Belmonte is the best meal I had on my month-long trip through Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, San…read moreSebastian, Valencia) in a crowded field of favorites. Coming from SF and LA I am accustomed to high-caliber food. I am writing this reviews 2 years after the fact and can't recall what I had but I certainly enjoyed my meal, the ambiance and the neighborhood. Price-wise I would say it is medium to high. I highly recommend Belmonte. You won't be disappointed. ******* Belmonte es uno de los mejores restaurantes que probe durante mi estadia en Espana. Esta estadia incluyo Madrid, Barcelona, San Sebastian y Valencia. He vivido en Los Angeles y San Francisco y estamos acostumbrados a comida de alta calidad y Belmonte nos impresiono a todos. Si mi encuentro de nueve en Barcelona seguramente iria a Belmonte de nuevo.

This is my absolute favorite restaurant from my time in Barcelona and will be a place I keep coming…read moreback to when I visit! The food is out of this world and the service is just attentive enough. You must go here for dinner!!

My friends and I were on a weekend trip to Barcelona and were looking for a nice place to celebrate…read morea birthday for one of us. My friend saw pictures of this restaurant while on Instagram, and though it looked like a classy, yummy place to spend the evening. We made a reservation for 8pm, which is relatively early for Spanish time, so the restaurant was mostly empty when we got there. We were welcomed by the friendly and attentive servers, who were extremely helpful in suggesting favorite dishes and how much we should order based on dish size. Our group of six shared a pitcher of the Cava sangria, which was delicious! The server even poured it for us so we each got a nice glass with a few slices of fruit. We shared an order of the burrata - AMAZING, and a few of the goat cheese salads - ALSO GREAT! For the main dish, we all chose our own things. They have entree plates, so several of my friends ordered the salmon, which came with bok choy and zucchini. Another friend ordered the cachopo. I was going to get a few of the tapas options instead of a main plate, but when I tried to order the huevos tapas and the truffle oil fries, the waiter told me that would be too much so I stuck with just the huevos. He was right! I don't remember the exact name of it, but it was potatoes, some sort of sausage, caramelized onions, and fried eggs. Very good and very filling, especially since it was only 1 tapa. I will say that the sizes of entrees did vary a good amount. My 1 tapa was relatively large, as was the cachopo, while the salmon dish was smaller. Overall, the restaurant had a great environment with beautiful decor and friendly staff that made us feel right at home. The food was delicious with stunning presentation and at what I thought was a very reasonable price (all together, it was about 20 USD per person, plus or minus a few based on what each person ordered). It was a great way to celebrate with our friend! Definitely check out if you're near Sants!

Found La Tere via an Instagram picture! Planned this dinner for our friend's birthday where they…read morehad us sit in the back and accommodated us to an early dinner. The Cava Sangria was by far one of the best sangrias I had in Spain because it was so light and refreshing. The portion sizes were small but tasteful and delicious. I ordered the salmon which was cooked perfectly and with such a tender touch where wasn't over cooked. Seasoned everything so well. Staff was polite and so helpful and kind. Ambiance was modern, clean and poised. Highly recommend would come back here if I'm back in Barcelona!

Reviews like this makes me regret giving 5 stars in the past because I can't differentiate the…read morelevel of this review. This is a great place for food, atmosphere and service. I have two off the menu dishes and the Ox tail. All were amazing. I am staying in Barcelona a few more days so will be back a few times. Tip: call ahead to find out options. I was planning on going two nights in a row but was told tomorrow they are already packed from 8:30-10.

We stayed in Barcelona for 10 days on vacation. Following the suggestions we received to not eat at…read morerestaurants that have photos of the food outside for the entire trip didn't prove to be very difficult. With that being said, most of the food we had was at least very good. Given that the quality of food was so high, I believe it to be even more significant that this was our favorite restaurant of the trip! They are a small local restaurant, with chalkboard menus, and a little ways off the beaten path (not too far to discourage visiting!) The tapas and beer we had here was out of this world. Here are my recommendations, but take them with a grain of salt (literally, when it comes to pan con tomate), because they are seasonal, and the menu changes: 1) Get the pan con tomate. They show you how to make it, so it is ever so fresh! 2) Taste some of the local wines and craft beers 3) Listen to the waitresses recommendations... no matter the current menu 4) Try the pulpo! (Octopus) 5) Calamari 6) The seasonal (Fall) mushrooms were great 7) Patatas bravas were good, but not my favorite of the trip 8) Back to beer... Try the Black Coupage if you like dark beers, and they still have it. Delicious beer! Enjoy Barcelona, and eat some REAL local food, or at least the best food we tried there after eating about 30 meals at different restaurants....

We were staying right next to Lonja de Tapas and had been wanting to try it for a bit and finally…read moregot the chance to give them a go. We hadn't had cava sangria so we tried it and it was pretty good. Essentially a sparkling white sangria with oranges, lemon, and apple slices. It was nice and refreshing and a great accoutrement to dinner. Their spinach and goat cheese croquettes were delicious. Light, crispy panko breading and a hot, cheesy, spinachy interior. Their patatas bravas were different from most of the ones we've had as they had more of a kick to them than usual and a garlicky aioli-a welcome surprise IMO. One of the chicken fingers seemed undercooked but overall they were crisp, hot and served with a yummy curry aioli. The grilled vegetables were your standard aubergine (eggplant), tomato, asparagus, onion, carrots and romesco sauce, but certainly grilled to perfection. All in all a nice experience with good tapas. Lots of space to dine and is actually a lot bigger inside then you'd expect. I'd come back again.

Intensely satisfying meal. Their croquettes were absolutely delicious. The potatoes were piping hot…read moreand crispy (I added tabasco sauce, which made them incredible); they actually tasted more fresh than other potato dishes we'd had before. The baby calamari wasn't too fried, so you could actually taste the squid itself. The paella was out of this world, too. I also never knew how much I loved cold soup until I had their gazpacho. Everything was impressive, for such a central area, and things came out so quickly too, so after walking a ton all day, this is quite appreciated. Definitely worth coming by for a great sit-down meal.

At least on Yelp, my review is the first one for La Yaya Amelia in about 3 years. TripAdvisor has…read moreonly one since July 2020. Somewhere in the middle is a 1-2 year period where parts of Spain's community was shut down because of COVID or restricted in one way or the other. We were in Spain during May-June of this year and witnessed various businesses that were no more or maybe still hanging on my a thread. Our recent experience at La Yaya Amelia seemed to suggest the latter. La Yaya Amelia was recommended by our Hotel (1882) and was an easy couple block walk. We made a reservation, but as it turned out we were the only customers during our time there. This seems more like a locals place and it's corner neighborhood location would be hard to attract tourists, unless it were some hot foodie destination. On a side note, the owner's cute little dog charmed my wife, the shelter volunteer. At the beginning, the dog was wandering around and Gayle wasn't sure if he/she had a person. I looked up and told her that we can't the dog back with us to the USA. Her answer (and this wasn't her first dog siting in Spain) was that she'd already done the research and she agreed that it would be almost impossible to do so. But she still stayed on the case until she confirmed that it was indeed the owner's dog. La Yaya Amelia may not be the Catalan version of the French Laundry, but it was a damn fine place to eat. We both ordered off the "specials" list, me choosing steak and Gayle opting for fish. Add wine, bread, homemade dessert, and expresso, we left full and happy. Our service was great, yet the guy running the place seemed a little worn out and sad, as we were the business so far in the evening. So, if anyone is reading this review right now and you're thinking of Lunch or Dinner in the Sagrada Familia area, what are you waiting for?

After a long day of traveling around Barcelona four of us were famished and needed a place to rest…read more We grabbed a table in the back and quickly ordered a pitcher of sangria and were treated some delicious bread. Our service was great, friendly, and helpful to a bunch of Americans that didn't speak the language. After so many pitchers and amazing food later, we were treated to their tiramisu by a local that had to think we needed it and boy was he right! We grabbed four spoons and were amazing how good it was. I highly recommend this spot and the tiramisu!

our last stop on our front tour to this establishment. Here, we shared desserts. We had a cream…read moreBrulé type of dessert. A black chocolate mousse that was phenomenal. But the icing on the cake was the fig ice cream in a homemade waffle bowl and some fig compote. the ice cream and the fig compote were phenomenal! We also had a bottle of cava. This is the first Cava we have had in Spain, and I am already a fan! Service was friendly and attentive.

Had to come here last minute due to other reservations falling through. We were seated quickly and…read morethe staff were friendly and professional. The restaurant itself had a decent decor and a relaxed undertone. The food was meh. We ordered a bunch of different tapas and they weren't bad but weren't amazing either. Flavor was decent, portions were decent but again nothing that made me really say, "this is really good" or "I'm gonna be back". Overall solid 3 stars.

We stumbled upon this restaurant while walking around the city. The waitress was very kind and…read morefriendly. The food was good and service was great!

Paella was simple but tasty. Service left a bit to be desired. Server was largely expressionless,…read morebut communication was friendly when he was there. No one ever stopped by to see how things were going. Paying was a bit of a challenge. After finally getting my check, no one ever returned with the credit card reader. I ended up walking to the bar. I'll be honest is nice. Bright clean restaurant and I sit next to the window.

I came in for breakfast/brunch. It was packed when I arrived, but we luckily snagged high top…read moreseats. We ordered a basic eggs Benedict with bacon with coffee con leche. The food was really good and the coffee was even better. Service was quick and the prices were very cheap for the quality of the food. I ended up returning once more during my trip in Barcelona.

Andres y Sergio is the most amazing server!! Ask for him he is super friendly and helpful. We were…read morea group of 10 and he made us feel so welcomed. The food and service was 5 stars!! Get the prawns, Spanish omelette, salmon, octopus, and patatas bravas!!