Barcelona Tapas Bar y Restaurante is a family run Spanish restaurant at 1 Middlesex Street in the City of London, with a second entrance on St Botolph Street. Established in 1991, its two level interior uses colourful mosaic work, Spanish displays and music to create a lively setting near Aldgate.
Tapas encourages the table to explore several flavours at once, beginning with jamón, Spanish cheese, olives and croquetas. Patatas bravas, Padrón peppers, garlic prawns and fried calamari add familiar combinations of crisp textures, paprika, olive oil and fresh seafood.
Larger dishes and rice preparations allow the meal to build beyond small plates, with paella providing a natural centrepiece for sharing. Meat, fish and vegetable choices make the format flexible for mixed groups, while set menus offer a straightforward introduction to the restaurant’s Spanish favourites.
Spanish wine, cava, sherry, sangria and cocktails complete the experience and suit anything from a quick City lunch to an evening celebration. Group dining, live music events and wine tastings reinforce the sociable atmosphere that has shaped the restaurant throughout its long London history.
Address: 1 Middlesex Street, City of London, London E1 7AA, United Kingdom
Barcelona Tapas Bar Y Restaurante Menu
PICOTEOS (Nibbles)
PAN
Bread
BALSAMIC VINEGAR
EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
KIKOS
Fried Corn Kernels (Ve)
ALMENDRAS
Salted Almonds (Ve)
PA AMB TOMAQUET
(Ve)
ENSALADA (Salads)
MIXTA
Mixed leaf Tomato and onion (Ve)
TOMATO AND ONION SALAD
(Ve)
XATÓ DE BARCELONA TAPAS
Mixed salad, tomato with anchovy, tuna, salted cod with a nutty Romesco dressing.
VEGETALES (Vegetables)
PATATAS BRAVAS
PATATAS ALL-I-OLI
PIMIENTOS PADRÓN
PIMIENTOS DEL PIQUILLO ASADOS
SAMFAINA
Slow cooked tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, courgettes & onions
BERENJENAS FRITAS
Aubergine lightly dusted in flour & fried drizzled with cane honey, topped with crispy onion or crushed almonds
CALABACIN FRITO
(Ve) Courgettes lightly dusted in flour & fried.
VEGETALES
(Ve) Vegetable croquettes.
DE BOLETUS CON TRUFA
Wild mushroom and truffle oil croquettes.
DE ESPINACAS Y QUESO DE CABRA
(v) Spinach, goat cheese, and pinenuts croquettes.
DEL MAR (From the Sea)
BOQUERONES EN VINAGRE
Fresh anchovies (not salty) cured in oil, vinegar & garlic.
MEJILLONES EN SOFRITO CON CHORIZO
Black Galician mussels, Tomato Sofrito, chorizo, white wine
GAMBAS GABARDINA
Deep fried king prawns served with a sweet chilli sauce
CHIPIRONES FRITOS
Crisp deep-fried baby squid served with All-i-oli
DE LA TIERRA (From the Land)
PINCHO DIABLO
Slow cooked pork,spiced with paprika, chilli & red.
MORCILLA DE BURGOS
Pan fried Rice and onion Burgalesa black pudding.
HUEVOS ROTOS
Fried potatoes topped with a fried egg (v)
BROCHETAS – MARINATED CHICKEN – MINI BROCHETTES
BROCHETAS – GALICIAN BLONDE BEEF – MINI BROCHETTES
CHORIZO AL VINO
Mini Spicy Spanish sausages cooked in red wine
TORTILLA
TORTILLA ESPAÑOLA
(v) Traditional Spanish potato & onion omelette.
CON CHORIZO
With Chorizo sausage
CON PIQUILLO
With flamed red peppers (Ve)
ARROCES Y FIDEUA (Rices and Noodles)
FIDEUA DE PESCADO
Catalan short noodle with seafood, a variation on the paella.
PAELLA HUERTANA
(Ve) Paella of mixed vegetables.
PAELLA CATALANA
Meat Paella; rice, mini Catalan sausages, chicken, & pork
PAELLA MIXTA
Traditional saffron coloured rice with chicken, seafood and shellfish.
CLASICOS ESPECIALES (House Specialities)
CALAMARES FRITOS
Fresh squid, lightly dusted & fried. Served with All-i-oli.
BACALAO COD
Oven baked Cod loin with slow cooked vegetable Pisto.
CROQUETAS
Fried breaded bite sized bechamel Croquettes
DE ESPINACAS Y QUESO DE CABRA
(v) Spinach, goat cheese, and pinenuts croquettes.
DE POLLO
Chicken croquettes.
VEGETALES
(Ve) Vegetable croquettes.