Best tapas in Barcelona. The only mistake we made was not ordering more food. A problem easily solved. Very crowded so show up early. Worth the wait. read more

Love this tapa restaurant! Best sangrias - so fruity! Best tapas ever. I especially loved the zucchini flowers, paella's, shrimp, fried smelt, Catalan tomato bread, et all read more

Great service & overall decor/ambiance of this tapas restaurant. Walked by and decided to give it a try. Wanted to sit at the bar to watch them prepare the dishes in front of the glass cabinets of all fresh ingredients however was filled up. Overall good quality food , nice presentation & reasonable price! read more

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Great place. Love the ambiance of it being outside. Service was quick and the food was great. I only rated it a 4 because I didn't get a chance to try more food as we had eaten somewhere else and came here for dessert. Flan de Coco- Amazing ! Great flavor, sweetness and overall soft and delicious. Croquettes were also tasty, moist and good size, Cappuccino was great..flavorful.. read more

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The loca recommends us to the place. It is amazing tapa place with nice kick of sangria. The seafood is fresh and sampler gives varieties of tapa. After meal check your google map and head south as there are many tourist attractions. read more

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Very popular place Food was excellent Service a bit rushed but friendly Really good selection of tapas read more

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For those first timers to Barcelona, just note that people usually eat dinner tapas pretty late -- 9pm is probably pretty standard for tapas. We rolled in around 8:30pm which had an hour-ish wait. If you want to avoid rush hour, grab an early dinner and you probably won't wait at all. Started off with: Sangria -- strong and delicious. Get some pitchers if you're with a group :) In Order of Greatness: * "Cabreaos style" Eggs - thin fried potatoes, with sauce, and some sunny eggs that they cut up for you before serving (favorite of the night) * Warm "escalivada" with Goat Cheese - my personal favorite, as goat cheese is my thing. * Foie Gras with Beef Tenderloin * Mini Burger - Okay, this burger is literally 1 bite (maybe two if you sparingly take small bites), but it's very good and it's a mix of beef and pork. The pork gives it a fattier, juicier effect that we all enjoy. * Razor clams - GREAT, although I heard their sister restaurant (Cervecería Catalana) had better * Patatas Bravas - saucy, native to Spain potatoes, how can you hate?! * Grilled Squid * Fried Camembert Cheese w/ Raspberry Preserve -- the waiter recommended this, but it was just aight. * Asparagus & Mushroom mix * Spanish Omelette * Fried Anchovies - IMO skip this Dessert We had flan, creme brulee, and a lemon cake. Details get fuzzy here, but skip the lemon cake. *Ask for the Tapas Del Dia Menu* *Go to Cervecería Catalana if you're into seafood* read more

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The food was good. Not remarkable, but good enough. My low rating is because our server asked us for a tip at the end of our meal. We were patient diners, as it was very busy. So with that, we were not expecting attentive service and we did not get attentive service. So to be outright asked for a tip when paying was incredibly upsetting to me; because by her asking, it was clear that she was trying to leverage the fact that we are American. Its not even built into their system given the fact that she had to type in the over charge into the credit machine to process. Barcelona was the last stop on our honeymoon and this was our first meal while here. Left a super sour taste in my mouth. My husband doesn't like public confrontation, so I went along with it, but I think everyone should know that if you're a tourist dining at Ciutat, you're a target. There are plenty of other great and honest places to eat. I DO NOT recommend this establishment. read more

Food quality was bad. It seems like they use old oil. They forgot to bring our order after ages brought it and it was raw although we told we want it well done. They don't listen to you. read more

Ciutat Comtal - Tapas Bars Near Me - Barcelona, B

We were on a 17 day vacation To London Barcelona and France. Barcelona was the most mellow of the three cities I had some amazing restaurants. This restaurant was amazing. We sat at the counter and ordered several tops and I don't like spicy food but they had a variety for all five of us. Each item was tasty and was served in a timely manner and the prices were extremely low compared to prices in the USA for similar quality. I would strongly recommend this restaurant if you find yourself in Barcelona read more

Amazing tapas in Barcelona- have gone on my last 2 visits to Barcelona and it was wonderful both times!

Had a wonderful dinner last night. Sauteed Mushrooms & asparagus, shrimp with garlic, green olives, cuttlefish (two orders!), chorizo, Iberian ham, and full pitcher of Sangria. We did have to wait 75 minutes, but it was Saturday night, and it was WELL worth the wait. read more

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Tapas were so so. It's popular because it's located close to La Rambla but the food and very slow service were lousy. Stay away from this place if are visiting from USA. There are other places are much better, for example, Cerveseria Catalana and it's not too far from this place. read more

What a great tapas experience! My friend recommended this place while I was visiting Barcelona and it was great! Lovely decor. We got jamon, wine, razor clams, honey cod, foie gais and beef, anchovie sub. Yum! read more

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The sauces were beyond amazing. I absolutely loved the asparagus and mushrooms, "bravos" potatoes, and squid. The ambiance gave a cozy, neoclassical vibe. read more

The best tapas experience of my life! This place was highly recommended by my sister when she came last year. It was our first dinner in Spain and after being underwhelmed in Paris and Italy Ciutat Comtal came to the rescue! Here's a list of what we got: - Croqueta Pollo - Huevos Cabreaos (highly recommend) - Gamas Al Ajillo (highly recommend) - Plato Pan Tomate - Sepionas Plancha - Solomillo Tern (beef steak, highly recommend) - Calamarcitos - Navajas (razor clams, highly recommend) - roscon de la casa ( home made cake, highly recommend) Our whole meal including drinks came out to only 60 euros! Wahoo! read more

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Unbelievable. So freaking good. There was a little bit of a wait to get in but totally worth it. The shoestring potatoes with special sauce and a fried egg was AMAZING. The jamon was the best we've had while in Barcelona. The ice cream sandwich dessert was delicious. The red sangria was wonderful. And it was fairly priced. Ooo and the 4 cheese montidato was delicious! read more

Nice place, great food and welcoming service! Definitely recommend, although i must say its not the top tier places. Had the mini burger which was average, razor clams wasn't as fresh (maybe i had higher expectation from the earlier review), it definitely wasnt bad. :) read more

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Super great, foodies don't miss this restaurant in Barcelona!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bread pudding is not too sweat just the right flavors, tapas assortment is a nice choice to try different Tapas, and won't make mistakes read more

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This restaurant has the same owner as Vinitus, La Flautas and one of other several tapas stores. The food is pretty much similar as the other restaurants. However, because this one restaurant is exceptionally busy they can get outright rude. The hostess was exceptionally rude. This is one of their few restaurants were there is a bit of a wait. The outdoor area is nice but according to other yelpers you get better service at the bar. The hostess told us to just wait a few minutes here because the tables are almost ready. She kept asking us to change locations and not wait inside the tent. Then after 15 minutes she said to go wait outside the tent until the tables are ready, out in the rain. They have a very flippant attitude because they are exceptionally busy. I don't think it's worth it and to be honest I enjoyed the food in La flautas and Vinitus more. The food felt a bit more stale here. But the hostess here was exceptionally rude! read more

A bit over rated.. the food is average, comparing that you are surrounded with great tapas places all around.. and it is always super busy, at all times.. However the location is perfect and I kinda love the chaotic atmosphere read more

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My boyfriend had recommended this tapas place and I was super excited to check it out! Laverne N. and I arrived pretty late, but the place was still bustling with people. To start off, we ordered a bottle of the Enata Cab. For food, we ordered the patatas bravas, grilled cuttlefish, bacon/cheese and spanish omelette flautas, creme catalana, and the almond cake. The cuttlefish dish was delicious and the texture of it was chewy, but not overly so. The patatas bravas were good, not mind-blowingly so, but definitely had to try out this staple. The flautas would definitely be a good breakfast meal on the go. The bacon/cheese flauta was a little salty, but still very flavorful. The desserts were just a-okay. I think I would pass on the desserts. Overall, for our first tapas visit I would say this place is definitely a place you should visit when you are in Barcelona. read more

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This place was great. We tried a variety of items, ALL were delicious! The staff was friendly, efficient and had great suggestions. So far, the best tapas we have had in Barcelona. read more

Food is good, not excellent. Waitstaff are efficient, but unwelcoming. Atmosphere is noisy and rushed, tables squeezed in for maximum revenue and not so much for comfort. read more

Really good and very busy tapas bar, there was a wait when we came around close to 7:30pm. If there is room in the bar you should get it, you can see the different taps they have and point. However, we couldn't do it since there was five of us. When we finally were seated it was so busy so it took awhile for the waiter to come by. We ordered a variety of tapas from an english menu, but they didn't have all the tapas that was available by the bar. So if you saw something you liked at the bar let the waiter know and he'll get the tapas for you. We ordered the sangria but wow it was really strong it tasted as if it was just wine, we ended up mixing peach juice. I'm not sure if it was because they were busy and the guy mixing it forgot to put the other ingredients or that's how they have it. All the tapas we ordered were really good but the dessert oh wow save some room for dessert. I couldn't give it five stars because I just thought it was unfair that you couldn't get the same tapas that were offered at the bar, I ordered items not on the menu but had to explain to the waiter what I saw when were waiting for the table and from what we saw table next to us. They had a spanish menu so the items listed were different, we found out when we saw they ordered this shrimp dish and they were going to point out what it was in our english menu but it wasn't listed... If the bar area changes daily maybe they can print out daily tapas specials, plus even though it was busy the waier should check up on the table. read more

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The food was amazing!! But the wait was 10-20 minutes longer than they told us (total of 45-50 min wait). Despite the long wait time, the only reason this place deserves more than 1 star is because of their phenomenal food. Otherwise, the service was amazingly horrible. I was stunned when we checked the receipt. We had to ask the waiter 3 times to change our bill because we were overcharged for food we did not order. The first "draft" of our bill was €130 and after the changed it came out to €108 I'd recommend to sit at the bar, if you really want to try the food. The bad service trumped the amazing food for me and we left upset. Our server kept telling us that he charged the next table's orders on our bill which was surprising only because within less than a minute he'd come back with the reduced bill. (If it took longer or a manager approached us I'd feel more like this was a coincidence, but it wasn't like that.) read more

Ciutat Comtal - 2nd and 3rd bill after overcharging. SMH The first one was almost €130 - Tapas Bars Near Me - Barcelona, B

We went here two days ago and hoping that the tapas and basically the experience will be be good based on Yelp ratings they got. First off, the server forgot or lost the order we gave him after 8 minutes of waiting. The food was served not "piping hot" as would you expect and the mussels in marguerita sauce was less expected. Not recommendable read more

Another tapa restaurant in Barcelona. Tbh after going to a few of them in the city, you start to notice that they all have the same items. Some of the items did disappoint us because we thought it'll be bigger or it wasn't what we were expecting. We ordered the salad thinking it'll be an actual regular salad. We ordered the burger and it was bite sized. The razor clams were delicious tho and the croquette was good as expected. Everything else was just ok. I definitely enjoyed the other tapa restaurants we've been to over this one. And other restaurants would have the same croquette and razor clam. Maybe we didn't order the right items here but nothing really wowed us. read more

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Tdlr: great service, solid food. No food amazed us and even the fried and grilled foods were cold. Solid four stars. Service is great and check was slow. Tapas were good and a solid four stars. English and Spanish are spoken and there were quite a few English speaking customers. My friend and I came around 10 on a Saturday of last week. We were told we would wait about 35 minutes but were seated within 25. My friend and I tried the Surtido de Tapas (~17 £), fried calamari, grilled cuttlefish, steak and foie gras skewer, codfish with honey, and sangria. Surtido de Tapas: lightly fried peppers, shrimp, croquettes, breaded and fried anchovies, and clams. My friend liked the anchovies after the first few but I wasn't a huge fan. Everything else was nice. I always like croquette and those didn't disappoint. It was nice to try the other things but I wasn't amazed. It was all cold too (even the dishes I'll mention later), maybe it would've been better if it hadn't been. Fried calamari and grilled cuttle fish weren't out of our world. Only I had the steak and foie gras and I'd recommend it if you like foie gras. We both really liked the codfish with honey. I don't remember being amazed by the sangria but still drinking it all. They made sure to change our plates between each new dish which was nice so there wasn't a mess of the wrong flavors. read more

Ciutat Comtal - Surtido de Tapas. ~17£. Decent but all cold. - Tapas Bars Near Me - Barcelona, B

I had just finished visiting La Sagrada Familia and was on my way to see another of Gaudi's works. But I was getting hungry and this place was along the route so I chose this place. It had good ratings and I was curious to try out what authentic Spanish tapas were like. I liked the clams, the octopus was ok and the squid was better. The tinto de verano was a delicious option to sangria which they only served by half a liter. The idea of drinking half a liter of sangria during lunchtime seemed a little too much for me. The roscon borrachin (a bready cake with whisky and burnt sugar accompanied by Catalan cream on the side) was ok; it was a new dessert that piqued my interest. The staff was friendly and courteous. All-in-all, I'd recommend the place. read more

This tapas style restaurant is in the heart of a very lively and lovely part of Barcelona. The best seating is in the bar area, against the windows, where you can watch the beautiful people of Spain meander about. The restrooms are downstairs, and they will meet your U.S. standards. The menu features every day tapas, in addition to a long list of the days featured tapas. We had the fish special with roasted potatoes and fried asparagus, mussels, garlic shrimp and lobster rice (very similar to a paella). I highly recommend them all, especially the garlic shrimp. Order a house sangria, and you will leave your heart in Barcelona! read more

The location is ideal for tourists. It does get fairly busy, my fiancée and I arrive at 730 and got seated around 830. Our server was friendly and very helpful so that was great. The sangria is refreshing however there is nothing special to it, we paid about 17 euros for a liter. We ordered a few tapas to try bc all the reviews seemed to point out that the tapas were definitely worth it. *patatas bravas aren't worth it, very mediocre compared to others we have tried and under cooked) *Spanish omelette was decent (soft cooked but some of the potatoes were undercooked) *calamari... mediocre * chicken with cured ham (one piece) is definitely worth a try * the pulpo is by far the best thing to try in this establishment. *cortado...delicious. read more

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When in Barcelona, you have to have at least one meal of tapas. During my last trip to Barcelona, I dined at Cervecería Catalana and therefore this time I wanted to try some place different. Ciudad Condal was the other place I had bookmarked. [Cabreaos] - This is a staple tapas item that's basically shoestring fries with a sauce and sunny side egg that you mix together before eating. Delicious! A must when having tapas in Barcelona. 5 stars. [Navajas a la Plancha] - Razor clams!!! You'll find this listed on the Tapas of the Day menu. If you like seafood, another must when having tapas in Barcelona. The first time I had razor clams was my last trip to Barcelona and I haven't seen it in the states so this was something I definitely had to order. I was a bit disappointed that they didn't clean it well enough since I did get a bit of sand and/or gritty shell pieces. 4 stars. [Chicken w/Grilled Ham Croquetes] - Sold by the piece. Nice and crunchy on the outside with a warm filling of mashed potatoes, chicken and ham. Yum!!! 5 stars. [Grilled Mushrooms] - Very flavorful and cooked well. 5 stars. [Iberian Ham Plate] - You can't visit Spain without having cured deli meat. Pairs well with cheese. 5 stars. [Manchego Cheese Plate] - Manchego is a Spanish cheese and complements the Iberian Ham quite nicely. 5 stars. [Beef Tenderloin Montaditos] - Sold by the each, this is made up of a shishito pepper and a 2-3 bite tenderloin on top a piece of crusty bread. The beef was a bit tough and at €4.35, too pricey. 2 stars. I'm glad I got to try a different tapas place this time around but if I were to return again, Cervecería Catalana is where I'll be heading for tapas. read more

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Great location. Servers very nice. Very cute and comfortable inside. Good place to eat and drink. Very relaxing atmosphere

Amazing. Terrific service, food, and atmosphere. One of the best meals I could imagine having in Barcelona. Very busy, so be flexible and sit at the bar if that's what opens up first. Our bartender/tapas ambassador was fantastic: friendly and kind, patient and attentive even while crazy busy, and great with advice. We had a bottle of rosé and the following tapas: tortilla, salmon on toast, seafood cocktail salad, croissant with iberico ham and cheese (amazing), awesome croquetas, and the iberico ham sampler plate. Each was fantastic, the iberico sampler plate was the show stopper: it was phenomenal and beautifully plated, too (it actually looked like one of the stunning stained glass windows at the Sagrada Familia if you can believe it). Here's the grand finale: our wonderful waiter gave us his personal recommendation for the best dessert. We weren't actually hungry for dessert but wanted to see what was offered. We took his advice and got the roscon de la casa. Wow! It was like creme brûlée in cake form and we were blown away. Amazing. Actually, we are going back just for the cake later tonight. read more

Ciutat Comtal - This iberico plate looks like the beautiful windows at the Sagrada Familia, a true work of art. - Tapas Bars Near Me - Barcelona, B

Mainly hype. This restaurant was decent and it's a revolving door. Go elsewhere. My crew of 5 came for dinner for our first meal in BCN on a Thursday at 7 PM. Very packed and we waited almost an hour. Food: B Only two dishes stood out - Foie gras with beef tenderloin and prawn skewers. -Fries with jamon and fried egg (4,10 €) - PASS, didn't do anything for me. Itty bitty sticks of potatoes with not much going on. -Razor clams - tasty, not crazy over it -Prawn skewers (4,35 €) - Large prawns and seasoned nicely -Fried calamari and anchovies - Your basic calamari dish -Potatos bravas (4,50 €) - Had a crap ton of mayo. PASS -Foie gras & beef tenderloin (5,95 €) - I love the richness of foie gras but the rest of my group would do without. Service: C -Our waiter had an arrogant attitude and was nonchalant when taking our order. The whole process was rushed and not warm as if you were in the USA at your DMV. They did get a waitress who spoke decent English. But their recommendations on better dishes sucked. This was my least favorite meal in Barcelona. The food was good/decent but nothing really jumped at me. They also didn't have the lobster dish, which was what we really wanted. Due to the long wait and sad service, I would not recommend. read more

It was by far the best tapas we went to in Barcelona. Each tapa came out like a dim sum dish. Except it was different and better. Even though we had similar dishes at two other restaurants, this one was much better. The first one we went to served Basque tapas and the second served Catalan. I don't know the difference but this Catalan tapas restaurant was much better. Instead of looking at the menu, we looked around and pointed to what others are eating. Make sure to order the ham sandwich. Wow! That was amazing. The razor clams were very fresh. It's a big restaurant with outside seating and we were lucky enough to be seated right away at around 12:15pm. Once we finished around 1:45pm, there was a long line. The service is amazing! If you have a chance, go to this restaurant. You won't regret it. For Thinsulin fans, there's enough green light options. read more

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The food was very solid. We came at 6pm and there was ample seating. The waiters spoke english. The jamon was delicious. It was great with the pan and tomatoes. The razor clams were also great, the shrimp was delicious, there was a special potato and mushroom tower thingie that was unique and very good, the mushrooms were cooked perfectly. We got two sandwich/montadito thingies but we had a different idea of what it was supposed to look like when it got here. The jamon with mozerella croissant sandwich was good but you can make it at home. The beef montadito was also good but lacked salt. The fries with egg and cheese was really cool and good! Highly recommend, they mix it in front of you, it's fun to watch! Price was kind of expensive imo, came up to 80€ with one liter of sangria. read more

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Food and service were great! It is a very busy restaurant, best time to get in so you can be seated right away is before 7 pm otherwise you are going to have a long wait weather you want to eat outside or inside. Our server made great recommendations and was very courteous and pleasant! read more

3.5 stars I didn't have high hopes when I walked into Ciudad Condal. The food and wine here were excellent, but the service and atmosphere left much to be desired. It was a massive restaurant with an impersonal, corporate feel, a bit like a Spanish Chili's. Fortunately, they did deliver where it counted, with food quality. They offered the regular menu in English, but the daily menu was only in Catalan, The waitress, who spoke English fluently, at first refused to translate any of the daily menu, saying simply that, "It's all seafood." Great, I love seafood, and therefore would love to know the specific items on that list of fresh seafood dishes. When I asked her multiple times to tell us what was on the list of specials, she sped through it so fast that we could barely follow what she was saying. We stopped her a few times as she was translating to tell her we wanted specific items she was describing, but she had a lot of our order wrong and seemed really annoyed with us. However, all the items we had were delicious, even if they weren't all things we ordered. We tried the fried sardines, garlic shrimp, steak sandwich, stuffed peppers, calamari, and more. The flan and coconut version of flan were both wonderful as well. I'm not sure if I'd go out of my way to go to Ciudad Condal again, but it's worth a stop if you're in the area. It gets ridiculously crowded, so I would recommend going on off-peak hours. read more