Amazing find. On a quiet street in Valls, this restaurant is the real deal. Busy on a quiet…read moreafternoon and filled with happy diners. We were lucky to get a table late in the afternoon without a booking. They were gracious and confident in their skills and abilities. We came for the famous Calçotada, a seasonal dish of fresh spring onions, akin to leeks in look, but much more subtle in flavor. They come with a special slightly spicy sauce, hot on a terracotta roof tile...very unpretentious and useful for cradling the grilled delight. The flavor was subtle, charred, smoky and slightly sweet depending on your skills at peeling the carmelized exterior. This was followed by an equally expertly grilled plate of pork chop, potato, white beans, the local sausage of buttifaro and artichoke. The staff was friendly, happy and attentive. We felt like regulars and the actual regulars, older couples and young families created a warm experience. Highly recommended.

I think this may be my first 5-star review. We came in February for the Calcotada. Never had it…read morebefore. It was a revelation. The calcots (leeks) are charred and served hot with a delicious dipping sauce. You peel them - it's messy - and eat the soft roasted insides. Glorious subtle taste, not at all oniony. (Maybe a little like a blooming onion.) Ravioli with mushroom sauce for an appetizer was also fantastic. As was a sirloin with bearnaise sauce. Very subtle fresh, simple tastes. Can't recommend highly enough. Small rooms, three levels, stairs only. Best to make a reservation.

This place is a once in a lifetime, bucket list type of restaurant…read more It's about an hour or so drive from Barcelona and is in an old winery. The menu is set at about 40 euros per person which includes all you can eat calçots as a first course with wine in purron Second course is pan grilled lamb and butifarra sausage, with Catalan beans, all i oli, and deliciously grilled artichokes. Dessert is sliced oranges and crema catalana. There is a kids menu of canelones, macarrones, or chicken with fries if the kids don't want to eat calçots. Tables are lit with real candles in a candelabra. The open season for eating calçots is between December and March/April with the best time being between February and March. Make reservations well in advance. Tables can comfortably seat up to 8-9 people.

A great destination about 1.5 hours from Barcelona for a Calçotada! You will need a car to get…read morehere, but it is completely worth renting one. For 37 euros/person you enjoy unlimited everything: cava, white and red wines, water of any type, calcots, romesco sauce, botifarra, white beans, lamb chops, creme de catalana, oranges. It was epic. Truly epic. The ancient lands upon which we ate this traditional Catalan celebration of all things good, drunk, and foreshadowing of spring lended also their influential energetic vibrations which enstilled a sense of deja vu I cannot ignore. Suddenly, I remembered what it was I was in my past life. Surely, I must have been some sort of wealthy Roman at the height of the empire, always enjoying excesses such as L'esportell del Bou provided us.

Went with a large group of students while studying abroad in college. They were prepared for the…read morelarge group and it was in an absolutely gorgeous part of the country. So beautiful. Had the Catalan onion dish. The dip was phenomenal. So was the soup and the creme brulee as well. I was impressed. The meat dish was not my favorite but the house red wine more than made up for it. Would be great for any event with a Basque country vibe.