Travel Bar

Average food. Slow service. But reasonably priced and has a wifi connection. We shared a € 15 tapas platter between 2 of us and it was a lot of food for us. Everything tastes like it’s made from frozen (rather than fresh) ingredients. Sangria tastes watered down. But you get what you pay for I guess. Nothing special here.

Good cider, ugly toilets!
We only stayed there for a fast drink at the bar.
Really nothing to complain. Apart from the ugly toilets, which are by far below any acceptable standard.

Great place to find attractions at a good price. We bought tickets to make paella and for a Flaminco show for half the price other places were offering!

Bad food, nasty toilets, dirty place all round. The sort of seedy dive of hen and stag weekends not somewhere for the world traveller… won’t be crossing this threshold again

They have a free Barcelona walking tour starting from here at 11am, 1pm and 3pm, so we got here early and hung out hearing a lot of expat accents and grabbed a decent cup of coffee (pretty good and pretty cheap) for under € 2. There’s also a free photography walking tour at 11 starting here too. It’s a nice dive (as dive bars go!) and service was very quick. I enjoyed hearing the variety of languages and the free wifi (need to ask server for password) is always a bonus.

Ich will gar nicht über die Bar an sich schreiben. Ich würd’ sie als Studentenpinte im unteren Preissegment umschreiben. Recht eng und relativ wenig Plätze. Von der einen Seite betritt man die «Bar» von der Calle Boqueria, von der Rückseite von der Plaza del Pi — glatter Durchgang. Auf der Plaza hat’s auch einige Tischchen unter schattenspendenden Schirmen.
Nein, warum ich die Bar erwähne ist die Tatsache, dass sie ein geheimer Treffpunkt ist. Und zwar ein Treffpunkt für all diejenigen, die eine Barcelona Walking Tour absolvieren wollen.
Ich fahre seit mehr als 30 Jahren nach Spanien und fast immer auch nach Barcelona, aber was ich auf diesem Walk gesehen habe, hätte ich ohne Insider nie entdeckt. Wie so oft kennt wahrscheinlich auch der gemeine Einheimische viele dieser Plätze nicht.
Die Touren finden heuer um 11, 13 und 15 Uhr statt und werden von Studenten geführt. Alles kostenlos, aber Tip natürlich durchaus willkommen. Studenten eben! Uns führte Jamie aus Neuseeland, Mitte zwanzig, Kettenraucher. Zum Verständnis der wahnsinnig spannenden Geschichten war also Englisch und Spanisch Voraussetzung. Spanisch konnte der Hombre auch.
Die Tour ist eigentlich auf 1,5 Std. ausgelegt, wir waren fast drei unterwegs. Natürlich hätte man jederzeit aussteigen können, allein: die Spannung fesselte jeden von uns.
Neben den üblichen Touri-​Highlights (und auch, wenn hier viele Touristen sind, bleiben es dennoch Highlight!), die wir schnell passierten, ging die Tour sehr detailliert durch das Barri Gotic, Born und Raval, endete an der Wasserkante. Ich glaube nicht, dass viele an den Überresten einer Synagoge waren oder an den Säulen des Tempels des Augustus. Wer kennt den Platz, an dem Vicky, Christina, Barcelona gedreht wurde?
Dieses und wahnsinnig viel mehr eröffnete uns Jamie auf unheimlich fesselnde Art und Weise.
Ich kann mir vorstellen, dass jede Tour anders ausfällt, je nach Fremdenführer. Und vielleicht kitzelt auch jede Walking-​Gruppe etwas anderes aus den Studenten raus.
Jamie war immer um uns besorgt, wies auf ausreichend Wasserkonsum hin, achtete darauf, dass der Trupp zusammen blieb, stoppte an Supermärkten, um den Wasservorrat aufstocken zu lassen. Dazwischen immer ein kleines Zigarettchen, von dem das nächste schon hinter dem Ohr steckte.
Mein ultimativer Barcelona-​Tipp! Besser als jede Doppeldeckertour, die sind für «Anfänger».

Decent bar with very nice English speaking waiters. Food was food especially the patatas bravas. My complaint is that the portions were a bit small.

I wandered off the Rambla looking for a Wifi connection a tapa or two and some escape from the August throngs. I’ve been able to avoid August vacations until now.
A prominent «Wifi Zone» sign at this place caught my eye and I ventured in.
I ordered the tapa sampler and a Long Island Iced Tea. Most of the tapas were too greasy as mentioned in earlier posts. The drink was fine. At first, staff seemed a little snooty, but once I stuck to speaking Spanish, they eased up.
I’d just arrived in town and had fun trotting out my rusty, learned in Ecuador, Spanish with waite staff who also mostly learned their Spanish outside of Spain. Morocco, Colombia, Mexico etc.
I’d definitely recommend this place as a bar but save your Euros for elsewhere eats.

If you’re a tourist looking to mingle with other tourists, then this is the place for you. The food is decent and the staff speaks English. Downsides: the food is not very authentic, and I definitely felt like I had stepped out of Barcelona for the hour that I was there. Also, since there are two entrances (a front and a back entrance), there are pickpockets who come in the back door, pretend they are leaving the bar through the front, and pickpocket people on the way out. This happened to someone in our group, and the bartender admitted that this happens fairly often, which kind of makes sense since the name of the bar is basically the equivalent of a huge neon sign saying «We are tourists, we don’t speak your language, and we most likely have lots of cash and our passports on us!» I didn’t hate it, but it certainly wasn’t an authentic Barcelona-​esque experience.

Soo yummy! They had a menu of the day for 9.50 euros and it includes a starter (soup or salads) a main (chicken and fries, fish and chips, or tri tip but the steak is 2 extra) and desert (apple pie or chocolate cake) and all with a free drink (beer wine or water) the fish and chips was awesome but the chef wasn’t in so it took a little longer. Nice service and a lot of English speakers Australian Irish British and American a like. A good place to stop for some grub!

Totally an American bar if you prefer people that speaks English. They have classes/​tourist attractions that you sign up for. I signed up for a paella cooking with tapas and unlimited sangria, and a flamenco show with tapas. It was awesome! Also they have free walking tours at this bar and they take you to their sister bar near the pier. The food was pretty good mostly appetizer/​tapas style. The sangria was really good as well! A good bar in Barcelona for the tourist.

Eigentlich ist dieses Restaurant überhaupt nicht typisch local, aber es ist echt sympathisch, zentral und relativ günstig. Sie haben auch Tapas, aber die hauen einen nicht um, also Ich glaube die Calamaris z.B. sind aus der Tiefkuehltruhe aus dem Supermercado, aber ich fand das nicht schlimm. Ein großer gemischter Tapas Teller macht fast 2 Personen satt und kostet 12 Euro. Bier (0,3) für 2,90. Die Sitzplätze sind sehr nett.

A good spot to meet up with folks if you’re traveling on your own and lonely for company who speak English. The bar has what they call «home food» and depending on where you hail from, that includes the comforting standard American burger or bangers and mash. They also have 1-​euro dinners: buy a drink (beer, cocktail, tea, etc) and a meal of simple pasta or veggies and rice comes for only… you guessed it, 1 euro.
The husband and I found the bar after stumbling around the Barri Gotic trying to find our way back to La Rambla. We saw a sign for Travel Bar’s flamenco and tapas deal (24 euro per person) and decided to go back for that experience the next night, Halloween. There were about 15 other tourists with us. We walked from the Bar to Plaza Real where we got to bypass the huge line for the flamenco show. My husband thought that it was the show with dinner, so he hadn’t eaten beforehand and was pretty hungry by the time the show was over. Though it was only 30 minutes long, there was enough passion and sweat from the performers to make it a pretty good show. The only thing that made me pause and feel a little «eh» was that the tickets were only 8 euro at the door (and I even saw one lady who had gotten a discounted ticket for 6 euro!). So that made me wonder if the deal through Travel Bar was all that great.
After the show, we walked through what felt like the entire Barri Gotic to the Travel Bar’s sister spot Travel Bar Port. We were ready for our tapas dinner and unlimited sangria! The food was pretty delicious and there were a lot of plates on the table, but since we were sharing amongst 8 people, I actually left a little hungry. The sangria was pretty watered down, as well.
Since it was Halloween night, the place soon became full of costumed drunk folk. When the grungy pirate at the bar came over and started sloshing his beer in our laps, we figured it was time to go.

If you’re much more comfortable with English than Spanish, and you have a soft-​spot for dive bars, the Travel Bar is for you!
The Travel Bar is in an extremely touristy area of Barcelona (perhaps the entire city is a tourist trap), but it’s less of a rip-​off than most places. Large (pint) draughts are about 4 € — but you must like Estrella Damm, because that’s all they have on draught.
The only food I had was an extremely greasy order of calimari. It was OK, but very greasy. As I mentioned, the Travel Bar is a dive bar, so I wasn’t expecting a great culinary experience.
They also have perhaps the most generous WiFi policy in Barcelona — free for as long as you want to sit there and you don’t need a password.

¿Sabes inglés? ¿No? ¿Quieres aprender? ¿Sí? ¡Pues ya tardas! ¡Directo al Travel Bar! Y es que su nombre no engaña. Este bar es para los turistas. Concretamente, para los turistas jóvenes que andan flojos de dinerillo y quieren comer algo a la vez que se conectan a Internet. De hecho, aunque ofrecen tapas española –de escasa calidad– lo más solicitado es su desayuno inglés a base de bacon y salchichas inglesas.
Está está abierto desde la mañana hasta la noche y, naturalmente, también sirven copas.
¿Una cosa a su favor? Está ubicado en una de las placitas más bonitas del barrio Gótico: la placeta del pi.
¿ir o no ir al Travel Bar? Si eres de aquí y quieres conocer a gente de fuera o poner en práctica tu inglés. ¿Why not? ¡It’s your choice!

Bar très convivial où affluent des gens du monde entier pour se retrouver autour d’une cerveza ou du plat du jour qui le soir est seulement à 1EUR. Si vous êtes étudiant une carte vous sera remise vous aurez droit à des réductions sur les boissons et au repas du soir gratuit!!! Wifi libre. Equipe de jeunes étudiants vraiment agréable au service. Vous passerez un bon moment malgré l’etroitesse du lieu.

I hate to admit it but this place was a haven when I was in Barcelona for a long weekend in March. After a couple of nights of expensive clubs, average bars and restaurants, too much sodding tapas, rain and millions of miserable and unfriendly spanish people, we decided enough was enough. We’d done the culture and all we wanted was a burger and a beer. After getting absolutely drenched we found the travel bar. Ok, it’s not in the least bit Spanish — they show Eastenders on the TV and serve English food (at cheap prices), with English and English-​speaking staff, cheap drinks, internet etc etc
Almost immediately after going in we were commandeered by the manager into drinking ‘fruit shots’ (which actually turned out to be straight vodka with a touch of juice on top) and were joined by eager young barmen who clearly thought they had spotted their entertainment for the evening. There is nothing new about this place — I felt like I was 18 and travelling again. This is where you come to meet other young English people abroad, pull the barman, have loads of fun. I’m happy I was just there for one night as a bit too old to have been impressed with it for too long, but my friend liked it so much she is now working there as their number 1 barmaid. They also organise travel to Ibiza and other places. Recommend unless you hate that kind of thing (if you’ve been travelling or been to magaluf, you can imagine what it’s like)