Totoro — Restaurant in Barcelona

Don't let the high reviews fool you, they are relative to the fact that it's a free buffet sushi restaurant. It's also important to state that this is a Chinese restaurant with Japanese inspired food.

Service is ultra fast and sushi is edible, but if you want my advice, avoid EVERYTHING from the menu that has the word Spicy in it, as well as the Rainbow stuff, it comes with a sweet chili sauce similar to the one used in thai spring rolls. I don't dislike the sauce but when put on sushi it becomes a truly disgusting combination, nobody at our table liked it, it's like ketchup on Sushi.

Fried maki (the fish one) and the flambeed Nigiris are the best from the menu, as well as the crispy onion maki. I was not a fan of putting raw onion on top of sushi either.

It makes sense that most of the clientele was comprised of students but for a weekend dinner at ~€16 + drinks I can find more enjoyable options...

Food is quite terrible, really. It's not that it has nothing to do with Japanese food (that's a common trait of the so-called Japanese restaurants around here) it's that the food is terrible. Period. Cooked dishes have been like that for several hours just to be reheated before being served (reheated gyozas, yuk!), the looks of the fish is... Well, fishy, and pretty much everything tastes blunt.

The only upside to the food is the fact that you can get as much as you want so, if you get pleasure from filling your belly and not your taste buds, it is possible to still enjoy the place.

The service is nice and timely. However, that doesn't help much when food...

PROS: Menu Thursday night All you can eat 19€ (beverage excluded - we spent 25 total) Very friendly waiters No limit on all dishes Tasty food (pato, sashimi etc) Intimate / Small / Cozy place

CONS: The menú is very limited compared to other sushi places (e.g. missing important dishes like "tartare") You don't order with dishes numbers but with dishes names, so to take the order you need the waitress and it takes more time and effort California Uramaki made with Surimi (I would not recommend it for your health)

Overall: it's worth the visit. It can be improved but a very valid sushi place. Very small, remember to...