Mesón Mistral — Restaurant in Barcelona

Came for lunch on a warm day so the amount of shade was a deciding factor in choosing this over the other restaurants in this attractive city centre square. And it turned out to be a great choice. It's not haute cuisine, just good food done well. I had fish soup that was full of flavour and a delicious veal burger that was tasty and juicy. Friend had carpaccio of beef followed by entrecote and chips. It was all excellent and reasonably priced. I simply don't understand why it isn't scored higher, it's...

Initially thought this place didn’t look great, but the waiter Alex was friendly, helpful, and quick to bring our choices.

The tapas was surprisingly good, especially the fried fresh, padron peppers, homemade tortilla, and olives.

Location is great on a pedestrianised street with small playgrounds our children enjoyed while we were relaxing...

Nothing too much to recommend other than their competence with a deep fat frier though our selection may have been a limiting factor. The menu style is that of a 1970s catalogue, packed full of page after page of bland images. This gives the process of food selection a level of enjoyment I’d liken to picking out your attacker from a...