WILD ROVER — Restaurant in Barcelona

I will try to make a constructive comment here. I had this place rated 5 stars but I have to go down to 2 for now. This is not anymore the old Wild Rover where we use to come since many years for any rugby game, and this is not anymore an Irish Pub either. Only Estrella on tap, Guinness in bottle. We've lost the good old pub ambiance, the bar being kind of neat, with new (useless?) neon lights and sofa kind of stuff. Rugby world cup opening game, only screening in Spanish (??) and no sound (not audible). We've been explained that it's a local law keeping volume down, but come on guys, how do other pubs do then ? And how did wild rover use to do? It's been such a let down for every single person in the pub who came yesterday to watch this big big game and obviously wanted to watch it with English comments and with sound ambiance. Very very long queue to order a beer. Heads up to the staff who clearly wants to do it's best and being very nice and took the time to speak and explain things, but new owners clearly got something wrong there and definitely needed a +2 yesterday at the counter. Food was quite good although not that cheap. Lots of room for improvement then, and I understand that it's only "the beginning" but we're not gonna risk it next time and will surely go to another 'real' Irish pub to find that special rugby game day ambiance, at least until the end of this World Cup. After the loss of Shenanigan's in Raval, that's another letdown for rugby fans in Barcelona...

Atmosphere was good not until they made my drink order wrong. Waiting for the drinks for soooo long but they managed to get it wrong.

I ordered sangria de cava but gave me sangria de tinto de vino. When I asked to correct the mistake, they wouldn’t admit their mistake and instead was told to come back again after 5 mins(?????).

Then the other lady was dismissive and rude saying they don’t refund or change order, even if the glass slipped from your hand and it breaks, once you paid and you got your drink, they can’t do anything about it.

But since she was doing it “out of courtesy” she gave me agua con gas I was asking in return instead of sangria de cava I initially wanted.

Bravas, so and so. Nachos are ok.

If they can’t handle high pressure job from the rush of the crowd, maybe hire more personnel because the service is suffering. Customers are suffering from the bad service.

And more importantly, it’s funny for a sports bar to lose signal for champions league. Honestly! We had to sit and watch...

Worst experience ever. I don't know what the reason was but the waiters decided that my wife and I are "not worth" being served. We came in shortly after opening in the evening with a lot of empty places and were "lucky" able to order a drink. But after getting them we became "invisible" for the staff. We want to order some food but the two waiters went by one to another time without taking notice of our signs. The pub filled quickly because of a beginning soccer game shown on several tv screens. After half an hour (!!!) we lost our mind for further waiting and decided to go. It seems that was the intention of the staff and they were glad. Maybe it was because we were "foreign tourists" and were not interested in soccer, maybe it was because my wife ordered only water, maybe it was the weather, who know? Me not!

I cannot imagine and understand where the good reviews come from. Hopefully, this is a good warning for...