sato i tanaka — Restaurant in Barcelona

While the food here may be good, how it doesnt have more negative astounds me. Three weeks before our trip to Barcelona I start my attempts to book. After a few days of getting "Sorry, It's not possible to book" online I realise their booking system is not working - and for 2 weeks we attempt to phone to make a booking, calling multiple times a day. Sending messages on social media resulted in no responses, email webmaster etc - complete silence. We then start thinking they closed down, but decide to try visit in person the day we arrive in Barcelona just in case they are open thinking if no-one can book, we may have a chance to get a table. We arrive only to be told we should have booked. When pointing out we tried, over and over, the waiter obviously being confronted with what's clearly a common complaint, tells us that they dont answer the phone during services to avoid disturbing their customers. So you cannot book online, you cannot book through any restaurant platforms, and you cannot phone during services as they unplug their phones. How difficult is it to update your website to specify when people SHOULD be phoning? (we still have no idea). Frustrating, and simply...

I was recommended this restaurant by a friend arhat works in Michelin star restaurant and I can safely say that it’s the best sushi I’ve ever had. The restaurant is very simple but original, there are no tables, everything is on the bar. There are two chefs preparing everything in the moment. There are different closed menus, some long, some short, cheap and more expensive. The desserts are also amazing. They usually don’t have space available, but if you get the chance, go! Don’t even think about it. Every nigiri and roll is made and given in the moment, one by one, the chef explains what it is and you just enjoy. We ordered the short menu and two extra rolls, plus the miso ice cream and the matcha carquiñolis. Súper...

Seven years after my first visit I finally made it back to Sato i Tanaka today for lunch and it lived up to all my great memories. I had the “short” menu that included 9 nigiri and 3 maki along with an appetizer, tea, miso soup, and desert. The chef makes each piece while you watch and serves them one by one. Lunch included Tuna belly, cooked in a broth, Squid, Tiger prawn with olive oil and salt, Scallop with butter, Smoked bonito, Blue fin tuna loin, Blue fin belly(toro), Toro with quail egg yolk, Red prawn with olive oil and salt, Tuna belly maki with roast sesame, and Unagi. Desert was Miso ice cream which I had never had before, but it was a great way to finish the meal. Hopefully it won’t be 7 yrs until...