La República RestoBar — Restaurant in Barcelona

Our experience with this restaurant from June to October 2025 was defined by severe administrative failures and a total breakdown in communication.

1. Inconsistent Reservation System: Securing a table was confusing and unreliable. For our latest reservation, we first tried face-to-face only to be told to book via Instagram. On Instagram, we saw the restaurant had never accepted our message request sent back in June, leaving it in pending status and ignored for months. This shows clear inconsistency in how they handle reservations (phone vs. social media). We finally had to call to book, which highlights their lack of clear instructions.

2. Two (!!) Unannounced Cancellations: We had a reservation for the Tuesday "Parrillada Libre" event in June 2025. We arrived as planned, only to be told the event was cancelled due to a gas issue. The restaurant failed to inform us beforehand.

We wanted to give "La República" a second chance since we like its vibe so we did another reservation in October 2025 (for 12 people). We tried calling two days in a row to confirm the reservation, but no one answered. We showed up and were told the event was cancelled again due to the same gas issue.

This lack of reliable communication, planning, and clear booking instructions is unacceptable. It wasted a lot of time for my friends and me, especially those who traveled far for the event!!!

Lastly, what's even most bothersome is that no official apology ever reached us on the restaurant's behalf for any of the 2 occasions!!! Very sad to treat customers...

Disappointing, but expected... We went for the Tuesday All-You-Can-Eat offer where they serve you endless meat for 10 €/pp. The place is friendly although the staff is non-existent (we basically had to fetch the menu ourselves), and the place looks a lot more like a pub/sports bar than a restaurant. However, the "Argentinian BBQ" meat that they serve to you is basically just warmed up defrosted steaks (see picture) very hard to chew and without any flavour. You'll leave the place with your stomach full, but disappointed because you basically ate a full animal for no real pleasure: but after all, what could you expect for a 10€ experience at a sport's bar... If you are looking to fill up your stomach with endless meat, go, otherwise, go...

Please be careful when you go to this place, we ordered meat and a burger. When we went to pay we paid 40,75€. I start to think that the price of the food doesn’t reach 40€ so I asked for the bill and the waiter said that the machine doesn’t work. Then I asked to take a picture of our order after this I compared the prices and I found out that they took the burger off and they put another plate that cost 16€. The difference was 6.05€. Even if they say that the machine doesn’t work to print the bill tell them to show you the bill on the tablet what happened to us it’s not coincidence and I can’t recommend this...