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PREFACE TO MY REVIEW: I am ethnically Chinese and I've eaten a LOT of Chinese food so I do have high standards. 3 stars because Mosquito was OK - they had some good dishes that I liked. You just can't compare it to proper Chinese places from another city. ~ Atmosphere: Really cramped, and I mean really cramped. I was sat so close to the guy behind me that every time he moved his arm he kept ramming me in the back. Felt like I was getting a deep tissue massage during my meal. ~ Customer Service: Just OK. Very no nonsense. You show up, get a menu where you check off what you want, give it to the server, and then your food shows up. As I'm already familiar with what I was ordering I'm not sure how helpful the servers would be when it comes to offering guidance. Food came out at respectful times though. ~ Food: The food can't compare to proper dim sum you'd get, but given that it's Barcelona it was OK. I imagine if you just moved here from a place where you get regular dim sum this would scratch the itch. HITS: - "City" Pho. The broth was really nice and slightly sweet. No authentic pho flavours at all so I wouldn't call it pho and more so their own take on a noodle soup with rice noodles, but the dish was very good and something I'd definitely order again. - Shuijiao - We ordered beef and pork shuijiao. These are boiled dumplings. They were pretty good and had a good amount of juice inside. They use a lot of different seasonings in their meat which is not as traditional. It made it really difficult to tell the difference between whether you were having the pork or the beef just by taste because they both have the same powerful seasoning so the actual taste of the meat didn't shine through. A good dish, though don't bother to get the 2 different meats to give both a try as they taste virtually the same. - Steamed Pork Belly - Decently tasty. It wasn't amazing, but the pork was cooked well and the flavours were nice. If I came here again, I probably wouldn't order it though. It was just OK - I'd rather check something else out. - Beef Guotie - SKIP THIS ONE!!! I'm not even comparing it to traditional Chinese guotie here. It had a good taste, but it was VERY VERY dry. Th way they do it is with an open pocket wrap as you can see in some of the pictures so there is literally no juice inside and is extremely dry. I had to dip them in some of my pho broth to make it edible because it did not feel great on my tongue at all. Good flavours, but just no. I do not recommend this dish at all! --- Mosquito is a solid 3 stars from me. If you're starved for Asian options in Barcelona, this is a good place that scratches the itch. Don't compare it to more traditional food as this place has their own spin on things but they do know their way around flavours. We enjoyed nearly all of the things we ordered and the prices were very fair. I do recommend it.
I highly recommended this place for everyone to try. Pho offered 2 types of soup, thick and light. Thick soup was delicious also the duck ! I will definitely return to this place again.
Personally, I think this place is overrated. I don't know why I didn't get it before, but asian tapas? Come on. That's just dim sum. DUHH. So, of course, you'll find your typical dumplings here. But! The skin is homemade! So, pretty authentic - if you stick to the regular dumplings. I however, saw their hao gao (shrimp dumplings, dim sum style) which I am compulsively obsessed with, so I ordered that as well. What I received were these gigantic dumplings, with skin that was 4x as thick as it should be, and shrimp minced into a paste (the smaller types of shrimp). Thattttt is not how hao gao should be - the skin should be very thin, and the shrimp should be big and cut up into pieces. The rest of the food was also mediocre - the duck was only moderately tender, the bamboo shoots overly salty. Again the normal dumplings seem to have been the highlight of the night. Also, this place is tinyyy! But, at least it's open consistently, so you don't have to wait until 8pm. Come earlier, and you should be able to find a table. Otherwise, you should call for a reservation. So my final two cents? Asians, you'll have tasted better. Go home - your badass mother will probably scold you for even thinking about coming here and whip you up her secret dumpling recipe that tastes oh so good. Everyone else? It's not a bad place to try, especially with the authentic dumpling skin - especially when you don't have an asian mama to make you that!
I had a bowl of vegetarian noodles with dumplings. The food itself was good, tasty, and what I was expecting. However, it did not blow my mind. For the price, I recommend the place, especially if you want to try more foods on their menu. The server was nice, swift, and kind! The interior is quite crammed and, when filled with people at lunch time, very noisy and hot. I did not like this atmosphere, but I suppose it cannot be avoided. They do not have an outdoor sitting area.
Who knew that "tapas exotico" is the Spanish translation of dim sum? :D Pretty good dim sum, especially compared to what I typically have available in Miami. Cheaper too. Mosquito, you rock!
The service was 5/5, better than other places I've been honestly. Through my poor attempt at Spanish when I sat down to start ordering she kindly offered me the English menu. The food was 3.5/5, I still wasn't disappointed. I mean you are in Barcelona to be real. Sourcing products they need can't be easy. They made the space hip, cute, and inviting. What more could you ask for?
While in the Barcelona sea of tapas, a dim restaurant appeared. The food was HIGHLY disappointing, and I felt mislead by the reviews on here..I'm here to set the record straight. The atmosphere is alright, the service was okay, the restaurant had a fair amount of people in it (20+). There was no wait on Tuesday afternoon! The restaurant is categorized as dim sum, but their selection is very limited. Don't be expecting shumai (pork and shrimp square dumplings) , or haigow (translucent casing shrimp dumplings). What we did have -Beef Wonton Noodles -Char siu bao (BBQ Buns) -Lotus Wrapped Rice -Shrimp dumplings The noodle were like instants noodles and the broth was sad. The Char siu bao's bread had an undercooked texture. Shrimp dumplings just tasted so wrong. It came in a bath of soy sauce and squirted out soup when you bit into it. The rice was cold and chewy JUST DO YOURSELF A favor and don't eat here.
Have to disagree with the negative reviews on this place. Yes the place is on the smaller end, but so were 90% of the other restaurants we dined in during our 8 day stay in Barcelona. Still being just two of us, we were seated with no wait. The service was perfect. Our orders were taken a couple minutes after we sat down, compared to other restaurants where we would have to wait at least 15 minutes before anyone even looked at us. Being from NJ/NY area, this is the kind of prompt service I prefer. My girlfriend and I are both Chinese and we personally enjoyed the food here. We got the Thai fish cake, soup dumplings, vegetable dumplings, kimchi, and pork belly. We went in with open minds and the flavor of everything was done well and very enjoyable. As for those bashing on the food here... you're in Spain.. at an Asian fusion tapas place. That's like going to a tapas place in China and expecting authentic Spanish cuisine. If you're looking for traditional food you find back home or in Asian-centric neighborhoods, then don't come here.
Based off of Yelp, Mosquito is one of the more popular Asian restaurants around Barcelona, which isn't surprising, given the little competition it has. It seems as if management was a bit confused when choosing which ethnicity cuisine to focus on and ultimately gave up and decided to include a little bit of everything - Vietnamese pho, Korean kim chi, Chinese dim sum. Being of Chinese heritage and having grown up in a community with endless mom and pop shops with traditional Asian food, Mosquito's food ended up being just passable. To me, it was a recreation of an assortment of Asian dishes with average quality taste. The ginger beer was on point though. It's a nonalcoholic fruit cooler with a gingery kick -- I recommend it if you're not averse to the taste of ginger or trying out a more exotic drink. Setting wise, the restaurant is tiny with cramped seating, meaning there's most likely going to be a wait to be seated.
After 5 days of eating straight tapas in Spain, my friends and I were ready for a different type of cuisine. They had menus in English which I wish I didn't need, but they were necessary for us :( The place was packed even at a non-traditional time! I think we went around 4pm. We waited 15 minutes and then were seated. We really enjoyed the fried duck, guotie (pork I think), and the "city" pho. Totally delicious!! The dumpling soup was a bit bland for us (even for my friend who is very sensitive to spices), and the lemon & butter mushrooms were only OK. One of my friends goes to dim sum all the time, and she enjoyed the food. I don't think she was blown away, but we all enjoyed ourselves!
This place just brings a smile to my face every time I come here. Whether it be for lunch or dinner, the food and atmosphere is always spot on. The chefs are the hardest working people in the business. One chef at lunch and two for dinner, it's incredible how many dishes they turn out. It's also the perfect dive bar for a beer and some dim sum. My favorite dishes here are the bao bun (all of them are great), the pan fried beef dumplings, the steamed pork dumplings and the edamame. Come here and you will not be disappointed. read more
4 years ago
Great service. Both nights we went and two fun server/bartenders. Amazing Asian bar food. Duck dumplings were my favorite. Amazing variety of beer!! A +++. read more
3 years ago
8 years ago
PREFACE TO MY REVIEW: I am ethnically Chinese and I've eaten a LOT of Chinese food so I do have high standards. 3 stars because Mosquito was OK - they had some good dishes that I liked. You just can't compare it to proper Chinese places from another city. ~ Atmosphere: Really cramped, and I mean really cramped. I was sat so close to the guy behind me that every time he moved his arm he kept ramming me in the back. Felt like I was getting a deep tissue massage during my meal. ~ Customer Service: Just OK. Very no nonsense. You show up, get a menu where you check off what you want, give it to the server, and then your food shows up. As I'm already familiar with what I was ordering I'm not sure how helpful the servers would be when it comes to offering guidance. Food came out at respectful times though. ~ Food: The food can't compare to proper dim sum you'd get, but given that it's Barcelona it was OK. I imagine if you just moved here from a place where you get regular dim sum this would scratch the itch. HITS: - "City" Pho. The broth was really nice and slightly sweet. No authentic pho flavours at all so I wouldn't call it pho and more so their own take on a noodle soup with rice noodles, but the dish was very good and something I'd definitely order again. - Shuijiao - We ordered beef and pork shuijiao. These are boiled dumplings. They were pretty good and had a good amount of juice inside. They use a lot of different seasonings in their meat which is not as traditional. It made it really difficult to tell the difference between whether you were having the pork or the beef just by taste because they both have the same powerful seasoning so the actual taste of the meat didn't shine through. A good dish, though don't bother to get the 2 different meats to give both a try as they taste virtually the same. - Steamed Pork Belly - Decently tasty. It wasn't amazing, but the pork was cooked well and the flavours were nice. If I came here again, I probably wouldn't order it though. It was just OK - I'd rather check something else out. - Beef Guotie - SKIP THIS ONE!!! I'm not even comparing it to traditional Chinese guotie here. It had a good taste, but it was VERY VERY dry. Th way they do it is with an open pocket wrap as you can see in some of the pictures so there is literally no juice inside and is extremely dry. I had to dip them in some of my pho broth to make it edible because it did not feel great on my tongue at all. Good flavours, but just no. I do not recommend this dish at all! --- Mosquito is a solid 3 stars from me. If you're starved for Asian options in Barcelona, this is a good place that scratches the itch. Don't compare it to more traditional food as this place has their own spin on things but they do know their way around flavours. We enjoyed nearly all of the things we ordered and the prices were very fair. I do recommend it. read more
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I highly recommended this place for everyone to try. Pho offered 2 types of soup, thick and light. Thick soup was delicious also the duck ! I will definitely return to this place again. read more
Personally, I think this place is overrated. I don't know why I didn't get it before, but asian tapas? Come on. That's just dim sum. DUHH. So, of course, you'll find your typical dumplings here. But! The skin is homemade! So, pretty authentic - if you stick to the regular dumplings. I however, saw their hao gao (shrimp dumplings, dim sum style) which I am compulsively obsessed with, so I ordered that as well. What I received were these gigantic dumplings, with skin that was 4x as thick as it should be, and shrimp minced into a paste (the smaller types of shrimp). Thattttt is not how hao gao should be - the skin should be very thin, and the shrimp should be big and cut up into pieces. The rest of the food was also mediocre - the duck was only moderately tender, the bamboo shoots overly salty. Again the normal dumplings seem to have been the highlight of the night. Also, this place is tinyyy! But, at least it's open consistently, so you don't have to wait until 8pm. Come earlier, and you should be able to find a table. Otherwise, you should call for a reservation. So my final two cents? Asians, you'll have tasted better. Go home - your badass mother will probably scold you for even thinking about coming here and whip you up her secret dumpling recipe that tastes oh so good. Everyone else? It's not a bad place to try, especially with the authentic dumpling skin - especially when you don't have an asian mama to make you that! read more
4 years ago
7 years ago
I had a bowl of vegetarian noodles with dumplings. The food itself was good, tasty, and what I was expecting. However, it did not blow my mind. For the price, I recommend the place, especially if you want to try more foods on their menu. The server was nice, swift, and kind! The interior is quite crammed and, when filled with people at lunch time, very noisy and hot. I did not like this atmosphere, but I suppose it cannot be avoided. They do not have an outdoor sitting area. read more
8 years ago
The service was 5/5, better than other places I've been honestly. Through my poor attempt at Spanish when I sat down to start ordering she kindly offered me the English menu. The food was 3.5/5, I still wasn't disappointed. I mean you are in Barcelona to be real. Sourcing products they need can't be easy. They made the space hip, cute, and inviting. What more could you ask for? read more
While in the Barcelona sea of tapas, a dim restaurant appeared. The food was HIGHLY disappointing, and I felt mislead by the reviews on here..I'm here to set the record straight. The atmosphere is alright, the service was okay, the restaurant had a fair amount of people in it (20+). There was no wait on Tuesday afternoon! The restaurant is categorized as dim sum, but their selection is very limited. Don't be expecting shumai (pork and shrimp square dumplings) , or haigow (translucent casing shrimp dumplings). What we did have -Beef Wonton Noodles -Char siu bao (BBQ Buns) -Lotus Wrapped Rice -Shrimp dumplings The noodle were like instants noodles and the broth was sad. The Char siu bao's bread had an undercooked texture. Shrimp dumplings just tasted so wrong. It came in a bath of soy sauce and squirted out soup when you bit into it. The rice was cold and chewy JUST DO YOURSELF A favor and don't eat here. read more
3 years ago
9 years ago
Have to disagree with the negative reviews on this place. Yes the place is on the smaller end, but so were 90% of the other restaurants we dined in during our 8 day stay in Barcelona. Still being just two of us, we were seated with no wait. The service was perfect. Our orders were taken a couple minutes after we sat down, compared to other restaurants where we would have to wait at least 15 minutes before anyone even looked at us. Being from NJ/NY area, this is the kind of prompt service I prefer. My girlfriend and I are both Chinese and we personally enjoyed the food here. We got the Thai fish cake, soup dumplings, vegetable dumplings, kimchi, and pork belly. We went in with open minds and the flavor of everything was done well and very enjoyable. As for those bashing on the food here... you're in Spain.. at an Asian fusion tapas place. That's like going to a tapas place in China and expecting authentic Spanish cuisine. If you're looking for traditional food you find back home or in Asian-centric neighborhoods, then don't come here. read more
6 years ago
5 years ago
Based off of Yelp, Mosquito is one of the more popular Asian restaurants around Barcelona, which isn't surprising, given the little competition it has. It seems as if management was a bit confused when choosing which ethnicity cuisine to focus on and ultimately gave up and decided to include a little bit of everything - Vietnamese pho, Korean kim chi, Chinese dim sum. Being of Chinese heritage and having grown up in a community with endless mom and pop shops with traditional Asian food, Mosquito's food ended up being just passable. To me, it was a recreation of an assortment of Asian dishes with average quality taste. The ginger beer was on point though. It's a nonalcoholic fruit cooler with a gingery kick -- I recommend it if you're not averse to the taste of ginger or trying out a more exotic drink. Setting wise, the restaurant is tiny with cramped seating, meaning there's most likely going to be a wait to be seated. read more
After 5 days of eating straight tapas in Spain, my friends and I were ready for a different type of cuisine. They had menus in English which I wish I didn't need, but they were necessary for us :( The place was packed even at a non-traditional time! I think we went around 4pm. We waited 15 minutes and then were seated. We really enjoyed the fried duck, guotie (pork I think), and the "city" pho. Totally delicious!! The dumpling soup was a bit bland for us (even for my friend who is very sensitive to spices), and the lemon & butter mushrooms were only OK. One of my friends goes to dim sum all the time, and she enjoyed the food. I don't think she was blown away, but we all enjoyed ourselves! read more
4 years ago
Dark and bustling inside This place really ain't what you expect when you head in off the sunny Barcelona street outside. This place has a great atmosphere that makes you feel you could be miles away from Europe. The place is always mobbed and with good reason. The food is amazing. We had deep fried and boiled dumplings and both tasted spectacular. One beef and one veggie, I can't fault either of them. We also shared a huge bowl of spicy beef soup. (I forget the exact name) It was again lovely, total taste sensation and a welcome change from all the tapas we had eaten to that point. The array of bottled beer on offer is huge, with brands from across the world. Something there for everyone. Final thought/hint. Menu is only in Spanish and Chinese. We asked one of the waitresses for a bit of help though and she kindly ran through the whole thing separating the beef from the pork and the soup from the dumplings. Great food, friendly staff and cool beers. Plus the best dumplings I have ever tasted. You should visit if you get the chance. read more
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What is everyone talking about?!? the food at mosquito is inedible! Grossest 'Peking duck' (Anec fregit) I've ever had the displeasure of tasting. Whatever sauce that was, it was unlike any other Peking duck with hoisin sauce I've ever had, in a bad way. We couldn't eat it. I tried, I was starving. Vegetable dumplings?!? That's just shredded cabbage in there with a bit of scallions. Super boring, husband couldn't eat it, I ate it as the saddest second most edible item. Usually vegetable dumplings have mushrooms, bamboo shoots, tofu, scallions etc. Not here. I'll spare you the rest of the gory details and close with saying we also tried the pork dumplings - I'd give those a 3 as the best thing we could stand putting in our mouths. Avoid this place like the plague!! If you must go, I suggest ordering what we call Miami style - try 1-2 dishes max before investing in a full meal. read more
8 years ago
8 years ago
Amazing food along with the super friendly staff. We sat at the high top bar area and accepted all the recommendations made by the staff. Top notch food and authentic flavors. They make everything on the spot, even the dumplings. You can't go wrong with this place. Oh and also try the mochi dessert, it's unlike the mochi in the US. This one is significantly bigger with a fantastic twist awaiting for you once you bite into it. You can't go wrong at this place. Enjoy! read more
9 years ago
We were looking for Chinese food in Spain. The food was subpar and the dining room is crowded. The service was whatever. We got a lot of things and it was just really weird especially coming from California where Chinese food is plenty and dim sum is amazing. If you're in Spain on vacation looking for some tasty eats, I suggest you go to a different Spanish place than this mosquito place. It's nice and trendy but not that tasty. They speak English though. read more
9 years ago
7 years ago
I've been craving Asian good BADLY towards the end of our two week trip so the BF and I started looking for Asian places to eat. He found this place and suggested we try it. Honestly, I'm from Southern California so we have some good Chinese food there and nothing from this place was recognizable to what I'm used to back home. We ordered Shumai, pork ribs, Szechuan beef, crispy duck, fried beef dumpling, cha siu Bao and the steam buns. The only thing that was slightly decent was the crispy duck with the steam buns. Everything else had a very weird seasoning/after taste and it was very salty. Shumai was fishy. If they didn't have sriracha sauce, I don't think I could have kept eating the food. PLEASE do yourself a favor and DO NOT ORDER the Szechuan beef. I don't know what that was but that thing was naaaaaaasty. Everything else was mediocre at best. 3 star for cheap prices, food came out fast and it being decent. Hopefully the other food taste better but the things we ordered was just whatever. read more
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Very solid Asian tapas place. All of the dumplings are amazing and the duck #2 is a must order. Classics such as edamame as well. The pork belly was very good but quite rich, a bit too much so for 2 peoples to split. The bang bang chicken sounded weird as it was cold, but glad we ordered it because it was only of my favorites. There was a 30 minute wait when we got there but it turned out to move very quickly and ended up being more like 10 minutes. Cool assortment of Catalan craft beers, my favorite was the Sitges wheat. read more
13 years ago
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Carrer dels Carders, 46
08003 Barcelona
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Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera-Born
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