Axel Hotel’s Fav Gay-Friendly Restaurants in Barcelona

Want to know where you can find the best gay restaurants in Barcelona?

We asked the staff of Axel Hotels, a Spanish gay friendly hotel chain that owns Hotel Axel Barcelona, Spain, Axel Hotel Berlin, Germany, and Axel Hotel Buenos Aires, Argentina. Their “Top 5″ list of gay friendly restaurants in Barcelona includes Kitchen by Axel, Suculus, Tafino, Sazzerak and Iurantia.  All located in the trendy area of Eixample -  also known as Gayxample for being the heart of the city’s gay scene, these  Barcelona restaurants offer great food in a modern atmosphere. Five great places for an amazing dining experience in Barcelona!

1. Kitchen by Axel

The Axel Barcelona’s restaurant is not a gay-only restaurant, but an hetero friendly place where guests can meet beautiful people in a urban, cosmopolitan atmosphere.  Kitchen by Axel has imported in Barcelona a culinary tradition from Buenos Aires called ‘pasos‘. The ‘pasos‘ is a step-based menu that allows guests to choose three yummy steps (or courses) and adapt dishes to their own personal tastes. The Axel Hotel Barcelona also features the Sky Bar: Included in the “10 World’s Hottest Places to Be” list, this lounge bar offers great cocktails and features swimming pool and Jacuzzi.

Kitchen by Axel
Aribau 33
08011 Barcelona, Spain

2. Suculus

Located in Barcelona gay district, just a few minute walk from Joan Miro’ Park, Suculus is an excellent international restaurant that offers some great food in a chilled-out atmosphere.  Chef Alex Castillo has  concocted a fresh, creative menu  inspired from different world cuisines. Cod brandade-filled ravioli with Roquefort sauce and artichokes crisps,  pork filet with cinnamon and orange peel and pears in wine, Japanese steak Tartar, peppered chocolate sablé and pistachio cake withe Greek yogurt are some of the delicious specialties that guests can sample  in the trendy, relaxing décor of Suculus. Created by Barcelona young designers,  this Manhattan-style restaurant pays special attention to light and sound.

Suculus
Diputacion 172
08011 Barcelona, Spain

3. Tafino

Located in the heart of Gayxample,  Tafino is the perfect place to enjoy an intimate dinner and start a night out in Barcelona.  This Barcelona restaurant boasts elegant decors with white walls, candles, chandeliers,  old lamps and black mirrors.  In this gay friendly restaurant,  you can sample delicious, creative cuisine by young chef Armando Tovar while listening to acid jazz,  Bossa Nova and world music.  Tafino’s menu includes English bread toast with goat cheese and apple sauté,  Venezuelan  Pabellón Criollo, the Leche por todos lados (a special dessert made of evaporated, condensed and cream milk), and more succulent, innovative dishes.

Tafino
C/ Consell De Cent 193
08011 Barcelona, Spain

4. Sazzerak

This Gayxample restaurant boasts a modern, laid-back ambience that will make you feel at home during your stay in Barcelona. Sazzerak Barcelona is also a bar and features a sunny terrace: the perfect spot to start the day having coffee and croissants.  You can sample a large variety of Mediterranean tapas or have an early dinner and take the international menu that includes bruschetta, pasta, tartar of smoked salmon  pan-fried camembert cheese with a mango-dip, grilled meat, fajitas, fish specialties, mild thai curry and vegetarian dishes. From 6pm to 8 pm, it’s “Happy Hour” and you can also enjoy yummy cocktails, such as Mai Tai, Caipirinha Mojito, at half price. A great spot to start the night in the Barcelona Gayxample area.

Sazzerak Bar Restaurant
Calle Consell de Cent 211

5. Iurantia

If you’re looking for a pizzeria in Barcelona and want to enjoy a relaxing dinner in a laid-back atmosphere, you will love Iurantia.  Situated in Gayxample, this gay-friendly restaurant serves excellent Italian style cuisine in a stylish setting with modern furnishing, white and red walls, and chillout music. Iurantia’s menu offers excellent starters such as crispy corn chicken or Spanish ham with traditional tomato bread, a vast choice of pasta, pizza and risotto, as well as a wide variety of carpaccios including kangaroo carpaccio, octopus carpaccio, beef carcapaccio, salmon carpaccio, cod carpaccio and beef carpaccio. This trendy Barcelona restaurant also offers delicious winter desserts including brownie sandwich and orange mousse with bitter orange caramel, homemade bitter chocolate truffles with mint, Bailey’s sponges with natural vanilla ice cream, yin-yang chocolate couland, and many more treats. And if you like Trip-Hop, Ambient, Nu Jazz and Lounge music, get Iurantia’s first chillout CD called “Ultra Sophisticated Chill Out”.

Iurantia
Casanova 42

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