🍷 🍤 Don't miss our BARCELONA TAPAS TOUR 👉 th-cam.com/video/A9uXiXgk4mM/w-d-xo.html UPDATE 1 ⚠ Barcelona's Olympic Port is undergoing major renovation work and during that time restaurant La Barca del Salamanca, featured in the video, will remain closed. It should reopen in the last quarter of 2024. UPDATE 2 ⚠ Restaurant Te Quiero Verde closed its doors. UPDATE 3 ⚠ Restaurant Il Pomo d'Oro is now at Carrer de Provença, 213, quite close to the former address.
I have been regretting that I am going to Barcelona in August until I came across this video. FINALLY a video in which a TH-camr is showing good menú del día options in Barcelona WITH prices and even the receipts! This is what I needed. Literally every other TH-camr sells themselves out and just shows you places to eat in the Gothic Quarter or La Barceloneta without showing prices and etc. I am subscribing to this channel. Super helpful. Thank you so much!
Be very welcome to the channel. It might well be that the prices shown on the video have increased a bit due to inflation, but those are definitely honest recommendations of places we like. Sometimes we see videos on food in Barcelona that want to make us cry... All the best!
Teleferic was terrific. The smoked aubergines with burrata cream, and the steak were outstanding. We were so pleased with the meal that we are going back today for lunch.
Just found your channel and since im going to Barcelona next weekend your videos are very useful! After i saw one of your videos i just had to watch all the others of Barcelona also. I like the way you explain everything step by step and show all the necessary info that most guides i've watched did not touch upon. Love your work! Every question i had about barcelona got answered by you! you have my sincere gratitude! Will definately show this channel to everyone i know, who will visit Barcelona!
Tony thank you for all the honest and genuine information. We appreciate. Before we travel we always look for reviews and we never found such reviews anywhere else. We are truly inspired by you and we are going to visit some of these restaurants that you are recommending. The owners of these restaurants should thank you for the excellent marketing that you are doing for them 😊. Best wishes to you and your wife.
Many thanks for your very kind words. Honesty and transparency is a core value of the work we do. That's why we always like to work anonymously and pay everything from our pocket. Best wishes to you too!
Someone told me that the set menu deals are only available for lunch. Is that a common practice in these restaurants on your video? Are there any set menu deal for dinner? Hope to hear from you soon
Hi, Tony! We tried LA BARCA DEL SALAMANCA by the beach, and it was sooo good! We were there at 12pm, and was able to be seated immediately. But after 1pm all the tables started filling up. They did ask for tip maybe because they sensed we are from the states. The service was good, so I didn't mind. Thank you for your recommendation!
Hello Peiyu, glad you liked La Barca del Salamanca! It's a favorite of ours, although now it is temporarily operating at a different address than the original restaurant we show in the video.
Good day Tony, just went to Pomo d’oro yesterday and I really loved the food! You were right good quality at a reasonable price. The gentleman seemed to know you! I bet many people went to his resto after watching your video! I will certainly recommend the place! Thank you!
Great to hear that, Pierrette. In actual fact, we won't know anyone at the restaurant, we always go anonymously but, yes, it seems we might have sent quite a few people to it. All the best!
Tony, Thank you and your wife so much for the very informative videos. Following your recommendations, we had some really good meals in Barcelona. The menú del día (daily menu/set menu) is really the best deal tourists can hope for. It turns out that most restaurants offer daily menus from 1:00pm to 4:00pm, some of them even on Saturdays and Sundays. We had it at the Cafe Palau at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, which is really good. We also found Restaurant Santa Anna (Carrer de Santa Anna, 8, 08002 Barcelona) which is just 50 meters from La Rambla. They have fantastic black rice as a starter and amazing pear-in-wine as dessert.
Delighted to hear that, Nina. Do not miss our essential guide to Barcelona, hope it will be quite useful to you: th-cam.com/video/AJ8A4PHB248/w-d-xo.html
Hi Tony. Thanks for all your informative videos. I'm just wondering if you have an updated version of this for 2024? I will be visiting soon and I'm looking for current recommendations.
Your videos have always been wonderful and informational. The prices are reasonable and like you said ‘very good value for the money’ absolutely love it, thank you.
Always enjoy watching your videos. They give practical and useful tips. Just wondering whether the restaurants you recommended in this video provide menu in english?
Traveling to Barcelona next week with my wife and our itinerary is massively inspired by your videos, Tony. First we take the Costa Brava road trip and then spend some days in Barcelona enjoying tapas and menu del dias! Thank you so much for your fantastic videos. You are awesome!
Hi Tony, This is Siva.. Thank you very much for your wonderful videos.. your videos made our lives so easy. We were glad that we have watched all your videos related to Barcelona before our travel.. I have to admit that your videos are the best and the stand out ones with very much detailed informations.. you have literally saved our time and money..I am just blindly following your videos..😀 Coming back to this video, by watching this video, we have tried the food in "L'Arrosseria Xàtiva" and Teleferic...Like u already mentioned paella is best L'Arrosseria Xàtiva (and as well marinated mussels). We liked cheese cake very much in Teleferic. We were not lucky enough yet to have "menu del dia" as we came in Christmas holiday time.. tomorrow we will be visiting one more restaurant from your list "La Barca del Salamanca". Hopefully we will get menu del dia there (for lunch). Once again we are very much thankful to you and we really fell in love with Spanish culinary..😊
Dear Siva, we were delighted to read you had such a great experience in Barcelona. Glad to know our tips were of help to you. You probably didn't see the warning on the first commentary below the video, but La Barca de Salamanca featured in the video is currently closed. All the best!
Hi Toni Thanks for saving us again.. we were about to be deceived by google again as it still showing the restaurant timings.. we were deceived on Christmas Eve as restaurant Teleferic was showed as open on google but it's actually not.
@@krishnasivaprasadreddyYenugula in actual fact there is a Barca del Salamanca at a different address, that's what Google must have shown you. We've never eaten there and cannot vouch for it.
Oh my !!! 😮 … what a mouthwatering video !!! Now I’m craving for Spanish dishes … lol 😂 😂 All the dishes were just scrumptious!!! YUM YUM YUM 😋 Thanks Tony for sharing another enjoyable video !!! 👍 👍 👍
Tony, so glad you also know of Norai. Been there about ten times in last five years and the food is pretty good for the price. The weekend menu gets the extra dish at the start for the extra money. Great video.
Hi Tony, I followed your recommendation to have a menu del dia in Barcelona Maritime museum restaurant. The food was disappointed. Soup and salad were ok, but the veal dish used low quality meat and was over cooked that difficult to cut. Good thing was nice restaurant space, and the free museum access for senior after 3pm.
Thanks John, we had a great meal there, that's why we recommend it, but restaurants are a very difficult topic to assess, as the experience can differ greatly along time.
Hi Tony, we love your videos. we have a question we are going to Barcelona in two weeks. We looked up some of these menu of the day. Several of these restaurants are no longer there as well as many no longer have a price similar to what’s described on the video can you recommend a few menu of the day in Barcelona that’s current?
Hello there, on the first commentary below the video we update the status of the restaurants. The vast majority of them continue to operate and offer a menu del día. Prices might have gone up but that's a fact of life.
Tony and Cecilia I like your vlog videos a lot. Usefull, detailed, understandable, interesting. We are planning trip rto Barcelona and Tenerife at the end of September. I will deffinetly use information and edvises from video. Thank you so much. ❤ #StandwithUkraine #SupportUkraine ✊🏼🇺🇦
Thank you for the recommendation, we just ate at Telefèric and it was delicious. Unfortunately we missed the daily menu, so it was more pricey, but still, the food was great 👍
Thank you so much for this very helpful video! I will be traveling to Barcelona soon on my own and would love to try the menú del día at Fonda Espanya based on your excellent recommendation. However, I am somewhat concerned about being a single diner. I read elsewhere that some restaurants in Barcelona were not too fond of solo diners. Do you think this would be a problem at Fonda Espanya?
Hi Carlos, we can't speak on behalf of the restaurant, but feel that shouldn't be a problem. If I'm not mistaken, you can book your lunch online, if it accepts a booking for one person, you should be fine.
The daily menu, in the vast majority of restaurants, is only served Monday to Friday. But you might find a weekend menu at La Barca del Salamanca, slightly more expensive but interesting the same.
Hi, Tony! We found this restaurant called Cerveseria Catalana close tobour hotel at Passeig de Gràcia. It is SO good that we went back 3 nights in a row. Planning to go back again tomorrow night to try the rest of the stuff. Everything is delicious and fresh, and reasonable price. No reservation needed. But try to go before 6:30pm to beat the crowd. You got to try it when you're here next time.
I watched your video and was very impressed. I wanted to follow in your footsteps but I saw that this video was made for awhile. So, I would like to have an update the shops of this video. Would you please let me know or have any update. I'm going to a barcelona soon.
Hola Tony. My partner and I are going to be in Barcelona for 6 day at the end of October and then in Madrid for 6 days. First, thank you both for the all great videos and una montaña de information. We are really excited and your videos have helped tremendously. I was wondering if you might be able to recommend some restaurants near Font d’Hercules., which is a few blocks from La Sagrada Familia. We eat anything but are really looking forward to trying some yummy tapas and Spanish food. In Madrid we will be staying in the Ibiza neighborhood. If there are places in this neighborhood that you can recommend, this would be great too. Gracias por sus ayudas y que tengan una semana buena.
Hi Aaron, we haven't got a topic on those areas yet. Eating near the Sagrada Familia is tough. The only restaurant we recommend nearby is Puertecillo Sagrada Família. All the best.
Me acabo de suscribir!! Lamento haber encontrado este canal recién! Lo tendré en cuenta para mi sgte visita!! Pregunta: tendrás otro video igual pero de Madrid, Granada, Valencia?
Hello Tony, thank you for your videos on the food in Barcelona. They are very informative and I like it that you were at the restaurants yourself and showing them off. Not knowing the local food, it helps a lot with the actual item showing. Do you have any restaurants recommendation (or a video which I may have missed) in the area of Sagrada Familia? Thank you for your time.
Thank you, Jonathan. The Sagrada Familia area is a hard nut to crack, full of substandard restaurants. If you like fish and seafood, you could try El Puertecillo here maps.app.goo.gl/4EZcDuQf7EptLkLm9
Thanks Elaine, the "menú del día" tends to be offered at lunch time, check out this video to see how the "menú del día" works: th-cam.com/video/vA6fpHSdPuM/w-d-xo.html All the best!
Thanks so much for your very quick reply on my other comment. One other question I have is that I have seen some drone footage in some of your videos. Is that stock footage or do you use your own drone and do I need anything to fly my small hobby drone for personal footage? Your channel has been a Godsend for planning our trip!
Thanks Chris, we use stock footage. Flying a drone in Spain involves soooooo many restrictions that we gave up entirely on it quite a long time ago. It's so complicated that it's just for the pros making a living out of it - or those wanting to risk a heavy fine.
Hi Marina, you will find an answer to your question, and probably many others, on our video on the daily menus: th-cam.com/video/vA6fpHSdPuM/w-d-xo.html
Hi Tony , do we need to provide tip when we eat at the restaurants? How about day trip tour? What’s the expectation and guideline please? I am so excited to visit Barcelona next month.. would love to try some of these restaurants ❤❤❤
Hi Tony! We love your videos! Thank you so much. We just returned yesterday to Canada from Barcelona. I wanted to share with you our experience as I am a seafood lover and on your referral, planned La Barca del Salamanca as the highlight meal of our trip. We arrived at 6pm and weren't aware the menu de Dia finished at 4pm until we sat down but I really wanted the seafood fideua you'd shown. It was listed as €18, €4 more than I'd planned with the menu del Dia at €14 but I wanted it. What I didn't know is they offered to "clean" (take off shells) the seafood and this raised the price from €18 to €24 !!! 😱 it was also not served with the aoli. It was pretty disappointing to be honest. The bread and olives were just placed at the table without asking and we assumed, as in your video, they were complimentary. They were not and we were charged €7 for them which we would have passed on had we known. I assume it was the difference of meal time but the portions were HUGE. This isn't normally a bad thing but again, had we known we would have only ordered one. Instead we ended up wasting so much food and made me so sad. Lastly you said that it was not a tourist trap but i would dissagree. We saw nothing but tourists and felt we were being pressured to buy steak or order lobster or seafood from the fresh cart. Again not necessarily a bad thing but it felt very sales pitch-y and the maitre d made comments about "earning" his "big tip " from us. It felt very touristy to be honest. In the end I was pretty disappointed and sad it wasn't as good as many of the other meals we had on out trip yet it was the most expensive at €124 (€140 with the tip) when we figured it would be around €70-80. So to your viewers I would suggest to be more inquisitive than we were and be aware of the time and added costs.
Dear Molly, many thanks for sharing your experience. To be honest with you, what we are assessing here is the "menú del dia" experience at the restaurants mentioned above, we would never go to Barca del Salamanca outside the menu del día time (at the video we dedicate to menu del día we explain how it is offered at lunch time during weekdays). We strongly believe it is not a tourist trap (you saw just tourists outside the menú del día time, locals don't eat when things are more expensive), our local friends go there, we see groups of local people eating at the Barca del Salamanca every time we are there. But always at the "menú del día" time. Anyway, we understand your frustration and hope you have a better experience elsewhere, make sure you go between 13:30 and 15:00. All the best!
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal absolutely! We will try our next visit at the correct time. I realized that when we were there. I just mean for you followers to be aware that outside those times, it's a very different experience. Either way we super love you and you videos!! Thank you so much!
@@MollyCanuck we do appreciate your contribution, we hope it helps other viewers avoid going through a substandard experience. The area of the Olympic Port where the restaurants are located is about to embark on a massive reform, the restaurants will be relocated somewhere else in the port when the reform is completed. All the best to you, Molly!
Your channel is so wonderful! You seem to put a lot of effort to help us plan our trips Thank you so much! I have watched all your Barcelona videos as I'm visiting soon. I will make sure to follow your suggestions about menu del dia!Soooo good! However I'm wondering...Is menu del dia usually served throughout the day or is it served just for lunch time in particular hours?
Many thanks for your kind words, Rose. The menú del día is usually served at lunch time during the week, you can see more details on the video we dedicated to the menú del día here: th-cam.com/video/vA6fpHSdPuM/w-d-xo.html All the best!
Thanks to this video I ate so well both in Barcelona and Madrid! Menu del dia is such a great "invention"! Thank you so much! Please continue your food series and show us more restaurants that you trust for their quality!
Thank you for the informative video where a first time visitor it’s quite informative. What I wanted to ask is the potion( the full course meal ( which they give is quite a lot for one person would they allow to share with your partner by ordering for one person
Amazing that the menu price is so much cheaper than we spent back in May 2023. I will definitely try some of these restaurants, especially Fonda Espana. Do you have to make a reservation ahead of the time?
Hola Tony! I'm so excited to go to Spain for the third time next month. This time I'll be doing a road trip in Costa del Sol and your videos have been extremely helpful! I've got a silly question: In Sydney we tap our phones to pay for everything (from transport, to supermarkets, shops, restaurants, etc), I have not carried my physical credit card with me for years. How does it work in Barcelona and others cities in Spain? Is tapping ok or do you always need your physical card (specifically when going to restaurants and bars)?
Hello, payment with the phone is increasingly more common and I would say you can make that kind of payments on most shops, bars and restaurants in Spain. But you cannot take it for granted yet, there will be a small number of places that will not offer that means of payment. There are still places where credit cards are not accepted at all! All the best!
Hi Tony, great video your voice is so clear, english superb. anyway, where can i reserve for norai raval? what time is menu del dia served on a saturday? Thanks.
Hi Norm, you can book in on the phone or going to the restaurant in person. Make sure they are still offering the daily menu on Saturdays, though. They will give you all the details, including the operating times. All the best.
All the info about the menú del día here: th-cam.com/video/vA6fpHSdPuM/w-d-xo.html Reservations depend on the restaurant, for smaller restaurants they might be a good idea. For Fonda España, a must. See our video on tipping here th-cam.com/video/BsC4YV6ezzY/w-d-xo.html
Hi,I love your videos! I’m keen to know if Menu Del Dia is only available on weekend lunch time? Or do they serve it on weekend lunch as well? Thank you!
Very helpful video. If 2 adults are travelling with a young child is it acceptable for the adults to get the menu of the day while the child orders an a La carte dish?
Hello Tony, my family and i love your videos, thank you! Now we arrived Barcelona and are looking for paella as menu del dia, maybe you have a recommendation? Grazia Peter
thanks Tony, we were at LaBarca this evening. there were no menu del dia on the menu book, but the paella was delicious anyway. the address of la barca shown in the video could be wrong, it is at the beach, but not in the Olympic port, could you double check this please? kind regards, Peter
@@cycomiko8682 Hi Peter, please see the first comment below the video for clarification. The new address offers a menú del día during the week, but you have to ask for it.
Tough choice, that's why we didn't include any. The only one we vouch for (it's excellent) is the one offered in the Ascent restaurant. Price above 20€, but for the food served, an unbeatable deal.
Another wonderful video...so glad I found your channel. One question I have is about tipping. Is it expected or common in Barcelona? How much should one tip for a meal? Thank you for the great advice.
Tony, thanks for a great video. My question is regarding tipping. The meals all look so good and so reasonably priced. Is tipping expected, necessary, not expected or insulting ? Here in the States tipping of a minimum of 15% is expected…I always tip a minimum of 20%. I am not a wealthy man but I remember what it is like to be a humble server.
Aloha from Hawaii. We will be in Barcelona this May 2024, out first trip to Spain. My wife and I are small eaters so it is not unusual that we share a meal. Is this an acceptable expectation in Barcelona restaurants specially for lunch with large portions - Menu del dia.??? Or do we just look for 1/2 menu option?
Hello Sandy, you can share anything but the daily menu. Sharing a "menú del día" is an absolute no-no. If you are not big eaters, our advice is to order from the a la carte menu or, as you pointed out, look for restaurants offering a reduced version of the full daily menu - Teleferic used to do that. Greetings to Hawaii from Zaragoza, Spain!
I have been enjoying all your vlogs. You recently commented about your vlog on tipping, I watched it. Question? Do restaurants ever include service charge(tips). Already added to bill?
Hi Tony do you have any advice for someone with food allergies? I cannot have gluten or garlic and I will be staying in Barcelona for 3 days in September. Thanks.
That is the Restaurante Salamanca, we've never eaten there and cannot vouch for its quality. The owners may be the same as the Barca del Salamanca, but it is not the same restaurant.
Hi Tony, I will be in Barcelona in July with my daughter. We are interested in trying out Menu Del Dia but both of us don't eat a lot and after watching this video we find that the portions are really large for us. Would it be acceptable for the restaurants for 2 persons to share a Menu Del Dia?
We went to Teleferic for the daily menu but apparently they don’t do it on the weekends so we had to choose from the normal menu which we did. The food was good but paid 65 euro for a two course meal for two.
Wow! I wasn’t thinking when I was planning to use your menu del dia! Two of my days are Sat and Sun! Glad I perused the comments! 🫣🤭 love your videos btw!!!! 🫶🏻
PLS note that the Salamanca restaurant at the port is closed right now so went to the same establishment a few blocks away by accident. Ordered seafood paella for 2, calimari appetizer, and water for $60 euro total before tips (19×2+14+fees). The calimari appetizer was blank (just a lemon, no dipping sauce). The paella was a large portion but bland (needed more flavor and salt). Service was ok. Overall, just so so, not great.
Thanks, on the first commentary below the video we warned about the closure of the Barca del Salamanca, our recommended restaurant. The Restaurante Salamanca in the Barceloneta is a different restaurant from the one we recommend.
🍷 🍤 Don't miss our BARCELONA TAPAS TOUR 👉 th-cam.com/video/A9uXiXgk4mM/w-d-xo.html
UPDATE 1 ⚠ Barcelona's Olympic Port is undergoing major renovation work and during that time restaurant La Barca del Salamanca, featured in the video, will remain closed. It should reopen in the last quarter of 2024.
UPDATE 2 ⚠ Restaurant Te Quiero Verde closed its doors.
UPDATE 3 ⚠ Restaurant Il Pomo d'Oro is now at Carrer de Provença, 213, quite close to the former address.
I have been regretting that I am going to Barcelona in August until I came across this video.
FINALLY a video in which a TH-camr is showing good menú del día options in Barcelona WITH prices and even the receipts! This is what I needed. Literally every other TH-camr sells themselves out and just shows you places to eat in the Gothic Quarter or La Barceloneta without showing prices and etc. I am subscribing to this channel. Super helpful. Thank you so much!
Be very welcome to the channel. It might well be that the prices shown on the video have increased a bit due to inflation, but those are definitely honest recommendations of places we like. Sometimes we see videos on food in Barcelona that want to make us cry... All the best!
Teleferic was terrific. The smoked aubergines with burrata cream, and the steak were outstanding.
We were so pleased with the meal that we are going back today for lunch.
Great to hear that, Craig, we really like that restaurant (so much so, we've eaten there several times).
Just found your channel and since im going to Barcelona next weekend your videos are very useful! After i saw one of your videos i just had to watch all the others of Barcelona also. I like the way you explain everything step by step and show all the necessary info that most guides i've watched did not touch upon. Love your work! Every question i had about barcelona got answered by you! you have my sincere gratitude! Will definately show this channel to everyone i know, who will visit Barcelona!
Many thanks for your kind words, Robin. Delighted to hear our work is of help to you!
Tony you have really put us to ease with all the help. Cant wait to get to Barcelona. Getting there in October 2023. Special celebration!!!!!
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Tony thank you for all the honest and genuine information. We appreciate. Before we travel we always look for reviews and we never found such reviews anywhere else. We are truly inspired by you and we are going to visit some of these restaurants that you are recommending. The owners of these restaurants should thank you for the excellent marketing that you are doing for them 😊. Best wishes to you and your wife.
Many thanks for your very kind words. Honesty and transparency is a core value of the work we do. That's why we always like to work anonymously and pay everything from our pocket. Best wishes to you too!
Someone told me that the set menu deals are only available for lunch. Is that a common practice in these restaurants on your video? Are there any set menu deal for dinner? Hope to hear from you soon
Visiting Barcelona in October 2024. Your videos are really helpful and I really appreciate your work 😊
Delighted to hear that!
I have been going to Barcelona for 20 years.This is the best and most honest video i have seen kudos sir/
Delighted to hear that! Barcelona is our second home in Spain.
I have watched all your videos for Barcelona !! Thank you so much !!
Excellent!
Hi, Tony! We tried LA BARCA DEL SALAMANCA by the beach, and it was sooo good! We were there at 12pm, and was able to be seated immediately. But after 1pm all the tables started filling up. They did ask for tip maybe because they sensed we are from the states. The service was good, so I didn't mind. Thank you for your recommendation!
Hello Peiyu, glad you liked La Barca del Salamanca! It's a favorite of ours, although now it is temporarily operating at a different address than the original restaurant we show in the video.
Good day Tony, just went to Pomo d’oro yesterday and I really loved the food! You were right good quality at a reasonable price. The gentleman seemed to know you! I bet many people went to his resto after watching your video! I will certainly recommend the place! Thank you!
Great to hear that, Pierrette. In actual fact, we won't know anyone at the restaurant, we always go anonymously but, yes, it seems we might have sent quite a few people to it. All the best!
I was going to make my own lunch, but now I feel like I need to go out and fine something really delicious.
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Thank you so much for this video! The best video about food in Barcelona!
We hope you'll also like our Barcelona tapas tour here th-cam.com/video/A9uXiXgk4mM/w-d-xo.html
Tony, Thank you and your wife so much for the very informative videos. Following your recommendations, we had some really good meals in Barcelona. The menú del día (daily menu/set menu) is really the best deal tourists can hope for. It turns out that most restaurants offer daily menus from 1:00pm to 4:00pm, some of them even on Saturdays and Sundays. We had it at the Cafe Palau at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, which is really good. We also found Restaurant Santa Anna (Carrer de Santa Anna, 8, 08002 Barcelona) which is just 50 meters from La Rambla. They have fantastic black rice as a starter and amazing pear-in-wine as dessert.
Thanks for the tip on restaurant Santa Anna. All the best!
I will be in Barcelona next month and your videos help me tremendously! Thanks so much!
Delighted to hear that, Nina. Do not miss our essential guide to Barcelona, hope it will be quite useful to you: th-cam.com/video/AJ8A4PHB248/w-d-xo.html
you are best in Barcelona thank-you
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Hi Tony. Thanks for all your informative videos. I'm just wondering if you have an updated version of this for 2024? I will be visiting soon and I'm looking for current recommendations.
Hi Marc, no, we don't have an updated version. It takes many many months to complete the field work for a video like this one.
Your videos have always been wonderful and informational. The prices are reasonable and like you said ‘very good value for the money’ absolutely love it, thank you.
Thanks for your kind words, Carmen!
I’m so impressed about your videos in English!!👍
Thank you, dear friend!
Thank you for a wonderful video, well presented and explained in details. Great job!
Great to hear that, Magdalena, thanks a lot.
I know where I will be dining next time I am in Barcelona. Thanks for all the great selections.
Thanks Dave, lots of delicious stuff waiting for you!
Thank you for this wonderful video! We ate at Cafe Palau and Il Pomo d'Oro. Both places were fantastic.
Thanks, Jenifer, great to hear you have such a good experience!
Authentic Spanish cuisine definitely looks a lot more appetizing.
It does indeed!
Always enjoy watching your videos. They give practical and useful tips. Just wondering whether the restaurants you recommended in this video provide menu in english?
Delighted to hear we're being useful. Most restaurants will have a menu in English, but you cannot take them for granted. All the best!
It is apleasure to follow your advices.
Thank you very much
Delighted to hear that!
Thank you so much for your video. It is useful for our trip to Barcelona next month.
Great to hear that, Liezl, in case you haven't seen it, we have an essential guide to Barcelona here: th-cam.com/video/AJ8A4PHB248/w-d-xo.html
Love your videos. I will be going to some of these restaurants at the end of this month. Thank you.
Excellent, Susan, we hope you have a great experience at them!
awesome video! thank you
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Traveling to Barcelona next week with my wife and our itinerary is massively inspired by your videos, Tony. First we take the Costa Brava road trip and then spend some days in Barcelona enjoying tapas and menu del dias!
Thank you so much for your fantastic videos. You are awesome!
Delighted to hear that, SEK, have a great trip!
Hope you'll have a lovely experience...
Hi Tony,
This is Siva..
Thank you very much for your wonderful videos.. your videos made our lives so easy. We were glad that we have watched all your videos related to Barcelona before our travel.. I have to admit that your videos are the best and the stand out ones with very much detailed informations.. you have literally saved our time and money..I am just blindly following your videos..😀
Coming back to this video, by watching this video, we have tried the food in "L'Arrosseria Xàtiva" and Teleferic...Like u already mentioned paella is best L'Arrosseria Xàtiva (and as well marinated mussels). We liked cheese cake very much in Teleferic. We were not lucky enough yet to have "menu del dia" as we came in Christmas holiday time.. tomorrow we will be visiting one more restaurant from your list "La Barca del Salamanca". Hopefully we will get menu del dia there (for lunch). Once again we are very much thankful to you and we really fell in love with Spanish culinary..😊
Dear Siva, we were delighted to read you had such a great experience in Barcelona. Glad to know our tips were of help to you. You probably didn't see the warning on the first commentary below the video, but La Barca de Salamanca featured in the video is currently closed. All the best!
Hi Toni
Thanks for saving us again.. we were about to be deceived by google again as it still showing the restaurant timings.. we were deceived on Christmas Eve as restaurant Teleferic was showed as open on google but it's actually not.
@@krishnasivaprasadreddyYenugula in actual fact there is a Barca del Salamanca at a different address, that's what Google must have shown you. We've never eaten there and cannot vouch for it.
Oh my !!! 😮 … what a mouthwatering video !!! Now I’m craving for Spanish dishes … lol 😂 😂
All the dishes were just scrumptious!!! YUM YUM YUM 😋
Thanks Tony for sharing another enjoyable video !!! 👍 👍 👍
Thank you, Jasper, lots of tasty stuff waiting for your next trip to Spain!
sure we will try thabks
🙋♀️ me raising my hand because I like to eat well! I enjoyed this amazing video about 8 Menus del Dia. Fantastic! I loved it 👏👏
Thanks so much, Yara, plenty of delicious stuff waiting to be devoured.
Excellent video, thank you!
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Tony, so glad you also know of Norai. Been there about ten times in last five years and the food is pretty good for the price. The weekend menu gets the extra dish at the start for the extra money. Great video.
Thanks, Jonathan! We're also glad to hear you share our recommendation. The café outside Norai is also a long-time favourite of ours! All the best!
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Yes it's nice and peaceful even though Las Ramblas is right next to it.
@@jonchall71 indeed! Every time we are around the area and need a break from it all, we know where to find it!
Amazing video with excellent pieces of advice! Thanks a lot! At what time is the daily menu served usually?
Thanks Marina. Any time between 1-1:30pm and 3:30pm.
Hi Tony, I followed your recommendation to have a menu del dia in Barcelona Maritime museum restaurant. The food was disappointed. Soup and salad were ok, but the veal dish used low quality meat and was over cooked that difficult to cut. Good thing was nice restaurant space, and the free museum access for senior after 3pm.
Thanks John, we had a great meal there, that's why we recommend it, but restaurants are a very difficult topic to assess, as the experience can differ greatly along time.
Hi Tony, we love your videos. we have a question we are going to Barcelona in two weeks. We looked up some of these menu of the day. Several of these restaurants are no longer there as well as many no longer have a price similar to what’s described on the video can you recommend a few menu of the day in Barcelona that’s current?
Hello there, on the first commentary below the video we update the status of the restaurants. The vast majority of them continue to operate and offer a menu del día. Prices might have gone up but that's a fact of life.
Tony and Cecilia I like your vlog videos a lot. Usefull, detailed, understandable, interesting. We are planning trip rto Barcelona and Tenerife at the end of September. I will deffinetly use information and edvises from video. Thank you so much. ❤
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Dear Kateryna, thanks for your kind words, hope you will have a great trip to Spain in September. Kind regards!
Thank you for the recommendation, we just ate at Telefèric and it was delicious. Unfortunately we missed the daily menu, so it was more pricey, but still, the food was great 👍
Great to hear Telefèric is still going strong and pity about the daily menu. All the best!
Thank you so much for this very helpful video! I will be traveling to Barcelona soon on my own and would love to try the menú del día at Fonda Espanya based on your excellent recommendation. However, I am somewhat concerned about being a single diner. I read elsewhere that some restaurants in Barcelona were not too fond of solo diners. Do you think this would be a problem at Fonda Espanya?
Hi Carlos, we can't speak on behalf of the restaurant, but feel that shouldn't be a problem. If I'm not mistaken, you can book your lunch online, if it accepts a booking for one person, you should be fine.
Thank you so much for the information. I want to know the LA BARCA DEL SALAMANCA the daily menu only for weekday lunch?
The daily menu, in the vast majority of restaurants, is only served Monday to Friday. But you might find a weekend menu at La Barca del Salamanca, slightly more expensive but interesting the same.
Thanks Tony
Hi, Tony! We found this restaurant called Cerveseria Catalana close tobour hotel at Passeig de Gràcia. It is SO good that we went back 3 nights in a row. Planning to go back again tomorrow night to try the rest of the stuff. Everything is delicious and fresh, and reasonable price. No reservation needed. But try to go before 6:30pm to beat the crowd. You got to try it when you're here next time.
Hi Peiyu, we have been to Cervecería Catalana, the food is good but it is a bar for tourists with prices for tourists. All the best!
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Thank you, Tony! That's good to know!
I watched your video and was very impressed. I wanted to follow in your footsteps but I saw that this video was made for awhile. So, I would like to have an update the shops of this video. Would you please let me know or have any update. I'm going to a barcelona soon.
We put updates on the first comment below the video.
Hola Tony. My partner and I are going to be in Barcelona for 6 day at the end of October and then in Madrid for 6 days. First, thank you both for the all great videos and una montaña de information. We are really excited and your videos have helped tremendously. I was wondering if you might be able to recommend some restaurants near Font d’Hercules., which is a few blocks from La Sagrada Familia. We eat anything but are really looking forward to trying some yummy tapas and Spanish food. In Madrid we will be staying in the Ibiza neighborhood. If there are places in this neighborhood that you can recommend, this would be great too. Gracias por sus ayudas y que tengan una semana buena.
Hi Aaron, we haven't got a topic on those areas yet. Eating near the Sagrada Familia is tough. The only restaurant we recommend nearby is Puertecillo Sagrada Família. All the best.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal gracias. We’ll check out your restaurant recommendations in both Barcelona and Madrid. Buen día.
Is it posiible to ask for half portion in every restaurant?Thank You.
Wherever you find half menus you will be able to do so, but you cannot ask for half portions of a full menú del día.
Tried Teleferic in January 2024 with the bill totaled about 18 euro/person, and it was a good deal. Lovely restaurant.
Excellent to hear that, we keep getting really positive feedback of the Teleferic restaurant.
Did you make a reservation here or just walk in? We are going next weekend and would love trying Teleferic
@robinheemeijer7235 I walked in for lunch early around 1p. it was a weekday.
It was 12p, not 1p. I would say on weekends it is better to make reservations.
Me acabo de suscribir!! Lamento haber encontrado este canal recién! Lo tendré en cuenta para mi sgte visita!! Pregunta: tendrás otro video igual pero de Madrid, Granada, Valencia?
Hola Claudia, bienvenida al canal. Tenemos uno sobre Madrid th-cam.com/video/WYtNcsU68PM/w-d-xo.html
Hello Tony, thank you for your videos on the food in Barcelona. They are very informative and I like it that you were at the restaurants yourself and showing them off. Not knowing the local food, it helps a lot with the actual item showing. Do you have any restaurants recommendation (or a video which I may have missed) in the area of Sagrada Familia? Thank you for your time.
Thank you, Jonathan. The Sagrada Familia area is a hard nut to crack, full of substandard restaurants. If you like fish and seafood, you could try El Puertecillo here maps.app.goo.gl/4EZcDuQf7EptLkLm9
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal thank you so much for your quick response, Tony.
Are these offers lunch time only, or are they available at dinner time as well? Thank you so much for all your videos.. these are amazing!
Thanks Elaine, the "menú del día" tends to be offered at lunch time, check out this video to see how the "menú del día" works: th-cam.com/video/vA6fpHSdPuM/w-d-xo.html All the best!
Thanks so much for your very quick reply on my other comment. One other question I have is that I have seen some drone footage in some of your videos. Is that stock footage or do you use your own drone and do I need anything to fly my small hobby drone for personal footage?
Your channel has been a Godsend for planning our trip!
Thanks Chris, we use stock footage. Flying a drone in Spain involves soooooo many restrictions that we gave up entirely on it quite a long time ago. It's so complicated that it's just for the pros making a living out of it - or those wanting to risk a heavy fine.
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Thank you, Tony. Are these lunch menus available throughout the day or in a specific time period?
Hi Marina, you will find an answer to your question, and probably many others, on our video on the daily menus: th-cam.com/video/vA6fpHSdPuM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks!
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Hi Tony , do we need to provide tip when we eat at the restaurants? How about day trip tour? What’s the expectation and guideline please? I am so excited to visit Barcelona next month.. would love to try some of these restaurants ❤❤❤
Hi Vimala, see how tipping works in Spain here th-cam.com/video/BsC4YV6ezzY/w-d-xo.html
Hi Tony! We love your videos! Thank you so much.
We just returned yesterday to Canada from Barcelona. I wanted to share with you our experience as I am a seafood lover and on your referral, planned La Barca del Salamanca as the highlight meal of our trip.
We arrived at 6pm and weren't aware the menu de Dia finished at 4pm until we sat down but I really wanted the seafood fideua you'd shown. It was listed as €18, €4 more than I'd planned with the menu del Dia at €14 but I wanted it. What I didn't know is they offered to "clean" (take off shells) the seafood and this raised the price from €18 to €24 !!! 😱 it was also not served with the aoli. It was pretty disappointing to be honest. The bread and olives were just placed at the table without asking and we assumed, as in your video, they were complimentary. They were not and we were charged €7 for them which we would have passed on had we known.
I assume it was the difference of meal time but the portions were HUGE. This isn't normally a bad thing but again, had we known we would have only ordered one. Instead we ended up wasting so much food and made me so sad.
Lastly you said that it was not a tourist trap but i would dissagree. We saw nothing but tourists and felt we were being pressured to buy steak or order lobster or seafood from the fresh cart. Again not necessarily a bad thing but it felt very sales pitch-y and the maitre d made comments about "earning" his "big tip " from us. It felt very touristy to be honest.
In the end I was pretty disappointed and sad it wasn't as good as many of the other meals we had on out trip yet it was the most expensive at €124 (€140 with the tip) when we figured it would be around €70-80. So to your viewers I would suggest to be more inquisitive than we were and be aware of the time and added costs.
Dear Molly, many thanks for sharing your experience. To be honest with you, what we are assessing here is the "menú del dia" experience at the restaurants mentioned above, we would never go to Barca del Salamanca outside the menu del día time (at the video we dedicate to menu del día we explain how it is offered at lunch time during weekdays). We strongly believe it is not a tourist trap (you saw just tourists outside the menú del día time, locals don't eat when things are more expensive), our local friends go there, we see groups of local people eating at the Barca del Salamanca every time we are there. But always at the "menú del día" time.
Anyway, we understand your frustration and hope you have a better experience elsewhere, make sure you go between 13:30 and 15:00. All the best!
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal absolutely! We will try our next visit at the correct time. I realized that when we were there. I just mean for you followers to be aware that outside those times, it's a very different experience. Either way we super love you and you videos!! Thank you so much!
@@MollyCanuck we do appreciate your contribution, we hope it helps other viewers avoid going through a substandard experience. The area of the Olympic Port where the restaurants are located is about to embark on a massive reform, the restaurants will be relocated somewhere else in the port when the reform is completed. All the best to you, Molly!
My favorite restaurant is Viana we go every time we are in Barcelona, so good but need reservations well in advance
Thank you, Traci.
Once again thank you. We were aldo going to make our iwn meals where possible. We can leave SA at home.
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Your channel is so wonderful! You seem to put a lot of effort to help us plan our trips
Thank you so much! I have watched all your Barcelona videos as I'm visiting soon. I will make sure to follow your suggestions about menu del dia!Soooo good! However I'm wondering...Is menu del dia usually served throughout the day or is it served just for lunch time in particular hours?
Many thanks for your kind words, Rose. The menú del día is usually served at lunch time during the week, you can see more details on the video we dedicated to the menú del día here: th-cam.com/video/vA6fpHSdPuM/w-d-xo.html All the best!
Thanks to this video I ate so well both in Barcelona and Madrid! Menu del dia is such a great "invention"! Thank you so much! Please continue your food series and show us more restaurants that you trust for their quality!
Thank you for the informative video where a first time visitor it’s quite informative. What I wanted to ask is the potion( the full course meal ( which they give is quite a lot for one person would they allow to share with your partner by ordering for one person
Hi, sharing a menú del día is a definite no-no. If you don't want to eat a lot of food, you order from the a la carte menu.
Hi Tony, do you have any tips to find out daily menus in other locations of Barcelona? Thank you very much!
hi Guilherme, we don't.
Amazing that the menu price is so much cheaper than we spent back in May 2023. I will definitely try some of these restaurants, especially Fonda Espana. Do you have to make a reservation ahead of the time?
Menu prices have gone up since we recorded the video. Fonda España is not that big, we strongly recommend booking in advance.
Hola Tony! I'm so excited to go to Spain for the third time next month. This time I'll be doing a road trip in Costa del Sol and your videos have been extremely helpful!
I've got a silly question: In Sydney we tap our phones to pay for everything (from transport, to supermarkets, shops, restaurants, etc), I have not carried my physical credit card with me for years. How does it work in Barcelona and others cities in Spain? Is tapping ok or do you always need your physical card (specifically when going to restaurants and bars)?
Hello, payment with the phone is increasingly more common and I would say you can make that kind of payments on most shops, bars and restaurants in Spain. But you cannot take it for granted yet, there will be a small number of places that will not offer that means of payment. There are still places where credit cards are not accepted at all! All the best!
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Thanks for the response!
Hi Tony, great video your voice is so clear, english superb. anyway, where can i reserve for norai raval? what time is menu del dia served on a saturday? Thanks.
Hi Norm, you can book in on the phone or going to the restaurant in person. Make sure they are still offering the daily menu on Saturdays, though. They will give you all the details, including the operating times. All the best.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Thanks Tony.
Is the Menu del Dia offered only at lunch? Are reservations needed? What is a customary tip?
All the info about the menú del día here: th-cam.com/video/vA6fpHSdPuM/w-d-xo.html Reservations depend on the restaurant, for smaller restaurants they might be a good idea. For Fonda España, a must. See our video on tipping here th-cam.com/video/BsC4YV6ezzY/w-d-xo.html
Hi,I love your videos! I’m keen to know if Menu Del Dia is only available on weekend lunch time? Or do they serve it on weekend lunch as well? Thank you!
Hello, our video on the menú del día should clarify your doubts: th-cam.com/video/vA6fpHSdPuM/w-d-xo.html
Very helpful video. If 2 adults are travelling with a young child is it acceptable for the adults to get the menu of the day while the child orders an a La carte dish?
Hi Janelle, what you suggest it's absolutely fine. Many restaurants (but not all) tend to offer a child's menu as well. Check it out. All the best!
Hello Tony, my family and i love your videos, thank you! Now we arrived Barcelona and are looking for paella as menu del dia, maybe you have a recommendation?
Grazia
Peter
There are two in the video including rice dishes in the menú del día, La Barca del Salamanca is probably your best bet.
thanks Tony, we were at LaBarca this evening. there were no menu del dia on the menu book, but the paella was delicious anyway. the address of la barca shown in the video could be wrong, it is at the beach, but not in the Olympic port, could you double check this please?
kind regards, Peter
@@cycomiko8682 Hi Peter, please see the first comment below the video for clarification. The new address offers a menú del día during the week, but you have to ask for it.
Hello. Maybe a dumb question, but can you order a menu del dia in every restaurant in Barcelona?
Hello, it's not a dumb question. No, not all restaurants offer a menú del día.
I have a question about the daily menu - if there's two of us, are we allowed to only order one daily menu for 2 people?
Thanks!
Hi there, no, you cannot share a daily menu. If you don't want to eat much, order directly from the a la carte menu.
What are the tipping rules? Already included?
See th-cam.com/video/BsC4YV6ezzY/w-d-xo.html
Tony, can you recommend restaurants for Menu del Địa in the Gothic Quarter. Thank you
Tough choice, that's why we didn't include any. The only one we vouch for (it's excellent) is the one offered in the Ascent restaurant. Price above 20€, but for the food served, an unbeatable deal.
Tony, do we need to make a reservation to have lunch in Fonda Espana? Thanks
The restaurant is not that big so, yes, make a booking in advance would be a wise thing to do. All the best!
Hi Tony, another excellent video, thank you. One question, is daily menu for lunch only or it is for lunch and dinner?
Usually lunch, during weekdays. Find out more about the "menú del día" on this video: th-cam.com/video/vA6fpHSdPuM/w-d-xo.html
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Good to know. This is very helpful. 🙏🙏🙏
Another wonderful video...so glad I found your channel. One question I have is about tipping. Is it expected or common in Barcelona? How much should one tip for a meal? Thank you for the great advice.
Debster, see your video on tipping: th-cam.com/video/BsC4YV6ezzY/w-d-xo.html
Tony, thanks for a great video. My question is regarding tipping. The meals all look so good and so reasonably priced. Is tipping expected, necessary, not expected or insulting ? Here in the States tipping of a minimum of 15% is expected…I always tip a minimum of 20%. I am not a wealthy man but I remember what it is like to be a humble server.
Hi Pau, see our video on the topic: th-cam.com/video/BsC4YV6ezzY/w-d-xo.html
Aloha from Hawaii. We will be in Barcelona this May 2024, out first trip to Spain. My wife and I are small eaters so it is not unusual that we share a meal. Is this an acceptable expectation in Barcelona restaurants specially for lunch with large portions - Menu del dia.??? Or do we just look for 1/2 menu option?
Hello Sandy, you can share anything but the daily menu. Sharing a "menú del día" is an absolute no-no. If you are not big eaters, our advice is to order from the a la carte menu or, as you pointed out, look for restaurants offering a reduced version of the full daily menu - Teleferic used to do that. Greetings to Hawaii from Zaragoza, Spain!
Thank you for your input. I have totally enjoying your videos.
I have been enjoying all your vlogs. You recently commented about your vlog on tipping, I watched it. Question? Do restaurants ever include service charge(tips). Already added to bill?
By law, tips can never be added to the bill, they are always optional.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Thank you for all your knowledge and advice!
Hi Tony do you have any advice for someone with food allergies? I cannot have gluten or garlic and I will be staying in Barcelona for 3 days in September. Thanks.
Hi, all restaurants are obliged, by law, to display the ingredients of their preparations in terms of allergens. Ask for them. Ask about garlic too.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal thank you
Are these still the prices?
We show the prices at the time of recording. Most will have changed.
If we come with our family it means adult and child, can we sharing menu for each other? Is it okay to do such things in Barcelona?
Menú del día cannot be shared. If there isn't a kid's menu, the child can always order from the a la carte menu.
Oh no.....I will only be in Barcelona for 6days. 😆
Try to make the most of them!
It seems that la barca del Salamanca has a new address in Barcelonetta according to Google maps.
That is the Restaurante Salamanca, we've never eaten there and cannot vouch for its quality. The owners may be the same as the Barca del Salamanca, but it is not the same restaurant.
Hi Tony, I will be in Barcelona in July with my daughter. We are interested in trying out Menu Del Dia but both of us don't eat a lot and after watching this video we find that the portions are really large for us. Would it be acceptable for the restaurants for 2 persons to share a Menu Del Dia?
Hi Karen, sharing a menú del día is a no-no in most places. If you feel you won't be able to eat that much, order from the a la carte menu.
Thank you so much!
We went to Teleferic for the daily menu but apparently they don’t do it on the weekends so we had to choose from the normal menu which we did. The food was good but paid 65 euro for a two course meal for two.
Thanks George. In the video about the daily menu we ask you all to watch we explain it is usually offered from Monday to Friday.
Wow! I wasn’t thinking when I was planning to use your menu del dia! Two of my days are Sat and Sun! Glad I perused the comments! 🫣🤭 love your videos btw!!!! 🫶🏻
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PLS note that the Salamanca restaurant at the port is closed right now so went to the same establishment a few blocks away by accident. Ordered seafood paella for 2, calimari appetizer, and water for $60 euro total before tips (19×2+14+fees). The calimari appetizer was blank (just a lemon, no dipping sauce). The paella was a large portion but bland (needed more flavor and salt). Service was ok. Overall, just so so, not great.
Thanks, on the first commentary below the video we warned about the closure of the Barca del Salamanca, our recommended restaurant. The Restaurante Salamanca in the Barceloneta is a different restaurant from the one we recommend.
Tony can we share the food
If each one orders a menú del día you can exchange dishes with one another. But you cannot order just the one menú del día for several people.
We do not like seafood so that rules out quite a few dishes, it seems.
I would say just "a few" dishes.