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Brunch Cafés in Barcelona

Eggs, pancakes and slow weekend mornings, most of them on the Eixample grid.

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Brunch came to Barcelona with cafés opened by people from abroad. Federal Café, which Tommy Tang and Crick King opened on Carrer del Parlament in 2010, brought an Australian-style café with a kitchen running all day, and Time Out Barcelona now calls it a pioneer of the city's brunch.12 Milk, in the Gòtic, opened in 2005 and serves brunch every day.2

Catalonia had a late breakfast of its own long before. The esmorzar de forquilla (fork breakfast) began as a mid-morning meal for farm and factory workers who had to last until lunch: a main dish, bread, a glass of wine and a coffee to finish.3 Typical plates are cap i pota (beef head and trotters), botifarra amb mongetes (sausage with white beans) and bacallà a la llauna (baked salt cod).3

Local tip: For an early weekday brunch, go to El Racó de Dalt in Gràcia, open from 07:00, or San Fermin La Teresina in the Esquerra, from 07:15; most brunch places open between 08:30 and 10:00.

Where these cafés are: Eixample Esquerra (6), Sagrada Família & Fort Pienc (5), Eixample Dreta (5), Poblenou (3), Gràcia (3), El Raval (2), Horta-Guinardó (1), Sant Antoni (1), Barri Gòtic (1), Barceloneta (1), El Born & Sant Pere (1), Sants & Hostafrancs (1).

At a glance

30Cafés listed
16With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
21:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: El Racó de Dalt, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–20:30 · Sat 08:00–15:30).
  • Closes latest: La Santisima, until 21:00 (Daily 07:30–21:00).
  • Most common features: bakery café (27%), outdoor seating (23%), wi-fi (20%).
Poblenou

Julia - Bakery Artesanal & Café de especialidad

  • Carrer de Ramon Turró, 85
  • Mon Closed · Tue–Fri 09:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–18:00
  • +34 641 88 40 38
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Eixample Esquerra

San Fermin La Teresina

  • Carrer de València, 215
  • Mon–Fri 07:15–19:00 · Sat–Sun 09:15–16:00
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The fork breakfast pushes back

Albert Molins, a journalist at La Vanguardia, has led the effort to revive it. After the pandemic he started a shared map of places that serve it, and in August 2024 he turned it into EsmorzApp, which within days showed more than 2,000 restaurants across Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearics, Andorra and La Franja.4

Molins says an esmorzar de forquilla should cost no more than €15, and that he has never met a tourist at one.3 3Cat framed his app as a culture war with brunch, noting that avocado toast pushes aside pa amb tomàquet, bread rubbed with tomato.4

Brunch on the Eixample grid

Eixample Esquerra has the most brunch cafés, ahead of Eixample Dreta and the Sagrada Família blocks. Beyond Lilo brunch and Índigo Café at numbers 1 and 3 of Enric Granados, there is Amo Brunch & Wine at Carrer de València 193, open daily 10:00–16:00 with outdoor tables and La Santisima at Carrer de Vilamarí 126, which runs from 07:30 to 21:00.

Ugot, which Time Out describes as a bakery and bruncherie with five versions of eggs Benedict, serves daily 09:00–16:00.2 On the right side of the grid, Argento's and Funky are both on Carrer de Bailèn, and Bristol Gastrobar is on Carrer de Roger de Flor.

Gràcia, Poblenou and the basilica blocks

Near the Sagrada Família, La Eulàlia at Carrer de València 437 pairs brunch with specialty coffee, FOOD o'clock at Carrer de Lepant 358 is a bakery as well, and Hand Made is at Carrer de los Castillejos 334. In Gràcia, El Racó de Dalt on Travessera de Dalt opens at 07:00 on weekdays, botànic is at Carrer de Torrijos 26 and Anticco Caffè at Carrer Gran de Gràcia 152.

Poblenou has ARTiSA at Carrer de Llull 82, Julia at Carrer de Ramon Turró 85 and Osom Nou on Carrer de Sant Joan de Malta. In the Raval, Bandido at Carrer de la Unió 22 opens at 08:30 on weekdays, and in Sant Antoni, Flipá on Carrer del Marquès de Campo Sagrado serves until 16:00.

What brunch costs, and when to go

Prices run wide. In February 2024 Time Out listed a monthly all-inclusive brunch at the InterContinental for €75, Sunday brunch at Solc in the Majestic Hotel for €65 per adult and an all-you-can-eat weekend brunch at Baldomero, in the Eixample, for €35. An Irish breakfast at Flaherty's in the Gòtic came in under €10.2

Many brunch kitchens close in mid-afternoon: Amo, Flipá and Ugot stop at 16:00 and Lilo brunch at 17:00, so treat brunch here as a morning plan.

Sources

  1. El popular Federal Café abrirá en el corazón de Valencia, Valencia Plaza (August 18, 2015), accessed October 2026
  2. Best places for brunch in Barcelona, Time Out Barcelona (Ricard Martín, February 12, 2024), accessed October 2026
  3. Esmorzar de forquilla: the local response to the rise of brunch places in Barcelona, Catalan News (November 17, 2024), accessed October 2026
  4. EsmorzApp, l'app per esmorzar de forquilla i desterrar el brunch, 3Cat (August 25, 2024), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Brunch in Barcelona: questions

What is an esmorzar de forquilla in Barcelona?

It is the traditional Catalan fork breakfast, a mid-morning meal that began with farm and factory workers: a main dish such as cap i pota, botifarra amb mongetes or bacallà a la llauna, with bread, a glass of wine and a coffee. The journalist Albert Molins, who campaigns for it, says it should cost no more than €15.

Which Barcelona neighborhood has the most brunch cafés?

Eixample Esquerra, ahead of Eixample Dreta and the streets around the Sagrada Família. On the left side of the Eixample, Lilo brunch and Índigo Café are on Carrer d'Enric Granados and Amo Brunch & Wine is at Carrer de València 193. Ugot serves daily until 16:00.

How much does brunch cost in Barcelona?

It varies widely. In February 2024 Time Out listed a monthly all-inclusive brunch at the InterContinental for €75, Sunday brunch at Solc in the Majestic Hotel for €65 per adult, an all-you-can-eat weekend brunch at Baldomero for €35 and an Irish breakfast at Flaherty's for under €10. A traditional esmorzar de forquilla should cost €15 or less.

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