A tip: As a general rule shops are open from 11am to 1pm and from 5pm to 8pm Monday to Saturday.Furthermore the owners change their opening hours depending on how busy they are. It is not unusual in fact for shops to close early in Summer. The breaks vary in length depending on the shop, and to complicate things the opening hours also change depending on the time of year. Some stay open all day and some close at 1pm, and others at 1:15, 1:45, 2pm, 3pm… As each one sets their own opening times it can be difficult to know when they are open. Obviously a change of meal times means a change of work times but opening hours tend to vary from shop to shop. Opening hours of shops in Barcelona The changeable hours of small businesses Although if you’re generally keeping up with the local timetable, this should be fine! So if you want a chocolatey afternoon snack you may have to wait until 5pm. This is the case with Granja Viader, a Barcelona institution. However, you may be surprised to learn that some granjas, those traditional cafés serving hot chocolate and milk products, are closed from 1pm to 5pm. Some are open all day (such as for example Alsur Café, Brunch & Cake, Flash-Flash or 100 montaditos). There are different sorts of tapas: those for sharing and pintxos, which are like individual canapés made of a slice of bread with a little topping.īetween meals you can graze in any of the city’s many cafés. It’s less comfortable but much more lively! It is more usual to sit at a table with a number of small dishes to share…or lean on a counter, as eating standing up is totally normal in Barcelona. Evening set menus are less common and, when you do find them, they are more expensive than the lunchtime menus. 10 top tips to eat well on a budget in BarcelonaĪnd as everything happens later, dinner is usually around 9pm or 10pm.Most restaurants offer a copious lunchtime set menu with a starter, main, dessert and drink for between 10 and 15 euros. Lunch is the most important meal of the day. Most businesses take a lunch break from 2pm to 4pm, and this is quite normal in Barcelona! This holds you over until 2:30 or 3pm, when the Catalan people have lunch. Our top tips for breakfast in Barcelona.
Port Aventura, Costa Brava, Sitges, etcĬatalan people often skip breakfast (or simply have coffee, sometimes accompanied by a little biscuit) and wait until 11 to eat a bite such as a sandwich or tomato bread, coffee or fruit juice.
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