Txapela | Passeig de Gràcia — Restaurant in Barcelona

Terrible Service. Would definitely NOT recommend for non Spanish speaker, even waited patiently, only serve Spanish speaker but not us. Ruining my last night in Barcelona!!!

Pros: Good Sangria, but that’s it! 1star for the Sangria, I wanted to give zero if I could!

Cons: 1: I waited from order 20:40 till 21:30 for a Arros de Verdures i calamarsons, nothing! Nothing arrived, and the staff keep telling us they are cooking. Why would you need almost an hour to cook a dish, and NEVER arrive? (We request them to take the dish off the bill at 21:30 after unreasonable wait, when the restaurant is not even full) 2: Not enough staff, we waited over 5minutes to check the bill (even though we just wanted to pay), then we went to the bar to ask for staff to help with payment, however we have been told that we shall wait the waitress/ waiter at our desk, until they finished their task (which by that time, they are only tidying desk, and without people queuing up outside the restaurant, I don’t see the point why they need to clean up URGENTLY but not helping us to check the bill) 3: We order a beef, and chewy like a rubber, nothing like the image or imagined 4: Terrible presentation and taste compared to the restaurant nearby - TapaTapa, a few euro more, but much better quality. (Please see image) this tuna is terrible, that I can’t really describe, really disgusting, and a pale flavour got nothing taste like not even a smash potato, I don’t usually a picky person but this is really disgusting and disappointing. We still finished the dish anyway, but I would say the way that they cook the tuna is...

A sorry excuse for a fast food tapas restaurant.

Well, it is not a fast food restaurant, but they made it feel like one.

We (2p) went inside the restaurant to dine. The place was 3/4 full or so, pretty and looked busy, so we didn't question the level of quality at first. I was very hopefull and cheerful about the place at first.

The ordering went smooth and our host was very nice (though being very busy) but when the server came with our food (we had 13 dishes), he silently put down a plate in a rush and headed away. 2 minutes went by, then he came with the 3 other plates (first of which were 'slammed' down on the table) and didn't care to say more than a quick peep.

The food were awfull and we admittedly ate 4 of the 13 dishes out of sheer starvation. The rest was left with 1 or 2 bites taken. One example was the bread under all pieces of tapas. It was not fresh at all and very difficult to chew over or cut with the butter knifes provided as 'knifes'. Another example was the cuddlefish which was like rubber and obviously under-cooked.

Terrible food and server, other staff was all right. I will personally never throw away 40.40 euros here again for 30ish...

This place was not that far away from where we were staying, so I decided to give it a try. I would have given it. 2.5 star if I could. The service was decent and the server was super nice, but some of the people bringing out the food were not as pleasant, which is too bad. The food was fair, but we went there late at night, so I am assuming things were not made on the spot. A lot of the tapas were sitting in the cooler at the bar. Who knows when they were actually made. I am just happy that I did not get sick from it. I did get some seafood items and they tasted fresher than I thought it was going to be. And there was no fishy taste to it at all. And the hot items seems as if they just heat it right back up. The items had flavor, but texture wise you knew it was not as fresh as it could be. The only item that they might have made on the spot was the truffle and cheese sandwich. It actually had a nice crispy and crunchy taste like it just came out of the toaster. This restaurant is located on a busytreet, so it gets a lot of attention from the tourists that are walking around. It was...