Can Ramonet

Absolutely horrible food and even worse service. The waiters are not only unfriendly but incompetent. We ate here as we read good reviews but could not be farther from the truth. Also, everything is overstated and overpriced.

Amazing spot. They don’t speak English so you know it’s mainly local customers. The food was amazing, they have some real authentic tapas dishes. Just go with the flow I’ll not tell you what I had, ask what is good if you aren’t sure, be patient with the language barrier the food is worth it. It was humorous ordering to be honest. really great older staff, in a lovely little restaurant which is posted as being the oldest in the port area, which is 1753. We were recommended this place by a local

Total old world feel. I ordered the grilled monkfish (not on the menu) and it was huge! Think TBone steak size. Fishermans clams w pepper were sweeet since they were all baby size. Will definitely. make it back here on my next Barcelona trip

A nice restaurant in the barceloneta area. Services is good and quick enough. Price is not average, maybe a bit expensive.
The starters weren’t great for what I expected. But I can say that the ink rice with squid was amazing! This save the food and I guess that all the rice/​paella could be great.

Our second time here. Had best monkfish ever, sauce was rich yet not too creamy tomato based with fresh herbs – excellent and the fish was perfectly cooked. Had monkfish many times before and often tough and over cooked. Duck was also very good with a delicious syrup-​like reduction that was hearty and rich. Seabass with potatoes also a winner, potatoes with peppers made a perfect combination. Angel was our server who was somewhat knowledgeable of English. He Made it fun communicating, he was patient and honest about choices guiding us when we had questions. We finished with chocolate coulant — simply a terrific ending.

Came here for dinner — 1 Canadian, 1 French, 1 American, 1 Icelandic, 4 Finnish members to our party. With this diverse array of food tasters we ordered several tapas — Octopus & potato (wow!), shrimps with garlic (wow wow!), patatas bravas (we ordered twice after the two servings disappeared), and the classic tomato bread. We then ordered a lobster paella (counts as 2 portions, best anyone at the table had sampled so far on this trip to Barcelona), grilled fish plate, catalan sausage, and veal with roquefort sauce. Two bottles of white later — we all tumbled out of the restaurant more than satisfied with the food, the service, and the company.
This is a relatively inexpensive restaurant if you know what to order and eat in a family style manner. We all sampled all the plates to maximize the experience. Then we wandered the streets (walking distance from pretty much everything) to enjoy the La Mercé festival.

Needed a place to eat in barceloneta… Wasn’t sold on anything we read about. Luckily there was a guy who lives in the neighborhood and recommended we walk to the circle and see what our options were. We really wanted tapas and sangria. We looked at the menu and saw that they had a lobster paella and my oh my… was it amazing… It was three of us… we got a pitcher of sangria… three apps (cod salad, salad with goat cheese, and fried squid rings), and a lobster paella for two and the rabbit… check came up to 101.10 Euros… not bad… yesterday we ate at a place we thought was good but this restaurant was by far the best food we’ve had thus far. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for tomorrow

Hands down, the best meal we had in Barcelona.
Warning to all my fellow travelers: there are a bunch of places in Barcelona that sell frozen, packaged paella. We learned this the hard way.
After strolling around Baceloneta, we were famished. We were a bit wary of the places on the main street, in fear that we would get more packaged food. Walking down a small side street, we came across Can Ramonet. Several tables sitting outside had huge pans of paella on the table that looked absolutely delicious. It’s definitely a bit pricier than other restaurants in Barcelona, but well worth it.
We ordered the shrimp in garlic sauce and seafood paella to share. The shrimp came out in a skillet, still bubbling away in a simple but delicious garlic and oil mixture. The paella here is LEGIT. So flavorful, with lots of fresh seafood.
We sampled some desserts as well, and they were on point. The restaurant itself is incredibly charming, and service was excellent. A definite must-​try in Barcelona!

Stayed in El Born for a week and ate here three times. The paella is excellent and the staff is extremely friendly. Highly recommended.

Après une tentative ratée à la rambla pour manger une bonne paella, nous décidons de retenter ce resto qui nous avait déjà ravi autour de tapas et jambons pata negra. Pour les tapas, les prix né sont pas les plus attractifs mais bon, l’accueil sans doute un peu froid, préférez aller à la cova fumada pour cette expérience !
Revenons à notre paella. Il n’y a pas de filtre spécial pour trouver ce plat typiquement espagnol, et si long à préparer à la maison, sans rater son riz qui devient de la bouillie… Les supermarchés juste en face proposent des kits paella voir même des briques toutes prête à être réchauffé mais faut quand même pas exagérer on cherche une bonne paella…
Ce restaurant est un des plus vieux de la ville, si vous mangez dans la salle du fond, vous découvrirez un autre univers, nous avons mangé entouré uniquement d’autochtones ce qui est plutôt bon signe dans ce quartier qui regorge de restaurants.
Nous avons été enchanté par cette paella version mixte avec du riz (la version catalane se faisant avec des petites pâtes un peu genre vermicelle)
Le gout était là, repus à la fin du repas que nous avons tout de même conclu avec une crème catalane caramélisée au fer et non au chalumeau, le goût est bien meilleur.
Les tarifs restent corrects 18 € la paella mixte par personne. Il y a des offres moins cher: 12 € sur la rambla mais vous risquez de chercher un moment les langoustines et la viande…
L’entrée de ce lieu présente aussi des poissons magnifiques et des homards qui né baladent dans un grand aquarium.
Je recommande donc ce lieu pour la paella que nous avons testé, le jambon, il suffit de choisir le meilleur et il sera forcément bon ! Les tapas, il y a moins cher, pour les poissons, regarder les autres critiques ;-)

The food was very good.
I had the roasted vegetables with goat cheese appetizer. The flavors were varied and it tasted delicious.
I also had the vegetable paella which was also very good
The baked sea bass was amazing. It so well seasoned and the potatoes on top seemed to be baked with it in all the wonderful seasonings.
I will definitely be back the next time I’m in Spain.
The catalan crème Brulee was not warm. It tasted okay. I wouldn’t order the brulee again.
If it weren’t for the long wait to be acknowledged and seated the second time I was there, even though there were plenty of empty chairs, they would have received five stars.

Bestes Hafenlokal der Stadt. Leckere Tapas, bester Fisch und auch für Vegetarier sehr gut :)

Es un local que difiere mucho de lo que te puedes encontrar (y buscaba) en la zona. Buena calidad del producto: joselito, marisco vivo, pescado de lonja, etc. Correcta la atención. Pero mejor visitar las míticas Cova fumada (con sus horarios surrealistas) o Can Maño si quieres disfrutar lo más tradicional y de encanto. Iré subiendo fotos

Well, i searched a xampagneria I know from earlier trips without success. So we ended up here. It was a good choice. Good tapas, black rise, good wine. Reasonable prices. Worth a visit if you are in Barceloneta

Featured in both Lonely Planet and Afar I figured Can Ramonet would be a sure bet for lunch near the beach. However my experience fell short, into the basic category. Good enough to eat but nothing that will make you remember your meal later on.

Went here late one Friday night and had a nice meal. It’s not the BEST food I’ve had in Barcelona, but it’s pretty durn good. I especially recommend the very tasty fishermans paella. A bit on the noisy side but a pleasant experience.

We stopped by here while walking in Barceloneta to have a drink. It was pleasant enough, the service was slow, but I’ve come to expect that in Spain.
We stayed because the food smelled so good and they had clams on the menu. 15 Euros for an appetizer was a lot, and it was appetizer portions. However it was delicious! The waiter couldn’t be bothered to ask if we wanted anything else, like to order bread to soak up the sauce, so we ended up eating the sauce like soup with the clam shells.
If they had been a bit quicker and cheaper we would have stayed and spent more money. Effectively, they inspired us to go home and cook a big meal.
The inside was spacious and seemed to cater to large tourist groups, English and German. The plates of paella being served to tables of 10 smelled enticing. The full tables and aroma told me that they were doing something right, if not for my mood that day.

Wir sind eher zufaellig in diesem schoenen Laden gelandet weil es aus allen Loechern regnete. Wir haben Tapas an der Bar zu uns genommen. Gegrillte Sardinen-​sehr lecker, Jamon iberico — der Hammer, Croquettas — ebenfalls sehr lecker. Die Preise gehen aufgrund der Qualitaet in Ordnung, man sollte aber mit ca 15−20EUR pro Person fuer ein paar Tapas rechnen.

Tengo que decir, que la comida me pareció excelente. Pero, desafortunadamente, la realidad es que tuvimos una experiencia surrealista, marciana, saturniana e incluso maleducada con un camarero (no fue nada normal su trato despótico, era tarde pero aún estábamos varias mesas cenando) que seguramente ya no se encontrará en este restaurante (al que no he vuelto). Porque me consta que Can Ramonet tiene una fama, una responsabilidad con su clientela y una calidad que mantener.
Escribo esto y pienso en que igual merece la pena probar de nuevo, hacer reset y volver a mirar a sus langostinos cara a cara y sin rencores.

En la Barceloneta, hay bastantes buenos restaurantes de los de toda la vida. Pero el verdadero local de toda la vida –la casa tiene más de 250 años, el restaurante data del 1956– es Can Ramonet.
En un edificio clásico del barrio, se sitúa uno de los mejores restaurantes de pescado, arroces, todo tipo de productos del mar pero también productos de temporada de montaña. Productos de excelsa calidad en un entorno familiar: es ya la tercera generación que lo lleva, y aunque lleves meses sin ir, te recuerdan, charlan contigo, ríen, comentan lo que comes, comen lo que te recomiendan. Paella, suquet, bacalao, pulpo a feira (grrrr…, ya me pongo tonto), todo tipo de marisco… Nunca pido sopa en los restaurantes (manías que tiene uno), pero una bullabesa aquí es de las pocas excepciones.
Si no os apetece sentaros, en la entrada hay unas botas de vino que usan de mesas, donde podéis degustar muchas tapas riquísimas, jamón, sardinas…, y un milhojas brutal. Si tengo que escoger sólo dos platos, con pulpo a la gallega y un milhojas (va, y un poco de paellita), ya hago. ¡Mmm!!! Bueno, ¡y sus vinos!
El único pero, como casi todo en esta vida, es el precio; no es ni mucho menos barato. En fin… Ay…, si tengo un hijo le pondré Canramonet, así todo junto.

Tengo con mis amigos una ruta de sitios habituales en la Barceloneta para los fines de semana, bares de barrio más o menos baratos para las tapas y las cañas y alguno un poco más caro para las paellas, pero jamás habíamos parado en Can Ramonet. Y eso que habíamos oído hablar de él no pocas veces, desde sus mismas puertas Can Ramonet transmite historia y no esa historia apolillada de los libros o esa otra de diseño para los guiris. Al contrario, estamos hablando de un sitio genuino del barrio más genuino de la ciudad, que no es poco.
Varias cosas. La primera, aviso para navegantes, no es un sitio barato. La segunda, merece la pena pagar su precio. Los camareros estuvieron muy atentos con nosotros, nos rellenaron las copas las veces que nos dio la gana, nos regalaron algunas tapas y la paella marinera y el arroz negro que probamos estaba de vicio. Vamos que casi, casi me creí que andaba por Valencia.
Supongo que es lo que tiene el que el Mediterráneo esté al lado, que su influencia lo enajena todo.

There is no way I’ll eat there again… Expensive and not really good…
If you want to eat close to the street with its noise and smells, you can go there. It will be a plus for your dull course.

Very reliable and enjoyable seafood and fish restaurant in the Barceloneta district. Probably the neighbourhood’s most well-​known restaurant. It’s been around in its current incarnation since 1956, but people have been frequenting the spot for food since the mid-​18^th Century. Apparently the Barceloneta’s oldest building. Wonderful entrance area, with upturned barrels used as tables, lots of fresh fish and crustaceans on display, and a splendid tiled dining room at the back. Friendly, welcoming service, super-​fresh catch of the day, and perfectly executed accompaniments such as asparagus and aubergines, patatas bravas and other urgent comforts. Having a cold beer and some bravas is a good way to start a long lunch. The fish is invariably splendid. A fine establishment. They’ve got a newer, more upmarket one around the corner, but it decidedly lacks the atmosphere.