Taverna Cu-Cut — Restaurant in Barcelona

This restaurant was recommended by our Airbnb host. We have been there three nights in a row, which tells you how good it is ( considering there are a million other restaurants in the area!) The bread is fantastic! We have tried, over the past three visits, many of the tapas items and desserts. We enjoyed: the mixed olives, wild mushrooms with garlic, beef Carpaccio, the cheese assortment, duck magret with peaches, and roasted vegetables with goat cheese and balsamic vinegar. The desserts are delicious, my goal is to try every one before leaving Barcelona. So far, we have had the tiramisu, chocolate coulant with bourbon vanilla ice cream and Caltalan cream ( like a creme brulee). Excellent. The staff has been great, providing us with wine and food recommendations. The selection of wines is very good and the cost is extremely reasonable. Fortunately, the restaurant is only two blocks from our apartment, so we plan to return several more times. As a note: I don't eat meat, but am finding a large number of items to order. My husband has had the Carpaccio twice and proclaims it to be " the...

This place was the first one we visited after our second lockdown was lifted and it was okay. They had outdoor seating (beautiful as its on enric granados), decently good food but terribly poor customer service. We asked for water and despite our frequent reminders, the lady who served our table that day forgot to get it. There was an air of arrogance or negligence about her. It's as if she selectively wanted to serve only few tables well and ignore the rest. Regarding the food, the tuna tataki with eggplant hummus was delicious. I highly recommend it. The salmon tartar with mango was decent, definitely not the best I've had, given I've tried many tartars at other places. Their menu was also limited that day we visited. They didn't have many items we wanted to order. We assumed the supply chain got impacted due to COVID-19, which is understandable. Glad we ordered the tuna tataki. Given the decently good/okay food and poor service, I'd rather go somewhere else and...

Unluckily this place seems to only have one remarkable thing, and this is its staff. Friendly, helpful and quick lots of other bars and restaurants only dream of such a team. Nice wine list with some knowledge behind.

The rest is simply avoidable. Furniture and decor is one of those “put-anything-there” as long as it looks vintage (and fake). Food goes from acceptable (butifarra de perol con sepa de temporada) to bland (ensaladilla or croquetas). What is worse is they seem to do exactly what made a lot of people avoid Las Ramblas’ bars: they offered us “a mix of season mushroom” (setas de temporada) and what we got was “champignons de paris lightly grilled and covered with a mushroom infused oil. We mentioned it to our waiter who (apparently) transmitted it to the kitchen. No apologies were provided, nor did they take the plate from the check. Barcelona old style...