Bar Cañete
Classic Catalan Tapas · El Raval, Barcelona · €€€
Awards: 50Best Discovery · Michelin Selection
Open since 2010
Bar Cañete is a Sevillan family's Raval institution, blending Andalusian heritage with Catalan tapas under third-generation owner Jose Cañete, whose grandfather worked Barcelona's postwar festival circuit. The long counter overlooking the burners and a communal table at the back anchor a room that is never quiet.
The Delekta Review
50 Best Discovery — Spain
Founded by a Sevillan family — Andalusian roots showing through Cádiz and Córdoba dishes alongside the Catalan tapas Jose Cañete is the third-generation owner; the family tradition traces back to a grandfather who worked Barcelona's postwar festival circuit
Classic Catalan tapas alongside Andalusian classics from the family's Cádiz and Córdoba roots Typical spend €40–60 per person — premium tapas, not budget territory
Bocata de calamares — squid sandwich, €6.50, the bar's signature Tortillita de camarones — shrimp fritter, Cádiz-style Berenjenas cordobesas a la miel — Andalusian honey eggplant
Long counter overlooking the burners; a twenty-seat communal table at the back of the room Carrer de la Unió in El Raval, walking distance from La Rambla
Quoted in
“Undoubtedly the best way to spend €6.50 in Barcelona” — Dominic Preston · Braise
What the critics say
- Bar Cañete – Braise (Dominic Preston)
- Bar Cañete – Barcelona Food Experience
- Cañete – 50Best Discovery
- Scrumpdillyicious: Bar Cañete: The Best Tapas in Barcelona
- Bar Cañete: Sips and Savors in Barcelona
- Bar Cañete – Macarfi
- Bar Cañete – Bon Viveur
- Bar Cañete – Un Buen Día en Barcelona
- El Bar: del bareto al barazo (Bar Cañete)
- Bar Cañete – Mana75 Barcelona Guide
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de la Unió, 17, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 932 70 34 58
- Website
- barcanete.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in El Raval
- Bacaro — Venetian Italian, €€
- Cera 23 — Galician-Mediterranean Fusion, €€
- Suculent — Creative Catalan Gastropub, €€€
- Dos Pebrots — Ancestral Mediterranean, €€€
- Dos Palillos — Asian-Spanish Fusion, €€€€
More Tapas in Barcelona
- La Cova Fumada — Traditional Catalan Tapas, Barceloneta, €
- Fino Bar — Wine Bar / Tapas, Gràcia, €€
- Bar Tomás — Tapas & Bravas, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, Eixample, €€€
- Bar Mut — Classic Spanish Tapas & Wine, Eixample, €€€