Restaurant Cátedra — Restaurant in Barcelona

Me and my girlfriend had a late lunch at Cátedra, in Barcelona. The restaurant has a nice typically "Catalan" feeling to it and this is the typical choice for our meals in Barcelona. The daily menu has "firsts", "seconds" and dessert to chose from, besides bread and drink being included. In Cátedra you have a lower price if you only go for a "second" and even lower if you stick with a "First". My gf went for the full menu having artichokes (her first try) and then pork ribs. I went only for some meatballs. We went with the "house" red wine, which was quite nice. Artichokes were not the best choice, but they were actually well made with a nice sauce. The meatballs were tasty and the tomato sauce was home-made and delicious, not "just" ketchup. The pork was also very well made. The low point was that there was no choice of sides, only French-fries. The bread, as is the case in Spain everytime, was delicious. The desserts (cake with whipped cream and golden toast) were nice, well made and not too sweet. The amount of wine was equivalent to a full bottle. Around 30€ for all that plus two espressos was less than I'd pay back home in Porto in most places. We were very pleased and if you find yourself near the old Port or Gothic Barrio we strongly...

A nice spot to go to after a long day. We were greeted by the nice gentleman upfront. We ordered the combination platter of seafood. This was delicious. Everything was incredibly fresh and a garlic type sauce was drizzled over top. We then had the oxtail house special which was like home cooking. It was beautifully cooked and well seasoned, the potatoes it came with had great flavor as well. These two dishes alone were very filling. We also tried to catalan creme, which was okay, but not my thing.

On a separate day, we dropped in and tried the Russian salad and paella. The Russian salad was okay, it reminded me of an potatoe salad. The Paella was also good, with good seasoning and the seafood was once again very fresh. You can order them for one person here.

This restaurant I found gave bigger portions (at least with the mains, unsure about the tapas) and was a tad bit cheaper than some of the other restaurants on the tourist strips. Definitely worth...

Had an awful experience. The food was downright disgusting. The fries that came with the steaks weren't fried/baked properly. The steak we ordered should have been medium, but we received a rare steak instead. The entrecote is actually shoulder chops and not Entrecote. We also ordered two pizza's. The top was okay, but the dough was still uncooked, they probably used a plate for making them, but using these only cooks the top and not the bottom of the pizza. Asked if they could put it a little longer, so it could be at least a little edible, but it came back almost the same.

The staff were not happy we came in a little before the kitchen was going to close. They tried to rush us. We had to pay before we were even finished with our food. They barely speak English so ordering...