Anima Restaurant, Barcelona

Advantages: Wonderful food, scenery and ambience in Barcelona
Disadvantages: More prawns!

Its very easy to find somewhere to eat in central Barcelona, there are countless tapas bars, falafel outlets, international eateries and very posh looking restaurants, but having said that one night during our recent stay we wanted something a bit different. We asked our hotel reception staff to recommend somewhere romantic but Spanish to help us celebrate our honeymoon. They suggested Ānima. Situated in the Raval district, which is on the ...
...Ānima is based a little bit away from the usual tourist beaten track. We found we usually tended to wander round the Gothic quarter for bars and restaurants so it was somewhere new for us to explore. Our hotel was based on c/ de pelai so we decided to go from there but there is an easier route detailed below. Going from there meant it was bit further to walk to but gave us the advantage of exploring this entirely different district. With trusty ... Read review

Anima is a trendy restaurant with good food and wine for a very reasonable price, good and fast service, natural food, very funky & friendly staff, good atmosphere, mix of locals and 'low-profile' tourists (I hate the word tourist). Good to have a tête à tête but also good to invite your 10 best friends and have a great evening. Difficult to compare with other Restaurants, however 'Jour de fête' in Gent (Belgium) would be a comparison...