La Rosa del Raval

In Barcelona, you will find a wide selection of restaurants of all nationalities. French, Italian, Peruvian, Colombian, Spanish (of course) restaurants but mostly Mexican restaurants! I'll let you discover La Rosa del Raval. It is also a Mexican restaurant, but in a special style.

In La Rosa del Raval, you enter in a world of color with typical Mexican sombreros, tables and flowers. In addition, the mojitos are to die for! Prepared in front of you, the bartender ensures the show and offers you cocktails. You only can be seduced! La Rosa del Raval offers a bar and a restaurant area. At the bar you can enjoy a cocktail while enjoying some nachos or other Mexican tapas. At the restaurant, the menu is varied and there is something for everyone: salads, fajitas, tacos,... There is also, each day a different menu of the day and at low price.

Like many restaurants in Barcelona, La ​​Rosa del Raval offers wi-fi to its customers and is accessible to people with disabilities.

La Rosa del Raval is located in the popular Raval district, reputed to be the artists' area. There is also another bar-restaurant of the same boss in the El Born district, La Rosa Negra. But I'm pretty sure you will prefer La Rosa del Raval if you want to avoid tourists and enjoy a more intimate atmosphere.

 

Here are the addresses to get there asap!

Rosa del Raval: carrer dels Ángeles 6, +34 933 04 26 81
Schedule:
Monday to Thursday and Sunday: 1:00 p.m. to 0:30
Friday and Saturday: 1:00 pm to 1:30 am (Reservations are not accepted during weekends)
Web page

Rosa Negra: Via Laietana 46, +34 93 310 1798
Schedule:
Monday to Thursday and Sunday: 1:00 p.m. to 0:30
Friday and Saturday: 1:00 pm to 1:30 am (Reservations are not accepted during weekends)
Web page

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Rosa del Raval

La Hacienda - Mexican Bar/Restaurant in El Borne

Today I want to present you: La Hacienda.

La Hacienda is a mexican restaurant, located in the famous El Borne district in Barcelona and just 15 mins walk from Las Ramblas.

It was opened in 2010 and surprises its guests with such an authentic atmosphere and colorful decoration and furniture, that you feel like being in Mexico.
But sure.. not just the decoration is great.. also the food. If you like all kinds of Mexican dishes, this is your spot: Nachos with Guacamole, cheese and chicken, enchiladas, quesadillas, ceviche, fajitas and much much more. Let your food be accompanied by one (or two.. or three) of theB and choose the flavour you like (in the Happy Hour you get them for top prices).

What is also popular in Mexico? Yes! TEQUILA! La Hacienda has the largest selection of Tequila in Barcelona: you can choose from over 30 types.

The staff in La Hacienda is always very friendly and the varied music and delicious food and drinks make this place to one of the top restaurants in Barcelona.

So come around and enjoy an authentic “experience in Mexico” without even leaving Barcelona.

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La Hacienda
Carrer del Rec 69
08003 Barcelona

open: 1 pm until 3 am

Metro: L4 to “Jaume I” or “Barceloneta”

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Raval Brunch - mix of breakfast and lunch

Actually the spanish people don't fancy a big breakfast - for most of them a croissant and a coffee is enough.

But sometimes - first of all after a long saturday night, just this is definitely not enough. So here is our recommendation how to recover from a long night out (but also don't miss that if you haven't been out):

RAVAL BRUNCH!

In the top of the Barceló Hotel in Raval you find every sunday from 12:00 until 16:00 this wonderful Brunch, which is a mix of the breakfast and lunch.

Imagine having the best things you can have for breakfast together with the best things for lunch - sounds like heaven, hm?! 
Juices, Fruits, Bakery Corner, Delicious Desserts such as Homemade Sorbets, Sandwiches, Scrambled eggs, different lunch dishes and much much more... and all this accompanied by live music of a DJ.

So if you want to enjoy a really good and big breakfast-lunch in a really cool location, which means on the 360° terrace bar on the 11th floor, then you can't miss this!

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Price: 25 €
Address: Rambla del Raval 17-21, Barcelona
Metro: Liceu (L3) or Sant Antoni (L2)

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Terraces in Barcelona

There is exactly no point for sitting INSIDE a bar when in Barcelona. Okay.. sometimes it is just getting too warm outside, that we actually do prefer spending a bit of time in an air conditiones surrounding. But in general, what is a better place for enjoying the fantastic weather in Barcelona than on the terraces - located in the charming streets and on the beautiful square. 

To give you some recommendations, we checked out the best terraces in Barcelona... here you go:

BLISS (Plaça Sant Just, 4)The Bliss is one of the best terraces in the district of Ciutat Vella,which is the old town of Barcelona. It is located just a few steps from Plaza Sant Jaume, and has the Sant Just church right next to it. It is  a perfect place to have a little break from all the sightseeing and to relax a bit with a coffee or coke.

LA VINYA (Plaza Santa Maria, 5)
This bar has a small terrace in front of the Santa Maria del Mar Church and provides a a good selection of wine, drinks and tapas.

RA (Plaza de la Gardunya, behind the Boquería market)
The Ra is a bit more of an ‘alternative’ terrace. You will find here people traveling Europe by bicylcle, conversations about globalisation and its dangers and apart from that you might get a free little bongo concert from the people sitting at the next table.

HORIGINAL (Ferlandia, 29)
Horiginal is located in front of the MACBA. It is a very creative place and organises poetry recitals every Wednesday. 

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COPA CAFÉ (Santa Creu, 5)
The Copa Café is located in the neighbourhood Gracia and is a bohemian café with free WiFi and great cocktails.

VIRREINA (Plaza de la Virreina, 1)
The Virreina is famous for its ‘entrepans’ (sandwiches), which you definitely shouldn't miss.

CAFÉ FLANDERS (Plaza Rovira i Trias, 1) is a typical café, where you can have traditional dishes, coffee or cerveza all day long on their terrace..

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CERVECERÍA CATALANA (Mallorca, 236)
This terrace is not to be missed with its great ambience and an awesome selection of Tapas and beers,  You have to try this terrace in Eixample.

AXEL SKY BAR (Aribau 33)
The Axel Sky Bar is located on the roof of the famous Axel Hotel and provides even a swimming pool. It is without any doubt one of the coolest terraces of Barcelona.

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A german experience - a beergarden in Barcelona

It is fair enough, that you are looking for some other kind of food after a couple of days filled with Paella, Tapas and Co. Have you ever been to Germany? I know, it's kind of a weird question, but if you want to have a different food experience for one day in Barcelona, you should go on reading ;)

The Germans are known for their excellent food and if you don't have Germany as a destination on your trip on the list, you get the chance to try their delicous dishes in Barcelona :)
Here you can find a German "Biergarten", which is like an outdoor bar/restaurant like a terrace with benches, beer, traditional white-blue Bavarian decoration, German dishes and the typical bavarian clothes like Dirndl and Lederhosen.

Here they serve everything you need to get an impression of the German specialities (from Bavaria - they are not eating this food all over Germany - which is a pity actually ;)) You get here this delicious German Erdinger beer, Obatzda which is a Bavarian cheese delicacy made of aged Camembert, Romadur cheese, butter and spices this interesting German bread called pretzel, a selection of sausages like Weisswurst and Rosenheimer Bratwurst and as well the famous pork hock and.. goes without saying.. the popular German Schnitzel (white veal escalope).
All these dishes are served with chucrut, which is "Sauerkraut" in German and potato salad and the "to die for" mustard - a sweet one and a normal one. You also should't miss trying the apple strudel as a dessert there.


The prices for a dish are between 8 and 16 €, an Erdinger beer (0,5l) is 6 €.


The beergarden is open from Monday to Sunday from 13:00 until midnight.If you are searching for more information about Barcelona, feel free to check out my other blogs for info about events in Barcelona and the best apartments in Barcelona.


Address:
Hotel Princesa Sofía
Plaza Pio XII 4
Barcelona
Metro: Reina Christina

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La Nena Barcelona

LA NENA ORAGANIC BAR IN GRACIA

In Gracia Barcelona, close by Plaza de la Revolució, you can find a lovely corner of organic food and intimate atmosphere. La Nena is a chocolatery / farm with colourful chairs and nice decorations: the atmosphere is cozy, warm and peaceful.

You can enjoy an organic menu with natural juices, biscuits, crepes, sandwiches, vegetarian burger, salads and pasta: all natural, bio (organic), homemade! And their unmissable specialties: cakes and chocolates.

Table games and books are also available for you while sitting at La Nena.

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Metro Fontana or Joanic
Open 9am-2pm, 4-10pm Mon-Thur; 9am-10pm Fri-Sun. Closed 3wks Aug

 

Fabrica Moritz

THE NEW EXPERIENCE IN BARCELONA

Located in the old Moritz brewery on Ronda Sant Antoni 41 in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Fabrica Moritz has opened its door last winter as a gastronomic, cultural and leisure center.

It's a big, lovely space that houses a brewery, as the name suggests: you will see how are manufactured 60 hectoliters of fresh beer unpasteurized! 

A part form that, the real goal is Fabrica Moritz Restaurant: sitting between dozen of people, you will enjoy traditional tapas from Spain or international cuisine and drinking beer. Everything here is extraordinary tasting an cheap! 

Ask for the Bomba de la Barceloneta (special potato with meat inside), German sausages with chucrut, sandwich club (awesome)  the typical Patatas Bravas and for desert crema Catalana or Carrot cake.

Moritz, the Beer in Barcelona since 1856
Everyday - 9.00 / 24.00 
Ronda Sant Antoni 41