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    El Manaba

    4.4 (7 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Laura D.

    This place was really packed on a Sunday. Seemed like a delicious place to eat and prices looked ok. I went with my family, and they did not have any vegetarian or vegan dishes to accommodate me, since I'm vegan. My family wanted to order the V ceviche they only offer on Sundays. Yesterday when we went was a Sunday, and they happened to not have it. They ended up ordering the fried fish with rice and avocados with a side of patacones. My mom SPECIFICALLY asked the server if the dish comes with avocados. He said yes. The picture also shows the plate as it should come. The plate came, no avocado. My mom asked the server and the server said he would ask the chef what happened. He came back and supposedly the dish does not come with avocados. My mom said she even asked him? He said he was incorrect, however, my mom said that that's not right if the picture shows it, so she asked for the manager. The MANAGER had to come out and told us to our face that the pictures "unfortunately" do not represent how the food actually comes ??? what????? She said she wants her avocado just like it comes I. The picture because what is the big deal?? She even asked the server. Side note, the picture also doesn't indicate it came with patacones, that's WHY my mom ordered a side of them. But on the dish replaced that for the avocados, so my mom had double patacones for no reason. Once the manager left, the server came by and my mom asked for lemons, because the dish lacked flavor. He was clearly overwhelmed with the amount of customers in the restaurant because she had to ask 3 more times. We really waited over 10 minutes to get a lemon wedge and once the avocado came my mom ate it and we stood up to pay. The bill? 20€. Wow. Unbelievable for this service. Would not recommend.

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    La Brasería - Vegetables

    La Brasería

    2.7(7 reviews)
    2.0 kmParc i Llacuna del Poblenou

    The restaurant is tucked away inside the El Nacional food court. Lighting and tables are pleasant…read more They appear to still have COVID era plastic dividers between booths and a few other areas of the restaurant. Our party was promptly seated and orders taken shortly after menus were delivered. We ordered a few items and found the sides to be amazing here. Huevos de Primera Puesta con Patatas Fritas y Chorizo de buey - This app was off the chains and is a joygasm for the taste buds. It had a fried egg perfectly cooked where the yolk was still runny and had ox chorizo over some perfectly fried potato wedges. Wedges were soft pillowy potato with light crispy exteriors. Season and oils they used made this dish taste amazing. If I were to order anything, it would be this. Pan de Doble con Fermentacion con Aceite, sal y hierbas - One of the better variants of bread and tomato I've experienced in Barcelona. The bread was still a bit crusty but softer on the interior. Tomato that was spread onto it was well seasoned with salt and oil on what is likely sourdough. Solid and well composed side. Salad/Vegetables - Execution on cooked vegetables in the small skillet went well with steak and helped add flavor to the meat. Whole Ribeye Veal Steak - This is a minimum 30-day aged steak. It is a 1kg minimum order, so enough for a small group of 3-4 to share or one hungry individual. For a braseria that's supposed to deal in steaks, this was a disappointment and disservice to the animal itself. The steak appeared to be properly cooked medium rare, but was completely full of gristle and even had a quite a bit of silver skin still attached making the steak very tough to consume/chew. Exterior fat had heated so heavily and quick that it was just way too hard to even bite into. It felt like it was broiled incorrectly and none of the fat was rendered properly. Most items here were good, one great, but all else was mediocre to just okay. Steak was unfortunately not worth the order. Service was just okay. Not super friendly, nor rude in any way. Servers was just, kind of there, but not wholly attentive. All in all, this establishment is at best a 2 out of 5.

    I've seen this place have bad reviews on Yelp and Google, but I was already at El Nacional and…read moretheir menu looked the most interesting out of all the restaurants in the building, and it's a cute place to have lunch. The people that are giving the place low ratings are perhaps expecting too much from service... honey, we are in Barcelona. Maybe they ordered the wrong things.... but we didn't! We tried the Acorn-fed Duck margret with confit potato, and Andalusian-style fresh squid with citric mayonnaise. I don't know what to expect, but this is one of the best duck dishes I've ever had. Cooked to perfection. Look at the size... you'd never get that in the States for that price & quality. As for the squid, I wasn't expecting it to be fried, but it's the best calamari I ever had. They just do it different in Spain! Oh how I miss it. When I return, I will definitely come back for the duck. Yum!

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