El Bandarra — Restaurant in Barcelona

Fantastic place, great bartenders, food was wonderful. Make sure you ask for a shot called Ratafia, it's a traditional Catalan drink not crazy high in alcohol but amazing taste. I wish I had this place at home. We had dark vermouth, a dry white wine, house red wine, and drinks of local liqours. To eat we had grilled peppers and "marriage" of two different anchovies on house potato chips.

They have a menu in Catalan, Spanish, English, and french. The bartenders we're very friendly, there was a tall guy who spoke some English. (Just note that I speak intermediate Spanish, which probably has an effect on the experience).

Either way, highly recommend for a chill place with good...

We sat down to eat with my family, but the experience was ruined by how unbelievably rude the staff was. There was no smile, no greeting, no basic customer service — just a cold, hostile attitude from the moment we arrived. I genuinely don’t understand how someone like that is employed in hospitality. He didn’t even place our food properly — he practically slammed it onto the table. The whole interaction was uncomfortable and disrespectful.

To the balding waiter: If working with people makes you this miserable, it might be time to consider a different career — one where you don’t have to...

The food was exquisitely spectacular. The beef cheeks were nice and tender and tasted amazing and everything was a pleasure to the palate. For desert we had an apple tartine and passion fruit mousse with passion fruit ice cream (photographed) and that was just as amazing. The desert took a bit longer and i recommend asking for sangria with no ice. All in all it was a great experience and ill definitely be...