La Esquinica

Amazing place for good quality tapas. All the good old favourites are in the menu. The menu is pretty extensive with 3 pages of tapas ranging from patatas bravas to cepia and from snails to al croquettes of 4 varieties. If you like a table faster then go inside for sure. I suspect that the service is faster there too. When you arrive you see a line of people. Don’t just go in line but get a number first. The people in line have a number already and this is the place to wait with it. The service is fast so have you google translate ready to order in Spanish. Not Sure if they have an adapted menu so be aware. Super food, super wine super atmosphere and great prices. A 4 person table has space for about 4/5 dishes so it’s something to consider when ordering and making choices. I absolutely would go back but probably go around 16.00 so after Spanish lunchtime (15.00) when the waiting time was totally gone and many tables were available on the terras.

Love this place! very good food and atmosphere :) it's not a tourist place - which I like even more!

A very local & lovely restaurant. I would visit here again, as I am tired of tourist spots. It might be a bit difficult to order if you do not know Spanish cuisines and languages, but that makes me feel THE REAL Barcelona. I visited several tapas restaurant in the town, but never seen any better and more authentic one than this. Highly recommended. I personally do not want tourists to come here as I want them to keep this local atmosphere.

I 100% recommend it. The food is mixt, you can order from basics to sea food, drinks, everything you want to try new. The food comes on small plates, are the perfect portions. The waiters are very nice and fast. The restaurant is very crowded. We had to wait in the queue for 20 min after we took a ticket with a number. We were served immediately and the food came fast too, in 3 parts, but the table was always full with food. When we prepared to leave, people were already called to sit down. The waiters always cleaned it too.

The grilled foods were really good, excellent. Recommend the grilled tiny octopus, razor clams, and bombas. I'd go back to eat them again! Also recommend the longazinas and the olives. Patatas bravas, I don't know how it's supposed to taste like, but I liked it. Effectively fried potatoes with a really good garlic aioli. Crema Catalana was good too! And other tapas were decent. Chipirones weren't too nice, felt like they were reheated. I'd give it a miss.

La Esquinica is a great value for money! All the dishes we ordered were delicious, and we loved the baby cuttlefish so much that we ordered two!

For people who love their meals to have variety, tapas is where it's at. There's a huge variety of small savoury plates served at La Esquinica and it's the perfect place to order a bunch to try and share. Go to the door to grab a number and wait in line for the man to call your number to have your table size written down. We ended up getting 15 tapas and every single one was worth trying: Tallarinas (€11.45), Russian salad (€4.65), chiparones (€7.95), blood sausage (€3.6), tomato bread (€1.65), patatas bravas (€4.55), squid tentacles (€6.95), pig ears (€4.65) codfish and jamón croquettes (€4), stewed honeycomb tripe (€5.40), Bomba (€3.75), longaniza + chorizo (€1 each), calamari rings (€8.45) Tasty, fresh and comforting. We loved trying so many new things and the energy here was so lively and welcoming.

Fantastic service, delicious food and excellent value. They don’t take reservations so we collected a ticket on arrival and waited approximately 20 minutes before getting a table. Yummy Albariño white wine. Patas bravas, croquettes and padron peppers were all excellent. Highly recommended.