The Restaurant at Hotel Neri Relais & Chateaux

"Breakfast is served bento-box style, either out in the courtyard in summer or in chef Benito Iranzo’s fine contemporary Mediterranean restaurant"

"Reception sits on the Call, while the restaurant terrace opens onto Plaça Sant Felip Neri, one of Barcelona’s most storied old squares"

"The deeply planted roof terrace provides a welcome oasis from the otherwise frenetic city center, and Jordi Ruiz's on-site restaurant reverberates with traces of his training at El Bulli and Akelarre"

"The excellent Neri Restaurant (€20) is under the command of chefs Lucia Cudola and Alvaro Merino"

"Dine on wild-mushroom risotto at the hotel's velvet swathed restaurant"

"The restaurant is popular with guests and stylish locals alike, who admire the two twelfth-century stone arches and an eclectic menu featuring foie gras bonbons with a confiture of calcots and cinnamon paste, as well as chuletón of wagyu with mushrooms"

"The on-site restaurant receives good reviews and a welcome drink is a thoughtful touch"

"Elsewhere in the hotel is a wood-filled library with a surfeit of novels and magazines, a romantic restaurant right on the square, and a roof terrace complete with hammocks and a fully stocked bar"

"Head farther afield into the heart of the Gothic Quarter, where every turn through the labyrinth of narrow cobblestone streets and winding alleys uncovers a small shop, artisan studio, bar or restaurant, as well as a changing cast of street performers"

"The restaurant's original stone archways, curvy modern mirrors, chandeliers and velvet-covered chairs create an almost medieval, romantic atmosphere for all three meals a day"