Restaurant Jardí de l'Ànima

Great setting inside of the Alma Hotel - trendy interior inside or nice garden in a courtyard. But … despite being on the Guide Michelin watchlist - we were quite disappointed as you see below. Nice greeting by the staff, interesting move to place our jackets next to the table in a basket. The first appearance : Croquettes with tuna - as amuse bouche from the kitchen were crisp and tasty. We accepted the offered classical Bread with tomato - just to test if the simple dishes are also cared about. And there you go : beautiful crisp bread that felt like puff pastry with great tasty tomato spread with the right portion of high qualitative olive oil and salt As starters we chose Aubergine with burrata - great texture with the Aubergine being soft and tender with the burrata melted over it - leaving it as a yummy soft experience with great flavors. Then also the Leek soup with quail egg was a nice composition but compared to the Aubergine nothing special - something was missing as contrast. Then as mains we had the special of the day: entrecôte 300gr was rather disappointing - missing flavors at all, the spots of sauce were not defined and the meat was really really chewy… not good for a upmarket restaurant. Unfortunately same experience for my main dish - the hake with catalan clams was missing the special twist and taste unfortunately, the sauce had no flavor at all. Final sweets : Basil lemon combination was a lively taste explosion and the other dish, the yolk flan was also great - so the patisserie did a good job here (5/5 stars) - but in the end it can not compensate for poor main dishes. Nevertheless, it is strange that they are on the Michelin watchlist - in this context only 3 stars because normally restaurants operate on a much higher level if you make it to their list - maybe the kitchen team was not in order on a Sunday evening. But the restaurant was also nearly empty … maybe a sign that things don’t go in the right direction ? Quite unfortunate but maybe we expected too much. Service was friendly and nice but also not totally to the point.

One of the best desserts I’ve ever had in my life.

Second time when I came to this restaurant in Barcelona, never felt so Awsome/Amazing and happy with a food like this one was, the atmosfere was incredible, definetly would recommend this restaurant to everybody.

I love this place to bits. Food is outstanding, simply superb. Fresh product, the best and incredible dishes. The service is of the highest level and yes. The price is rightly leveled with what you receive in exchange. It’s the perfect balance. I couldn’t recommend this place more. It’s one of the best restaurants I know!

Good food, good customer service ! A good place in the center of the city ! Little expensive !

Nice hotel and good food. I wish we were seated at the garden, but we could see it from our table on the terrace. Food was fresh and tasty. Salmorejo was best ever, and the sole was cooked well and tasted fresh.

The price is way to high for the experience. The food had a very small selection and the taste was really bland. Every course very uneventful especially for the price. Location is FANTASTIC though, amazing to have a drink. And service top notch.

Nearly no vegetarian options available. The vegetarian offering was very small, with little included against such a high price.