“El comer y el rascar, todo es empezar”, besides being one of the wisest phrases of the Spanish proverb, is perfect to introduce the topic of the best free buffets in Barcelona. Here we bring you the most varied list you can find, where Bolivian, Catalan, Japanese and Italian food will come to you on a conveyor belt or spread out on the bar of one of the most luxurious hotels in Barcelona.
The free buffets are a temple to gluttony, gluttony and the pleasure of scrounging without feeling guilty. Before continuing with this article and before you fall into the temptation of going to one of these buffets , it is advisable that you listen to us with the following.
That of arriving without breakfast at a buffet to be hungrier and take better advantage of the investment is a popular belief without scientific basis: you eat faster, you fill up sooner and you hardly taste. Therefore, before going to one of the restaurants, we recommend that you at least have breakfast, so that you don’t eat like an animal and the experience is over before you want it to be. That said, here is the list:
KATA, Spanish food buffet on a rotating belt.
The purpose of the owners of this restaurant was always the same from the beginning: to make gastronomy accessible to everyone. Apart from a catering service and one of the most economical (and original) menus of the day, they also have a free buffet on a conveyor belt. Vegan and vegetarian options, fusion, international and national food are some of the proposals. Apart from the free buffet, daily dishes of the day are offered for around 5 euros and for the hungriest, there is a four-course menu with a drink for 14 euros. They also have a picnic menu, where for 10 euros you get everything you need for the park.
đź“Ť Location: C. de Pujades, 316.
Papanato
We start off badly, because these are not buffets, but open bars. First of all, we are talking about Papanato, an Argentine buffet where for 21,90 euros you can eat from Monday to Wednesday 18 tapas and potato dishes with toppings to be consumed unlimited. Unlimited drinks.
đź“Ťđź“ŤLocation: Barcelona-Les Corts: Plaza del Centre 15.
đź“ŤLocation: Barcelona-Sagrada Familia: Sicilia 215.
Infinite fries and chicken wings: Dr. Beer & Mr. Fried
Secondly, we have Dr. Beer & Mr. Fried’s chicken wings, which for 10,90€, you can eat unlimitedly accompanying them with their homemade sauces and craft beers. The offer is available on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons at their premises at 33 Riera Alta Street, and if you also want to try other items from their menu, don’t miss their hamburger on Thursdays.
đź“ŤLocation: C. Riera Alta, 33.
WOK DAO, a buffet of Asian and Mediterranean food
đź“Ť Location: C. de Villarroel, 1.
Luxury Brunch at the Intercontinental Hotel
The best thing about going on a trip (leaving aside the culture, art, people, blah blah blah…) is the hotel’s breakfast buffet. Can you imagine reliving that experience without having to stay at the hotel? The breakfast brunch at the Arrel restaurant, in the Intercontinental Hotel, brings you closer to that feeling.
The first floor of this hotel hosts every first and third Sunday of the month a haute cuisine hotel brunch, where, upon entering, a small gastro dream unfolds from which you do not want to wake up. On the table there is a menu to orient yourself in the abundance and a cocktail that announces the free bar of cocktails, drinks and food that lies ahead, where cold meats, cheeses, preserves and cold dishes predict the beginning of the feast.
đź“ŤLocation: Av. de Rius i Taulet, 1-3.
💸Brunch for one 75€.
Guanabara by Rodizio, a carnivore’s paradise.
Rodizio is a typical Brazilian free buffet format in which different grilled meats are prepared and diners, paying a fixed price, can help themselves as much as they like. We understand that it was the first restaurant of its kind in Barcelona and not only has a wide variety of meat, but also other dishes such as sushi, salads and various fried foods.
đź“Ť Location: Consell de Cent, 403.
Monday to Friday 30€ and weekends and holidays 37€.
LifeStyle Brunch, the unlimited brunch at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Even if you are not traveling, you can give yourself the precious whim of going to brunch, but this time, unlimited. Spice up your Sundays with a welcome drink and a wide variety of hot, cold, sweet and savory dishes. All this in an exclusive building: the Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower Hotel. A sophisticated space as well as a unique gastronomic offer, everything we can ask from a buffet!
đź“Ť Location: Avinguda de la Granvia de l’Hospitalet, 144.
đź’¸ 49,90 euros per person.
Kaitenshushi He, where your dishes come to you on a conveyor belt.
It is surprising how a relatively normal buffet can multiply its appeal when the dishes come to you transported by a mechanical conveyor belt. So is this Asian buffet, which features sushi, noodles, meats in sauce and a long list of dishes, the variety of which increases on weekends. On weekdays the price per person is 15 euros. On weekends it increases to 18.9 euros. A sufficiently accessible option to get your fill of Japanese food.
đź“Ť Location: Carrer de Pau Claris, 72.
15 euros per person from Monday to Friday and 18 euros on weekends and holidays.
Buffet del Majestic. The best buffet… breakfast buffet
The Majestic offers a weekday breakfast buffet (Wednesday to Saturday, and from 7.am to 11h.) that was selected as the best luxury hotel brunch in 2023. More than 100 daily elaborations of luxury in one of the most luxurious hotels in the city.
In addition, the breakfast has a show cooking area, where guests can order their favorite hot dish being a star dish, the eggs benedictine, and sweet proposals prepared daily in the workshop by the pastry chef Marc Perez.
đź“Ť Location: Hotel Majestic. Pg. de GrĂ cia, 68.
69€ per person.
Les Grands Buffets, a trip to Ratatouille
If you’ve been wondering all this list why in the headline we were talking about Barcelona and surroundings, here’s the answer: Les Grands Buffets is two and a half hours away from Barcelona, but the excursion is worth it.
It is the best buffet in the world. French haute cuisine in vein, in lungs and stomach. They have spoken of it in terms of an orgy for the palate: a steak tartar to burst into tears, an incredible foie and a selection of 11o cheeses that you won’t be able to finish.
📍 Location: Espace de Liberté, Rond Point de la Liberté, Narbonne.
💸62,90€. Children free.
Sumo Glòries
We are not the biggest fans of food in mall food courts, nor, necessarily, of sushi buffets, where we often eat rice that has been cooked for three weeks. But at Sumo things are a little different, and if we overcome our initial reservations to go down to the basement of the Glòries shopping mall we find a Japanese buffet that surprises.
The chain, which has several locations in Madrid, debuts in Barcelona with a concept of buffet a la carte, where you order by the screen choosing from over 100 dishes that are more careful than usual. Goodbye to the suhis pringados with a thousand sauces, here there are good simple nigiris (others more elevated with foie or roe) and tartares and stir-fries that raise the usual average and make it worth the trip.
📍 Location: Food court of the Glòries Westfield shopping center, Avinguda Diagonal, 208, 08018 Barcelona
Miss Korea, Korean food buffet in Sant Boi
Miss Korea is in Sant Boi, about 15 kilometers from Barcelona, but it’s making the same noise as if it were in the middle of Plaça Catalunya thanks to an impossible-to-ignore claim: unlimited free buffet of Korean cuisine. So, once you get past the long lines every weekend, you’ll find giant pots of bibimbap, bulgogi or kimchi ready for you to repeat again and again.
Of course, you can not leave without trying the two specialties: the Korean fried chicken, one of the most popular in the world, and, obviously, its barbecue, which offers all meats, seafood and vegetables also in unlimited format for you to cook them on the grill in the center of the table.
đź“ŤC/ Juventud 2, Sant boi
đź’¸ Lunch buffet (Monday to Friday, except holidays) – 16,95€/Night buffet – 21,95€/Weekend and holiday buffet (including Friday night): 22,95€.
Abnormal, free taco buffet
The Mexican restaurant Anormal Food (C/ Balmes, 440) in Barcelona, offers its customers the opportunity to enjoy an open taco bar for less than 15 euros. This service is available every Monday, except holidays, for a price of only 14 euros per person.
They offer a wide variety of tacos ranging from their famous Carne Mechá or Cochinita Kill Bill to vegetarian options to satisfy all diners.
Regular taco prices vary between six and nine euros per three units. In addition, the Rasta Gamba, Carnitas de Cerdinxi and Tinga tu Pollo stand out among its flavors.
đź“ŤLocation: C/ Balmes, 440.
This is our humble list of the best free buffets in Barcelona, where you can get your fill of a wide variety of food: from good red tuna makis in a Japanese restaurant in L’Eixample to a luxury brunch in the restaurant of an award-winning chef. One last tip before you pick up the phone to book a table, don’t forget to bring an Almax handy.
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