Telefèric Barcelona Los Angeles — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Telefèric Barcelona brings all the joys of visiting Spain without the dangers of being gored by a bull or oppressive colonialism. There's much to recommend here, but perhaps the greatest standout is the cocktail menu. Tequila runs the show here, but they also offer a wide range of fruity concoctions (jungle scotch is highly recommended), expertly crafted presentations (la flaca is sickly sweet but comes topped with a fun smoke filled bubble), and unique takes on classics (Bryan's Legacy adds a smokey mystique to an old fashioned).

The tapas range from some of the best food I've had in Los Angeles, to things I will certainly never order again. Starting with the highlights, the patatas bravas are undoubtedly the crispiest yet lightest morsels of potato I've ever had, and are topped with an exquisite brava sauce containing the perfect ratio of smokey paprika and tomato. The fish in the tacquitos de tuna & avocado is incredibly fresh, and wrapped in a delectable puffy shell that melts in your mouth. This was unfortunately contrasted with the Dragonballs, which are some of the worst things I've ever put in my mouth.

I have mixed feelings about the empanadas. As someone whose diet is 15% empanadas, pupusas, and arepas, I really REALLY wanted to love the empanadas here, but I just couldn't. The dough is crispy and fresh, but they are filled with a relatively bland curried chicken that would fit better in an Indian restaurant and makes me wonder if the chef who made them was confused about the type of cuisine they were supposed to be making. This was surprising given the popularity of the empanadas, until I realized they are a prototypical example of group think. Much like how in Inventing Anna everyone buys into the idea that Anna is wealthy and perpetuates this false notion because they are afraid to question it, I've concluded that the empanadas at Telefèric simply aren't great but people keep ordering them because they believe they are supposed to like them. We must stand strong in the face of social pressures and stop ordering these empanadas.

But then came the brussels sprouts, which were cooked to literal perfection and dressed in a delightful citrus glaze that I could not get enough of, and the sins of the Dragonballs and empanadas were forgiven.

Overall, a fantastic dining experience with some truly outstanding dishes if you order...

HAIR IN FOOD What a disappointing and disgusting experience! First of all, my wife is from Madrid and was really looking forward to going here with me and our two little children. We ordered several dishes…one of which was the tuna tacos. My wife ate one, then I ate one, then on the third one I took one bite out of it and right as I took the taco from my mouth I pulled an extremely long hair out of my mouth and the taco! And that point I was disgusted, but I was trying not to ruin it for my wife so I show the waiter the hair and said we wanted another order, for my wife, I was done eating at this point. Oddly there was no reaction from the waiter….none. Bizarre right?! My wife said, “maybe he didn’t hear you,” and I was like I showed him the hair!! The waiter returned shortly with only ONE taco, an order is 3….as if like, well you guys ate two, only one had hair. In my opinion at that point you should be doing some serious damage control! Probably just bring a whole order. So, I went to the front hostess stand area and asked to speak to the mgr.

The mgr appeared shortly after, I told him what had happened, and I kid you not, literally no reaction!!! None! So I walked away furious saying his reaction was dumbfounding! At that point another mgr came over to our table and gave a half hearted apology. I didn’t want to hear anything they had to say by this time . I will never come here again. I understand accidents can happen, but hair in your food is disgusting and as a restaurant you should be in crisis mode when that happens, make something up act, concerned offer a dessert or waive the check. We didn’t pay anyway but they didn’t offer anything. We just left!

There was a zero chance I was ever going here again but I wasn’t going to leave a review initially because I know accidents can happen at any restaurant but the way they handled the situation was as bizarre as it was infuriating. Worst customer service ever! They acted like, it’s a hair, no biggie?! And for anyone thinking maybe there was a bit of a language barrier my wife also spoke to them in Spanish. My wife was shocked telling me if this had happened at a nice restaurant in Madrid they would have done everything possible to salvage us as customers! Good luck to this place! I’ll be surprised if they stay in business with this kind of service and...

I really wanted to like this place. It’s a nice ambiance & the food is good but major issues with management & systems they need to work out.

1. check your credit card as my friend was charged twice for her cocktail at the bar
2. don’t expect a lovely night out because you will get kicked out of your table at 1.5 hours. I couldn’t believe it. Next door at Jon & Vinny’s they let you know their policy for when they will need their table back. However this restaurant does not nor did the hostess mention anything about needing the table back at a specific time. The floor manager Oriol Anguera came to our table while we were still eating dessert and said “Hi you have been here for two hours (not true) and we will need your table back in, like 2 or 3 more minutes. We hope enjoy the rest of your dinner.” We were appalled. Huh? Of course the mood was totally killed and we got up to leave. Seeing him on the way out I had to let him know that the way he asked was a little concerning. I told him “It’s ok to ask us to leave but maybe offer to relocate us to the bar or give us a little more time.” To my shock and surprise instead of listening to my feedback he said “Come on! You were at the table for over two hours! The hostess told you she had another reservation after you!” Both of these were not true so I advised this. He argued yes she did and yes you were. He basically yelling at me. Perhaps a language barrier (I’m married to a Mexican American so I don’t think I can give him this hall pass. He was belittling and rude to a table who just spent over $300 on multiple rounds of wine, cocktails, many dishes and two desserts. It’s sad that I feel I have to justify my right to eat dinner and not feel asked to leave at the end of our meal. The funniest part about this experience is this restaurant group is from Barcelona where parties keep their table the entire night. PS: We went next door to Jon & Vinny’s and ordered more drinks and a pizza so we could finish our conversation. They were...