I have a friend who lived in Barcelona 5 years ago. She forwarded me an equally as old email she had sent to a friend of hers with a list of things in Barcelona with the caveat "I'm not sure if any of this is still applicable, open, or around". Somewhere in the 4 pages was Mamacafé in one line saying it's a nice dinner spot.
One evening after a long day of touring, I came here for dinner with my mother and sister...dinner rush is about at 10 pm, so we came by at 9:30. Happy to discover it was still there and open, we looked at the menu out front wondering if should we eat here or not. A friendly waiter came out and invited us in, so we went in.
I wouldn't say their English was good, but it was better than our Catalan or Spanish for sure and they were super friendly. The skinny here is 15,20 € gets you a dinner of a starter, meal, and dessert or coffee. Scanning the whole menu, I realized this is essentially a "Contemporary Cuisine" place that you could find around the San Francisco Mission. But, unlike SF, there were so many interesting things on the menu: handmade crunchy ravioli with brie, buffalo mozzarella salad, veal burger (really just a burger on a salad with no bun), sea bass seamed in paper with veggies. Between the three of us, we had a fair sampling of it all.
The thing to note here is, it was all incredibly fresh and hand made (even the ravioli seemed to be just made) and delicious. Couple that with a chill vibe different from the bustle of the plurality of tapas joints around the city and I got to say, Mamacafé was one of my favorite meals in Barcelona. read more