Barcelona Restaurants

Pintxos Heaven at Taverna Basca Irati

Advantages: Really tasty, well-presented grub
Disadvantages: Can easily spend more than you planned

Although Taverna Basca Irati has a formal sit-down restaurant, I can’t comment on the menu. Instead we stood at the bar and did what the local do – we chose from the mouth watering selection of pintxos. What are pintxos? Quite simply they are the northern ...

fizzytom 13.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Taverna Basca Irati, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona

You don't HAVE to love raw fish - but it helps

Advantages: Fantastic food, subtle service, great ambiance
Disadvantages: So understated that it's easy to miss

...It's always a bit un-nerving picking a restaurant in a foreign city even if it's only for a couple of people. When you need three restaurants on three successive nights and want them to satisfy a very mixed group of people (12 to 36 of them depending on t ...

koshkha 15.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Restaurant Negro, Barcelona

Beer & Goblins?

Advantages: A tiny peice of escapism - with beer!
Disadvantages: A touch hard to find

...Tucked away off Las Ramblas, down a narrow gothic corridor - a slice of fairyland is hidden. Walking in from the bright Barcelona sunshine into the gloomily lit cave, you hesitate and blink, unwilling to step into the darkness. As you become accustomed t ...

gem 14.07.2000 · Read full review
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Review of The Fairy Forest, Barcelona

What's the plural of baby octopus?

Advantages: Fantastic food at great prices
Disadvantages: If you don't get there early it can be very busy and waits can be long

Tapas? If I have to I’ve never been a big fan of the concept of tapas, tending to see it as an expensive way of eating lots of little bits and pieces, paying way over the odds and eventually feeling like you’ve not really had a prop ...

koshkha 16.04.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Cerveseria Catalana, Eixample, Barcelona

Balthazar - a Wiseman's Choice for a Meal Fit for a King

Advantages: A great value lunch time menu
Disadvantages: It will surprise you to know I really struggle to think of any

From the Ridiculous to the Sublime When I go to visit our company's office in Barcelona we usually end up having lunch in a horrible little greasy spoon just down the road from work. It's the sort of place that leaves you wondering what ever happened ...

koshkha 15.02.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Balthazar Restaurant, Barcelona