La Balsa Review

Very calm ambiance, what we needed for our dinner to have good conversation.Service very attentive while not too much present. Excellent restaurant.

Beautiful atmosphere perfect for start of our day … the specials suggested were delicious…we had ham was delicious and veggies were cooked to perfection ended meal beef tartare and grilled octopus!!!

This is restaurent built on top of a old water deposit for a local old farm, the architectonical solution figured out by a reputed catalan architect more that 30 years ago used a lght wood roof, is proven enduring and beatiful. This was meant to be a restuarant for the beatiful people of Barcelona. Now customers are more diverse but atmosphere is good and relaxing, seating in la Balsa, surruender by a garden is an expierence. Food is goot to excellent, not high cuisine, no experiments. Service is good and effiicent. Price very reasonable on the set menu, average to high a la carte,

Tasty food. Service slow but polite. Very pretty setting in an exclusive neighborhood of Barcelona a bit removed from the touristy areas so much quieter than most restaurants we visited

The duck was good and the sea bass was outstanding - perfectly cooked and very well seasoned. The waiter recommended a local Catalan wine which was absolutely perfect - very fragrant and fruity and well balanced. But the height of the evening was the freshly made cottage cheese drizzled with honey. We ordered one to share but immediately ordered a second. It literally brought tears to our eyes when we realized how pitiful our life is in the US as this kind of food simply does not exist there … :-)