Restaurante Mano Rota

We came here based on a friend’s recommendation and the glowing reviews, but unfortunately, it didn’t live up to the hype. The food looks good but was bland and underwhelming—not what we were expecting given the positive feedback—and at over 60 EUR per person, it didn’t feel worth it. Despite leaving hungry, we didn’t finish our plates. That said, the service was friendly and welcoming, which we appreciated, but overall, it was a disappointing experience.

Karina and the other gentleman (didn’t get his name) were so kind and helpful throughout our dinner service. Really great food and perfect for sharing amongst two. Fantastic flavorful dishes that are unique and executed well but still pay respects to Peruvian and Japanese cuisine. Cava suggestions were fantastic as well. Overall, great and friendly service with great food. Definitely a place worth visiting again and recommending to others.

Flavors are so unique that the food melts in your mouth. The beef cheek was incredible. The Décor is simple but sophisticated and the staff there are very kind and friendly and took their time to recommend and advise of the food. The menu is not large which I like very much and the restaurant really focused on a selection of well crafted and prepared dishes. Food is really delicious. At the end of the meal they treated us with plum liquor which was amazing as well. I highly recommend trying this place.

A small jewel in this lovely neighborhood. Mano Rota is situated in a small street a few meters from Poble Sec station. Once you enter the restaurant, you feel yourself comfortable and relaxed thanks to the warm welcome of the waiter. He speaks very well English by the way. He suggested us to take two dishes per person. This is what we did and we added some oysters as starter, a bottle of Priorat and some water. The oysters were delicious. The Japanese sauce and red apple dice fits the taste and improves it. A real discovery. Then came the dishes. One by one. The octopus was good, without any special feeling about it. The sauce was a bit salty though. The second dish, chicken, was perfectly cooked, accompanied by onion pickles and lettuce leaves. You make your own rolls. Very tasty. The best part were the last two dishes. The udon and the thai suquet. Wonderful. Both of them are an explosion of tastes in the mouth. Perfectly executed, sufficiently spicy, served very hot. Those plates deserve a Michelin star. As dessert, we took the chocolate cream and lemon pie. I was quite disoriented by the lemon pie which is not a pie but frozen lemon cover filled with lemon custard and soft meringue. Not so special. But the chocolate cream was another masterpiece. The cream is actually a very dense gianduja chocolate ganache, served with a spoon of very thick salted caramel sauce. I usually dont take chocolate deserts but this one was the one that made me change my mind. We definitely recommend and just thank the waiter for his service and friendly smile. We will come back.

Had the tasting menu! Was a little pricey but at the end of the meal it felt validated and worth it. Every dish was delicious. Usually at a tasting menu there’s at least 1-2 clear dislikes but I enjoyed every single dish here.

Incredible! This was one of our best experiences in Barcelona! The food was unreal, delicious fusion flavours and brilliant cava & wine to match. Service was attentive, informative and the atmosphere was spot on. Not pretentious. Worth every penny. Thank you for our fantastic experience!

Disclaimer: My review is a little biased as someone who regularly eats Japanese food. Mano Rota doesn’t quite hit the mark for me for fusion food that is Japanese/ Peruvian/ Catalan. However, it’s not bad. If you are not used to japanese/ peruvian flavours, i think this place would have been good. I really like the quesadilla appetiser and the beef cheek was decent. My only gripe is that the tuna tartare was a tad sour. (Note: The sichuan noodles is actually dandan noodles but not spicy at all for asian palate but im aware that they have to cater to majority) The air conditioner is almost nonexistent which made it uncomfortable to dine in during summer

Excellent, very very good and the real motivator here for 5 stars is the price. Was able to get completely full with wine and dessert for $45. Super reasonable for a 1 Michelin star restaurant.