La Muscleria — Restaurant in Barcelona

A few times have passed by on my way to somewhere. It always seemed a nice spot( although I don't eat muscles) as the rest of the family does. We finally tried it today and due to the weather went indoors. The interior is lacking. It's not cozy, the kitchen aspiration isn't working well.. The service was fast and staff were polite.

We got muscles with roquefort, with lime/lemon and a portion of squid or so.. muscles came with a side of fries. The muscles weren't debearded. Although I don't eat this food, so far I haven't seen such an abundance of muscles' beard being served. A person from my family said the quality was good and were tasty etc.. however said person got severe stomach cramps shortly after leaving the place.. won't be returning unless just for drinks outdoors.. Ps. We also got charged two portions of pan con tomato although we didn't order any.. we just payed the bill without disputing because its a small amount but still a detail of our...

If you are a seafood and specially mussels lover, you must try the muscleria first ! It was recommended by a friend living in Barcelona and we tried the last day. The menu have a variety of entries, receips, salads. But the speciality was mussels. Around 20 sorts of plates with different flavors. Iwas stuck between mushroon, parmesan, marinated, onion, garlic, basilic and nuts, tomato sauce, even some with cream and calamar, some with salamon.. Anyways, i choose the rockford cheese and the tomato and pepper one. The quantity was more than generous, we get out full and amazed with the taste and how well the mussels are done. With another plate of sea nails we flought haha Thanks la...

I stopped by based on it having a lot of very good reviews but left disappointed. I like mussels and eat them a lot, but these were nowhere near my usual standards. A surprising number of them were unopened, and among the ones that were edible, many seemed dry and not plump and maybe a third still had the beard attached. The flavor of the actual steaming liquid was okay but not great. Then there were the french fries which were basically raw, oily potatoes that probably came out of a frozen bag. One bite and I stopped. Maybe I got them on an off day or got the American treatment, but given I only had a few days in town, I would look...