Taktika Berri — Restaurant in Barcelona

A top-notch, casual choice for some basque styled tapas/pintxos! Perfect for lunch! Go early ~1pm to beat the crowd especially if you don't speak Spanish. You may ask, why do I say that? Well, similar to many pintxo restaurants in the Basque country, you don't go in asking for a table, you just ask for a plate and start taking various pintxos and put it on your plate. They also have a menu for hot dishes you can order. Remember, different pintxos will keep coming out from the kitchen and the staff will shout out what each one is in Spanish and you just run up to them and ask for one. When the restaurant gets full by the bar seats, you'll have to fight to get to where the pintxos are at. So, it's much easier to go early when there isn't a crowd and the staff still have time to help you.

Must get: tortilla (from the hot menu), and any of the pintxos!

Don't get: try not to get too many of the cold pintxos that are just sitting around, they're usually not as good and some have been sitting there for a while. They always keep coming out with more food, especially when there's more and more people coming in.

When to go: go on the earlier side to beat the crowd ~1-1:30pm

Other tips: When you go in, if you see a lot of people already sitting at the bar seats, don't be shy and quickly snag some seats! Once you sit down, someone will come by to give you a plate and ask you what you want to drink. If you're not fast enough, those seats will be taken by others! When we left, there were already people standing behind us waiting...

What a great place for tapas. You need to know a few things though before you eat here. As Americans we need our personal space so this place will have to retrain you. It is usually three deep, standing room only. If you get there 30 minutes before they open, which is usually 830 pm, get in line and when the doors open, you must run in and grab a seat at the bar (kinda like running into Walmart on Thanksgiving day). Don't expect an orderly entrance. People will rush past you. Once in, grab a seat or stand at the far end of the bar. The hot food comes in from that end and many times it won't make it to the entrance end. The cold food sits on the bar and you can grab it any time you want. If you get a seat at the bar, don't be surprised if people reach over or through you to get food. That's normal. You must save your toothpicks that holds the food together as those are how they know how many tapas you have had and they will charge you. Try everything. Have a beer or cava (local sparkling wine) or ask for a refreshing glass of vermut. ...

A local tapas place, specializing in Basque pintxow cuisine. As an English speaker you might run into issues as most of the servers didn't speak English. So here's what to expect!

For one I'd arrive early. We arrived right at open (830 pm) and the place filled up within 15 minutes and there was a line when they opened. You'll be sitting at the bar area as I believe the dining room isn't open or only for parties with reservations. under the glass will be many small plates of food and the bartenders will ask you how many plates. This is where you start, grabbing little pieces of Basque food (served on little pieces of bread). Eventually someone will come around serving additional hot dishes of tapas.

It was all really good, heavily slanted towards sausage and fish. But everything was quite delicious and we we were satisfied. The cost was around 20 euro per person before drinks, but you are charged per stick (piece of wood used to hold the food to the bread). Service was basic but ok. There is a...