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La Paradeta is a marisco (seafood) restaurant with a unique style of ordering. The fresh, quality seafood is caught by the restaurant´s own boat and then displayed as if in a fish market, ready for you to choose exactly what and how much you want to eat. I felt as if I was in La Boquería. What is great about this place is that you can see the quality of seafood you are buying before you even sit down to eat it. It has a relaxed-café style that Spanish and Catalans do so well. So you would think that this process would be an expensive meal, right? Wrong. It was actually very fair and reasonable as you pay by weight.
So how does the process work? There is a selection of seafood ranging from crabs, prawns, squid, lobsters, mussels, clams, oysters, and more. You pick out what you want at the counter, it´s weighed up and heaved away, and you pick it up crisp and steaming on a platter. Once you choose what food you want you proceed to the next station where you tell them what you would like to drink. Lastly, you pay for everything, take your number, and wait for them to call it over the microphone. Once our number was called, I began to indulge in the mussels, clams, fried calamari, grilled calamari, and lastly grilled prawns. By far my favorite was the fried calamari and mussels. They were unbelievable!
This concept is loads of fun, but remember to order everything at once so you don´t have to wait in line again. It is especially busy on the weekends. La Paradeta has 3 locations in Barcelona. We went to the one next to the Sagrada Familia which was nice because I had yet to see it light up at night. I found out about the restaurant by doing research on places to take my father while he was here visiting. After reading about it, I thought it would be an interesting experience and a fun way to have dinner. This is truly a seafood lover´s dream.
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La Paradeta is a marisco (seafood) restaurant with a unique style of ordering. The fresh, quality seafood is caught by the restaurant´s own boat and then displayed as if in a fish market, ready for you to choose exactly what and how much you want to eat. I felt as if I was in La Boquería. What is great about this place is that you can see the quality of seafood you are buying before you even sit down to eat it. It has a relaxed-café style that Spanish and Catalans do so well. So you would think that this process would be an expensive meal, right? Wrong. It was actually very fair and reasonable as you pay by weight.
So how does the process work? There is a selection of seafood ranging from crabs, prawns, squid, lobsters, mussels, clams, oysters, and more. You pick out what you want at the counter, it´s weighed up and heaved away, and you pick it up crisp and steaming on a platter. Once you choose what food you want you proceed to the next station where you tell them what you would like to drink. Lastly, you pay for everything, take your number, and wait for them to call it over the microphone. Once our number was called, I began to indulge in the mussels, clams, fried calamari, grilled calamari, and lastly grilled prawns. By far my favorite was the fried calamari and mussels. They were unbelievable!
This concept is loads of fun, but remember to order everything at once so you don´t have to wait in line again. It is especially busy on the weekends. La Paradeta has 3 locations in Barcelona. We went to the one next to the Sagrada Familia which was nice because I had yet to see it light up at night. I found out about the restaurant by doing research on places to take my father while he was here visiting. After reading about it, I thought it would be an interesting experience and a fun way to have dinner. This is truly a seafood lover´s dream.
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