At the foot of the Tibidabo, surrounded by trees and lush vegetation, La Balsa is high-class culinary experience, the ideal place for a romantic dinner, intimate moments, business meetings or any other type of celebration. Unpretentious comfort and elegance give way to a Mediterranean and market cuisine, which always uses first-class fresh ingredients.

Founded a quarter century ago, L'Encís is a small restaurant located near the Sagrada Familia that surprises us with its excellent service and cuisine. It was created by Carles Blanco, who has experience in prestigious kitchens such as Via Veneto, where they serve the best and freshest seasonal market produce in order to create a menu with Catalan roots.

Miguel Sánchez Romera is a neurologist-turned-chef who serves signature cuisine in this restaurant: cooking so daring that it has won a Michelin star.

L'Auró is located in Orís, in the Osona region, and serves a broad variety of dishes made with local produce. With more than 33 years of experience in the restaurant world, L'Auró offers different services such as menus for all kinds of celebrations, weddings, business lunches as well as many more.

The mansion dates from the end of the nineteenth century and was the workshop of the couturier Balenciaga. It was redesigned by playing with three basic colours: black, white and blue. Manel Jiménez is the chef here and makes recipes which lie between tradition and modernity. Dishes like tuna pie with tomato confit, fricassee of asparagus and morels, scallops with coconut and ginger or creamy rice with common lobster: these are some of the dishes that can be found here.

It is a restaurant managed by Hideki Matsuhisa, the winner of a Michelin star. The chef and his team make Japanese cuisine with creative touches, a cuisine in which the produce is the most important thing, without forgetting the preparation and presentation of the dishes. They have two tasting menus which can be enjoyed in the dining room or at the bar, in front of which is the kitchen: this means that you can watch the chefs working. There is also a well-prepared wine menu.

If there is a certain dish that the Kento could not avoid, it is the maki sushi and sashimi. The first, which is based on white rice rolled in classical Japanese nori seaweed, is served in dishes that always have eight pieces and incorporate other ingredients, such as tuna in teka maki; surimi, the avocado and cucumber in California maki; the tamago omelette which bears the same name, or fried salmon skin and mayonnaise with maki salmon skin roll.

A Japanese restaurant where a selection of handmade wines and products can be sampled and purchased. They specialise in local and international delicatessen goods and Japanese food, as well as takeaway items. There is a lunchtime menu from Tuesday to Saturday and a la carte dishes. There is a sommelier and in 2012 they won the Cartavi Award. There is also a bar serving spirits and select wines which can also be purchased in the adjoining shop. It is a place for sharing, drinking, buying and learning.

In the eastern part of Barcelona’s Eixample, Jofama has been making homemade Catalan market cuisine for 50 years. There is simply an a la carte menu with many choices. We should also look at the tapas which can be enjoyed in a large interior dining room lit with natural light or on the terrace.