How much does a tasting menu in Barcelona cost? From €24 up to €320. There's everything in between, but the number that matters is the median: €80. Half the tasting menus in the city cost that or less.
We know because these aren't estimates. On Appetece we have 35 Barcelona restaurants with their tasting menu published, with a price — 83 menus in total, since almost all of them offer two or three versions. All of them are recognised by the Michelin Guide.
Barcelona tasting menus, from cheapest to most expensive
The list updates itself: when a restaurant changes its menu or price, it changes here. Each card shows that restaurant's cheapest tasting menu. Tap any of them to see all its menus, its carta and how to book.
Tasting menus in Barcelona, by price
Oníric Restaurant
Avenir
Xerta
Albé Barcelona
Contraban (Only adults/Solo adultos)
SOLC - Majestic Hotel & Spa
Ají
VIRENS
Osmosis
Fronda Pasaje BCN
Suculent
L'Antiquari Gastronòmic
Dos Pebrots
Capet
Nectari
Tram Tram
La Forquilla Restaurant
Taberna Noroeste
Âme Barcelona
Xavier Pellicer
Kamikaze
Angle Barcelona - Hotel Cram
Prodigi
Tunateca
Data updated in real time from Appetece
How much a tasting menu costs in Barcelona
This is how the 35 restaurants break down by their cheapest tasting menu:
| Price of the cheapest menu | Restaurants |
|---|---|
| Under €50 | 2 |
| €50 to €80 | 15 |
| €80 to €120 | 11 |
| €120 to €200 | 5 |
| Over €200 | 2 |
The €50–120 range holds 26 of the 35. Above €200 there are only two houses left, and below €50, two exceptions worth knowing about.
Cheap tasting menus in Barcelona: under €70
Yes, you can have a tasting menu at a Michelin Guide restaurant for less than an ordinary dinner in the city centre:
- Oníric (Gràcia) — the most affordable on the list. Its Herrén menu starts at €24, and the Oníric (from €45) and Somni (from €72) menus add courses.
- Avenir (Sarrià-Sant Gervasi) — the Instante Avenir lunch menu costs €32.95. The long evening one, Universo Avenir, reaches €89.75.
- Xerta (Eixample) — seasonal menu at €55.
- Albé (Eixample) — the Albé menu, at €62.
- Contraban (Ciutat Vella) — tasting menu at €65. Note: adults only.
- Ají (Sant Martí) and SOLC (Eixample, at the Hotel Majestic) — both at €68.
The trick that keeps coming up: lunch is cheaper than dinner. Avenir makes it explicit with its lunch menu, and in fine dining the gap is even bigger: Lasarte's weekday lunch menu costs €225, against €345 for its full tasting menu.
Between €70 and €100: where most of them are
This is the busiest range, and it shows clearly how these menus work: the same kitchen in two or three lengths. You pay for the number of courses, not for a different restaurant.
- Osmosis (Eixample) — short, 5 dishes at €70; long, 7 at €80; XL, 9 at €90.
- Fronda (Ciutat Vella) — a 5-course experience at €70, or 7 courses at €90.
- Suculent (Ciutat Vella) — Los clásicos at €70, or the Suculent menu at €90.
- Xerta again — from the seasonal menu (€55) to Delta (€80) and Producto (€115).
If it's your first tasting menu, the short version is usually the best way in: two hours at the table instead of three, with the same level of cooking.
€120 and up: fine dining
Here are the city's benchmark houses, with menus designed as an experience that takes up a whole afternoon:
- Caelis (Ciutat Vella) — vegetarian or surf-and-turf menu at €135, and a celebration menu at €170.
- Dos Palillos (Ciutat Vella) — its menu, at €140.
- Amar (Eixample) — Amar Lentamente, at €145. It has to be ordered at least 24 hours in advance.
- Lasarte (Eixample) — from €225 at weekday lunch.
- Cocina Hermanos Torres (Les Corts) — the Revolución menu, at €320, the most expensive on the list.
If you're specifically after stars, we have the full list of Michelin-starred restaurants in Barcelona, and the one of Sol Repsol restaurants.
What a tasting menu is (and isn't)
A tasting menu is a fixed sequence of small dishes chosen by the chef: you don't pick a starter and a main, you pick how many courses you want. It's how a chef-driven restaurant shows its whole cooking in a single meal.
It isn't a menú del día: the menú del día is a fixed weekday lunch price, with a starter, main and dessert to choose from. If what you want is chef-driven cooking at an ordinary lunch price, see our guide to the gourmet menú del día in Barcelona.
Where Barcelona's tasting menus are
- Eixample: 19 of the 35. By far the fine-dining neighbourhood.
- Ciutat Vella (Born, Gòtic, Raval): 7.
- Sarrià-Sant Gervasi: 3.
- Gràcia and Sants-Montjuïc: 2 each.
- Sant Martí and Les Corts: 1 each.
Five things before you book
- Book ahead. Many of these restaurants have few tables and fill up weeks in advance, especially at weekends.
- Ask about lunch. If there's a lunch menu, it's almost always the cheapest way to try the same cooking.
- Drinks are usually extra. The menu price rarely includes wine; the pairing is charged as a supplement.
- Mention allergies when you book, not when you sit down: the menu is designed as a whole and the kitchen needs to prepare for it.
- Allow two to three hours. This isn't a meal to squeeze between two meetings.
A tasting menu doesn't have to be a once-a-year luxury: Barcelona has 17 of them under €80.
Want to see all their menus and book? Explore the restaurants on Appetece — with real, up-to-date prices.