Best Restaurants Open Sunday in Barcelona 2026

Why a Sunday list matters in Barcelona

Barcelona holds 29 Michelin-starred restaurants between the city and its edges, and the overwhelming majority keep a strict Sunday-Monday closure to rest the kitchen. The Michelin guide's own filter shows only a handful operating on Sunday, and the marquee names, Disfrutar, Lasarte, ABaC, Cocina Hermanos Torres, are not among them. A diner who flies in for a weekend and expects to book a tasting menu on Sunday night will be turned away by all of them. This is the single most useful thing to know about dining here on a Sunday.

The rooms that stay open are the institutions: the Galician seafood palaces, the 19th-century dining halls, the all-day tapas counters. They are not chasing stars and never have been. The order below leads with the grand seafood rooms you should book ahead and closes with the no-reservation tapas bar. A note on timing: Barcelona eats late, Sunday lunch starts at 2pm and dinner rarely before 9, so a 1:30 booking is early and an 8:30 one is brave. Hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule. For the wider week, start with the Barcelona dining guide.

The Sunday list

Botafumeiro

Galician seafood · Gràcia, Barcelona · €80–160 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 12:00–01:00

Founded in 1975, Botafumeiro is Barcelona's grand seafood room, a white-jacketed temple to Galician shellfish at Carrer Gran de Gràcia 81 in Gràcia. The percebes, the grilled lobster and the seafood platters flown from the Galician markets are the order, and a full meal lands between €80 and €160 a head. It runs a long Sunday, noon to one in the morning, the most generous hours on this list. Book the counter to watch the shuckers work, or a banquette for a long Sunday lunch that has no reason to end.

7 Portes

Catalan · Port Vell, Barcelona · €45–90 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 13:00–24:00

7 Portes has served Catalan cooking on Passeig d'Isabel II near Port Vell since 1836, which makes it one of the oldest restaurants in the city. The rice dishes are the reason to come: the Parellada paella, named for the diner who asked for his shellfish pre-peeled, and a different arròs each day of the week. A meal runs about €45 to €90 a head. It opens Sunday from one to midnight, takes bookings, and the marble-and-mirror room is a piece of 19th-century Barcelona that still works.

El Nacional

Spanish · Eixample, Barcelona · €40–80 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 12:00–24:00

El Nacional fills a restored 1870s hall just off Passeig de Gràcia at number 24 bis, with four kitchens and four bars under one Modernista ceiling: a seafood counter, a grill, a tapas bar and an oyster bar. It is the flexible Sunday pick, where one table can order Galician oysters and Castilian roast lamb at once. Expect €40 to €80 a head. Open noon to midnight on Sunday, it suits a group that cannot agree on a cuisine and a visitor who wants one grand room to take it all in.

Els Pescadors

Catalan seafood · Poblenou, Barcelona · €55–100 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 13:00–16:00 (lunch)

Els Pescadors sits on a quiet tree-lined square, Plaça de Prim, in Poblenou, away from the tourist crush, and it has cooked the day's catch since 1980. The fideuà and the whole grilled fish are the order, with a meal landing between €55 and €100 a head. Sunday is lunch only, one to four. The square's old elm and the marble-topped tables make it the most local Sunday on this list, the room Barcelona's own families book for the long midday meal.

Cervecería Catalana

Tapas · Eixample, Barcelona · €25–45 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 09:00–01:00

Cervecería Catalana on Carrer de Mallorca 236 in the Eixample is the tapas bar locals send you to and then resent that you found. The montaditos, the grilled prawns and the jamón are the order, and a full graze runs about €25 to €45 a head. It takes no bookings and opens Sunday from nine in the morning to one at night, so the trick is to arrive before 1:30 for lunch or after 4 to beat the queue. It is the value pick and the most relaxed Sunday in the city.

How to book a Sunday table in Barcelona

The first rule of a Barcelona Sunday is to stop chasing stars: the tasting menus are closed, so book an institution instead. Botafumeiro and 7 Portes both take reservations and both reward a day or two's notice for a Sunday lunch, which is the prime slot here rather than dinner. El Nacional holds space for walk-ins but a Sunday booking guarantees a table in the main hall. Els Pescadors fills with local families for its lunch-only Sunday, so reserve midweek for a square-side table. Cervecería Catalana takes no bookings at all: arrive before 1:30 or after 4 to skip the queue. For a solo Sunday, the seafood counter at Botafumeiro and the bar at Cervecería Catalana are the easiest seats and a fine solo-dining move. Entertaining a group that cannot agree? El Nacional's four kitchens settle the argument for a Barcelona team dinner.

Frequently asked questions

Are any Michelin restaurants open on Sunday in Barcelona?

Very few, and none of the marquee names. Disfrutar, Lasarte, ABaC, Cocina Hermanos Torres and Enoteca Paco Pérez all close on Sunday. Barcelona's stars keep a strict Sunday-Monday shutdown to rest their teams, so a diner expecting to book a tasting menu on a Sunday night will be turned away. For a serious Sunday meal, the seafood institutions on this list are the answer instead.

Is Botafumeiro open on Sunday?

Yes. Botafumeiro opens Sunday from noon to 1am at Carrer Gran de Gràcia 81 in Gràcia, the longest Sunday hours of any upscale room in the city. Its Galician shellfish, percebes and grilled lobster run about €80 to €160 a head. Sunday lunch is the prime slot; book a day or two ahead and ask for the counter to watch the shuckers, or a banquette for a long, slow afternoon.

Where can I get a good Sunday lunch in Barcelona?

For seafood, Botafumeiro in Gràcia and Els Pescadors in Poblenou are the two best Sunday lunches in the city, the first grand and open all day, the second local and lunch-only. For Catalan rice, 7 Portes near Port Vell serves its daily arròs from one o'clock. Barcelona eats late, so a 2pm booking is the local prime time rather than noon.

What is the best-value restaurant open Sunday in Barcelona?

Cervecería Catalana on Carrer de Mallorca in the Eixample. The tapas bar runs Sunday from nine in the morning to one at night, with a full graze of montaditos, grilled prawns and jamón landing around €25 to €45 a head, a fraction of the seafood palaces. It takes no bookings, so arrive before 1:30 for lunch or after 4 to skip the queue.

What time do restaurants open for Sunday dinner in Barcelona?

Late. Barcelona dinner service rarely starts before 8:30 or 9pm, even on a Sunday, and Sunday lunch is the bigger meal, beginning around 2pm. Botafumeiro, 7 Portes and El Nacional all run continuous service into the night, so a late Sunday dinner is possible at each. Els Pescadors is the exception, serving Sunday lunch only and closing at four.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of May 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.