Barcelona retaurants

[mcg123]

Am off to Barcelona with work for a jolly on Friday 3rd July for the weekend and we want a decent restaurant for the Saturday - there are seven of us in the group - any thoughts? Thanks in advance

[Reidy10_0]

Not a restaurant but worth checking out if you are a night owl/ clubber

http://www.coyote-ugly.net/

[OllieWinchester]

Quince Nitz (spelling?), its in the big square just off the Ramblas, was the only decent restaurant we went to when I was there a couple of months ago, pretty decent food, good service, and very good value. Be warned though, chances are there may be a big queue outside so get booked up if you can.

[Kermit power]

I'd recommend this place --> http://www.7portes.com/angles/index.htm

[stourbridges2tvr]

Have been to 7 Portes above - very nice indeed, but quite formal.

Also try los caracoles, not far away just off the Ramblas, great food but a busy bustling atmosphere and the suckling pig is great there!

Will be going to both in july - cant wait!

[steve999]

Cal Pep - best Tapas in Barcelona apparantly. Meal we had there was stunning.

[tog]

Kermit power said:

I'd recommend this place --> http://www.7portes.com/angles/index.htm

So would I

[HereBeMonsters]

I really hated Barcelona when I went there, the only thing that I liked (besides the company) was the food.
The place stinks of sewage, the street urchins are at least as bad as Rio de Janeiro (got mugged twice!) and the locals are not only rude to tourists (like everywhere else in Spain) but rude to each other as well.

Tapas places in the market were brilliant, chocolate bars in the old town were ace, and we had a great meal in a place opposite the Gaudi flats (La Pedrera?) - amazing pork.

[Colonial]

HereBeMonsters said:

I really hated Barcelona when I went there, the only thing that I liked (besides the company) was the food.
The place stinks of sewage, the street urchins are at least as bad as Rio de Janeiro (got mugged twice!) and the locals are not only rude to tourists (like everywhere else in Spain) but rude to each other as well.

Tapas places in the market were brilliant, chocolate bars in the old town were ace, and we had a great meal in a place opposite the Gaudi flats (La Pedrera?) - amazing pork.

I found the opposite, but then I flew from Paris to Barcelona so the people seemed much friendlier

Second/third the tapas suggestion. Amazing place.

[HereBeMonsters]

Colonial said:

I found the opposite, but then I flew from Paris to Barcelona so the people seemed much friendlier

Well I'd have to agree with you there. Paris is the only place on Earth I liked less than Barcelona. I've been to (and lived in) some so called "terrible" places - Lagos, Luanda, Karachi, Sao Paulo etc. - but Paris is easily the worst.

[Colonial]

I haven't been in that many major cities - Barcelona, London, Paris, Abu Dhabi, Sydney, Madrid, Joburg, Rome, and a few others so no third world country

Even so, Paris is perhaps the most overrated city in the entire world. I would rather go back to Zurich than go to paris.

[SS2.]

+1 for Los Caracoles.

Good food, great atmosphere - well worth a visit IMO..

[cramorra]

Two for day trips
A Real good countryhouse with exceptional food and atmosphere
http://www.innsofspain.com/hotels/sant-pere-de-rib...

Chef owner also owns this in Barcelona itself
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2789939-jean...
which I don't know about and one or two tapas places

Good for a coffee or sa drink with simple tapas
La Bar del Pi, piazza del Pi (not far from Ramblas just ask- grat tmoshere
And La Boqueria the food market for exactly that

Another day trip St. Sardurni d`Anoia, home of the Cava
all the big boys Freixenet, Cordoniu and so on do tours and tasting (the art deco cellar of Cordoniu is sensational)