Restaurants in Barcelona
 

I have two questions:

1. Can you please recommend a restaurant, with nice atmosphere and decor, near Sagrada Familia or not far from metro station Monumental? We would like to have a dinner there to celebrate the 61st birthday.
We do not want a very exclusive and expensive place, just one nice.

2. I could not find restaurants in this zone, which are open on Sunday evening (I am not asking about this regarding restaurant for 61st birthday celebration, but just for eat on Sunday evening). Can you please advise?

Can Ravell from 1929 is close to Sagrada familia and serves high quality traditional food. Good reviews in Guia Repsol, the Spanish equivalent of the Michelin guide. Expect some 30€ for a meal. Closed Sunday night. Review in New York Times: http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaur...Catalonia.html
Tripadvisor reviews: http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaur...lona_Catalonia.

Even closer to the Sagrada familia, you'll find Basque Restaurante Aitor. The Basque region is knowen for fantastic food, and here you can sample traditional Basque food or the world famous pinchos/Basque tapas. Buffet of pinchos, eat as much as you like for 14€. I recommend you also try some of the warm goodies, prepared on order and brought directly from the kitchen, same low price (a pincho would normally be some 2-3€). For lunch (1am-4am) you can also have a three course today's menu with drinks included for 11€. http://www.restaurantaitor.com/?rvn=1

Here I recommend you to have the local Cider or the dry white wine Txakolí typical of the Basque region. I always use to round off a Basque meal with the Navarra licor Pacharán, a must try. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restauran...Catalonia.html

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... here's the Can Ravell New York Times review: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/07/19...l/19bites.html

Kimhe, thank you very much. Your recommendations look very good.

I had a nice lunch at Restaurant Misqueria at the beach. Good sea food. Huge portions. It is very busy.

Barcelona is not Basque. It is in Catalonia.

Actually, Barcelona is in Catalunya (Catalán), not Catalonia (Castilian) if you want to be consistent when defining the difference between the Basque country and Catalonia. Both offer excellent choices when it comes to outstanding cuisine, but having an outstanding Basque meal in Barcelona is always a pleasure. And a glass of pacharán is a must following a good meal, Basque or Catalán.

As for the Basque country, it's Euskal Herria in the Basque language, País Vasco in Castilian and Pays Basque in French.

spaarne,

anyone suggested that Barcelona was in the Basque country?

Basque restaurants have been popping up all around Barcelona during at least the last decade. The pintxos/pinchos have become very popular among the barceloneses, but if you really want to enjoy the Basque tradition of txiteo - walking from bar to bar, having a small glass of something and a pintxo at each place - you can't get it better than in food crazy San Sebastián (in the Basque country), the culinary capital of Spain if not all of Europe.
"Is San Sebastián the best place to eat in Europe" from The Guardian/The Observer http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...rink.shopping2

... txikiteo that is: http://www.itsallfare.com/2010/08/sa...-txikiteo.html