Cafè de L'Acadèmia — Restaurant in Barcelona

Went there on 03/09/2024 at 20:15 - 21:38 and was served by Astrid. We had Fricando Con Seats c. Escalivada and Mejillones Con Tomat c Pan De Vilamala Con

All I can say is it sounded good on the menu, the meat was mainly gristle in a jue accompanied with some grilled peppers and Eggplant on a plate that was supposed to be vegetables. The eggplant had been cooked to destruction it was grey and lifeless and the strips of red pepper were the same. The mussels were overcooked to destruction, and the bread and oil defied description, hard dry bread with some olive oil and half of an unskinned clove of garlic. All together I can safely say that this was the worst meal I have ever eaten, there was no pleasure in eating it whatsoever. All I can say is...

Service: When we arrived, it was not very busy, the restaurant has a lot of empty tables. But we waited to be seated for quite some time, and during that time many staff just passing by us but said nothing. Even though there are many empty tables, we are assigned to a small round table, we ordered three dishes and there is no space, the waiter said “make some space please!” to us with a really passive aggressive tone. We immediately did that but we have to rearrange the table by ourselves.

Food: The food has really small portion for that price. We spend about 20 euro per person but it feel like we just ate some appetizers. We immediately went to another restaurant after this. We ordered Fricandó, it only has 2 thin slices of beef and it...

We arrived as they were opening and no one was in the restaurant yet, we were 4 adults and 2 teenagers, I told them that 4 were eating and the other 2 were only having drinks, the waiter told us that’s its lunch time, he was pretty rude, I understand if the restaurant was full but one one was there yet. Our group ordered the average tasting food and drinks and we were treating like unwanted tourists, I’m sorry to say that this restaurant is in a touristy area, you make your money on tourists. I live in Barcelona and would never come or recommend to this...