian flagship dining room in El Raval* - **Neighbourhood:** el Raval - **Address:** Carrer de Jovellanos, 2, 08001 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://www.teresacarles.com/tc - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/teresa-carles Teresa Carles is the vegetarian sit-down restaurant that anchors the whole scene. Open since 2011 and run under founder-chef Teresa Carles Borras, it works to a concept the kitchen calls VMAHT: vegetarian, Mediterranean, artisanal, healthy, tasty. In practice that means a long menu of Catalan and Mediterranean dishes reworked meat-free, with plenty of vegan options and a fresh juice and kombucha bar. The croquettes are a thing here, from mushroom to Catalan black sausage style, and the Bombas de la Barceloneta and Les Bravas de la Teresa show how the kitchen handles familiar tapas without the meat. It's polished without being precious, the kitchen runs non-stop through the day, and you'll usually pay around 30 euros a head before drinks. This is the dining room that proved meat-free could be a destination in Barcelona, not a niche. **Order:** - Les Bravas de la Teresa (€5.75) - Vegan bomba de la Barceloneta (€4.50) - 6 croquettes assortment (€11.95) ### 3. Xavier Pellicer *Repsol 2 Soles vegetable cooking with vegan, vegetarian and omnivore menus* - **Neighbourhood:** la Dreta de l'Eixample - **Address:** Carrer de Provenca, 310, 08037 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 2 Soles - **Website:** https://www.xavierpellicer.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/xavier-pellicer Xavier Pellicer holds a Repsol 2 Soles and a Michelin Selected listing, which makes it the most decorated vegetable-led kitchen on this list. Chef Xavier Pellicer puts seasonal, organic, locally sourced vegetables at the absolute centre of the plate, with the grill, wok, and spices doing the heavy lifting. The thing that sets it apart, and the reason strict vegans can eat here with confidence, is that every tasting menu comes in three versions: vegan, vegetarian, and omnivore. That flexibility is rare at this level. There's an 8-course menu at 105 euros and a 5-course at 85, with an a la carte option at lunch from Wednesday to Sunday. The wine list runs biodynamic, organic, and natural, which fits the whole philosophy. If you want to understand how serious Barcelona is about vegetables, start here. **Order:** - 8-course tasting menu (€105) - 5-course tasting menu (€85) ### 4. Asante *Fully vegan brunch in Poble-sec* - **Neighbourhood:** Poble-sec - **Address:** Carrer d'Elkano 63, bajos, 08004 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://asantecafe.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/asante Asante is the plant-based brunch spot that's built a serious following. It's entirely vegan, so no meat, fish, dairy, or eggs anywhere, and it works the daytime format: breakfast and lunch plates, good coffee, dessert. The coffee program alone is worth the trip, running from espresso through golden lattes, matcha, and chai, and the brunch plates do the familiar daytime spread reworked without any animal products. It sits in Poble-sec, a neighbourhood that's quietly become one of the best eating districts in the city, and it's the kind of place you go for a long, slow weekend morning rather than a rushed coffee. If brunch is your thing and you eat plant-based, this is near the top of the pile in Barcelona. **Order:** - Flat White (€3.40) - Golden Latte (€3.70) - Matcha Latte (€3.70) ### 5. Fronda Pasaje *Plant-based fine dining with a Michelin and Repsol nod* - **Neighbourhood:** Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera - **Address:** Carrer dels Banys Vells, 20, 08003 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://frondapasaje.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/fronda-pasaje Fronda Pasaje is where plant-based cooking goes properly fine-dining. It carries both a Michelin Selected listing and a Repsol Recomendado, and chef Máximo Cabrera runs a kitchen that treats vegetables with the same technique and precision you'd expect at any high-end spot. The menu is built around a la carte dishes and two set menus, and Michelin inspectors have singled out the trompe l'oeil plates that blend science and creativity, dishes designed to look like one thing and taste like another. Expect courses like the forest butter with sesame bread, the mixed ceviche, and a passion-fruit chocolate mousse to finish. It's the pick when you want to show a sceptic that plant-based can be genuinely ambitious, technical, and surprising rather than worthy. **Order:** - Forest butter / sesame bread / takuan - Ceviche Mixto - Passion-fruit chocolate mousse ### 6. Virens *Gastrobotanic cooking from Rodrigo de la Calle* - **Neighbourhood:** la Dreta de l'Eixample - **Address:** Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 619, 08007 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://www.virensbarcelona.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/virens Virens is the veg-forward heavyweight, a Michelin Selected and Repsol Recomendado kitchen inside a hotel in the Eixample, with Rodrigo de la Calle and Giovanni Esteve at the helm. The cooking centres vegetables and greens as the protagonists of every course, with seafood and meat appearing only in supporting roles, so strict vegans should flag their needs when booking. The style is contemporary Mediterranean built on proximity products, and it's served across three tasting menus: the 8-step Gastrobotanic, the 9-step Land and Sea, and the full 15-step Mediterranean Experience. Dishes like teardrop peas with poached egg and celery foam, or confit and fried artichokes with roasted potato foam, show how far vegetables can be pushed when a kitchen this good makes them the point. A standout for a special occasion. **Order:** - Teardrop peas wok with poached egg and celery foam (€26) - Confit and fried artichokes with roasted potato foam (€22) - Roasted onion soup with forest mushrooms and Vare cheese (€22) ### 7. Desoriente *100% vegan Asian and sushi with a Repsol Solete* - **Neighbourhood:** el Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou - **Address:** Carrer de Ramon Turró, 209, local 2, 08005 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Repsol Solete - **Website:** https://desoriente.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/desoriente Desoriente is the vegan Asian specialist, and it holds a Repsol Solete to back up its reputation. The whole kitchen is 100% plant-based, working across tapas, sushi, ramen, noodles, and curries. The signatures are clever: a Kiss Me Ramen built on a dashi-coconut broth, a Ceviche Kilawin of oyster-mushroom sashimi, a Tikka Masala Protein Bao, and a Foie Gras Roll made with house-fermented cashew cheese. There's a proper drinks side too, with seasonal cocktails, natural wines, and homemade kombucha. It sits in Poblenou, and it's the spot to send anyone who thinks vegan food can't do umami, technique, or genuine cravability. The sushi and the ramen are where it really shows off. **Order:** - Kiss Me Ramen v3 (dashi-coconut broth) - Ceviche Kilawin (oyster mushroom sashimi) - Foie Gras Roll (house-fermented cashew cheese) ### 8. Vrutal *The fully vegan burger benchmark in Poblenou* - **Neighbourhood:** Poblenou - **Address:** Rambla del Poblenou, 16, Bajos 4, 08005 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://www.vrutal.es - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/vrutal Vrutal is the vegan burger you bring people to when you want to settle the argument. It's fully plant-based, built around gourmet burgers and composed bowls, with a full drinks side of wine, beer, cocktails, and coffee. The patties are the point, and the lineup goes well beyond a single token option: the Blind Date, the French Kiss, a Banh Mi, a Jackfruit Pibil, and a BBQ Pulled Mushroom Bap, most available gluten-free on request. The sides hold their own too, from crispy cauliflower wings to a hummus they cheekily call the best this side of Beirut. It's casual, generous, and reliably good in Poblenou, and it's exactly the kind of plant-based comfort food that converts the unconvinced. **Order:** - French Kiss burger (€15.50) - Jackfruit Pibil burger (€13.20) - Crispy Cauliflower Wings (€7.90) ### 9. PÖTSTOT *Fully vegan and fully gluten-free Catalan rice* - **Neighbourhood:** El Raval - **Address:** Carrer del Pintor Fortuny, 32, 08001 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** € - **Website:** https://www.potstot.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/potstot Potstot does something almost no one else attempts: Catalan and Mediterranean rice cooking, paella included, built with no gluten and no animal products at all. That's a genuinely useful niche, because it means coeliacs and vegans can eat the same table together without anyone compromising. The kitchen leans on vegetables and plant-based ingredients across the board, with a spread of small plates to start: a spicy plant-based sobrasada, a house hummus, fermented cashew cheese, gluten-free bread with tomato, and croquettes with ceps and black truffle. The rice is the headline, but the snacks are worth lingering over. It's in El Raval, prices are gentle, and it's the rare place where the gluten-free and vegan labels are both total rather than partial. **Order:** - Ceps and Black Truffle Croquettes (4 pieces) (8.4€) - Potstot Hummus (6.2€) - 'Sobrasada' Spicy (6.5€) ### 10. Gallo Santo Gràcia Veg Mex & Cocktails *Fully plant-based Veg-Mex in Gracia* - **Neighbourhood:** Vila de Gràcia - **Address:** Carrer del Torrent de l'Olla, 64, 08012 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://gallosanto.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/gallo-santo Gallo Santo is Barcelona's vegan Mexican specialist, doing Veg-Mex entirely plant-based in Vila de Gracia. The menu is built on the corn-and-chilli backbone of real Mexican cooking: tacos, burritos, and bowls, plus a cocktail program centred on tequila. The tacos are where it shines, with a Carrot Tinga, a Yaka Al Pibil, an Al Pastor, and a Tofish version all done without animal products, and there's a Quesabirrias for anyone craving something rich and dippable. The bigger plates run from a Naked Burrito Bowl to the Gallo Santo Fajitas. It's lively, the cocktails are good, and it's proof that you don't lose anything taking the meat out of Mexican food when the kitchen knows what it's doing. **Order:** - Al Pastor Tacos (€7.90) - Tofish Tacos (€8.50) - Quesabirrias (€8.70) ### 11. Flax & Kale Tallers *The flexitarian landmark that mainstreamed plant-led dining* - **Neighbourhood:** el Raval - **Address:** Carrer dels Tallers, 74 B, 08001 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://flaxandkale.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/flax-kale-tallers Flax & Kale Tallers is the flexitarian flagship that pushed plant-led eating into the mainstream in Barcelona. The concept is 80% plant-based and 20% oily fish, with no meat or dairy, so it's veg-forward rather than strictly vegetarian, and it's worth knowing that going in. It belongs to the Teresa Carles family of projects, and the kitchen is ambitious: a Flax & Kale pizza on a gluten-free base with cashew cheese, poke bowls, Thai green curry, pad thai, black truffle croquettes, and a signature black rice baked with house vegetable stock, black garlic, and mushrooms. The cold-pressed juices, kombuchas, and smoothies are all made in-house, and weekend brunch runs Saturday and Sunday. A big, buzzy, all-day spot that's as good for a working lunch as a long brunch. **Order:** - Flax & Kale pizza (gluten-free base, cashew cheese) - Black rice with black garlic and mushrooms - Thai green curry ### 12. Velada — Tapas Plant-Based y Cócteles *Fully vegan tapas and cocktails in the Gothic Quarter* - **Neighbourhood:** Barri Gòtic - **Address:** Carrer de Ferran, 25, 08002 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://www.veladabcn.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/velada Velada is the vegan tapas-and-cocktails spot, and it's the easy answer when you want to take your omnivore friends somewhere everyone will be happy. It's fully plant-based, working the Spanish small-plates format built for sharing across a table, so you order a spread rather than one big plate each. The lineup is fun: Bravas Velada, teriyaki skewers, tikka masala cauliflower, Padron peppers, a hummus of the day, and tacos with guacamole or barbecue filling. There's a cocktail side to make it a proper night out. It sits in the Gothic Quarter, the plates are cheap enough to keep ordering, and the whole thing feels like normal Barcelona tapas culture that just happens to be entirely vegan. No one at the table feels short-changed. **Order:** - Bravas Velada (€6.00) - Tikka Masala Cauliflower (€7.50) - Teriyaki Skewers (€7.50) ### 13. La Perra Verde *The neighbourhood vegan taperia in Gracia* - **Neighbourhood:** Vila de Gràcia - **Address:** Carrer del Torrent de l'Olla, 12, 08012 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** € - **Website:** https://www.laperraverdebarcelona.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/la-perra-verde La Perra Verde is the Gracia neighbourhood vegan spot, and it's exactly the kind of place you wish was on your own street. It's fully plant-based and works the tapas format, lots of little dishes meant to be shared and grazed across rather than one plate each. The range is genuinely playful: a Cheese Board and a Vermouth Board to start, a truffled tortilla, kimchi potatoes, cauliflower popcorn, croquettes of the day, and heartier plates like a vegan milanesa or a No-Chicken sandwich. There are bowls too if you want something more composed. It's casual, affordable, and warm, the sort of low-key local where you settle in and keep ordering one more thing. A great choice if you're staying up in Gracia. **Order:** - Truffled Tortilla (€5.00) - Vegan Milanesa (€9.90) - Kimchi Potatoes (€5.00) ### 14. Mad Mad Vegan *Fully vegan American comfort food* - **Neighbourhood:** L'Eixample - **Address:** Carrer d'Aribau, 65, 08008 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** € - **Website:** https://madmadvegan.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/mad-mad-vegan Mad Mad Vegan is plant-based American comfort food done with a straight face, in the Eixample. It's fully vegan, so the diner-style format runs entirely without meat or dairy, and the menu is unashamedly indulgent. Burgers start around 13 euros, with the Mad Signature and the Double Cheese Vacon doing the heavy lifting, and the starters are half the fun: Mad Tequenos filled with melted vegan cheese, crunchy chick'n nuggets, crispy fried calamari done with battered vegan squid, and buffalo cauliflower wings. There are salads too, like the Vegan Cesar, if you want to pretend you're being good. It's loud, generous, and a little bit silly in the best way, and it's the spot for when you want comfort food with zero compromise. **Order:** - The Mad Signature burger (€12.95) - The Mad Tequeños (x3 / x6) (€5.50 / €7.95) - Crispy Fried Calamari (€7.95) ### 15. Sésamo *Veteran vegetarian tapas in El Raval* - **Neighbourhood:** El Raval - **Address:** Carrer de Sant Antoni Abat, 52, 08001 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://www.instagram.com/sesamobcn - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/sesamo Sesamo is the El Raval vegetarian veteran, a long-standing neighbourhood spot that's been part of the conversation for years. The kitchen is fully vegetarian with vegan options throughout, and the format leans on tasting boards built for sharing alongside a list of mains, with wine, beer, and cocktails to go with it. It's the opposite of a slick concept rollout: small, characterful, and run with the kind of consistency that keeps a place going long after the trend-chasers have moved on. If you want a relaxed, unpretentious vegetarian dinner in the old city without a tasting-menu commitment or a queue, this is a reliable, well-loved choice that's earned its spot. ### 16. Fat Veggies *Fire-cooked vegetarian dining with a Repsol Solete* - **Neighbourhood:** la Dreta de l'Eixample - **Address:** Carrer de Bailen, 81, 08009 Barcelona, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Repsol Solete - **Website:** https://www.fatveggies.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/fat-veggies Fat Veggies closes the list as the modern vegetarian spot with a Repsol Solete and a real point of view. The kitchen cooks all its food over fire, using robata grills, slow smoking, and open flame, which gives the vegetables a char and depth you don't usually get from a meat-free kitchen. The short a la carte runs seasonal croquettes, fat tacos with romesco, chickpea blinis, charred carrots, and a Thai green curry with kale, and there's a Veggie Tasting Menu at 45 euros with an optional local wine pairing for 24 more. There's a serious in-house fermentation program too, run by a Belgian fermentologist, turning out kombucha, pickles, and ferments. It was founded by chef Juancho Martini, and you can taste the fine-dining pedigree. Around 35 euros a head before drinks. **Order:** - Veggie Tasting Menu (€45) - Wine pairing (€24) ## Honourable mentions - **[Noush](https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/restaurants/noush)** (Sants) — Fully plant-based Persian cooking in Sants, with a Heura kebab, herbed rice with vegan shrimp, and saffron-pistachio ice cream. Fully vegan Persian kitchens are uncommon. ## The Vegan & Vegetarian scene in Barcelona Barcelona has one of the deepest plant-based dining scenes in southern Europe, spread across El Raval, the Gothic Quarter, Gracia, Poblenou, and the Eixample. The range is unusually wide: casual fully vegan burger bars and tapas spots at one end, professionally recognised vegetable-forward fine dining at the other, and entire world cuisines reworked without animal products in between. The scene also moves fast, with new openings and closures every year, so a confirmed-open, currently-cited venue carries real weight. Prices span from around 13 euros at the casual end to 105 euros for the most ambitious tasting menus. ## Glossary - **Vegan** — A kitchen or dish with no animal products at all, meaning no meat, fish, dairy, eggs, or honey. A fully vegan restaurant is entirely plant-based across the whole menu. - **Vegetarian** — Meat-free and fish-free cooking that may still use dairy and eggs. Most vegetarian restaurants in Barcelona also run a substantial set of vegan options alongside. - **Veg-forward** — A kitchen where vegetables are the central identity of the cooking, though a small amount of fish or meat may appear in a supporting role, or where vegan and vegetarian versions of the menu are offered. - **Flexitarian** — A mostly plant-based approach that allows a limited amount of fish or meat. Flax & Kale describes its concept as 80% plant-based and 20% oily fish, with no meat or dairy. - **Repsol Sol** — A distinction awarded by the Spanish Guia Repsol to recognise culinary quality. A Repsol Solete is an entry-level recommendation; multiple Soles signal a higher level of cooking. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is the best vegan restaurant in Barcelona? It depends what you want. Cat Bar is the long-running fully vegan favourite for casual burgers and beer in the Gothic Quarter, Desoriente leads for vegan Asian and sushi with a Repsol Solete, and Fronda Pasaje is the pick for fully plant-based fine dining with a Michelin and Repsol nod. ### Are there Michelin or Repsol recognised vegan and vegetarian restaurants in Barcelona? Yes. Xavier Pellicer holds a Repsol 2 Soles, Virens and Fronda Pasaje both carry a Michelin Selected listing and a Repsol Recomendado, and Desoriente and Fat Veggies each hold a Repsol Solete. Plant-based and vegetable-led cooking is now genuinely recognised in Barcelona. ### What is the difference between vegan, vegetarian, and veg-forward restaurants? Vegan kitchens have no animal products at all, including dairy and eggs. Vegetarian kitchens are meat-free but may use dairy or eggs, usually with vegan options. Veg-forward kitchens make vegetables the centre of the cooking but may use some fish or meat in a supporting role. ### Where can I find fully vegan fine dining in Barcelona? Fronda Pasaje serves fully plant-based tasting menus and carries both a Michelin Selected listing and a Repsol Recomendado. Xavier Pellicer offers every tasting menu in a vegan version and holds a Repsol 2 Soles. Both are serious, multi-course plant-based meals. ### Where can I find vegan tapas in Barcelona? Velada in the Gothic Quarter does fully vegan tapas and cocktails built for sharing, and La Perra Verde in Gracia is a fully plant-based neighbourhood taperia. Both serve the classic Spanish small-plates format entirely without animal products. ### Is there gluten-free vegan food in Barcelona? Yes. Potstot in El Raval is both fully vegan and fully gluten-free, rebuilding Catalan rice and paella tradition with no animal products and no gluten. Many other venues, including Cat Bar and Vrutal, offer gluten-free options on request. ### What kinds of cuisine are available vegan in Barcelona? A lot. You can find fully vegan Mexican at Gallo Santo, Asian and sushi at Desoriente, Persian at Noush, American comfort food and burgers at Mad Mad Vegan and Vrutal, and Spanish tapas at Velada and La Perra Verde. The range is unusually wide for a European city. ### Where is the best vegan brunch in Barcelona? Asante in Poble-sec is the standout fully vegan brunch spot, serving breakfast and lunch plates with a strong coffee program and no animal products anywhere. Flax & Kale Tallers also runs a popular weekend brunch under its flexitarian, mostly plant-based concept. ### How much does a vegan meal cost in Barcelona? Casual fully vegan spots like Cat Bar serve loaded burger plates around 13 euros, and vegan tapas plates run from a few euros each. Vegetarian flagships average around 30 to 35 euros a head before drinks, while the top tasting menus reach 85 to 105 euros. ### Which is the oldest vegetarian restaurant on this list? Teresa Carles has been Barcelona's vegetarian flagship dining room since 2011, run under founder-chef Teresa Carles Borras. Its sister project, Flax & Kale, sits within the wider Teresa Carles group of plant-led restaurants in the city. ### Can vegans eat at vegetarian or veg-forward restaurants in Barcelona? Usually yes. Vegetarian spots like Teresa Carles and Sesamo run vegan options throughout. Veg-forward kitchens such as Xavier Pellicer offer fully vegan tasting menus, and others like Virens will adapt, so it is worth flagging your needs when you book. ## 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. More: https://guidavera.com/about --- This guide is the canonical machine-readable version of https://guidavera.com/spain/barcelona/best-vegan-vegetarian. Every claim is verifiable against the linked restaurant profiles. Source: Guidavera (https://guidavera.com).