Taverna Ibèria Barceloneta — Restaurant in Barcelona

Friendly staff turned our night into an excellent one! The atmosphere is casual and the food is terrific, but what really makes it is the suggestions and banter of the staff. We got the ham and cheese plate, and also the Gallician octopus, which was amazing! The peppers were tasty, and almost like shishito peppers but not quite. The bombas were far tastier than I thought fried balls of probably meat could be. For dessert, we got the Santiago cake, which is like a biscotti married a rum cake, and it came with sweet wine, which can be drunk or poured over the cake. After a great evening with wonderful food and wine, we got complementary digestif shots! What...

Best, most genuinely attentive staff of our 7-day visit to Barcelona. The fried pork skins (there's no way this can be even remotely healthy, but so what!) were divine, the peppers were overly saturated in giant salt rocks and still retained their deliciousness, the bread (there is no bad tasting bread in Spain - I cannot prove this, but I know it to be true), the "bombs" which we believe were fried potato balls - perfection. Dessert? The crema catelana for my wife, and some kind of yellow crumb cake for me - sorry, guys, I cannot recall the name, but both were incredible. Even if the food wasn't good, we'd return for the friendliness of the...

Let's start with the food, I came here specifically for the seafood, the shrimp dish prepared with garlic was cooked properly and it was fresh and tasty. The codfish dish with vegatables tasted delicous, the portion was satisfying but it has fish horn in it which I guess it is part of codfish dish. I had a small red Sangria, very refreshing and delicous as well. The service was a bit cold and not as much friendly as other places I visited in Barcelona, although I have no complain but it could be more friendly. The atmospher wasn't great, some of the guests were very loud, and sitting outside I guess wasn't...