Taller de Tapas

Putain que c’est bon ! Les produits sont frais, ils né trichent pas, comme dans un japonais, on voit les poissons dans des vitrines réfrigérées. Du thon, pulpes sardines, moules, crevettes, langoustines…
On a testé une dizaine de tapas, tout était bon.
Les desserts sont pas mal aussi, la crème catalane un délice.

Great little place near Pl. Catalunya. Took a chance on Taller on a Friday afternoon when city was hopping. All the standards, jamon, queso, bravas, pan tomato were very good. But 3 dishes stood out; the fried aubergine and hearts of artichokes and pimientos Padron were outstanding. The aubergine was sliced thin as a euro coin, had a light batter, and was dressed with honey and lime. The artichoke hearts were sliced even thinner and flash fried to perfection. Price was in line with the quality.

Nice tapas! The chicken skewers were delicious. The manager of this location was very accommodating and specially made a custom sandwich for us :)

Crowded but service was prompt, friendly — waitress even found some condiments that we were craving back in the kitchen and brought it out for us. Padron peppers — excellent. Try the fried «little fishes» and the squid.
Lots of tourists but everyone having a good time — we went twice on a relatively short stay
so you know it was good!

Esta es una de mis taperías favoritas de Barcelona, está situado a dos pasos del Barrio Gotico y es el local ideal para pausear un rato después de haber visitado todo el díà la ciudad catalana disfrutando de un refresco acompañado con una tapita, yo he probado calamares a la andaluza con salsa alioli y lemon… buenisimos y también he comido otra tapa cantabrica cuyo nombre no me lo acuerdo pero ella también me ha gustad gracias a su sabor. Por desgracia no he pedido las clásicas patatas bravas dado que me he dado cuenta de que te traen una ración bien abundante con una buena pinta y seguramente rica. He comido en la terraza y no he tenido la ocasión de comer dentro de la sala interna muy bonita y limpia. Tan pronto como vuelva a Barcelona volveré…lo voy a prometer.

A nice sit down place for tapas. I was not as hungry as I should be to eat tapas but I could not resist getting the clams and bacalao. Loved the clams for sure! Get this! Service was friendly and helpful.

Lovely place!
Really efficient service and the tapas were simply yummy! I loved every dish even the tomato rubbed bread!
I was with a bigger group and as soon as we sat down, the restaurant brought us each a glass of cava– on the house! Definitely felt welcomed and made me feel so happy to be there.
I do want to especially call out the garlic shrimp– Gambas al ajilo: the shrimp was fresh and so nicely sizzling in the garlic oil… The garlic pieces were nicely fried and while I am typically fearful of having the garlic odor linger, these garlic pieces were prepared right that the pungent odor transformed into salivating inducing aroma! Loved!
The place is nestled in the Born and very close proximity to the Picasso museum and within a 5 minute walk from the barcelona cathedral.
I’d go back if I ever return to Barcelona!

At least they comp’d the mussels after we informed them about how bad they were. We arrived a little late at night (10:30 pm) which wasn’t out of the ordinary for anywhere else we visited in Barcelona. They welcomed us in warmly, but then we felt very pressured to pick our dinner quickly. Not the experience we’d had anywhere else. So, we decided quickly on our initial Tapas and after getting them were informed that they were closing in 15 minutes and it was too late to order more. If they would have just told us that when we first arrived, then we would have gone somewhere else. Instead we felt rushed and highly unsatisfied with the experience.

Never disappointed by this place and the tapas. Waiters are nice but it’s a little bit expensive.
Une très bonne chaine de tapas, valeur sure si vous voulez manger de bons tapas. Les prix sont un peu élevés.
Vous pourrez trouver ces restaurant un peu partout dans Barcelone.

I really wanted to like this place. On paper it looked great! Excellent rating on Unilocal,extremely close to my hotel, trip advisor sticker in the window, decent décor, plenty of people inside (though not full by any means)… And friendly staff.
So why only 2 stars?
Well, I wrote the other day about a taps place that I thought was expensive, but at least the food was good.
This place felt expensive too. Admittedly I did order more dishes, but they were smaller and I ended up paying about 35 euros.
The problem was the foot just wasn’t very good.
I had a beer from the tap that felt watered down. The Russian salad had tuna in it, quite odd for a Russian salad, but it was fairly tasty so ok. The chipirones had hardly any batter on them and some tasted really weird… But the worst thing was the octopus. I normally love octopus, but this was terrible. It was super oily and super salty. The saltiest food I ever ate. It was so salty that the beer started to taste funny because of the extreme saltiness of the food.
I really hope it was a one-​off bad day for the chef or something, as the staff were really nice!
But I can still taste the salt in my mouth 2 hours later :(

My first meal in Barcelona and it was the best I’ve had in all of Spain. I would highly recommend the gazpacho and the calamari was the best I’ve ever had

Stumbled on this pla c e and were satisfied if not thrilled. The fried artichokes eere especially good. Squid were well above average. Everything else was good. Recommended as a good meal at a reasonsble price.

We came here after catching a concert at the Palau de Musica just down the street. I had Googled the place to make a reservation but Google gave me the address for the one on Plaça Sant Josep Oriol, so I ended up making the reservation on the wrong place. No fear as there were a couple of tables open by the time we got there around 10:30 PM.
As mentioned in the other review the tables are very close to each other so it was a bit awkward, although at least we only had a table on one side. They had a tasting menu but up to that point we had our fill of the dishes they were offering in the tasting menu so we decided against it, even if at 25 euros including drink and dessert it was a good deal
We got the Padron peppers (delicious although they were a bit too heavy-​handed with the sea salt they added at the end), a casserole of razor clams, small white clams, prawns steamed in white wine (delicious and fresh), grilled cuttlefish (amazing), prawns with garlic and sausage with beans. The sausage dish came last and it was very heavy and oily so we decided to get a crema catalana (similar to crème brûlée but with a consistency of cream of wheat).
Service was efficient although the waiter was kind of quiet (even though we spoke to him in Spanish).
Taller de Tapas may not be the hottest ticket in town but for a great meal at good prices in a casual environment I would recommend this place.

Taller de Tapas was recommended by our hotel concierge, and we had a great meal from beginning to end. The server’s name was Andrea. She spoke a little English, and I spoke a little Spanish, so we got along great. We went with the prix fixe menu of the day which included a few different tapas dishes, sangria, and dessert. The cider chorizos were phenomenal, and I’ve unsuccessfully tried to replicate the spicy mayo from the potatoes bravas several times now. So good.
The prices were reasonable. The only complaint I have is that the tables were very close to each other. I felt like I was intruding on my neighbors’ conversations every time I opened my mouth.
On our way out, the manager asked us to check his English on the menu out front. I thought it was nice of him to care about the non-​Spanish speakers.
Thank you for making my first meal in Barcelona a memorable one!