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    Babula

    4.5 (34 reviews)
    PriceyCocktail Bars, Tapas Bars
    Open 12:00 pm - 3:00 am (Next day)

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    Tuna tar tar with bone marrow.
    Theresa H.

    Food was outstanding!!! Service was excellent and very helpful with navigating the menu gave great suggestions. Great decor and a fab bar. Drinks were delicious.

    Steak Tataki With Foie Gras (5 stars)
    Phi N.

    Stopped here the first night we arrived and it set our food expectations extraordinarily high. The food here was so good and so much better than anywhere else we ate at during the trip. 5 stars Picanha carpaccio Steak tataki with foie gras (special) False beef tenderloin wellington 4 stars Oysters Shirmp chips Chinese donut Scallops Grilled octopus Tuna Tataki With Foie Gras 3 stars Salmon spheres Foie gras eel Tuna cubes Egg dessert Catalana brulee

    I asked for a fresh and spicy drink and he made this with cucumber, pineapple and jalapeno ( not on the menu)
    Preny H.

    One of the best bars I've ever been to in my entire life! The bartender--or should I say the mixologist--really knew his craft. He genuinely enjoyed making different drinks for us, and we enjoyed every single one! The food was lick-the-plate good, and the service was amazing. If I ever go back to Barcelona, this will be the first place I visit!

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    Anjolika B.

    Service was very attentive and the ambiance is beautiful. One of the best ceviche I've ever had. The scallops were amazing as well. Everything was delicious and I'll definitely return the next time I visit Barcelona!

    Octopus
    Sarah S.

    Beautiful restaurant near Casa Batlló. We stumbled upon this looking for a restaurant before an event and were able to walk in though reservations are encouraged. All of the staff were warm and helpful. Noise level was low & ambience was perfect. All of the dishes we ordered were delicious & this was our favorite meal in Barcelona. Gluten free friendly as well!

    Bar view
    Alyssa M.

    This place is a gem! We got here and went straight to the bar and had exceptional service all night long. We had several drinks here and each one was amazing! I had the porn star, aviation and espresso martini and my husband had the Paloma, Dr. pepper and the old but new. These drinks are carefully crafted to perfection and put together by talented bartenders. The staff was so friendly and the ambiance is stunning in this place! I'd definitely check it out!

    Tuna tartare
    Jessica L.

    LOVED this place! I can't believe it was so great. We got off the plane, checked into our hotel and were hungry. I just wanted something relatively close to our hotel since I was tired and hungry. A quick yelp search led me to Babula - yes, there's only 3 reviews, but yelp isn't really great for Europe. But it was open and a lot of places were not open on a Monday. We walked in and were told that we could sit at the bar since we didn't have a reservation. The bar was dimly lit and I wish there was more light around the area, but it was still cool. We also got to watch them make a bunch of pretty cool drinks so it was entertaining. Food was excellent - probably my favorite restaurant in Barcelona. The staff were all super kind and warm, and they were english friendly (we do speak some Spanish). We left pretty full and happy!

    Shrimp
    David V.

    Excellent tapas. Actually Russian owned. All were very good but the foie put it over the top.

    White chocolate with mango center egg.
    Stephanie R.

    Amazing service and amazing food! Cozy boutique vibes and really nice decor. All around great experience! We went there twice on vacation!

    Beef tataki with foie gras. Amazing.
    Andrew S.

    We found Babula on a YouTube search before leaving California. This authentic tapas restaurant is named the endearing name of the owner's grandmother. The tapas and cocktails are so great and the staff are friendly. We loved this cozy spot.

    Paula T.

    The most beautiful tapas ever! Very grateful to have found this small gem of a restaurant. Loved the vibe!

    No Hay Mañana
    Leslie R.

    This is a gem and must visit in Barcelona. The food is amazing (very creative and tasty) and drinks are even better. Service is above and beyond. We went twice and would have gone back even more if our stay was longer. Definitely order whatever the servers/bartenders recommend. We were also given complimentary truffle nachos with our drinks and a lemon digestif. The Korean-style taco is especially delicious. We sls tried the passion fruit mousse dessert and it was fabulous. Tip: sit at the bar to witness the amazing talent of the bartenders firsthand. And make a reservation because it gets busy!

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    2 years ago

    Sit at the bar and watch the very skilled bartenders. Tapas were excellent. Good people watching too.

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    2 years ago

    Babula has amazing food, amazing service, and a great vibe. Went twice in 3 days. Highly recommend.

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    2 years ago

    Service was great and the food was delicious. Such great flavors. Complimentary shots after the meal was also a nice bonus

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    The food was great. The waters were funny and nice. The place was cozy and felt good. It is a great restaurant .

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    Shayla made us feel welcome right from the start! Food was good too but we would go back just for Shayla! Such a treasure!

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    Paradiso

    Paradiso

    4.5(212 reviews)
    1.9 kmSant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera-Born
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    Paradiso is one of the Top 50 Bars in the world and rightfully so! From the decor and service, to…read morethe unique cocktail menu, everything about this place was perfect. I came around 5pm on a Saturday, and it only took 20 minutes to get in. The bartenders were super friendly and spoke english which was a bonus. Their menu is constantly changing, so I forget the names of the drinks we ordered, but I also ordered a regular old fashion and they nailed it. I noticed another guest being a little rude to one of the bartenders. She was complaining about her drink so they made a new one, and another one after that. Had it been me, I probably would've gave up and asked them to leave lol, but they did not. Instead the opposite, which is very telling of the type of service you'll receive at this place. Overall this was my favorite cocktail bar in Spain, would I go again? Absolutely!

    More of a novelty stop, this absolutely lovely little space in the old city makes a fine…read moreconversation starter / first stop with your date, or a bit of culinary exploration in liquid form. "How did they make this taste like that?" But for enjoying some twists on craft cocktail making? Not so great. Despite a wall full of both rare and classic bottles, most of what's featured on the menu is...eccentric at best. I had two after discussion with the bartender, and both were okay but not what I would enjoy drinking despite having a very broad palate. Although famously ranked by "50 best", this is a lot different than other cocktail bars on that list (I've visited quite a few of them), including the others in Barcelona. Perhaps having hit the number one spot before, they didn't know where to go from there? Nice staff but also missing was bartender banter (at least in English) I've found at most top bars - the bar experience is heavily about that interaction, especially for the solo customer. A positive - drinks are actually cheaper than fancy hotel bars in this city. What they offer *would* be great as a liquid tasting menu and I would return for that. But for full sized cocktails? Meh. Hence the 3 stars. Save it for a date or a "famous bars" crawl, but not for having delicious drinks that tickle the palate while getting the job done.

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    Paradiso - Paradiso Bar.  The men's room.

    Paradiso Bar. The men's room.

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    Paradiso - There's room for queueing and online check-in for the queue

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    There's room for queueing and online check-in for the queue

    Dr. Stravinsky - Lower bar

    Dr. Stravinsky

    4.4(97 reviews)
    1.6 kmSant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera-Born
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    Really enjoyed this bar and we can see why it's been named in the top 50 bars…read more The bartender was really engaging with the people which we enjoyed. The drinks were 8/10 The ambiance was generic but we had a good time. Definitely recommend trying it.

    Wow did we want to give this place 5 stars…read more The bartenders were great and welcoming and the decor was very cool. It is a pleasant place to be physically. All of the cocktails we tried were excellent (we had two more not featured on photos here). We went Sunday 4/19 around open (5pm ish until 7:30 ish). However, our experience was sort of ruined when a female employee came over and chided my wife and two other American patrons we were talking to for being too loud. They weren't being particularly loud and at this point we were the only four people sitting at the bar itself. She was not a bartender (at that time at least) and she completely ruined our vibe with this complaint. She had been eyeing one of the other American patrons we had been talking to before she came over and confronted my wife after she laughed. The bar tenders didn't seem to be aware this happened and when we were closing out they remarked they didn't think we had been loud and that they like their guests to have fun. This female employee apparently didn't get the memo! We sense that perhaps she just dislikes Americans, which would be rich for working at an establishment like this! She also had no issues when a dog other guests brought in barked loudly multiple times, each time silencing the entire bar because the barks were so booming. The other American couple felt the same way -- the stern talking to just ruined the experience for all four of us. So... great spot but our experience was unnecessarily tarnished by a jerk employee!!!

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    Dr. Stravinsky interior

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    Babula - cocktailbars - Updated May 2026

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