Hard Rock Cafe, Barcelona

Its true. I never eat at the Hard Rock Cafe. Why would I eat mass produced American style food while traveling in Europe where I can enjoy unique and fresh food from local restaurants. But I do always visit the Hard Rock Cafe if the city I am visiting has one. Why? Tee shirts! I collect their tee shirts. I have two dresser drawers full of HRC tee shirts. And I bought one more in Barcelona.

Do you want to eat with other tourists this is the place. It seemed that everyone at Hard Rock Café were tourists. I came here because I wanted to have a big hamburger with French fries. Unfortunately I had it without the extra order of cheese and bacon so it was a bit dry.
The interior is typical for a Hard Rock café and on the walls you can see Keith Richard’s snakeskin jacket and guitar, a red guitar that has belonged to Joe Perry (Aerosmith) and items from Kiss, Elton John, Six Pistols and many more. In the roof over the bar is a car hanging. There is also loud music with videos playing.
The hamburger with French fries and a beer was 12.80 Euros (February 2008).

The Hard Rock Cafe in Barcelona is a busy, loud, fast-paced restaurant serving American favorites to tourists from all over the world. Enter and be given a beeper, it will light up, ring and vibrate when your table is ready. Expect a wait from five to fifty minutes.

Once seated, choose from the vast selection of overpriced cocktails in overpriced souvenir glasses, and scan the menu for all your favorites from back home! As a Canadian ex-pat living in Northern Italy I couldn't get enough of this home-style food, and ate here twice on my recent trip.

I ordered the chicken fajitas both times and they were excellent. Soft, warm flour tortillas, lightly seasoned chicken breast, fried peppers and onions were served with accompanying sour cream, guacamole, grated cheese and salsa. Just the kind of thing I can't find in Italy. Others ordered barbeque bacon cheeseburgers and nachos, and everything was satisfactory.

Favorite Dish: Chicken fajitas!

We had our best meal here!!!! All the other places we ate in served us chips with whatever we had...probably coz we're english haha! It did take ages to be seated, but just stand at the bar and drink and the time will fly by. Service was friendly, food was usual fare...but at least we got what we ordered!!

I know, I know...I really shouldn't be advocating for a cookie-cutter American restaurant in this section...so I hope nobody gets too offended. Obviously, we all know what the HRC is all about. The thing is, I'm recommending for the reason that it is one of the only places you can find American sports to watch. To get watch the superbowl in '04, you had to wait in line for 1 hour just to get a TICKET. The place was wall-to-wall until 6 am! I had class at 7 am right across the street! Anyway, it is a small slice of home, if you are missing certain elements of American culture...

Favorite Dish: The nachos are very good. Never tried the burgers though. Being on Plaza Catalunya and obviously catering to a certain, non-local, clientele, this place is way overpriced. They do have Budweiser on tap though, a very rare find in Barcelona.

First of all,I have to tell you that I never have been here having a meal,just a drink,I tried once the Hard Rock Cafe in London and I enjoyed very much,so I decided to place this restaurant here.This one at Barcelona is located at Plaza de Catalunya one of most tourist places in the city.

Ok, so it isn't really representative of Barcelona but it is still worth going to. the atmosphere is gerat, with many people going simply for a few drinks. The place is very busy so expect a 30min wait at weekends. The food is excellent, and although the tables are crammed in the music is so loud you can't here anyone apart from your table anyway so it works really well. Good value for money as well, and the portions are huge!!

Favorite Dish: I had the fahijta's which were gorgous, and my boyfriend had the cheese and chicken pasta whcih was wonderful as well. The nacho's are stunning, but one plate will be enough for four!

Its expensive compared to McDonalds.....but its much more appealing!

Not only is there Rock n Roll Memorabilia hanging on all the walls, there is also a full sized car hanging over the bar!

The food is excellent and the service was first class.

They have a shop within the diner which sells everything from badges to jumpers.....but be warned......everything for sale is far to expensive!

Favorite Dish: Seeing as it is an American Style diner i had to go for the Burger and Chips....and they did not disappoint. Man that burger had to be about an inch thick! Lovely!