Barcelona Tapas Bar y Restaurante

About

This gorgeous, vivacious restaurant is a City favourite, and not just among worker bees yearning to buzz away to the Spanish sunshine. There's fun in the air - the splendid yellows, reds and blues of the decor, the vivid flavours on the plates, the unusual and intriguing wine list, and the jostling sociability of the smart waitstaff all add up to a hugely enjoyable mix. This branch of Barcelona takes advantage of its site in a shiny office block to let the huge plate glass windows shed sunlight on all within. The ground floor offers both bar and table service, and is a terrific place tomeet up at lunch or after work and sample some of the excellent - and rare - Spanish wines and bubblies. The mezzanine level is guarded by a Gaudi-inspired mosaic lizard and decorated with flamenco and toreador costumes. You can stick to your favourites from the menu, like chorizo, patatas bravas, and paella, or you can close your eyes and point and be delighted by the culinary adventure. You may discover rare Iberian ham or broad bean stew with black pudding. Save room for the excellent cheeses.

Right in the heart of the City, Barcelona brings a ray of beautiful Iberian sunshine to your party or some buzzing Spanish energy to your meeting. The location, in the base of an office block, allows for huge plate glass windows to illuminate the wildly-inspired interior decor. There are bold reds, yellows and blues and specially-commissioned mosaics, including a Gaudi-inspired lizard over the mezzanine area. The bar features rare and intriguing Spanish champagnes and still wines. The mezzanine upstairs, with its swooping balcony, is perfect for private parties of up to 150, birthdays or engagements or launch or just TGIF. The menu ranges from the familiar and well-loved, like paella, chicken with garlic, cod dishes, and patatas bravas, to pincho diablo or Catalan black rice with squid and pieces of fish, or excellent cheeses. The staff are very smart indeed.

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Accomodation	Grange City Hotel (0.29 miles) 196 Bishopsgate (0.30 miles) Novotel London Tower Bridge (0.31 miles) Andaz Hotel (0.32 miles) Apex City of London (0.42 miles)
Attractions	Alternative Art Galleries (0.29 miles) Whitechapel Art Gallery (0.30 miles) The Spitz Gallery (0.33 miles) Tower Hamlet Tourist Infromation Centre (0.33 miles) Liverpool Street Tourist Information Centre (0.38 miles)
Pubs	Underwriter The (0.29 miles) Unicorn (1.29 miles) Queens Arms The (1.35 miles) Union Jack The (1.61 miles) Queen Victoria The (1.63 miles)
Train Stations	London Fenchurch Street (0.28 miles) London Liverpool Street (0.38 miles) Moorgate (0.72 miles) London Bridge (0.84 miles) London Cannon Street (0.84 miles)