La Plata

Eine winzige, aber authentisch Bar. Es gibt hier eigentlich nur Wein (Hausmarke — aber o.k.) und leckere Sardinen oder Wurst (beides als Tapas). Es gibt ca. 15 Sitzplätze, dann ist die Bar aber auch schon gerammelt voll. Ich habe hier nur alte Spanier als Gäste gesehen, die aber auch alle sehr freundlich waren. Für einen Snack ein absolutes muss!

Plusieurs fois que je viens à Barcelone et à chaque fois c’est un passage obligatoire pour manger les sardines grillées ! J’en ai goûté d’autres dans la ville et au marché mais celle ci sont incomparable !

Very nice tapas with lots of locals. We had great refreshments there enjoyed a lot. Good price!

Way way wayyyyy overrated! This place has like two things on the menu, so if you are hungry, just know this is a place to only have a snack. There is very little seating, so you may have to stand. I ordered these small little fried anchovies and they were cold and sitting on the counter for a while. I dunno, I don’t get the reviews. Go to Sommorosotto for some amazing food.

Parece increíble que aún existan lugares como La Plata en pleno Barrio Gótico! Con ese encanto de bodega y local de toda la vida, gente de pie y un ambientillo que me recuerda más a Madrid que Barcelona. Los camareros se mueven sin parar y el hombre de la barra saca sin parar raciones de pescaditos fritos, anchoas, butifarras o ensaladilla, además de las cervezas bien frías o vermuts. Puedo entender por qué es un clásico y espero que continúe mucho tiempo más porque vaya falta le hacen lugares así a la Ciudad Condal… eso sí, un poquillo caro.

Si vous êtes en conquête d’authenticité et à la recherché d’un restau typique bienvenue à La Plata !
Petit restau non loin des Ramblas et à proximité du port, vous serez plongé dans la vieille Espagne.
Le restau né propose que cinq tapas mais cinq tapas à tomber par terre.
Le service est très rapide. Les tables sont peu nombreuses, il vous faudra peut-​être attendre, mais ca vaut le détour !
Chambres froides en bois massif, faïences vintage, et mur de cadres. La déco est aussi authentique que le patron !
A noter, on s’en tire pour 20 euros à deux en mangeant copieusement !
Alors s’il y a un brin d’attente, patienter avec une bière au comptoir, La Plata est un incontournable !

Lo de que hay que especializarse en un tipo de #comida se lo tomaron al pie de la letra en @barlaplata. Un lugar que para nosotros tiene un encanto excepcional en el centro del Gótico donde solo se sirven 4 platos entre barriles y mesas de mármol.
*PERFECTO PARA: una merienda-​cena con el amigo al que le gusta lo auténtico pero no tienen tiempo de descubrirlo ni disfrutarlo por su día a día. También y siempre, con tus amigos extranjeros.
*AMBIENTE: ¡variopinto! Mucha gente siempre. Es de esos bares incómodos que tienen una gracia especial. Molt català.
*QUÉ: Todo lo que ofrecen, que son 4 platos: ensalada de tomate y cebolla, anchoas, boquerones y pincho de butifarra.
*QUÉ NO: nada.
*QUÉ: el vino de la casa, of course!
*ZONA: Gótic.
*PRECIO: 20 €.
*A DESTACAR: el lugar está siempre a reventar, ir pronto. | No hay baño dentro, tienes que acceder por la calle.

Gotta say, I don’t understand the appeal. I like the feel of the place, the casual feel and the local feel of a family run business. And the service and clientale definitely felt like authentic Barcelona, without any pretense that you would expect from some of the more tourist driven establishments. However when it comes to their products, I wasn’t impressed at all.
They only serve 4 tapas, and I ordered 3 of them. My impressions:
Fried Anchovies: It basically is what it is, and not particularly flavorful on any stretch. Nice little snack, but something that I can (and have) replicated at home without too much trouble.
Sausage on toast: Self-​explanatory. The sausage is alright, but i mean how complicated could this dish be?
Anchovy on toast: You get one little piece of anchovy on the same toast as the sausage, with what appears to be some sort of spread that doesn’t add all too much flavor. For what it’s worth, I expected the fish to bread ratio to be a little more substantial.
Of these tapas, the only thing that might be worth it is the fried anchovies. With the other two, they were unremarkable, and while people may say that they’re cheap, you can get cheaper tapas for the 2.5 euro. Especially because for the two toast tapas, you’re mainly just getting bread.

Pour notre 1er dejeuner pour notre semaine à Barcelone. nous voulions un endroit typique…
Découvert par hasard, ce restaurant semblait correspondre à notre attente.
Nous avons eu un restaurant typique et authentique, très agréable et de très bonnes tapas. 4 choix possibles. Nous les avons tous goûté et même à 2 fois pour certaines tapas.
C’etait excellent. Addition plus que raisonnable et sans surprise.
Nous vous recommandons ce lieu.

Wine is amazing, 5 stars for that! And an amazing and very tiny shop. Have 4 dishes, sausage, tomato salad, fried fish and fish on bread. The food is not my exact type of flavor, but an experience for sure! If you want to try something special, try fried fish. The fish tastes good, but the look of eating the whole fish is a bit frightening. Good for easier lunch or starter.

Located in the Gothic Quarter, La Plata is a small restaurant that serves a simple but clearly perfected menu: Fried smelt, anchovies and tomato bread, chorizon and a tomato, olive and onion salad. Everything was unbelievably fresh. The sound of fried smelt not might seem so appealing, but just one taste and you won’t be able to stop. All of these plates go perfectly with the rosé they serve.
Not as cheap as pinchos, but so good and just so FRESH.

Maybe it’s the tourist in me, but La Plata is one of the coolest stops in Barcelona.
In the 3-​ish days I was there on vacation, I made a stop every evening. Between the gimmick of drinking house wine out of that porron wine decanter, the fried smelt, and the lovely old timer working the bar, it was the perfect pit stop when meandering through the narrow streets of Carrer de la Mercè. I never quite perfected the wine stream drinking method and I ruined two different white shirts, but hey — it is what it is.
So much fun.

Que decir de La Plata que no sepamos? Es el mejor bar del barrio gótico, te tratan como a un rey!
El pescadito frito es delicioso, el vino rosado madre mía es de cuidado, que sin darte cuenta puedes terminar más contento de lo normal!
Sólo hay 4 cosas y las cuatro justas para que vayas a echarte unas risas con los amigos mientras tienes mini manjares de toda la vida:
— pescadito frito
–butifarra
— ensalada de tomate
–pan tumaca con anchoa
Ahhh y han incorporado un postre, hojaldre de crema, terminas la noche con un sabor dulce :)

El mejor bar de tapas del Barrio Gótico, tercera generación, con una carta corta pero equilibrada: butifarra, anchoas, boquerones y ensalada de tomate. Recientemente han añadido un postre de hojaldre con crema como colofón.

Amazing little local places. Great prices, great tapas and great wine! Very small so you may have to stand, but it’s totally worth it. Very friendly people and great service! You won’t be disappointed!

Life doesn’t get much better than this: a small plate of fried sardin, fresh out of the kitchen, a simple salad of heavenly tomatoes, onions and olives and vino tinto in tiny cups! La plata knows how to make good food, you may have only 4 choices but they’re done to perfection.
Went back there twice in 2 days and it’s one of the reasons I’m sorry to leave Barcelona. Don’t miss out on this place!

Bar legendario en el cual solo se pueden pedir 4 cosas: los mejores boquerones fritos de Barcelona, una ensaladita de tomate y cebolla con aceitunas que está exquisita, un pintxo de butifarra con pan con tomate y una rebanada de pan con tomate con una anchoa exquisita.
Para beber cerveza o chatos de vino.
Sencillez, buena materia prima, autenticidad.

La Plata only serves four tapas, and of course wine served in thimble sized glasses, a pour into your mouth carafe, or bottles. The smelt here were delightful, small, crisp, hot and lightly salted. If it’s the only tapa you eat in Barcelona, order this at La Plata! I ordered the anchovy on tomato bread drizzled with olive oil that would make all of you saying «Ew!» right now change your mind about anchovies! The grand total for two tapas and a thimble of wine was about 6 Euros or $ 7 USD.

This was second stop of the night. Limited menu but the wine is good. Wifey liked the fried anchovies and the wine is 1.1 euro. € 5 after dinner snack.

Sicherlich nichts zum Sattessen. Aber um ein paar landestypische Tapas zu probieren (vier Stück zur Auswahl, frittierte Sardellen, Bratwurst, Tomatensalat, Oliven), dabei unter Einheimischen in einer gemütlichen, winzigen, schnell überfüllten Tapas-​Bar bei leckerem Fass-​Wein zu sitzen, jenseits der Touristen-​Abzocke, vollkommen okay.

Difficile de trouver plus pittoresque que ce bar à Tapas. Seulement 4 types de tapas disponibles mais de bonne qualité. Le vin était surprennement pas décevant malgré son prix dérisoire. Le patron est de surcroît sympathique.

There’s a reason this place has been open for 70 years!
I had trouble finding this place initially, but I’m glad I didn’t give up! I ordered one of everything and it was fantastic! The waiter was so nice and friendly, explaining everything in English! I loved all of it but had to order another sausage even though I was full because I didn’t know when I was going to be able to come again! The portions are good for their price!!!
Please come! It’s simplicity at it’s best but he flavors do not lack whatsoever!
P. S. place is very small so look out for tables!

The environment stands out the most from this small Resto. This place is full of people which universally has to be a good sign! Reasonably prices house wines which taste amazing and tapas available, although we couldn’t order a huge range of them because none of the staff could speak enough English to discuss with us the options.

Nous avons passé un très bon moment dans ce petit bar typique. Attention il n y a pas beaucoup de place (nous avons dû essayer 2 fois avant de pouvoir y manger !)
Les tapas sont typiques (il y en avait 4, très bonnes). L addition etait une belle surprise: moins de 20 euros à deux !

El sitio esta bien. Buen ambiente en una de las zonas más turísticas de Barcelona, aunque el local es frecuentado por personal autóctono !!!
La elección es sencilla en cuanto a tapas: ensalada de tomate, biquerones fritos, una anchoa con pan tumaca y butifarra de payes con pan tumaca!
Nosotros pedimos 4 botellines y cuatro tapas y la cuanta fueron 15.10 € !!!
El camarero que atiende las mesas es bastante majo, el jefe que está en la barra es bastante más seco.
Recomendable para visitarlo una vez

Forget everything! Just come and eat here in Barcelona.
Try EVERYTHING since it’s very reasonable including the dessert.
Best time to come, weekday between 7 and 8pm.
Lovely experience, incredible food!

This tiny spot is nothing short of amazing. No fanciness, (although I do covet the tiles on the wall). This tiny spot in the heart of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter is a must go to travel destination for all true foodies. MAD RESPECT for a place that only offers 4 plates, and they do the 4 simply, and with perfection! The fried whole small fish are gutted and cleaned, then fried whole and seasoned. You shove the entire thing in your pie hole and down your gullet. No whining allowed regarding the head and the bones. The fish is so small it is unnoticeable! Also did not know that a simple salad of tomato, onion, olives, and olive oil could be THIS damn good. (Wifey and I are debating whether it is the quality of the EVOO or the produce).
The other 2 tapas offered is a pan con tomate, (nice bread slice with tomato rubbed on it), topped with a very nice anchovy, nothing like the nasty ones from a can in the US. The other is the same aforementioned bread with a «Butifarra,» the local available everywhere Catalonian sausage. Deliciousness!
You further will be hard pressed to find house wines this good anywhere. We had the house red and were delighted that it was mildly chilled. The pour it right out of a barrel and into a 750ml bottle that is set at your table. Trust me, everywhere in Barcelona that this is done, they know exactly how many «copas» you’ve had, so don’t worry if you don’t want the entire bottle as we consumed.
Cannot say enough great things about this place!

So glad I found this place! It is a cute little place that is mostly frequently by locals and some very lucky travelers! They don’t have a menu to order off of since they only have four food items: 1) boquerones which are fried anchovies — my favorite! It’s not pickled like some other places before frying so you get the freshness of it 2) pan con tomate — just bread with crushed tomatos on top, beautifully simple ingredients that taste amazing for its simplicity 3) some sort of spanish sausage served with bread 4) onions tomatos and olives marinated in olive oil — again, simple ingredients that just taste good. They also give you a complimentary dessert, it’s some kind of fried dough with cinnamon sugar.
I think most locals come here to drink as they serve wine in these pourrars which is pretty fun to watch them drink out of, especially as they get drunker and no longer have the hand eye coordination to pour into their mouths!
I prefer beer though, and the best beer to get anywhere in spain is Estrella Damm! Wish I could find that in the US!

Do not miss this tiny tapas bar! Four dishes, all amazing and the best my family tried our entire visit in Spain. We were a little bit limited, as my 92 year old grandma needed to sit during meals, so we could not go to some tapas bars that I read were excellent. We were staying in a beautiful apartment just half a block away on the same street. Every night we walked by La Plata and I thought, wouldn’t it be funny if this place was amazing and we never stopped by, even though it was so close! So, after looking it up online, I found that lot’s of people love this place and convinced my family to try it. Even though they don’t like sardines; one of their four dishes. I convinced them that we could try their tapas and then go somewhere else for more food. We went super early, between 7 and 8, and they were full, so waited about 10 or so minutes for a tiny table.
We ordered one of everything. They have 1. Fried Sardines 2. Tomato Salad, with onions and olives 3. Tomato Bread and 4. Sausage on Bread, which were all so delicious! Even my mom and grandma, who don’t like sardines ate the fish. They all were so glad we went, saying their tapas were the best we had had; so true. The young waiter was so sweet and helpful. After we quickly devoured all the tapas, he gave us a plate of sweet bread, which was also delicious. Thank you for delicious food!!!
*They are closed Sundays, like most stores and other small restaurants/​tapas bars.

Ideal for a quick bite and some mediocre wine. The tapas were very good. The fried smelt, anchovies, bread and tomato, and bread and chorizo and of course olives were all delicious It seemed like a one man show. The place definitely gets a lot of press with the Unilocal stickers, timeout magazine posts, etc which unfortunately has probably driven up prices.

My husband and I checked out this place one evening looking for a more traditional tapas experience. We were not disappointed.
It was pretty packed when we walked in, but we were able to find a table. An older guy came to our table. We asked for a menu. No menu, but I used my extremely poor Spanish to get the tapas of the day: pan con tomate, chorizo on bread, fried sardines, and onions, tomatoes, and olives marinated in olive oil. Oh, and some white wine, which they poured from a cask.
Everything was simple but delicious; the chorizo was the highlight for me. Prices were fair. I’d recommend you stop by here.

My love affair with Barcelona started with La Plata and is an example of simplicity done right. I would jump on a plane, travel 15 hours, clear customs, and navigate the alleys to have lunch here again.
Menu? What menu? Don’t worry… you don’t need one. All you need is an old guy behind the counter that points around at what other people are grubbing on and then you tell him how many you want. The selection is simple, but it’s exactly what makes La Plata great. We started with one of each… key word, started.
The sardines. Oh lordy, the sardines. Lightly floured and then fried. We ended up with three plates of these and inhaled them like french fries.
The salad. Salad is a term used loosely with the tomato, onion and olive oil served on a small plate that cuts the sardines perfectly. No greens on this «salad.»
The sausage. Very good but in my eyes it just stole room in my stomach from the sardines.
The baguette. Rubbed with tomato and olive oil. It’s done all over the place in Barcelona and really makes you wonder why something so easy and delicious isn’t found more often in the U.S.
The wine. Served in small half bottles with juice glasses you have your choice of the red, white or pink table wine. We had all three and sitting next to a local regular tipped us off on the best way to enjoy it. I can’t remember what it is called but it looks like a small glass tea kettle full of wine. You hold it up to your mouth and then pull back once the stream starts. Extend your arm and drink as the wine flows and you are now doing as the locals do.

Cheap, but delicious food at La Plata. We took a one day cooking class in Barcelona, and our teacher recommended this place. She said that the sardines are super fresh. There are four items served (no menu available) — sardines, tomato salad, tomato bread, and meatball. 1 shot glass of house wine (rose, red, or white) is 1 euro.
4 orders of Sardines — Delicious! How can anyone resist deep fried fish?
1 order of Tomato salad — Yum! I love how Barcelona uses heirloom tomatoes for the tomato salad.
1 order of Tomato bread — Nothing special. I wouldn’t recommend it.
Meatball — We didn’t try it since I don’t eat meat.
Overall cost: 18 euros.
When I visit Barcelona again, I’ll be back. In addition, they were open early. We arrived at 6:30pm and we were the first customers.

Buenisimo. No hay otra palabra para describir este mítico local en el centro de Barcelona. Ensalada con anchoas excelente. Pinchos de butifarra lo mismo. Y el rey del local, pescadito frito, todo regado con un buen trago de vino de barrica.

Los fines de semana lo llenan. Buén precio. Se respira el ambiente de bodega.
Sólo tienen tres tapas, el pincho de butifarra, el pescadito frito y las anchoas con tomate. Recomendable el pescadito frito está de vicio. Como siempre, los abueletes se toman su cañita, su/​s vinitos o carajillo durante el día.

La Plata es uno de esos bares míticos de Barcelona. Más clásico que un Barsa-​Madrid. Siempre ha estado ahí. Ideal para el vermouth de fin de semana o para unas cañas cualquier tarde entre semana. El local es muy pequeño, pero le llega y le sobra para dar a basto con toda su clientela.
Si no cabes, siempre puedes quedarte en sus aledaños que te van a servir igual. Ahora con la ley del tabaco casi todo el mundo está fuera, porque un pitillo después de saborear sus tapas es sagrado para los fumadores.
Aquí sabes lo que vas a tomar. Botellín o vino bebido en bota, como debe de ser. Para tapear, solo tres opciones: ensalada de tomates, cebolla, anchoas y aceitas; sardinas fritas y pan con tomate y butifarra.
Sencillo, pero auténtico. Amabilidad por los cuatro costados. Imprescindible. Un pecado si vives aquí y no lo conoces.

Siempre lo he conocido como el bar de las sardinas. Perfecto tanto para pasarse a la hora del vermut como a media tarde, a tomarse un chato de vino o unas cervecitas. Esto siempre acompañado por unas sardinitas fritas o unos pintxitos de tomate y cebolla, que son sus dos especialidades.
Además el lugar es bastante barato y puedes tomarte tus consumiciones en la calle, ya que hace esquina y la barra es muy propicia para ello. También hacen más tipos tapas y el ambiente siempre es muy bueno, por la mañana más viejuno, y a la tarde más variopinto, aunque siempre agradable. Casi siempre está lleno pero no sé lo que tiene, que con lo pequeño es, nunca te agobia. Además Pepe siempre te servirá con entusiasmo… y eso que sirven platitos de sardinas para dar de comer a un escuadrón de gatos hambrientos… todo un currante!
Recomendado 100%!

¡Bendito el día que mi amiga Bea me llevó a este lugar! Salíamos de no-​se-​donde y teníamos un poco de hambre pero pocos dineros, como no. Bea me dio la solución: Vamos al Plata a echar un vino con pescadito frito. ¡Oh my God! Pero qué rico está. Si vas al Plata es pecado no comer pescadito frito. De hecho no es que tengas muchas mas cosas que elegir… ensalada de tomate con o sin anchoas, algo de butifarra y poca cosa más. En el Gótico te aseguro que pocos sitios tan auténticos como este encontrarás. No se desde cuando están abiertos pero tu fíjate en el mármol del año de la catapún de la barra o en la nevera de detrás y dime a ver que tal. O intenta ir al baño. No te diré más que lo tienes que descubrir por ti mismo. Es todo una reliquia y el señor de la barra muy majo. Nosotras ya íbamos predispuestas y quizás lo exagere un poco debido a los vinitos a un euro que te sirven pero de verdad que te recomiendo este peculiar barecito con no más de cinco mesitas. Es lo más.

Die Auswahl der rund 60 Jahre alten, schon nahe dem Hafen gelegenen Bar ist sehr überschaubar, aber bei den Stammgästen, überwiegend Einheimische, sehr beliebt.
Hier fühlen Sie sich wohl — weit weg von Touristen-​Abzocke schreibt diese Bar Geschichte.
Der Renner sind frittierte Sardinen, dazu trinkt man Cava, gern als Rosé — und die Seele baumelt !