Terra Bar — Restaurant in Barcelona

I used to spend my weekends at a terrace, just eating, drinking and chilling. This was when life was cheaper. Now I can't afford it. And, to be honest, I have so many other things to do too! A few weeks ago, the whole family 👨‍👩‍👦 (yes, the whole 3 of us! 🤣) decided to go and have a snack before lunch. A snack in Barcelona, generally means a tapa or 2. The thing with terraces in Barcelona is that they're quite common but they also are quite small. And expecting to find a seat at a terrace on a square in Gràcia is like day-dreaming. So we had to walk around the neighborhood for a while (🚶...🚶...🚶...🚶) before we could find a spot at Terra Bar, Plaça de la Virreina. Our son is quite young and if we want him to have lunch, we can't order too many tapas, so we stuck to the classics: bravas 🥔. A few posts ago, I talked about how salsa brava is something that differs depending on the family / restaurant / bar. There are so many interpretations of it! But what is certain is that it IS NOT a cocktail sauce with some paprika on the top, like what we were served that day. 😤 The sauce was soooo sweet that we couldn't feel the potatoes. So we ended up eating the potatoes alone. It turns out that these potatoes were very good and they were even salty (whereas they needed some 🧂 when eaten with the sauce). I'm always glad to eat some good potatoes but, if I order bravas, I expect bravas, not plain potatoes, and especially for €6 and such a small share! On the bright side, the waiter was very nice and helpful, we could enjoy some good weather on one of the most emblematic squares of the neighborhood and, most of all, we got to spend some quality time together as a family. 💙

Quality & taste: 3/10 Quantities: 7/10 Atmosphere: 9/10 Originality: 5/10 Ratio price / quality: 4/10 Service: 9/10 How I felt afterwards: 4/10

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Pongo 1 porque es lo mínimo. Empecemos:

La camarera y el camarero de fuera se dejaron la educación en casa.

Frankfurt y pan crudos.

Nos recriminaron el sentarnos con unos vasos de plástico medio vacíos ( fiestas de gracia) alegando que no estaba permitido. Absurdo y fuera de lugar si precisamente te sientas a cenar y estas esperando a que te tomen nota. Vemos la mesa, nos sentamos y pedimos... ¿que queréis que hagamos, que tiremos los vasos? Además eran nuestros, los trajimos de casa ya es habitual ir rellenando en las diferentes paradas ( así se evita el uso de plástico). Entendería que no me dejaras sentar y te pidiera un bokata y me trajera mi bebida y me dijeras que no, pero si ves venir a una familia entera q te va a cenar ahórrate la charla y la mala leche absurda y sin sentido. O no permitas que te fumen porros en la terraza, que por cierto es ilegal y denunciable ( vuestra permisividad).

El camarero de fuera, otro crack, no quiso dividir la cuenta, parece que solo saben dividir entre 2. Que sepáis que la gente puede pagar como quiera, eso tenedlo claro, nadie tiene la obligación de pagar lo de los demás porque vosotros no sepáis dividir y sino poned un letrero visible que diga que no está permitido.

Después de pagar, cuando apareció aceptado el pago en pantalla el camarero se fue sin más, estaba ofendido el pobre, x recriminarle que no nos parecía bien que nos hicieran pagar asi ( no llevabamos pasta para dividir en 2 y no eramos todos pareja ). Podríamos no haber pagado directamente, que lo tengáis en cuenta también, y exigir que dividieráis la cuenta y si no queréis cobrar es vuestro problema no el del cliente. Así que menos humos.

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