wow. this was the first place we ate at in barcelona and it really set the standards HIGH! we had pan au tomate and burrito’s special house salad with cold cuts for our starter, and roast lamb with sauté potatoes for our mains.
i love pan con tomate and always get it when i come to barcelona. this time they gave us the ingredients and explained how to make it ourselves, with the garlic, tomato, and olive oil. this was a bit different and a nice touch.
burrito’s special house salad with cold cuts: this salad was massive! it came with iberian ham on the top and some slices of black and white pudding and spanish cheese. the salad itself was lovely, but far too big. the proportion of meat to salad could have been a lot higher. it was very nice as a starter, just far too big.
roast lamb with sauté potatoes: wow! this lamb joint just fell off the bone. it tasted so good. the sauté potatoes were equally as delicious. i feel this was missing a sauce however, something fruity or fragrant or herby was needed to bring it all together in my opinion. this does not take away how delicious the lamb and potatoes were.
i would definitely come back here again. the restaurant itself is beautiful on the inside, with an eating area upstairs looking over plaça sant miquel and kitchen downstairs. the service was fast and the staff were really...
Read moreUsed to be good, but I went back recently and the staff were INSANELY rude and then overcharged me. I used to have one of the top reviews here and gave it 5 stars, but now I wouldn't go back.
The cava sangria is basically a sweet Bellini, the pimientos de padrón were burnt, and again, we were treated rudely AND overcharged. Not recommended.
Edit: the owner responded with a very passive-aggressive "sorry you misunderstood the prices". For reference, there was a discrepancy between the menu and what was charged, and the waiter blamed his colleague for writing the wrong thing (and the colleague had now left, so he couldn't verify). There was also rude behaviour without, with the waiters acting begrudging and/or actively like they didn't want us to be there (until it was time to take money). How...
Read moreThis restaurant refuses to serve tap water to its customers, even though the city is supposed to enforce that right. The restaurant wants you to pay 4, 50 Euros to have water - even though we ordered a bottle of $32 wine. The employee lied and said it was impossible to give us tap water and said the restaurant's water was unsafe. If it's unsafe, why the heck should we order anything from them? Of course, our server never checked in after someone else delivered our food, so we ate upstairs alone. He is a coward. The server also had told us he wouldn't charge us for the water. Another lie. That's OK - his behavior saved us a much larger tip than the 4,50 Euro water cost us. We have never been so blatantly lied to by an establishment. It sucked, and being that it was our first night, made us...
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