An Explorer's Guide to Badalona

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An Explorer's Guide to Badalona

Food scene

Great food, great view, a personal favourite. "Menu del día" available for 20 euros only in low season, from May or so, ordering only a la carte.
Club Nàutic Bétulo
Great food, great view, a personal favourite. "Menu del día" available for 20 euros only in low season, from May or so, ordering only a la carte.
specialty coffee, from people who care about coffee. Best coffee in badalona, right near the Best bakery also
Amauta Coffee Roasters
specialty coffee, from people who care about coffee. Best coffee in badalona, right near the Best bakery also
a cold beer looking at the beach! what more could you want? 5 minutes walk from our apartment ...
Beach Bar chiringuito Takuara
a cold beer looking at the beach! what more could you want? 5 minutes walk from our apartment ...
Cocktails and Tapas (good bravas, and nice lunch menu, if you're lucky!), right near the beach. It's not necessary to mention that Big Lebowski's fans will have a chuckle here.
Lebowski
88 Carrer de Santa Madrona
Cocktails and Tapas (good bravas, and nice lunch menu, if you're lucky!), right near the beach. It's not necessary to mention that Big Lebowski's fans will have a chuckle here.
best Bakery in town... on one corner and Café on the opposite corner. same company. The quality of both the bread and coffee is very high at this neighbourhood favourite. Their beautiful gourmet sandwiches will make your eyes swell. Closed on SUNDAYS.
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Forn Can Bertran
46 Carrer del Canonge Baranera
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best Bakery in town... on one corner and Café on the opposite corner. same company. The quality of both the bread and coffee is very high at this neighbourhood favourite. Their beautiful gourmet sandwiches will make your eyes swell. Closed on SUNDAYS.
sea food and tapas on the rambla . busy at the weekends
La Moca
sea food and tapas on the rambla . busy at the weekends
great views, good food, walking distance to our apartment down the beach
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L’Estupendu
75 Carrer d'Eduard Maristany
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great views, good food, walking distance to our apartment down the beach
72 hour fermented pizza dough on the beach front, healthiest pizza in town, makes this place a regular... You can ask for wholewheat base = 'integral'.
Can Pizza Badalona
72 hour fermented pizza dough on the beach front, healthiest pizza in town, makes this place a regular... You can ask for wholewheat base = 'integral'.
Craft beer in a visually stunning bar. Beard stroking fun although not the cheapest.
4 Pedres
33 Carrer de Lleó
Craft beer in a visually stunning bar. Beard stroking fun although not the cheapest.
Quality food at a fair price: Menu of the Day for 12 euros (Mon-Friday during the day), includes two courses, wine, bread, coffee.
La Bota de l'Aragó
122 Carrer de Santa Madrona
Quality food at a fair price: Menu of the Day for 12 euros (Mon-Friday during the day), includes two courses, wine, bread, coffee.
no nonsense cheap beer and vermut venue
L'Antic Cafè de la Rambla
no nonsense cheap beer and vermut venue
Traditional Catalan food, loved by locals. Hearty portions accompany generous glass of wines. If you're looking for 'calçots' experience (in season, that is usually between November and March), you're in the right place. A hit with catalan families for Dinner.
El Rebost d'en Manel
Traditional Catalan food, loved by locals. Hearty portions accompany generous glass of wines. If you're looking for 'calçots' experience (in season, that is usually between November and March), you're in the right place. A hit with catalan families for Dinner.
CURRENTLY CLOSED :( A bar that wouldn't look out of place in a David Lynch movie. Multiple adverts have been shot in this strange little coffee joint. If you like your coffee strong, your peppers oily, and enjoy a beer at 9am (very Spanish), this is the place to go.
Bardalona
CURRENTLY CLOSED :( A bar that wouldn't look out of place in a David Lynch movie. Multiple adverts have been shot in this strange little coffee joint. If you like your coffee strong, your peppers oily, and enjoy a beer at 9am (very Spanish), this is the place to go.
Out of all the churros places in & around Barcelona, Badalona turned out to have the best churros in town (how lucky!). You can ask for 'media ración de churros' (here spelled ¨xurros¨ in Catalan) = that's three churros, and 'media ración de porras', which are big, round puffed up churros typical in Madrid and south of Spain. Add to that a small 'taza de chocolate' (the hot chocolate here is not very sweet!) and you're set for an amazing weekend treat ;) Closed on MONDAY and TUESDAY. On other days it opens at 7:30 am!
La Xurreria Bertran
Out of all the churros places in & around Barcelona, Badalona turned out to have the best churros in town (how lucky!). You can ask for 'media ración de churros' (here spelled ¨xurros¨ in Catalan) = that's three churros, and 'media ración de porras', which are big, round puffed up churros typical in Madrid and south of Spain. Add to that a small 'taza de chocolate' (the hot chocolate here is not very sweet!) and you're set for an amazing weekend treat ;) Closed on MONDAY and TUESDAY. On other days it opens at 7:30 am!
An authentic Indian cuisine experience prepared by a Sikh family. You can always count on their dishes to be delicious, and many of them come with rice already included. The roti is only 1.90 euros, the lamb curry, veggie curry, pakoras, mango lassi, and everything we have tried has been very satisfying.
Curcuma Badalona Indian Restaurant
An authentic Indian cuisine experience prepared by a Sikh family. You can always count on their dishes to be delicious, and many of them come with rice already included. The roti is only 1.90 euros, the lamb curry, veggie curry, pakoras, mango lassi, and everything we have tried has been very satisfying.
Train running late? Grab a nice coffee here! Want an avocado on toast for breakfast? This is your place!
Hippie Coffee
Train running late? Grab a nice coffee here! Want an avocado on toast for breakfast? This is your place!

Barcelona

exquisite cold tapas. Michelin star quality, fair price, great wine
Quimet Tapas
25 Carrer del Poeta Cabanyes
exquisite cold tapas. Michelin star quality, fair price, great wine
Best tortilla in Spain. super cheap, super local.
Kop de Mà
Best tortilla in Spain. super cheap, super local.
coffee and bakery to take away. perfect if you're in the centre
Funky Bakers
coffee and bakery to take away. perfect if you're in the centre
very cheap, very local...
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Casa López
11 Carrer del Topazi
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very cheap, very local...
one might have to queue but defo worth it, very cheap , very tasty
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La Xampanyeria
7 Carrer de la Reina Cristina
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one might have to queue but defo worth it, very cheap , very tasty
oldest cocktail bar in Barcelona
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Boadas Cocktails
1 Carrer dels Tallers
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oldest cocktail bar in Barcelona
our favourite bar in poblenou neighbourhood. take a walk on the beach, see the rambla de poblenou (pedestrianised highstreet lined with trees), then head to henrys bar for a spritz!
Henry's Bar
our favourite bar in poblenou neighbourhood. take a walk on the beach, see the rambla de poblenou (pedestrianised highstreet lined with trees), then head to henrys bar for a spritz!

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