The Best Italian Food in Barcelona
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The best Italian food in Barcelona, according to the experts: Michelin Guide, 50 Top Pizza, and The Infatuation have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Bacaro comes out on top.
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Sartoria Panatieri and Punta hold the next two places. 50 Top Pizza shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater next.
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Rank 1. Bacaro
Venetian
A self-described Venetian taberna a short walk from La Boquería, Bacaro keeps the decor deliberately low-key across two bistro floors so nothing competes with the food. The menu leans into Italian tradition, sardines in saor, liver done the Venetian way, and a tiramisù people talk about afterward. Italian labels fill the wine list. The Michelin Guide has given it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks with a room that feels warm rather than formal.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 2. Sartoria Panatieri
Pizzeria
The Gascón pig is an endangered breed, and this Gràcia pizzeria raises, butchers, and cures it in-house, which tells you everything about where Sartoria Panatieri's head is at. The menu splits into classics, including a stracciatella and pine nut pizza that regulars order without looking, and more technically ambitious plates shaped by time in serious kitchens. Flour milled to spec in Catalunya, fermented vegetables, a tight list of small Spanish producers. It landed at number five on 50 Top Pizza Europe.
The awards
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza: #20 · 50 Top Pizza World
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza: #5 · 50 Top Pizza Europe
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza: 2026 · Green Oven · 50 Top Pizza Europe Special Awards
- 50 Top Pizza #20 · 50 Top Pizza World
- 50 Top Pizza #5 · 50 Top Pizza Europe
- 50 Top Pizza 2026 · Green Oven · 50 Top Pizza Europe Special Awards
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Rank 3. Punta
Neapolitan Pizzeria
A Neapolitan pizza spot on the leafy Granados pedestrian strip, designed around the sacred and profane iconography of Naples with lighting that puts each table at the center of the room, which sounds theatrical until you're sitting in it. The dough uses a biga preferment for a lighter, open crumb, and the menu carves cleanly into reds, whites, and a few Margherita variations. There's a year-round terrace, which in Barcelona is not a minor detail.
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Rank 4. BENZiNA
Modern Italian
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In Barcelona
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Rank 4. Compà Barceloneta
Calabrian Sandwich Shop
A panini shop a few streets from Barceloneta beach, Compà is devoted to the flavors of Calabria, which means 'nduja, smoked provolone, stracciatella, and lardo all showing up between bread. That bread matters: everything is pressed and served piping hot on slow-fermented focaccia. A rotating menu of nearly a dozen sandwiches keeps regulars guessing, and a second location has since opened in Gràcia for anyone uptown who can't stop thinking about it.
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