La Masia de Can Sors, in Alella, offers a long list of items from Catalan cuisine, such as snails, grilled artichokes and roast potatoes, cuttlefish skewers with potato and onion confit, monkfish loin with seafood, hake with romescu or cava, pig’s trotters with langoustines, steak with port sauce, foie and truffle, plus all kinds of grilled meats.

This is the first Japanese restaurant to open in the port of El Masnou. It is a large, light, modern space and has a terrace which is open all year. Specialities include sukiyaki (Japanese fondue) and Hokkaido (hake in spicy miso sauce) There is a lunchtime set menu and on the days when there’s football, a takeaway service is available.

Home cooking is the cornerstone of the bar-restaurant El Punt, in Bagà. This is a simple and welcoming restaurant serving familiar traditional dishes: cooked breakfasts, mixed platters, toasts, sandwiches and dinners - all faithfully homemade. There are a several reasonably-priced set menus and portions are generous.

A very friendly seafood bar-restaurant which first opened its doors in 1975. The cuisine is based on Mediterranean cooking, but dishes are modern, and the focus is on seafood, without forgetting their roots: tapas. There is a daily set menu, a choice of tapas and an à la carte menu. On certain Fridays, they offer Tapas & Music: a tapas menu and live music.

When Quim Marqués inherited El Suquet de l'Almirall from his grandparents, he decided to remain loyal to the essence of seafood cuisine, and that is exactly what he has done for 25 years. Now, however, he has made a small change in direction by offering a more informal, affordable and briefer menu with new dishes, such as Catalan paella, but keeping the spirit the same as before.

Chef Nando Jubany is in charge of the kitchen at Mas Alameda and offers carefully-made signature recipes based on market cuisine and the produce from each season. Although the dishes are presented in an original way and follow the trends set out by the latest cuisine, the portions are large. Seven centuries of history are hidden behind the walls of this hotel and restaurant.

The restaurant La Singular is in the district of Gràcia. It opened 10 years ago and has become well-known in the neighbourhood. It is a small, welcoming and modest space that offers healthy, balanced and market-fresh cuisine at reasonable prices. There is a very interesting daily lunchtime menu and in the evenings there is a fixed menu which includes dishes such as traditional homemade croquettes, grilled marinated venison with strawberry sauce, or marinated aubergine (eggplant) lasagne with sundried tomato sauce and salted shrimp.

Paco Guzmán has created one of the most adept gastronomic packages in the city. The price is in good proportion to the quality on offer. As well as the originality of each dish and the fusion of different tastes which can be savoured, there are the classic and traditional tapas. There are also other items available, such as oysters with cream of bay, plantain chips with yucca, clams in green sauce and others as exotic as sunomono.

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Set in the town centre, La Plaça d'Alella restaurant occupies a renovated 16th century country house and has an excellent terrace. Antonio Corpas and the chef, Cèlia Gumbau, serve homemade cuisine with Mediterranean touches. Although the dishes are carefully prepared and of high-quality, they are served at reasonable prices.