Best Bars in Poble-sec, Barcelona
Pintxos bars, cocktail rooms, vermouth halls — Barcelona's tapas-bar capital.
Poble-sec sits between Montjuïc and the Avinguda del Paral·lel and has the most exciting tapas-bar street in Barcelona — Carrer de Blai. Add cocktail temples like Tickets and the heritage Bar Calders, and Poble-sec rivals El Born for bar density.
Eight Poble-sec picks for a tapas-and-cocktail evening.
The best bars in Poble-sec
Tickets Bar
Avinguda del Paral·lel cocktail bar from Adrià brothers. Tasting-menu cocktails, the most theatrical Barcelona bar.
Bar Calders
Carrer del Parlament café-bar. Coffee from 8am, vermouth all day, the Poble-sec neighbourhood institution.
Quimet & Quimet
Carrer del Poeta Cabanyes 1914 tapas bar. Standing-only, montaditos and vermouth, the most heritage Poble-sec drinking.
La Confiteria
Carrer de Sant Pau modernist former patisserie turned cocktail bar. Original interior, polished cocktails, full Barcelona modernism.
Carrer de Blai
500m strip of pintxos bars. €1 pintxos, drinks per pintxo, the Barcelona pintxos crawl institution.
La Tieta
Carrer Blai pintxos bar with the best slate of options on the strip. Cheap pintxos, vermouth, cana on tap.
Casa Lolea
Carrer de Sant Pere Més Alt tapas bar with sangria specialty. Polka-dot interior, full Catalan summer experience.
Sips Bar
Carrer de Muntaner (Eixample-adjacent) cocktail bar. Marc Álvarez and Simone Caporale. World's Best Bar 2024.
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