Can Vilaró

Can Vilaro Restaurant Family Owned and Local Experienced near San Antoni PlaceBest Food Ever

I was able to do a reservation after walking pass this restaurant and seeing how popular it was. I called same day to do a 1 pm reservation and they were super nice to accommodate. I highly recommend making a reservation as it gets packed.
Place feels like home and they make sure you feel that way. They patiently explain the plates as there are a lot of options. Menu has English translation.
Super authentic Catalan food, super tasty and good prices.
They welcome you with olives and ask for the specials of the day as there are multiple things that you can choose from.
We had the sopa del día, sardinas en pan tostado, the trinxat (cabbage purée with potatoes), the galta (pork cheek) which has a warm sauce with mushrooms and peas. All plates had great flavor. Drink options were plenty.
Finally we had the tarta De Santiago which comes with a sweet Catalan wine.
Epic meal!

A local restaurant near St. Antoni market. Family style place, especially has some strange but authentic Catalan food. The food is simple but quite delicious!

We walked into this place at around 11 AM and the waiter behind the counter looks stunned to see us. What's this asian woman and jewish man doing at this local joint?

We would had never known to come here, but we saw this place on a vlog on YouTube (Mark Wiens if you want to look him up.)

Even though it was 11 AM, we ordered cervezas. Even though we weren't really in the mood to drink, everyone else seems to drink with every meal in Barcelona, and we didn't want to look like wusses.

They do have an English menu, even though the waiter / waitress' English was so-so. Between that and my bf's spanish skills, it was fine. Plus, they were quite nice. They just seemed perplexed as to why we were there.

We ordered a huge breakfast. Tripe with chickpeas, blood sausage with an eggplant, peppers and onions mixture. Deep fried lamb's brain. This egg thing with tomato (pictured - don't remember what it was called). And since we got so much protein, we got the white asparagus with mayonnaise - you know, just to adhere to the food pyramid with some veggies.

The white asparagus came out first. I believe this probably came out of a jar. The mayo, was mayo. It wasn't aioli. It was mayo. Although plain, we found this kind of interesting, so no point off there.

Then came the tripe. It came out hot, tender with huge pieces of tripe. The blood sausage came next and definitely one of the best blood sausages I've ever had. It had that great crack when you cut into it. Flavorful, not too peppery and the veggie mixture with it went great with it. The deep fried lamb's brain was amazing. Creamy and went great with the side of lemon. And then, finally the egg thing. This was not what we expected, but it was great. It was rather simple baked eggs with tomato and finely chopped sausage. It was quite tasty. Everything was good and ate everything to the last drop. (Literally wiped up all of that juice from the tripe.)

All in all, this was the most authentic, local catalan food we'd had on our trip. I highly recommend to anyone who enjoys trying out rustic food.

Came here because I heard it was a friendly traditional Catalan restaurant. For breakfast they suggested Lam's cheek and trips "intestines" i had the lamb's cheek (shown below) but not the intestines because my brother would not eat it haha....We lso had some type of sausage with beans that was ok and obviously miel y leche (their version of flan). All in all VERY friendly and patient staff. The owner is a amazing guy.... would and will definitely return. It seems to me they love tourists visiting them. Anyway check it out....Oh and I heard you should eat the lamb's cheek with Vino Catalan(wine). You can see it below....Price was very very cheap....all around great

This is a true local place - senoritas and seniora are sitting, reading newspapers, sometimes talking.
The food is just average - yes, there are Catalan dishes you can not find easily around the town - but the taste is just ok.
The prices look cheap - but check you "tapas" like portions.

Just a normal local spot. If you are around - have a look, but the place is not worth a extra trip.

You are walking along after departing the Mercat Sant Antoni and you are hungry. In front of you is a small family-run restaurant (with 2 tables outside, which will be occupied) serving happy locals. Nary a tourist to be seen. We arrived hungry. We had a happy lunch and left full.

Recommended.

Drinks:
* Vermut de casola (€1.75). 20cl and not fancy, but refreshing.
* Cervezas, 30cl.

Food:
* A small bowl of free green olives.
* Green salad with tomatoes, olives, onions, lettuce, white asparagus.
* 1/4 chicken. A large portion. I left a tiny bit.

+ Atmosphere. Not the building, but the happy, talkative customers.
+ Excellent service from 2 waiters and "Dad".

- Paper napkins.

€20.50 for lunch for 2

This is definitely the local hang out. Looked like the hangout for local retirees. When I walked in with my husband and son, they thought we were lost and needed directions... once we confirmed three times that we were there to eat, they seated us and everything was really nice. It seemed like it was family run. The dishes are all super traditional Catalan dishes. We had lamb cheeks and a stew...both were off menu. Really great and homey. Just what we needed after being tourists for a while. I would definitely recommend just to get a taste of home cooked food.

No frills rustic Catalan cuisine, letting the ingredients speak for themselves. We're talking classic country style cooking, nothing you would fine in a tourist trap. They speak either Spanish or Catalan and a little English. I had the lambs head, you can mix it with cheeks. It's simply roasted with salt and herbs and finished with good olive oil. They leave the tongue and teeth in, not for the squeamish. Nice mild lamb flavor with tender cheeks. Pair perfectly with their house white wine, from the south of Catalan. Next was the tripe with sheep or lambs back, a very homey comfort food. Lastly was the fried Lambs brain, perfect clumps of fried balls of creamy brain. It reminds me of well fried oysters but instead of the sea taste you would replace it with a meaty flavor. Wonderful find, must try if you want to experience real Catalan food.