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Fresc Co: "All you can eat" from a fresh products buffet
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  • Belsaita
  • Updated By Belsaita on January 10, 2006
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  • The Fresc-Co restaurant at Diagonal - Barcelona
    The Fresc-Co restaurant at
    Diagonal
    by Belsaita
    This chain of restaurants started in Barcelona some years ago and expanded very quickly. Now there are at least 6 of them around Barcelona, and some in Madrid and other Spanish cities.

    They offer fixed prices for lunch & dinner, only all-you-can-eat-buffet (about 8€ lunch, about 10€ dinner or weekends). This includes:
    - salads (their strongest point: great variety, really fresh products)
    - soup (usually quite good, hot or cold according to season)
    - pizza (4-5 varieties, not bad)
    - day specialities (highly variable)
    - desserts
    - coffee/tea
    - and the first glass of water/soft drink/wine or beer.

    The desserts are quite poor, but probably you don’t have much room for it!

    In the ones in the city centre, be prepared to stand for a long queue unless you were at the door when opening for lunchtime (12:45h) or dinner (about 20h).

    As a summary: Busy, noisy, crowded, but a good option for a healthy quick meal. You have take-away options as well.

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  • Theme: Health Food
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Address: 6 restaurants around Barcelona (at least)
  • Phone: +34 93 301 68 37 (Reservations)
  • Directions: Area Eixample: - Ronda Universitat, 29 - Carrer Valencia, 263 - Avda. Diagonal, 449 Area Ciutat Vella: - Carrer Carme, 16 - Plaça del Duc de Medinaceli, 2 Area Poble Nou (Close to Torre Agbar): - Carrer Llacuna, 140 (Llacuna/Diagonal)
  • Website: http://www.frescco.com
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    Fresc Co: Another cheap and good place
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  • arlequin_g
  • Updated By arlequin_g on April 23, 2005
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  • Fresc Co - Barcelona
    by arlequin_g
    Other option you have in Barcelona if you don't want to eat bad and don't want to spend much money either is this restaurant. Is a buffet so you can eat all you like (salads, soups, pizzas, pasta, desserts, coffee and drinks).
    From Monday to Friday is 7,40 (euros) lunch time; and nights and weekends 9,20.
    It's open all days from 12.30p.m to 1.00 a.m.

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  • Theme: Other
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Address: Ronda Universitat, 29 (next to Plaça Catalunya)
  • Phone: 933016837
  • Directions: Fresco has other restaurants in other ares of Barcelona: Diagonal, 449; Valencia, 263; Carme, 16; Salvador Espriu, 31 adn Pl.Duc de Medinaceli, 2
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    Fresc Co: All you can eat !!!
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  • tweetycaro
  • By tweetycaro on September 23, 2004
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  • frescco Carme - Barcelona
    frescco Carme
    by tweetycaro
    Every backpacker has that moment in travelling that money becomes a problem. If you are fed up with McDonald's and KFC check out Fresc Co. It's a healthy place, they have salads (a lot, a lot, a lot of choice), pizzas, pastas, soups, desserts, even drinks are included.
    lunch from monday till friday: 6,90 euro
    evening and weekends: 8,80euro

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  • Theme: Other
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Address: carme 16 (near La Boqueria)
  • Directions: there are a few of these bars in BCN, Ronda universitat 29, Diagonal 449, Carme 16,....
  • Website: www.frescco.com
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    Fresc Co: Salads and Pasta
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  • Pangea
  • Updated By Pangea on October 29, 2005
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  • Fresc Co - Barcelona
    by Pangea
    All you can eat. The sencente resumes very well the kind of restaurant that it is: free buffet. For 7,60 € at luch from Monday to Friday and 9,40 € on evenings and weekends you can eat all what you want from a great variety of salads, soups, pizzas and two or three pasta dishes. The menu includes desserts, coffee and drinks. Not sure but I think you can not repeat wines or sangria ;). Many locals, specially young people, goes to the Fres Co restaurants, so have in mind that the most centraly located of the restaurants tend to be crowded at spanish lunch time (13.30-15.00).

    The quality of the pasta dishes is not bad, but not all good as could be... so, without doubt the best dishes of this restaurants are the variety of salads.

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  • Theme: Buffet
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Phone: 93 301 68 37 (reserv.)
  • Directions: Many adresses great part of them at the Eixample: Carme, 16; Diagonal, 449; Llacuna, 124-140; Plaça Duc de Medinaceli, 2; Ronda Universitat, 29; Salvador Espriu, 31-35 and Valencia, 263.
  • Website: www.frescco.com
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    Fresc Co: For little budget
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  • Bixente
  • By Bixente on August 11, 2005
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  • Fresc Co - Barcelona
    by Bixente
    What is Fresc Co ?
    Fresco Co is a restaurant chain specialising in healthy eating. This shouldn't be considered 'fast food'.
    If they are providing quick service at fast food prices they are also offering a varied menu and the atmosphere of an 'a la carte' restaurant. It's this combination that makes Fresco Co the leader in sales and consumption of salads, pastas and soups.

    Opening Time : All day from 12.30 to 01.00

    The only bad point is that it is noisy !

    Fresco Co offers a buffet style menu consisting of :
    Salad selection, multichoice pizza, homemade soups, Italian pasta, desserts, coffee and tea.

    Their prices are 7,40 € at midday from Monday to Friday and 9,20 € at night, bank holidays and weekends.

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  • Theme: Health Food
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Address: 6 restaurants in barcelona
  • Directions: Plaça Duc de Medinaceli, 2 08002 Barcelona Salvador Espriu, 31-35 08007 Barcelona Carme, 16 08001 Barcelona Avda. Diagonal, 449 08036 Barcelona Valencia, 263 08007 Barcelona Ronda Universidad, 29 08007 Barcelona
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    Fresc Co: Fres&Co
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  • gasca
  • By gasca on August 25, 2002
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  • It's a self-service/free buffet for less than 6 € or so. It's not a typical place from here with paellas or tortillas but I have good memories on it.

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  • Directions: Ronda Universidad between Pza Universidad and Pza Catalunya on the left side as you walk to Pza Catalunya.
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    Fresc Co: Don't Miss The fish
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  • yarondo
  • Updated By yarondo on July 19, 2008
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  • The "FresCo" is all you can eat buffet. Salads, soups, pizzas, pasta, daily meal, dessert, coffee and drinks. It cost about 9 euro and it was very good ( in "maremagnum" 10 euro and the food was very poor).

    We like the fish, but not all the fresco restaurant give a fish.

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  • Theme: Other
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Address: 6 restaurants in barcelona
  • Directions: Plaça Duc de Medinaceli, 2 Salvador Espriu, 31-35 Carme, 16 08001 Barcelona Avda. Diagonal, 449 08036 Barcelona Valencia, 263 Ronda Universidad, 29
  • Website: http://www.frescco.com
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    Fresc Co: Good food and good price
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  • MayraTonon
  • By MayraTonon on September 28, 2008
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  • My friend who lives in Barcelona took me to know this restaurant, because i was sick of junkie food, that its something you eat a lot when you are traveling...
    You can find one in many locations, the price is for person, it includes drinks too, the buffet has a lot of salads, pasta, pizza, and main courses, desserts and coffee, and you can repeat any of this options from the buffet.
    Fresh, healthy and tasty food for a good price, you don't find this in Europe everywhere...

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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Address: 6 restaurants in barcelona
  • Directions: Plaça Duc de Medinaceli, 2 Salvador Espriu, 31-35 Carme, 16 08001 Barcelona Avda. Diagonal, 449 08036 Barcelona Valencia, 263 Ronda Universidad, 29
  • Website: http://www.frescco.com
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    Fresc Co: NEVER GO THERE!
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  • PelLihi
  • By PelLihi on December 3, 2005
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  • We went to this "restaurant" just because we were running around on the harbor for about 2 hours and couldn't decide on a restaurant. Believe me - our choice was completely wrong.

    It said "all-you-can-eat-buffet" outside and by the time we were hungry as hell. Therefore we decided to give it a try.

    We had some salad, chicken and pizza. The pizza was not really warm and the chicken was actually COLD. My girlfriend was the one that ate the chicken and got really sick. This was not funny. Running around in a big city when you feel ***ty and have the badest stomach ache!

    I don't recommend anyone to go there. I know, that it's not a good idea to go for a "all you can eat-Restaurant" in a city that offers various kinds of good local food, and we didn't expect much, but this restaurant was the worst I've ever been to.

    Maybe we've just picked the wrong day, and if anyone has good stories to tell about this place then let me know, otherwise, don't go there.

    NONE!

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  • Theme: Buffet
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Directions: Close to the harbour. But it's a chain, so there might be more of this "high-class" places around town.
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    Fresc Co: unlimited beer/pizza/icecream for 9euros!!!
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  • debtravers
  • By debtravers on July 21, 2006
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  • buffet style restaurant open lunch & dinner..if you get a free tourist map there are icons on the map showing fresc-co locations... if yr on a tight budget and HUNGRY, this is the place for you. Food was gd and saw loads of local spanish using it at lunch. Also have pasta, soup and salad all included.

  • Theme: Buffet
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Address: 6 restaurants in barcelona
  • Directions: Plaça Duc de Medinaceli, 2 Salvador Espriu, 31-35 Carme, 16 08001 Barcelona Avda. Diagonal, 449 08036 Barcelona Valencia, 263 Ronda Universidad, 29
  • Website: http://www.frescco.com
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