Can Recasens

Can Recasens is worth making the trip to Poblenau! There are several inner courtyards with places to sit and indulge on one of the cheese plates. The bread and the cheese (some from Spain, some from further afield) went incredibly well with the fresh bread that was served. Had no idea what to expect when the hotel recommended Can Recasens and left pleasantly surprised. The service in one of the back inner courtyards was rather slow, otherwise a delightful place to go for tapas, especially boards with jamón y queso.

The absolute best experience when you want a good quality cheese platter or jamon platter with a great selection of salads. The staff is extremely friendly and the place is very beautiful decorated with paintings from an art gallery. A real gem, highly recommended and I will definitely return!

Lovely Valentine dinner! Peculiar boutique that turns into restaurant. Romantic and authentic. Food was great, the majority of the dishes on the menu are cold dishes as they basically have just one warm dish (cheese fondue). The environment is very charming and cozy, the quality of the food just amazing and we paid about 30€ each to have a nice dinner. Highly recommended!

A great spot with quality Jamon and cured meats. The salads were nice and I had lovley company

I don't know how to start. The food is fabulous. We had a selection of cheese and meat, and it was delicious. But not just the food, also the decoration of the venue is appealing and is slightly changing with each room. Highly recommended (also for a first date).

I recently dined at Can Recasens, and I must say, the atmosphere, especially in the inner courtyard, was fantastic. The cheese platter and the selection of wines were excellent. However, the initial unfriendly attitude of the waiter at the entrance was a bit disappointing. But overall, it was a great experience.

Good quality food. I recommend this place if you want to taste traditional Spanish food. The service was also quite nice.

Very nice and stylish place! Good food and very cheap. If you are around go in and enjoy!

If ever visiting the lovely and colorful Poblenou, be sure to visit this incredible restaurant! The cheese selection and quality is absolutely superb. Even if without time to sit down and eat, do buy some cheese to go! We did that and then returned for a proper dinner. The atmosphere was so cozy and makes me feel like it's Christmas there everyday! The service is so kind and accommodating. We shared three incredible salads (one with bufalo mozzarella, one with mushrooms, and the third with orange and chili, as well as shared a large cheese plate of cheeses from Northern Spain. Wow! Everything was absolutely divine! All of the salads were incredible (and it was my first and last bite of jamon iberico while in Barcelona as I'm vegetarian and made an exception of a bite here in order to experience the culinary history of Barcelona... and I am so glad I did this here as my cousin who lives near the restaurant confirmed it is among the best Iberico he had ever eaten). The Rose was incredible and they offer an extensive wine list. The cheeses were unforgettable dekicious. It was such a delicious, beautiful and memorable dinner with such lovely company and our last dinner together in Barcelona this trip. Thank you so much! We hope one day soon to return to Barcelona from NYC!

As primarily English speaking it has been a disappointing culinary adventure throughout Spain, but not here. Not only did our server amuse our broken Spanish but he also spoke English. The food was absolutely amazing. I had a Tebia salad. I honestly can't say I've been so excited over a salad. It had a wonderful aray of light toppings with a hot host cheese on toast. It was delightful and rich with the semisweet salad. My spouse had the fondue and a toast with iberco ham. The tiramisu was not to sweet yet creamy and delicate. Great service, great meal, great start to our trip to Barcelona. Best meal yet in Spain

First recommended by some friends, we keep coming back to this little gem. It is fast becoming our local go-to when we have out-of-towns friends visit. Best to get one of the big platers of meats and cheese and some wine. WARNING: If you are fussy about service, skip this place. It is a little bit of a mad house. The service can be rough and ready at times and we have heard staff talk back to fussy customers. Also, get there early otherwise there can be a bit of a wait. The place is deceptively big, so they do turn the tables, but it is easy to wait over an hour on a busy Friday or Saturday night.

This review is a little belated but this was a wonderfully hospitable restaurant in Poblenou when I was visiting Barcelona. I went with a large group of 6, and reservations were ready for us as soon as we arrived. We got the group multi-course deal where they brought out breads, meat and cheese platters, and etc. The Iberian ham was excellent, and they had a special kind of beet cheese? Wonderful experience, great for groups. Just as an FYI -- for western travelers who are used to a more brisk pace of service (e.g. most first time visitors from the US), this place is pretty typical of the Catalan style of not hurrying diners. So if you need a waiter, you have to get their attention explicitly, and when youre ready to go, you have to ask a waiter directly to bring the check. We personally appreciated it as a large group, as we were happy to take our time and enjoy each course.

If you enjoy cheeses and salamis/ham this is a "must go" restaurant. They have a large choice of cheese, salami, ham and wine :-) Staff is nice and price, above average, is nice too. Enjoy

Excellent for a combination charcuterie and salad with a bottle rioja. Great first dinner to Barcelona.

Pros: - excellent cheese and charcuterie selection - huge portions - great wine selection - beautiful interior decor Cons: - took 30 min to get our check Wish we tried the sandwiches but the charcuterie and fondue were quite excellent

Place: lovely charming place full of authenticity and live soft music Products: I had a mix of cheese and cured meats of excellent quality. Service: warm and friendly Price: very good value for money; about 14 euros for the mix if I remember correctly Overall I had a very pleasant evening. Perfect for a relax business dinner, a romantic dinner or a small get together with friends as they have different rooms and table settings.

Amazing decor very cute ambience.. but food all too salty.. we had the ham&cheese plate, wild mushrooms salad(too salty) and pig feet with foir gra which all looked better than it tasted.

After reading a review at yelp we went to this restaurant. It is a fantastic place. Cosy, artistic, a one of a kind restaurant. Unique...and with an enthusiastic, a kind, and joyful service. The food was very tasteful. We had the cheese fondue. We enjoyed it very much and the house wine was complimentary to the food. After reading this you would expect a moderate, maybe, even an expensive restaurant, but surprisingly, it turns out to be unexpensive. Cheap. But only in price. Heerlijk gegeten. Een unieke plek. De bediening was enorm enthousiast, vrolijk en vriendelijk. Het eten simpel en zeer smaakvol. De entourage smaakvol, gezellig en pirtoresk. En absolute aanrader!

We were looking for a birthday dinner for my wife. We found this place on Yelp. We got a fixed plate. Very good food. Wine was decent The place filled up quickly. We arrived right at opening and by the time we finished dinner it was packed

Location is really nice right on Poblenou. The restaurant is cozy and waiters were kind and welcoming. We had charcuterie and cheese board. Good variety of cheese but the jamon was not on par really. It was dry and too salty.

Late night in Barcelona, no place to go and Recasens stayed open for us. Wine was great, anything with cheese was the best. I can't get over how great their cheese is. Definitely check it out if you're in the area.

It takes a lot for me to walk out of a European restaurant (my home country also has a lot of unfriendly servers). Here we did - after we queued for 20 minutes, we were given a table dirty by the previous guests and forgotten. Despite getting the attention of the server twice where he kept his unfriendly silent face - we were still sitting there after 30 min. It was 10pm and we really looked hungry. So I have no clue if the food is good - but not far at Doncurado we found a similar offer and great food plus very professional servers.

The prefixed menu of 23 Euros per person is worth it! Unlimited yummy bread to go with your mother of all meat and cheese platter. The meal comes with a bottle of house wine and dessert at the end with a drink (coffee etc.) It is more than enough for two people and if you are ordering the prefixed menu, come hungry. Service was good and friendly. Ambience romantic, so coming here for a special occasion or pretty much any occasion is worth it.

We went for dinner, 14 people with fixed menu for 23€ each. The amount of food that we've got for this money is huge :) The menu include wine de la casa, water, beer, then the food - pan con tomate, jamon iberico, all type of cheese, embutidos, salads and at the end dessert. I didnt have time to take any pictures because we were too busy eating and catching up, but the tapas selection is amazing! The salads are 3-4 types so there is something for every taste, the jamon was melting in my mouth! And the great part is that with the menu the tapas are more or less unlimited, so we kept ordering more jamon and pan con tomate and they brought us 3 times more! This is just amazing! :) I really recommend this place for good tapas, cheese and wine!

Amazing decorations and good, authentic tapas. They are very busy though and the waitors barely had time for us. We got the wrong menues and had to wait quite long to order. Then they server each course seperately, to my big annoyance. First we got all the cheese, then the salmon, meat and finally - the bread. We had to wait 1 hour and ask two times for the tomato bread to arrive, so we also had to wait to be able to eat our food... Nobody had time to ask us if we liked the food or needed anything else during the meal. They are quite pricey but the portions are really big!

Came here due to great reviews in the Poblenou (Barcelona) neighborhood and it was great! Obviously a favorite to locals and very popular as we approached the door to a line of about ten people (five couples) and everyone was sat in a timely fashion. Staff is friendly, accommodating and working very hard to make sure everyone is eating, drinking and enjoying their time. The pre-fix menu of house red wine, salads, meat and cheese board plus dessert was perfect! I LOVED the cheese and meat selections and the decor here feels very much like you're having dinner in someone's home. There are little nooks and crannies and stairways and cozy rooms full of laughing people enjoying their time here. I will be back with my family soon! Thanks again!

Lovely and cosy place. Came her very late on a Thursday night (00:30) and they were still open. Delicious food and tasty wine. Would definitely come back for the atmosphere.

Out of all the meats and all the cheeses and all of the wine in all of Barcelona, none even come close to holding a candle to the marvelous smorgasbord offered at Recasens. Don't believe me? Then consider this: during our 10-day stay in Barcelona, Recasens is the only place we went to more than once, and still think about and crave to this day. The place is gorgeous - rustic European charcuterie and cheese shop meets romantic bistro with low lighting, exceptional service and a drool-worthy menu boasting flat breads, hearty salads, house-cured meats, cheeses and fabulous local vinos. Look no further than the tasting menu, friends. There is no need. You and your companion split a generous and ample salad full of fresh greens, amazing stewed mushrooms (and I'm not a huge mushrooms fan), copious veggies and cheese. You then move onto The Board - piled high with various chouricos, cured sausages, jamon and even lomo (lamb) complimented by even more variaties of cheese (one even was even flecked pepperoni spices) that are all sinfully delicious and unique. With the food, you get a bottle of wine that they thoughtfully select to pair with the board you get. All of it is heavenly, and comes to a grand total of 46 euros. Seriously - a house-made, purley delicious and totally authentic Spanish meat and cheese fest for two for under 50 euros. Total. How can you not love that? Since it's a pretty popular spot and it can be tricky to get a table, we immediately made a reservation to come back later in the week, and we looked forward to going back all week. Everyday. And no other meal in any other restaurant measured up to either of those we had a Recasens. Don't miss out, kids - it's sensational.

I feel as though we stumbled onto a secret place with Recasens, so I - as per usual - grapple with sharing it. But I'll be generous! Here! Go HERE! Recasens is a beautiful spot in the Poblenou District of Barcelona. In December, arrangements of apples and winter squash and cabbage were put together as decoration, with tea lights interspersed. So beautiful *tucks in mental filing cabinet for Thanksgiving decoration 2013*. Just beyond the tourist fray, Recasens, to hear it described by my Spanish friends, began as a deli, then expanded to a restaurant serving many of its goodies. It is a delicious business model, with a menu centered around salads and big wooden boards of, to use North American trendy food speak, charcuterie. Our table tried an orange salad with mint and pine nuts (lovely) and (even more delicious) a foie gras salad topped with fine shavings of the liver. Not usually being a fan of foie, I was surprised by how regularly my fork returned to that plate: this salad was a perfect mixture of greens, and tart, and crunch, and fat, and sweet. YUM DASH OH. We couldn't have the board of meats and cheese (a selection of both Spanish favourites and others, with the stand-out being the white pork Catalan sausage) without some pan tomate. Vine-ripened tomato rubbed on bread with some seasoning and olive oil? It makes a great base for any and every kind of tapas, trust. With a bottle of wine, ample food for all, our bill came to 50 very affordable Euros for 4. Affordable high-quality eats earns Recasens a 5 star two-forks-up rating from me. Yelp note: seriously recommend making a reservation here. It took me a good while to wrap my mind around the 9PM Spanish dinner time, and at Recasens there are two dinner seatings: 9PM and 11PM. Keep this in mind - if opting for the earlier time-slot - you will likely need to limit your on-site schmoozing to 2 hours.

We had incredibly good cheese and wine in this lovely place. The food in incredible but the people there are even more amazing. Love everything there. Moltes gràcies! :)

This was our first dinner in Barcelona. As Americans we were not accustomed to eating after 8:30pm but we were quite pleased with the selections and the flavors. The service was good, the dessert was just OK. A bit on the pricey side (we think, absent the experience to compare vs. other Barcelona restaurants).

Absolutely fabulous! Everything was wonderful. Do the Chef's pick, top of the left hand page: includes a three course meal with wine and coffee and it was over the top wonderful with more food than we could finish. Beautiful decor with real fruits and vegetables everywhere and art. Great jazz playing tonight. Only $23 Euro per person: a deal in Spain!

Meat, cheese, meat, cheese oh and more meat! We had a quick bite at Recasens. A good bottle of wine, very nice cheeses and meats. You should also try one of the salads and 'pans'.. It's also dirt cheap as portions are really large and quality is high.. But maybe that's compared to the Netherlands only.. Main issue I had is that you don't stop eating..

The salad and meats were both quite delicious. I am not a wine drinker so I can't comment on that. I enjoyed the live music. The service was a bit slow, but not horrible. I know the meats and cheeses are their thing, but would have loved something else on the menu.

Absolutely loved this restaurant. I'm a HUGE cheese and wine fan and this place definitely caters to that. The best deal is their prix fixe menu for 23 euros. You get a big bottle of water, their own wine (which is delicious), a big salad to share, then the plate of yummy cheeses and amazing meats that pair well together. To top it all off you get some dessert with chocolate cake and custard along with coffee of your choice. I got their espresso which was great. Would definitely recommend this restaurant. The staff is very friendly and helpful and the venue itself es muy bonito! If you're in the area go! go! go! But get there before their first seating at 9pm... fills up quick and for good reason!

Great cheese and meats! Service pretty bad. We ordered the fixed menu for two for us, since we didn't think the kids would eat the fixed menu, we ordered fondue for two with assorted breads and fruit, and an open sandwich. Asked what salad would come with it and was told wild mushroom salad. We were never offered a beverage menu if they had any. But the fixed menu came with water and surprisingly a bottle of wine(bad). The waiter put it on the table and left. We couldn't open the water or wine without openers so we sat there looking at the drinks for a while (we were thirsty!) until we caught up with him serving another table and asked to open the drinks. He never took away the extra wine glasses so we put it aside on the windowsill next to us as the table was small for the 5 of us. Salad was good although not what he promised. Meat and cheeses were fantastic! Even made the wine bearable. And then a plate of 7-8 small pieces of bread with slightly melted Brie came out. We were confused. Is this part of the fixed menu? The waiter is always in such a hurry we never really get to ask. This turned out to be our fondue. It just didn't come with 'assorted' breads and fruit. Kids hated it. The fixed menu supposedly comes with desserts and coffee or herbal tea. We never got any dessert and had to practically demand the coffee and tea.(the tea was not herbal). So all in all, was this a horrible dining experience? Surprisingly not. Although the waiter was a scatter brain that didn't really care, he was happy as a clam. The kids ate up the meat & cheeses plate and were happy with the gelato on the way back to our hotel. And we were in the mood to have a good time.

If you are anywhere near this neighborhood, make an effort to eat here. This charming place was recommended to us by a local and we were not disappointed. The atmosphere is fantastic and the food heavenly. Hours are limited and it is not too big so plan ahead.

Delicious! A perfect Spanish pre fixe menu. Started with a huge salad. Loved the plums and nuts. Then a big cheese, jamon and pate board. One nice bottle of red wine and water. Total under $50 euros. The food was outstanding. The pate divine. The restaurant itself beautiful. Don't sit upstairs.

Even if you happen to get the table by a toilet out of order and the door to the fridge and a narrow way that the waiters pass all the time, this place is still worth the visit. Its so cozy, the food is a lot and good. We even had to take the cheese and ham with us, we were so full. Make sure to book a table, otherwise you might have to wait for a good while.

I loved everything about this restaurant. We did the prix fix menu that came with several courses of meats, cheeses, salad and dessert and loved every bite. It also came with a bottle of Spanish wine. The restaurant looks like it used to be an old house, so you could be in any number of small rooms or even upstairs. The service was attentive and the price was great for how much we got. Will definitely go back the next time I'm in Barcelona!

Excellent restaurant for the neighborhood. The salads, meats, and cheeses were a great treat and must do if nearby this restaurant. Did not open till 9pm on the Tuesday we went. Also has excellent ambiance and value for the price.

This is a very special restaurant. Tasty cheeses and a variety of "embutidos". They also have creative unique salads. The ambience is amazing, with quaint little rooms with a few tables in each.

My wife and I got a recommendation from one of the servers at The Hilton AV Diagonal to eat here. She said, it is not trendy or chiq, but the locals eat there and it is good. Good, ha - it was a culinary experience!!! Our server Alex was helpful and when I ordered a reserve bottle of wine (24euro I think), he suggested two different bottles and both were 15 or 16 euro. "The son" Matsui was an amazing red and we had a selection of meat, cheese, Pate, and great bread. To top it off, we got a melted cheese that looked like a wheel of Camembert, but more salty flavor like Manchego. Must must must stop if in Barcelona and we spent only 50 euro for an experience we will not soon forget. To top it off, the owner called us a cab, waited outside, and talked with us before the cab came. When he said he was the owner, my wife gave him a hug and said thank you for such a stellar meal. Not a matter of safety as two policeman were also nearby and they also stopped and chatted with us. Wish I could remember his name, but have forgotten. Thank you thank you kind sir.

Spent 11 days eating our way across Barcelona. This was the best tapas hands down. It also happens to be the least expensive. So get out of the tourist traps in the Born and head here. A proud Catalan restaurant serving various meats, cheeses, salads. The ambiance is fun, authentic, and not to be missed. They don't do a great job answering the phone for reservations - so just head over to the charming Rambla Poblenou for an evening (take in another of the great bars/restaurants on the street) and make your reservation. I'd recommend this for both a fun night out with friends/family or a romantic evening.

What a lovely restaurant! Such nice servers and people - most of whom are local. Reasonable prices and great wine. Traditional Catalan food, so lots of cheese and meats. The salads are also very good! Will definitely return.

GREAT place for wine with a cheese/meat board. Not great if you are looking for a more "wholesome" meal.