Taller de Tapas, Barcelona, Spain Review

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WSD's Review of Taller de Tapas, Barcelona, Spain

14th Sep 2006

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Average cost per head
    £10 - £25
  • Atmosphere
    Lively
  • Quality of food
    5 stars
  • Food Type
    Modern European
  • How often do you eat here?
    First time
  • Quality of service
    4.5 stars

We got the recommendation for this restaurant out of a travel guide on our first night in Barcelona. We had only just landed and did not want to be wandering around a strange city in the dark with no idea of where to go and this was walking distance from our accommodation.

In any case, it's a very modern restaurant and bar with a varied tapas menu of traditional dishes and their own takes on some cuisine too. They have loads of wonderful salad. We tried (over a couple of visits) a goats cheese salad with some sort of odd fruity jelly, salt cod salad, a rocket and Parmesan salad. They did loads of brilliant fish dishes including lovely fried calamari, steamed mussels, anchovies with caperberries and the most wonderful grilled sardines - whole, ungutted and surprisingly not as vile as you'd have thought, pulling the innards out with your knife. We tried asparagus, mushrooms and my other half had a couple of chorizo and ham dishes. Alongside this was a wonderful wine list, the house red we ordered both times was delicious - a yummy rioja. And the dessert menu was amazing. We only tried one, a white and dark chocolate mousse, but if that one dish was any indication, then the rest were probably OK. I was eying a fruit soup, but was too full.

I would recommend this place wholeheartedly if you're in Barcelona in the Gothic Quarter/Port Vell area. The food was wonderful and the service was friendly and efficient.

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