Great little breakfast spot. Stopped for a quick bite on the day we arrived in Barcelona as it was conveniently located around the corner from our hotel. Ordered the eggs Benedict with bacon the blat sandwich and a cappuccino. Service was great and food delivered quickly. Happy we stopped. read more

Federal - Eggs Benedict with bacon and Blat sandwich. - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

Great place! Great food and service! Very modern and food is fresh. Tucked away but still close to the center.

Incredible location, great food. Charming location. Definitely worth an early morning while you stay in the city. A lot of servers and service in Spain can be short and they tend to do the bare minimum but the man who was our server here (in glasses) was kind and brought some very welcomed energy. Go upstairs and catch a view over the plaza. Quiet up there and plenty of room for 4-5 people to sit comfortably. read more

Federal - Breakfast! - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

I love this little spot! Consistently solid food and drink. It's quietly tucked away and has excellent hours.

Tucked away in a back alley off La Rambla this hipster spot has a great funky vibe Very innovative food served both inside and out under umbrellas in the pedestrian area The smoked salmon Benedict was the perfect way to start our last day in Barcelona Don't ask for the Americano coffee without too much water unless you're fluent in Catalan... read more

Really fresh and made to order food! Great secret spot for pre/post cruise brunch! Service was good, food was fresh and the oven eggs were amazing!! Must try! read more

The one and only time we visited Federal, they kept us waiting for our food so long that we actually considered just leaving, as we had an appointment elsewhere.  Just as we were leaving our food came out, so we stayed and ate. While the food wasn't bad, it certainly wasn't worth close to a one-hour wait!  Wait times that long are simply inexcusable, especially since during the time we were there, the restaurant was nearly empty... To add insult to injury, the level of service was definitely sub-par, and our server was actually rude when we asked her about when our food might arrive.  Bottom line: decent food doesn't justify excessive wait times and sub-par service.  There are lots of other places to get breakfast in Barcelona; I recommending skipping this place and finding another venue. read more

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Came here for breakfast before our first full day at Barcelona. Everything was delicious. I ordered the Eggs Benedict with bacon and my wife ordered the chorizo with eggs. Also added a mocha and a croissant. We came here around 9 am but got crowded around 10 am. Service was great and food was presented beautifully read more

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Wonderful, modern cafe and staff with good vibes. Delicious food and mocha lattes - we've returned several times during our visit to Barcelona! read more

Federal - Mocha - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

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great vibes, delicious brunch options, quiet spot but still nice foot traffic. recommend!!

Avocado Toast was amazing! Also got a long black coffee which was very strong. Would def recommend. read more

Federal - Avocado Toast w/ smoked salmon - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

One of our go to options for a weekend brunch. The staff is friendly, the space is dog friendly and their food is really good. Their bacon and egg sandwich is great as is their avocado toast l. Good option to sit outside and have a relaxing meal on the weekend. read more

Excelente burger. Servicio muy "Milenio". No quieren hacer mucho. Café esta standard.

Horrible service, very slow and not friendly staff, not recommended, i waited for 1 hour and no service was given

Items Selected: Americano, Iced Coffee with Sugar and Cream Chocolate Caramel Bar, Apple Streusel Cake, Raspberry Coconut Cake Serrano, Comte and Basil Croissant Warm Ginger-Banana-Hazelnut Bread with Whipped Espresso Butter Located within walking distance of ARTiSA, its address at Passatge de la Pau 11 in Barri Gòtic making the restaurant quite popular with international visitors, it was in continuation of Breakfast that two guests sat down at Federal Café just past 10h00 on Saturday, the menu offering everything from Avocado Toast to Pancakes easily the most "American" found in Barcelona, the fact that Federal Café is part of a chain with locations in several Spanish cities only found out later, but really not surprising. Intended to reminisce of a city in Australia where "there's not much to do but dream, and watch the rain fall on quiet streets and the phonebox," an odd description for the open floor-planned space with modern design and a soundtrack playing Silversun Pickups at a volume that can be heard outside, it was after perusing the Pastry Case that the decision was made to take a seat and although the place fairly busy for the weekend service was mostly efficient, Coffee and Pastries delivered in less than ten minutes with hot items from the kitchen ready in about twenty. Celebrated by fans for the exact reason that diners seeking authenticity may wish to forgo a visit, the menu not remotely 'Spanish,' it was with high hopes of seeing how an Australian 'idea' planted in Europe would execute foods from back home that first bites were taken of the Jammy Coconut Cake that tasted wholly natural and thus mild but elegant while the Apple Strudel unfortunately went a bit too heavy on the buttery Crumbs and thus came across one-dimensional and heavy, though not in a good way like the Chocolate Caramel Bar which was essentially a wedge of soft Toffee topped in a thin layer of Ganache. Breaking up the sweets with one savory, "Neck of the Woods" still playing loudly overhead from beginning to end, it was with a far better base than at ARTiSA that Federal Café built it's Breakfast Sandwich with a thin layer of Serrano, lightly melted Comte and a Basil Leaf, the Croissant maintaining its crunchy exterior atop soft layers while the griddled Banana Bread was moist and delicious with plenty of spice notes and lightly sweetened Espresso Butter. read more

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This was an amazing find in the middle of an unassuming street. Good coffee, GREAT food. The avocado toast was perfectly ripe and just the right amount of crunch. The salmon was perfect while the poached eggs oozed just the way they were supposed to. Truly, if you have a brunch or lunch in Barcelona, make this one of your stops. Price is about average but nothing outrageous. read more

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After a couple days of tapas and gazpacho, we were ready for some cafe food. After a little map confusion, we found this Federal location tucked down a quiet lane. The mellow atmosphere was a nice break from the tourist hubbub and the food was delicious. I ordered the Hippie, a veggie burger. I often avoid these on menus as so many are frozen tasteless things, but this one was delicious--perhaps one of the best I've had out. My husband was delighted by his BLAT sandwich, everything from bread to bacon of excellent quality. We finished by sharing a slice of their orange cake--I can't recommend this enough. Overall, we were both very impressed. We weren't expecting typical cafe food to be one our favorite meals in Barcelona but the simple goodness of the ingredients and flavors might just put it very near the top of our list. read more

Federal - Orange cake and cortado - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

Federal was our first stop in Barcelona and it was soo good! The place is really clean and has great energy. The service was fast and friendly! The food was amazing and also had a lot of vegetarian options so I'm happy we picked this place to eat! Definitely will be coming back! read more

Federal - Omelet, veggie sandwich - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

The food was delicious and light. Staff is very friendly. Overall a really good chill vibe.

Yes! It is that good. The food-excellent: fresh avocados, spinach and mushrooms generously served. The chorizo- not fatty and tasty. Eggs! Our multi-special request order was up in minutes! The service- fantastic: we had one of those pushy "people" trying to get seated ahead of us, despite us having checked in and patiently waiting. A woman brushed past me, attempting to seat herself and her husband easily twice her age, and the waiter graciously pointed out we were waiting. Recognizing we were Americans, the woman argued in Spanish, and the waiter politely apologized, and explained she would simply have to wait. Impeccable class! - the waiter, that is. The best breakfast I've had in months! read more

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This place is amazing. I ordered the oven-baked eggs with bacon and my wife ordered the morning burger. Both were absolutely delicious! Service is great read more

Federal - Oven-baked eggs with bacon. Absolutely delicious! - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

Quality food, ample wine list, and friendly service. Good place to meet with colleagues after work.

I first knew of Federal in Madrid and I'll be honest I consider it the finest all round coffee shop I've ever been to. It's not necessarily the absolute best coffee, or food, or service or vibe, or decor but it is so damned close on all these and more, the package is so perfectly executed that it really takes the all rounder biscuit. So now we're in Barcelona and the recipe is even more finely honed. Service is close to flawless. Everything works. It slightly lacks the more intimate neighbourhood feel of its Madrid sister, just too many tourists, English is the de facto language on my visit, but it manages to pull everything else that's important together. Even the music is interesting. Lovely place. The only thing slightly intimidating is there are just so many beautiful people here. I feel almost out of place :-) Seriously, the only thing to criticise is that the free wifi is very flakey and frustrating. Nevertheless, I may be here for breakfast every morning as it's not enough to knock a star as I could use my phone data! read more

this place is terrible. the service is awful. look at this guy in the picture. first off he was racist. my group were the only people of color in the restaurant and we did NOT get treated with the same service as the other white customers. he was extremely rude, doing things to purposefully make our dining experience worse. he had such a bad attitude and i'll never be coming back here. read more

Federal - this guy is an asshole - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

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I had really looked forward to try Federal's Eggs Florentine, after drooling to all the pictures here on Yelp, so I got extremely disappointed when I found out they didn't have in on the lunch menu. Maybe they only serves it in the weekend, but I was either going to try that or the avocado course, but none of them were available. Even so, there were a lot of good alternatives on the menu, and I went for Reuben, a sandwich with ham, emmentaler, fermented red cabbage, with potato chips on the side. The dish was really good, especially the emmentaler cheese was just perfect. I just wished it was a little more food on the plate, for 9 euros, I think to slices of bread and 4 potato chips is quite little food. For me, Federal would probably be a food place for some breakfast, their breakfast menu looks really good, but for lunch, the portions aren't big enough to cover for their prices, in my opinion. Then again, if the Egg Florentine had been on the menu, maybe my review would be different. read more

Federal - Reuben sandwich - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

Delicious Aussie breakfast in Barcelona. Had the poached eggs and added mush, avo, tomato and bacon. It was a large portion with nice toast . Sunrise juice was good coffee and nice spacious atmosphere. read more

My husband and I frequented this cafe multiple times during our trip this year and last. The open space is airy and pleasant as it's situated in a quiet square just steps from the madness of La Rambla. We've ordered everything from the bourbon milk shake and Bloody Mary to shakshouka, potato chips and avocado toast. Things to know is that in the afternoon around 12 the outdoor seating is in full sun which is fabulous and relaxing. They do switch their menu from eggs-centric brunch cafe to afternoon snacks and hamberguesa in later afternoon until 11pm. Overall this lovely indoor/outdoor cafe is a staple for us. Love it. read more

Federal - Iced coffee comes standard with milk and sugar so if you're vegan or lactose you'll need to ask for a replacement. - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

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Gluten-free heaven!!! I got the chicken and brie sandwich and the gf brownie. The gf bread is yummy, the brownie is moist and cakey...not too dense. The salads were great. Quinoa salad, kale, avocado salad. All yum. read more

Charming cafe located on the cutest little street in Barcelona. My friends and I came here for breakfast on our first day in the city, and ended up coming back two more times. The coffee is some of the best we had the whole trip. I'd recommend getting the croissant with sorrano ham, manchego, and basil. Everyone there was super friendly, too. Definitely worth a visit! read more

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Omg best Brownie I've ever had. Ever. And that Magic Monkey Smoothie!!! Yum! Great atmosphere and super friendly personnel. If I'm ever back in Barcelona I will come back!! I had some special wishes and they were all happily granted. Try the macadamia pesto and the burgers!!! And they have gluten-free brownies and bread read more

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Good quality food such as the eggs, avocados, ham, mushrooms, even the pastries. The music makes this place 10x better. Definitely to my liking and only 1 m minute from my hotel. Thanks for the suggestion, Yelpers! read more

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Rude and mean employee! Ridiculously kicked us out of the cafe right after delivery of food and said only dine-in customers are allowed to be in the cafe. After moving to an outside table, the bold employee came out two more times and kicked us out of the table even after we told him we could reimburse him of any price difference between take-out and dine-in. The bold gentleman has made the point crystal clear that take- out customers aren't welcome in the cafe. read more

We came here for brunch and got the "Breakfast Bacon burger" (after yelp-recomendations) which was great! We will absolutley come back to try more from the menu! read more

Federal - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

Good breakfast and nice coffee, slow service. They have a decent variety of food, and desserts too. We tried a cake with orange flavor that was soooo good! read more

Federal - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

Perfect brunch venue. Young hipster vibe. Delicious eggs. Grab a seat in the sun in the plaza or a dark hole in the back. read more

Federal - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

The most delicious breakfast I've had in a very long time. You must try this place if ur in Barcelona. I had eggs with avocado, caramelize onions and avocado. My husband had scramble eggs and says there the best scrambled eggs his had in is life. The juices are so refreshing and there coffee delicious. read more

Federal - Fried and scramble eggs with American bacon, avocado and caramelized onions. Coffee with milk and strawberry & acai juices. - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

This gem was so good we made back to back visits. The first day I tried the eggs Benedict with an almond coffee latte. Both were excellent. The eggs were perfectly poached and the bacon & muffin were a perfect consistency. Although I wish the latte was served warmer, it didn't take away from the delicious flavor. The second day I had the eggs florentine. I decided to add bacon on top which I didn't regret. Once again delicious. This time I ordered the large almond milk latte. Affordable prices made this an even better experience. Highly recommend it! read more

Federal - Cafeteria Near Me - Barcelona, B

Very good food! Got the scrambled eggs with toast, mushrooms, spinach, and avocado. Plus fresh orange juice which was excellent. I was amazed only one person working the tables outside but she handled it! read more

Sitting here right now. The service is not friendly at all. Hand cut potato chips are a joke. They're so thick and not crispy at all. Waiting for my entree for an hour. Take your business elsewhere. read more

A little Hard to find the place... but after you find it its so worth it!!! Amazing service and great food!!! Thank you!