OAKBERRY Açaí Bowls | Gràcia — Restaurant in Barcelona

I love açaí 😍... I feel like I start all my posts about açaí with the same exact sentence. 🤷 But it's so true! I know that I'll never find the same quality I had in Brazil. But now there are lots of places that serve açaí pretty much anywhere in the world and some of them are quite decent, fortunately. Oakberry is a chain that started opening a lot of shops everywhere in Barcelona (and worldwide). The first one in Barcelona is located near my house and, when they opened, the offer in the neighborhood was pretty limited. This, combined with the fact that you could add more or less unlimited toppings to your açaí, turned it into one of my favorite spots. But let's face it, the taste of the açaí itself is not the best and is very far from the current standards in Barcelona. A few weeks ago, my son wanted an açaí and we were just around the corner so we went back after a few months without visiting the shop. Unfortunately, that visit confirmed what I remembered: this is not a good açaí. I still like it, but there are so many better açaí spots in the city nowadays. Plus, the prices have gone up (like everywhere in the city) but the quantities have gone down: my glass was not full at all, (and the price you pay depends on the size you pick!). 🤨 I have the feeling that if I had chosen more variety in the topping I would have gotten more quantity... 🧐 If that was the case, I could have been told that upfront. Or even better, the clerk could have added more açaí or more of the toppings I chose to fill up the class... On top of it, I wanted to use my loyalty card but they have changed their system and now my loyalty card is worth nothing. It can't be migrated to the new system... Not nice at all! 😤

Quality & taste: 5/10 Quantities: 5/10 Atmosphere: n/a Originality: 7/10 Ratio price / quality: 4/10 Service: 3/10 How I felt afterwards: 5/10

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The lady working this Saturday morning was rude and has absolutely no sense of service. The door is broken and she saw me entering with my baby in the stroller, she just looked at me struggle to come in the shop without offering any help. She just sat there, frankly looking hangover and with absolutely no will to work. It wasn’t only the service, the bowl was also completely melted, looked more like a sauce than the usual texture. I’m a oakberry fan and get a bowl at least once a week at the Muntaner shop. It’s very surprising to see the difference of service and the difference of quality one shop to another....

I love this place so much I decided to create a poem:

In the heart of the town, Lies a store with such renown, Oakberry Acai, a place so fair, With a lovely owner who's always there.

The ambiance is warm and inviting, With Futvolley games so exciting, People come from far and wide, To taste the acai made with pride.

Hand-made ingredients, fresh and pure, Make every bowl an experience so sure, Healthy and delicious, a perfect blend, Acai bowls here are a foodie's friend.

So if you're in need of a healthy treat, Or just want to hang and meet, Come to Oakberry Acai, you won't regret, A store so nice, you'll...