Enjoyed a great single, serving size, dish of seafood, paella, and olive medley and the delicious…read morered sangria. A lively restaurant with plenty of outside seating as well as an inside area, with several eateries around in the neighborhood.

Raise your hand if you made paella before?? Ok, I see a number of you…read more. Raise your hand if you made your paella in a paella pan made in Spain? Ok, fewer hands but I see you.. Now raise your hand if you made your paella with real saffron (from Iran or India)?? Ok, even fewer hands. Finally, raise your hand if you visited Spain and skipped having paella?? Gasp!! What the?? I know, that would be unthinkable, unconscionable, unacceptable, un-American (huh??), un, un, you get it.. That almost happened as I'm trying to eat less rice because it's not really a healthy carb and frankly, I've been spoon fed rice since I was in the nest, given it intravenously, served it in my dreams. Do I really need to have one more spoonful or rice?? Yes, of course, so we gave Arrosseria Las Arenas (paella house) a shot as it was just a 40 meter walk from the hotel. (Wow, that was a long wind up for the review part..) We opted for the traditional paella and had some fried squid bites with sour cream dip. The fried fish was really good as we ate it all. The seafood paella tasted fine but it only had like 7 pieces of seafood and a ton of rice (which is what I was trying to avoid)..and it was a bit salty.. This is really a 2.5 star review because although we were the only diners, dining inside the restaurant (it was hot outside), we felt ignored throughout the entire meal. In fact, a server on his day off or a friend of the servers came in and they all chatted for at least 30 minutes. And the visitor had a non-stop annoying hack and it didn't sound good and it spoilt (sounds of phlegm) my appetite. TMI but I wanted you to get a taste of what I had experienced.. But other than that, this could have easily been a 4 star review..

We were looking for a place to get paella and figured a place with "paella" in it's name must have…read moregood paella and it did. My wife & I split a pitcher of sangria and the BLACK SQUID INK PAELLA also known as PAELLA NEGRA DE MARISCO which we loved. We were able to split an order although most paella places want to sell it per person. The service was slow to start (we sat outside) but was fine once we ordered. We will likely come back this week to try another of their many selections.

It was good but nothing amazing. Having spent a lot of time in Barcelona I have pretty high…read morestandards for my Paella we had a few different ones here and all of them were good but none of them were overly impressive. I will say that service was great and friendly and ambiance was great - we loved watching them make the Paella! Overall I would come back and try some other paella's but don't know that I would make this my first choice for Paella in Barcelona.

Overall the experience was good. Servers were friendly and the food was not pricey…read more My friend and I ordered quite a lot of food and we took our time to finish them. We didn't get the pressure that we had to empty the table. I guess it's Europe after all.

We arrived super late for lunch and they made an exception to keep the kitchen open for our little…read moregroup. The meal was fantastic starting with one of my favorites, pan con tomate that we make ourselves. Toasted bread, fresh tomatoes and garlic, olive oil and salt. Fun and delicious. We all had a warned goat cheese salad with seeds and nuts with a balsamic reduction- excellent. Then I had grilled bonito tuna over vegetables that was delicious and perfectly cooked. The manager was very friendly and offered all of us a free chupito at the end. Recommend!

I really hate this phrase on Yelp. But I "really wish I could give this place 6 stars". Now that we…read moregot that out of the way. But after a 3 city trip to Europe, this is the frontrunner for my favorite meal. Was it the food? Was it the company? Was it the service? Was it the interaction with the owners? The answer to all of those is... YES! If you want a true neighborhood spot in Barcelona with delicious food, look no further. I will say the English translation would be tough. Not as tough with me since my wife speaks Spanish. Their tomato bread was the best I had. Their razor scallops were top notch. But the octopus and sardines were the show stealers for this meal. If you are in Barcelona and don't mind fighting the language barrier, come here hands down.

If you want a very authentic Spanish Catalan experience - definitely try Bar Ramón. Be mindful…read morethough that the staff does not speak English so be prepared with Google Translate or some elementary Spanish. We ordered a ton of food for our large group and my favorites were the avocado with prosciutto and dates, the duck, the lamb, and the steak. The white wine was also absolutely amazing as well. It's moderately priced (€€), but you get a ton of food for your money so it is a good value. The restaurant is a bit small so if you have a large group, try to go during a slower time so you can get seated. It's a very local restaurant, so feels very Catalan! Definitely try out Bar Ramon!

This is our first time in Spain and wanted to try Seafood Paella and did not disappoint. The best…read morepaella we ever had. The waiters are all nice and accommodating with tourists, they even have different languages menu. The restaurant looks elegant and high end but price is reasonable. Next time we come back visit Barcelona, we will definitely come and visit this restaurant again.

We went for an early dinner before a flight in the morning. There were so many types of paella…read morethat it felt overwhelming! We got three types of paella and they were all good

Great experience. Fantastic array of dishes with unconventional but tasty flavor pairings (eg raw…read moreprawns and cherries). Friendly and relaxed service, and you can finish the full menu in just over 2 hours so it won't break your back. Wine pairing is great as it's all Spanish/local (including a grape ale I really liked).

The restaurant is pretentious and not worthy of the ratings. It is all show but no food substance…read more Food comes out bland and in mediocre ingredients . For the price of €858 for two persons I feel it is far from what it is worth. The ingredients is mediocre for a two star michelin restaurant. The wine pairing is also consist of wines that I find to be uninspiring . I do not recommend this place unless you want to go home feeling rip off. Michelin rating disappointed us.

I mean, you kind of know what you're getting when you go to a Michelin Star restaurant in Europe:…read moretiny, elaborately crafted dishes, great wine, respectful service. This place was so ridiculously over the top that it was almost like a mockumentary of a fancy dining experience, though. The waiter took my arm to accompany me to my very dramatically lit table like I was his prom date ffs. . They gave me 3 kinds of butter and an hourglass precisely tuned to the amount of time it would take to steam my fish *at the table*. They used tweezers to garnish everything. I couldn't stop giggling to myself about the whole thing, though this was not really the kind of place where giggling is appropriate. They are INCREDIBLY SERIOUS. Ahem. Just made me want to giggle more, though. Overall of course, the food was very "yes chef" good.

Lo que no entiendo es como perdieron una estrella... este restaurante es increíble!!!! Es…read moreexactamente lo que pido cuando voy a un restaurante y darle las 5 estrellas. La experiencia que empieza abajo es una locura buena, después con nada plato que llega la experiencia se hace mejor. Los sabores te explotan el cerebro, el producto es excelente. Platos frescos, llenos de innovación! Cosas tan "sencillas" como el pan con esas 3 mantequillas que son una locura, que no quiere uno llenarse de pan, pero es que no puedes parar de comer... el postre que es un helado en un labial... algo innovador, rico y sencillo pero que te vuela la cabeza. Y ya de los platos ni hablar, traen el mejor producto de cada rincón de españa para transformarlo en un viaje gastronómico que te lo van explicando a medida que te lo van sirviendo. Y ya cuando pruebas cada bocado es un placer que es cuando aprecias y das gracias a la vida por poder estar ahi en ese momento, gozando de esa experiencia! El servicio es superior, el restaurante es espectacular, los cubiertos, cada vajilla que llegaba era mas linda que la pasada. Una experiencia que hay que vivir así sea 1 vez en la vida! Volvería? Claro que si! No veo la hora de volver a barcelona para poder volver a angle! EXCELENTE!!!!!!!

SUCH a great find!!! We were struggling with where to eat, and our trusty Rick Steves guide book…read morerecommended this place so we decided to give it a go and I'm SO glad we did. Definitely our best meal in Barcelona by far! We decided to get a pitcher of sangria and share some tapas and everything was amazing. The sangria was nothing like we've had in the states, it was light and fizzy and tasted phenomenal. We got five tapas to share and that was enough for a full dinner. We also hadn't eaten much throughout the day so we were pretty hungry. We shared the pan con tomate, cheese plate, bravas (fried potatoes with delicious sauce on top, calamari/squid and cod fritters. Everything tasted better than we expected! We wanted more of everything it was that good. The price was only 26 euro for all five tapas and the sangria which also was not a bad price. The servers were so nice and fluent in many different languages to serve all the guests. We would definitely recommend checking this place out if you're looking for food in the Gothic Quarter!

Solid 3 stars....maybe 3.5…read more It was part of a tapas tour I took my first day in Barcelona. We were there early and had the whole place to ourselves. Service was pleasant, and so is the atmosphere. None of us raved about the tapas, but we did enjoy them. If you happen upon Xaloc, I think you'll like it.