Restaurante Los Caracoles, Barcelona

The restaurant has a unique interior, it seems like as if it's a very old petit-restaurant, with big wine-casks along the walls. It has two floors and cosy little tables to eat on. The service is freindly, and the restaurant is not too crowded.

As a curiosity, the walls are covered with photos of celebrities, politicans, and other personalities who have dined there. Rumor has it there's a picture of John Wayne somewhere there. I didn't have a week to look at them all, so I'll take the rumor at face value.

Favorite Dish: 'Los Caracoles' is recommended in most major travel guidebooks. That's probably why we avoided it the first few days. We dont like touristic restaurants! But since the girl from the studenthouse we stayed convinced us, we put our prejudices aside and we discovered that it was just great!
when yiuy are a bit tall you almost will have to to duck to get into the hallway at the back of the cramped bar that doubles as entrance to the dining area. We walked past the open grill area and the aging kegs of wine to our table.

We ordered roast suckling pig and (just in case) roast chicken. The suckling pig was amazing, although it's not the type of dish you can eat very often -- it's quite greasy. But don't miss it! And for the timid, the roast chicken was the best I've ever had.

This place was written up everywhere and it was the most crowded, most expensive and least tasty meal we ate during our 10 days iun Barcelona

Walk in, walk down and through the kitchen, steer through the HUGE crowd and then leave and go find better food at a fraction of the price. None of the 4 of us liked what we had particularly, nothing wrong with any of it, but the prices were huge compared to the food.

The entrancer to the resaurant is very different, through the main kitchen area. There are very impressive rooms which are full pf character, and the restaurant is very much bigger than it looks.

Unfortunately the service was surly and my mushrooms were full of grit. I did nto have to pay for this dish, but it was unimpressive

Favorite Dish: We did not rate any of the dishes highly, and we certainly had much better meals and service everywhere else we ate in Barcelona.

It turned out to be a very disappointing evening. We weren't able to book the restuarant and when we arrived we were told we would have to wait 30 minutes. We ended up waiting 1 hour and 15 minutes.
When we were finally served the food was very mediocre and certainly not worth the wait. In future I wouldn't waste my time at Los Caracoles when there are so many other places to eat in Barcelona.

Favorite Dish: NONE

We were lucky to get in. I tried to book as soon as I got to Barcelona but was told that they were fully booked all weekend (and that's in March). It was late on a Saturday and we thought we'd try to get in before finding somewhere else and luckily they had a table free. It was obvious why it's so popular, the history (spot the celebrity photos on the wall) good service and the food was superb.

Favorite Dish: Well I had to try the snails didn't I. They were very nice and I thought the spit roast chicken was excellent.

Tucked away in a cobbled side street off les Ramblas this restaurant makes a great night out. Looks small but goes on for miles.
Excellent authentic Spanish decor, good food and a great ambience.

Favorite Dish: Fish Fish Fish

Though very busy and crowded, the atmosphere is electric and yet warm, and the food is excellent (don't miss the snails which the restaurant is named for). A little more expensive but worth it-even the wine was superb.

Very friendly place and very busy, which is always a good sign.

We turned up on a friday night and wanted a table for nine. It looked jam packed at the time but twenty minutes later we were all seated.

The place is enormous with plenty of space. It has the added attraction of being able to walk through the very hot kitchen on the way to the table.

Favorite Dish: Typical Catalan restaurant. Plenty of fish, chicken and steaks.