Bodega Solera

10/10 I had a dish that made me cry. I am not going to elaborate because no one should intervene with me getting a seat at this place in the future. Go there a lot so they can keep operating and making money to pay everyone, but don’t make them overcrowded so I cannot get a place unannounced, or make them so rich that they stop doing it..

Saturday night in Barcelona after completing Cami de Ronda route and I was looking to have a nice glass of wine and few tapas. The atmosphere of this place brought me in as I thought people were happily enjoying chatting over a drink. It is unfortunate that I am shading a negative light on this establishment. I was shown a wine list, but after some long wait I was served a very small glass of wine, € 6.50, I ordered Iberian ham € 15 and as suggested, tomato bread €3.50, I was served with about 10 grams of ham, you have to admire the skill how thinly sliced it was and few slices of toasted bread! The ham was so thin you could see through!! OK, we know that Barcelona and everything is expensive, but! your service of portions has crossed the line of decency! As a customer we don’t mind to pay for the quality but we don’t like to be blatantly treated like this, it feels like an insult to your dignity!! You don’t represent Catalunya culture, you are shamelessly driven by profit, charging 5 * prices for mediocre sizes of food. It’s not right. I do travel to Barcelona for work and I’ll see you again in hope to give you a better review. B

A stop by if you want to try good food and great wines. The samtaff is knowledgeable and friendly, take their tips for the wines choices. Also,great cheese selection. A must go if you in the neighborhood or have an exquisite taste

Amazing experience. Wine is really good and staff is so nice. The food is also really good.

Overrated and overpriced; there are plenty of other nice bars around so no need for this one. They bring these wines very happily showing off knowledge and stuff... and then when it comes to pay the bill you wonder why they showed you these expensive wines and not others. I can see some more negative reviews commenting specifically about that. Then, while drinking it, they are very pushy asking if you want anything else right when you have a bit of wine leftz making you pressured to leave or order something else. In places like that one can't relax cos you feel they're there to take your money rather than to provide a service.

Lovely food, beautiful design, friendly service. Everything we ordered was tasty and well prepared, we had some vermut beer, the ensaladilla rusa, tartar de tomate and the alcachofas in romesco sauce. Everything was delicious. The portions were good, for us two, this was enough to fill us up. We were served some complementary olives when we sat down and we finished up with a fantastic flan de queso. Rico rico rico!

Great atmosphere, good food, interesting selection of tapas

After a very hot day we decided not to venture too far from our hotel. The bright green doors of Bodega Solera were inviting and we were after an authentic tapas experience. We were seated at an island with a very pleasant man behind it who was prepping all kinds of wonderful dishes whilst onlookers mouths watered including ours. He was knowledgeable and friendly and inviting. We had some plump olives with salty anchovies, a melt-in-the-mouth beef stew with mushrooms served on crisps (strange but delicious), artichokes with romanesca sauce sprinkled with toasted hazelnuts (out of this world for a carnivore) Iberico ham (the best I’ve ever had….my word) tomato bread and white wine. We then finished with a custard tart like sweet and a crispy flaky roll filled with a type of crème Anglaise type filling, a wonderful end to our meal. It all came to €51 and were were happy and full. What struck me the most was the homeliness of it all - plastic containers with prepped ingredients with labels that were put expertly together. And I knew then, from being a home cook and food lover myself, that every morsel would turn into a street festival in my mouth, just like mama used to make….there was love in every bite. Highly recommended for every visitor who wants an authentic tapas experience.