Cal Pep

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Plaça de les Olles, 8, Barcelona, Spain 08003

+34 93 3107961

Cuisine:
Seafood, Mediterranean
Hours:
Tues: 1:15PM - 11:45PM Wed: 1:15PM - 11:45PM Thurs: 1:15PM - 11:45PM Fri: 1:15PM - 11:00PM Sat:... Read More 1:30PM - 4:00PM Close
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Worst food experience we ever have had

by amp87

Oslo, Oslo Fylke

January 26, 2012

Summary

-Way to expencive
-Noicy waiters ans chefs
-Terrible food

Wouldn't go there if you paid me!

DO NOT EAT HERE - SCAM FOR TOURIST

by sillywabbit

Manhattan County, New York

November 2, 2010

DO NOT EAT HERE. Had the WORST FOOD and EXPERIENCE here. Left an extremely bad taste in our mouths, how we were treated. It ended up being 40 euros per person for 8 small plates of crap quality food for LUNCH.When we walked in, they herded us to the ...Read more

Can't Miss Barcelona Experience

by oldscratch

New York, New York

April 9, 2009

Barcelona is known, of course, for it's tapas, but not all tapas bars are created equal, and while I only tried two in the city, I can't imagine a better tapas experience than the one we enjoyed at Cal Pep.The first thing you have to do is get in ...Read more

Cal Pep

by ext212

New York, New York

November 7, 2006

Best of IgoUgo I read about Chef Pep and how he still cooks at the bar and entertains with his cigarette-smoke voice as if he's known them for years, but no one seemed to know where Plaza de les Olles was until a local overheard us ask a waiter at the Boqueria for ...Read more I read about Chef Pep and how he still cooks at the bar and entertains with his cigarette-smoke voice as if he's known them for years, but no one seemed to know where Plaza de les Olles was until a local overheard us ask a waiter at the Boqueria for directions. The waiter didn't know either so the local sketched out a street map for us. He was curious as to how we heard about Cal Pep because he told us it's one of Barcelona's foodie secrets. (Maybe that's why no one wanted to tell us where it was!) This got us even more excited and a 40-minute waiting time spent standing behind the bar stools (with champagne, natch) didn't seem to be an inconvenience.

When we were finally seated, we noticed that the printed place mats matched the art hanging on the walls. They are sketches from different artists and they randomly give a different one to each customer. The more you make a mess, the more you get it replaced.

So we sat at the bar elbow-to-elbow with everyone else--there is a dining room in the back but the action happens at the counter--and let one of the bartenders serve whatever he wanted us to eat (omakase, Catalan style!) while we started with the traditional toast rubbed with grilled tomato and garlic. The next three hours was pretty much heavenly. Everything was made with passion and you could watch the chefs toss, sauté, grill and fry different ingredients with gusto.

The almejas, or clams, quickly fried in olive oil and parsley were so fresh, you really didn't need much with them. The purple taint inside was so nice to look at, too. The chipirones, or small squid, were the size of my thumb and cooked with garbanzos. The dish changed my distaste for chickpeas. We sat right next to father-and-son Germans who ordered deep-fried pimiento peppers. The father noticed us looking so he picked up two from his plate and put them on ours. Unfortunately, Cal Pep ran out of peppers by the time we tried to order our own. The langoustines came next and we spent so much time peeling, eating the meat and sucking the juice out of their heads. A lot of work always pays off because I don't think I've ever seen my dining companion as happy.

We could have ended our night there but we really wanted to taste the way Cal Pep cooks fish. It was almost 1am and they've ran out of monkfish so they served us sea bass instead. The bartender showed us a fresh piece of fish and asked for our approval before cooking it. Before serving it to us, he filleted it for us.

And it was at Cal Pep where we ended our vacation in Barcelona. We were full, drunk and happy as we stumbled back to our Hostal Goya room. After seven days of rigorous hiking, Barcelona meant to be our reward. It was just that. Close

From journal Gourmandizing Barcelona

Cal Pep

by viajera67

New York, New York

July 26, 2001

Best of IgoUgo Yummy is the word to describe the delicious, fresh, made-to-order seafood dishes served at Cal Pep. Located in La Ribera (near Estacion Francia), Cal Pep is a tapas bar (with a restaurant in back, I believe) that is usually crowded - for good ...Read more

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