Bagauda

Wonderful stop for a late breakfast in the pouring rain of Barcelona. Friendly service, delicious tortilla española with spinach, pan con tomate, real chamomile tea in a real bag and café con leche. The pan con tomate was made fresh in front of our eyes with the bread and beautiful tomatoes freshly sliced, olive oil drizzled and salted. And it was delicious! When we paid he informed us the pan con tomate was his treat. Does it get any better than that?!

A little hole-​in-​the wall that seems to be wildly popular, Bagauda offers some excellent tapas options and cheap-​yet-​delicious wine.
In this area of Barcelona you’re overwhelmed by the variety and scope of tapas/​wine bars, from local haunts to very touristy spots. Bagauda is somewhere in the middle, with an intimate restaurant space and English menus. If you can find a seat in the frequently crowded space, you’ll find homemade tapas and the least expensive red Spanish wine I saw in Barcelona (2 – 3 euros and it’s pretty darn good). Those tapas are also amazing, with house made with fresh ingredients and reasonable prices. The service is also exceptional — my girlfriend and I walked in 15 minutes before closing and allowed to stay another ten minutes after closure without any protest (they even offered to make us more).
We had a wonderful time in Barcelona, in no small part because of wonderful eateries like Bagauda. If you want a personal intimate experience a little away from the tourist crowd (but still in English), Bagauda will more than satisfy.

This little bar had some good wine. The Tapas were nothing special. There are better places nearby.

Love this little tapas place. I think it’s Basque tapas, but I don’t really know the difference. I just know I never tried anything there that I didn’t really like and I wasn’t playing out safe. Great tapas, good wine, very good service. Near plaza del Pi

Enfiiiin! Voilà le cri que j’aurais pu pousser en arrivant chez Bagauda!
Désespérément à la recherché d’un bar tapas, sans tomber dans le piège à touristes, nous perdions courage lorsque nous sommes tombées sur ce petit resto/​bar. Un coup de coeur instantané: une enseigne sobre faite de carrelages blancs estampillés du nom, des chaises en bois accrochées au mur, un bar où se trouvent des tapas de toutes sortes (appétissants!), une ambiance décontractée, une serveuse accueillante et souriante, etc. Tout pour plaire et pour nous y faire rester!
Dans une ville comme Barcelone, et plus précisément dans le Barri Gotic, il est assez difficile de trouver un resto où l’on né sentira pas dans une usine. Ici on né vient pas vous chercher dans la rue à coup de cartes avec les produits en photo. Non, ça c’est pour la Rambla. Ici, vous passez et si le coeur vous en dit (et surtout les papilles), vous entrez. On vous laissera le temps de: vous installer, de vous imprégner de l’atmosphère/des lieux, de découvrir la carte, d’envier/de copier vos voisins aux assiettes garnies… Puis une adorable serveuse (gérante?) viendra vous expliquer les différents tapas alignés devant vous sur des diabolos (petite touché déco bien sympathique). Nous nous sommes installées au bar car nous voulions qqch de convivial. Et c’est ce que nous avons trouvé!
Le goût était également au rdv. Le Bagauda offre un large choix de tapas, et à partir de 8h il s’agrandit avec la carte (la cuisine ouvre). Tortillas, croquettas (etc), veggie ou non, il y en a pour tous les goûts.
Pour 2 personnes, avec 3 tapas et une bière chacune, et une portion de patatas bravas à partager, nous avons payer 22.5 € soit 11,25 € par personne… Pleines et repues, nous sommes reparties avec la ferme intention d’y retourner à la fin de notre séjour pour découvrir la carte!

Tiny place with delicious food and very friendly service. The map is useless, you will never find it if you follow this map. We will be back! Open on sundays and very multilingual.

4 tapas for 12 €. Good quality, open on Sundays. Convenient to the H10 Racó del Pi hotel. Calamari, mozzarella, croquettes, good wine, locals present. A good find since most places are closed on Sunday. They are small and should really make better use of Unilocal,like posting their hours and providing more info. First search never turned them up and they are right next to our hotel. Vegetarian tapas too!

Good tapas bar. I had the local cheese board and a glass or Wine. They were not accepting credit cards when I was there so I had to run out for cash. The service was good and Polite. It is in a tourist neighbourhood but it is not too touristy which is nice. Prices are about average for Barcelona. € 8 for the cheese plate and &
€ 3 or € 4 for a glass of wine.

Wonderful little non-​touristy tapas bar. We went for breakfast and had a wonderful cake. Give these guys your money and not the giant overpriced tourist traps on Las Ramblas.

My friends and I were on a late night tapas bar crawl and we stumbled upon this jewel! It was quaint and not too touristy! We loved the service, good and wine! It’s also very reasonably priced.

Went for a light lunch with my friend we were very happy to find a non touristy place around our apartment! I had a white coffee super nice and my friend a fresh orange juice. (Cant really go wrong there)
We had a selection of tapas
–onion pizza (very tasty)
Salmon with mustard and lemon mayo (loved the bread they used to serve this on!
–mushroom and i think veal the meat was so tender it just melted in your mouth
— roasted red pepper and marinated anchovies
Loved everything here and will def go back before we go back home!

On my last night in Barcelona, my boyfriend and I decided to try Bagauda, recently opened by the same owners that founded Barcelona Reykjavik.
We ordered 3 croquettes — cheese, ham, and onion/​orange (because they ran out of mushroom). The onion/​orange was surprisingly delicious, and I would suggest requesting it as an off-​menu item.
The tempura Icelandic bacalao was really, really delicious. The cod is salted for preservation, but re-​hydrated prior to preparation (I believe). The end product tastes fresh, tender, and not too salty. High recommended.
We also got a small order of ham — it was the most delicious ham I had in Barcelona, and I ate ham every meal the 2 days I was there. It was a lot less salty (a +) than the other ham I had — in fact, it was almost sweet.
To finish off the meal, we ordered Gretel cake, which was made of ground almonds and poppy seeds. I’m a huge fan of sweet things and I can honestly say that this is in the top 5 slices of cakes I’ve ever eaten. It’s almost better than the 16-​layer crêpe cake from Lady M in New York City. I highly, highly recommend getting this cake.
I ordered a Brioche as a last desert item, and as all the bread items are from Barcelona Reyjavik, it was amazing as expected! I expected to eat half and save the rest for later, but I downed the whole thing without thinking twice.
The service at Bagauda was great! They even offered us two free tapas.
If you need more information on the food at Bagauda, read this article (the original reason for why we frequented the restaurant):