bubó Bar

Double winner: extraordinary pastry — had the almond croissant twice in one day; and lunch was exceptional. We had watermelon soup and an eggplant salad. We’re going back for dinner. The only average item was the cappuccino. Others have complained about service and price. The former was excellent and the latter reasonable. So far our best food experience in Barcelona

Appalling. Went here because all the other places were fully booked, menu looked alright so I took a seat. Everything went downhill from there, the grilled octopus was cold, patatas bravas were soggy and mushy and the red wine was sour. Weak! Avoid at all costs.

Poor service, we have waited outside for 20mins before we got served.
Bad tasting, everything looks fabulously nice, but tastes were deadly bad.

Die Tapas Bar ist etwas touristischer und teurer. Nicht ganz so authentisch. Dafür ist die Lage an der Kathedrale Santa Maria del Mar idyllischer und ruhiger.
Gutes Essen gibt trotzdem und der Service ist gut. Für ein paar Tapas lohnt es sich.
Ist nicht mein Favorit!

Had a horribly salty zucchini soup. Another demerit for no wifi. Nice location by the church tho.

Lo cierto es que estábamos buscando la pastelería y vimos primero el bar sin saber que eran locales independientes. Los pasteles están buenísimos, muy refinados y llenos de matices. No obstante aconsejo que sí únicamente vais a desayunar, merendar o degustar algún dulce, lo hagáis en su pastelería, puesto que el olor a calamar puede afear un poco la experiencia. De paso comentar que las tapas tenían muy buena pinta.

Perfect desserts, not that good atmosphere.
If u want their cakes or desserts I recommend going to the pastry shop they have just in the back part, they have small tables inside too.
Los dulces espectaculares, pero no me gusto tomarlos con olor a fritanga. Gran error entrar aquí y no en la pastelería que tienen justo detrás. Producto 10, local 5.
Próxima vez buscare su mejor local para su gran producto.

Great tapas! Even though they aren’t all that nice to you, I understood that here in Barcelona they don’t really work for a tip like in America do now I know why attitudes are a little different
Everything I ordered tasted great and there is live music!
You sit in front of the cathedral and watch people pass by. It’s tucked away in a little square, perfect for dinner with family or romantic night out.

Beautiful setting next to the church of Santa Maria del Mar. Chilled atmosphere with friendly staff. I would recommend the ‘huevos con chorizo’ (eggs with chorizo sausage) in particular. It was delicious.
Slightly more expensive than other places but worth it for a few dishes.

Nice sunny breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast (with thyme!) and a cortado. I expected a bit of gourmet after seeing photos on Unilocal and reading reviews, and enjoyed my desayuno here. The outdoor seating is limited to 4 tables of 4 people, I was lucky enough to notice that when I first sat outside I was not at Bubó, but their neighbor.
My 2 eggs, toast strips and coffee was 6.75 €, a good enough value in a very touristy area.

We sat inside the bar, not at the tables outside, got to choose our cake at the cake shop next door (still Bubo of course) and got served in the bar. What to say? The cakes are simply DIVINE :)

MACADAM.
MACADAM.
MACADAM.
You must try these caramelized macadamia nuts covered with fleur de sel, white chocolate, Tahitian vanilla, and cocoa powder. I read about these babies but wasn’t convinced, so I tried many other things first:
Xabina chocolate cake (winner of world’s best chocolate cake award): this was more of a mousse with an itty bitty piece of cake. Very good but did not meet expectations.
Namelaka vanilla: this was the shopgirl’s favorite cake and mine too! The praline financier was delicious, and the whipped cream reminded me of Paris (the St Honoré at La Pâtisserie des Rêves to be exact). The fresh raspberries were a perfect touch.
Long Cruixent: also good but I realized I would rather have cake than a mousse on a biscuit
Sacher De Gerds: really looked forward to this as I’m huge fan of chocolate and raspberries, but found the sponge cake to be dry and heavy
Pera Caramel: loved the peach mousse but overall it didn’t come together for me
In the end, after sampling so many things (including the chocolate covered hazelnuts and chocolate covered hazelnut cookies), I realized that the reviewers were right all along.
The macadamia nuts are THE BEST THING AT BUBO.

The deserts at this place are beyond good but the best one is xantina — it was so good I had it every single day I was in Barcelona. The staff is awesome aswell — I was at the desert place and not the restaurant

Touristical crap. They are trying to screw you with prices on terrace… I don’t recommend this place at all, unless you want to get rid of your money really fast… :-/

Bubo is shockingly good for what’s easily the most touristy location in El Born.
It’s front and center for the church, courtyard and various streets and alleyways that all converge right before your table, so it’s perfect for people watching.
There’s an extensive tapas menu, but for me the real standout was the Cambridge burger, which at 7.50 EUR was fairly priced and unbelievably delicious. I normally hold out hope on burgers abroad, but this was one place I’d be happy to return to just for the burger alone.

I had a box of macarons and their Xantina chocolate cake here.
The Xantina chocolate cake won «best chocolate cake in the world» in 2005, and I completely believe it. I came to the store at 6pm, and there was only 1 cake left. It was truly the best chocolate cake I have ever had, and it was less than 5 Euros. I highly recommend it to anyone visiting the city.
The macarons were yummy and better than usual bakery quality, but they weren’t incredible. (Relative to laduree in NYC)

Merece la pena ir alguna vez sin duda.
Si eliges la opción del Bubo bar disfrutarás muchísimo con sus tapas de diseño y sabores exquisitos. Las patatas bravas son espectaculares, la ensalada de berenjena tibia es deliciosa, la verdad es que cualquier tapa que quieras probar seguro aciertas. Ahora lo mejor… sin duda son los pasteles del Bubo, será q yo soy fanática de lo dulce, pero esos pasteles son una joya en cuanto a presentación y sabor insuperables. El local del Bubo de pasteles está al lado del bubo bar ‚ósea puedes elegir allí mismo y que te lo traigan a la mesa y disfrutar de un placer inigualable con esos pasteles. Cualquiera, elige cualquiera y te aseguro que no te equivocarás. Me encanta.!!

Wir haben aufgrund der Bewertungen den Laden ausprobiert. Wir saßen draußen. Das waren die qualitativ schlechtesten Tapas unseres bcn Aufenthalts. Außerdem hatte man dass Gefühl, dass man nach dem Essen ganz schnell weiterziehen soll, um den Platz frei zu machen.

great place to have brunch. right across the street of the basilica. their tapas are delicious. i ordered the egg with chorizo, patatas bravas, mushroom croquettes, coconut & brie croquettes 2 rounds of americanos, and a bunch of macarons and a chocolate cake. everything was delicious and its nice to just sit there and eat right next to the basilica. however, bums will bother you for money every now and again. which is everywhere in spain as long as you are sitting on the terraces. the desserts went really well with the coffee. the desserts were expensive, but the tapas are of decent price. highly recommended!

J’aime les gâteaux et ceux-​ci sont vraiment délicieux. Le prix est quand même assez élevé pour une pièce: un peu plus de 4 €.

They combine their sangria with orange juice. What genius! I tried their famous chocolate cake, which was good and had great olive oil flavor, but it didn’t knock my socks off. It was a bit pricey, but I’d come back for dessert.

Am I influenced by other reviews? All I know is that I walked in at 8:15 with a group of 8 and they didn’t hesitate to seat us. Outside. Probably the most desirable place to sit on a warm day on May 11. What great customer service.
Our waiter was also very helpful with our ordering. We had 3 tapas dishes each: chorizo and egg was Amazing. We also had patatas bravas, to hold us over. All of the croquettes are delicious, especially the jamon. The shrimp was good, and the pulpo was delicious as well. Basically everything is so good. We had a great backdrop, with the cathedral right next to us.
The service is also impeccable. Much different than the service you get from restaurants off Las Ramblas where you come across employees who apparently hate their jobs. We also had good entertainment. Get here if you can.
Dessert was phenomenal. We got the large chocolate cake, enough for 8 people. Amazing. There are crunch pieces within the cake and the chocolate was sweet without being overwhelming. Definitely come here for that.
What a great experience overall. Great customer service and great food.

Properly fancy-​pants, nothing to visit Barcelona for.

Bubo caught my attention with its funny name. Then it caught my attention when I read it was voted «best chocolate cake in 2004.» 2004? It’s got to have some standards right?
We got a few macarons, a huge cheeseburger macaron for giggles, and a few cakes to try.
I’m not usually a big fan of chocolate, but the chocolate cake was hands down the best I’ve possibly had. It had a nice, fluffy sponge cake in between the cream and there was some slight rasberry jam in there so it had a light chocolate taste. The texture isn’t heavy unlike most American cakes and the cream was light and not too sweet.
The other cakes were solid as well but definitely didn’t beat the chocolate cake. The macarons were good but not amazing like Laduree or Pierre Herme. The huge cheeseburger macaron definitely was more for show than taste so I would skip that and stick to the cakes. Prices range around 4 – 6 euros for the cakes, reasonable for the quality and clean space.
FYI, it is only takeaway at night.

4 étoiles pour ce bar à tapas et non pas 5, parce que même si la carte est un peu plus recherchée que dans les bars à tapas classiques, j’ai trouvé que le rapport quantité-​prix n’était pas toujours au rendez-​vous.
Bubo, c’est un bar à tapas un peu branchouille où les serveurs font des coudes pour alpaguer le touriste et l’attirer dans ses filets, ou plus particulièrement sur sa terrasse. Car qui dit repas en terrasse dit 10% en plus sur la note finale. C’est bien évidemment écrit en tout petit en bas de la carte, mais rien n’échappe à ma vigilance.
En guise d’apéritif-boisson de repas, nos avons opté pour un cocktail, que nous avons choisi parmi une liste des plus classiques. Mes papilles ont un sérieux faible pour le sucre de manière générale, mais là, mon Cosmo était un peu trop chargé, on n’était pas loin de la limonade qui se boit toute seule. L’originalité était concentrée sur la carte de tapas où, à l’exception des bravas (bien relevées), des croquetas et de la tortilla, on né retrouve pas grand-​chose de connu. Parfait, de nouvelles découvertes gourmandes ! La mini-​pizza déstructurée était très bonne, quoiqu’un peu petite, l’oeuf poché aux champignons apportait un brin de douceur, sans être fou.
De tous les bars à tapas testés lors de notre petite virée à Barcelone, c’est ici que la note était la plus salée (rien de déraisonnable non plus, mais on sent que l’on paie le côté branché de l’adresse). A faire plutôt en fin de séjour, quand vous n’êtes plus en manqué vital de tapas.

What better way to celebrate my 100^th Unilocal review than reviewing my favorite restaurant in Barcelona!
I was introduced to Bubó by a friend who had went to Barcelona a few months before me. She did all this research on great places to go in Barca & I just reaped the benefits.
Bubó was on her list as one of the top spots & it just so happened to be directly across the courtyard from the gorgeous Santa Maria del Mar Cathedral (make sure you stop by, the stained glass windows are so beautiful).
There is limited seating inside which doesn’t really matter because outside is where you want to be. The food is fantastic, the sangria is delicious & the Bubó pasteleria next door doesn’t hurt much either!
Some of my favorite dishes were the mozarella mille-​feuille, the tuna ravioli (probably #1), brie & coconut croquettes, iberian ham croquettes, grilled prawns, the mikini. You can’t really go wrong with any of the choices though.
Also note that the dishes are essentially tapas so while it sounds like a lot of food, it’s really not that much.
Prices are not cheap but you get what you pay for and that is quality my friends.
I love this place so much I went back 2x on my last trip and I can’t wait to go back again.
Highly recommended stop in Barcelona.

Wow, this place was great.
I found this in a travel book as their chocolate cake was voted the World’s Best Chocolate Cake in 2005. I made sure to pay a visit.
I actually came here twice during my visit to Barcelona. I tried a variety of their creations in addition to a coffee and some of their more travel-​friendly desserts (opposite the dessert display). The chocolate cake was, in fact, incredibly delicious; you absolutely can’t go wrong with this choice.
For the taste and the quality of the desserts, I felt the prices were really reasonable. The place is modern and clean; they even have an automated sliding door for their entrance. There’s also a sister restaurant next door. You can try just about anything, and I think you’ll be delighted.

La calidad de los postres está a la altura de su cuidada presentación. Y me esperaba lo mismo de las tapas. Además que la terraza está instalada en una de las plazas con más encanto de Barcelona. Pero todo el contrario: eran sosas y las porciones más bien pequeñas.

Bubo is something different from anything else I have reviewed to date.
I have not tried the tapas offering that they provide, instead I decided to focus purely on the cake and chocolate side of the business.
Yes you heard me right, chocolate and cake! Usually a mix of the both!
They seem to specialise in very artisan desserts that mix together unusual flavours and come out tasting amazing. So for example a lemon cake with Parmesan cheese.
Bubo is excellent. Quite pricey for portion size, but they are really providing some very different from the norm that tastes great. So good I went twice in 5 days when I was in Barcelona last month.
Definitely one not to miss.

2 numéros — 2 adresses — 2 esprits: un bar à tapas revisité (que l’on né commentera pas ici car on né l’a pas testé) et LA pâtisserie la plus incroyable que vous n’ayez jamais vu ni testée. Lenôtre, Pierre Hermé & co peuvent aller se rhabiller avec leurs gâteaux onéreux. Ici on est abordable et on est incroyablement au-​dessus en termes de goût et de déco. Nous étions 6, c’était la soirée du Nouvel An, il s’agissait de finir le dîner en beauté. Saut vers midi le jour même: il y a du choix. La sélection est bien orientée chocolat, conformément au goût des Barcelonais, fous de gâteaux au chocolat. On y trouve le fameux gâteau aux épices qui a remporté le Prix du Meilleur Gâteau au Chocolat du Monde en 2005. A la fin d’un repas de fête, on a opté pour un gâteau citron-​framboise-​vanille: glaçage nacré surprenant, orné d’une farandole de pois roses irisés, texture impeccable alternant couches de mousse et fondants crémeux et d’une légèreté incroyable qui fait l’effet de déguster un nuage ! Tous les convives se resservent et s’extasient. On est effectivement au sommet de la pâtisserie. Plus tard dans la semaine, on y retourne pour des gâteaux individuels, et on succombe aux variations autour du chocolat: chocolat-​framboise et chocolat-​orange-​fruit de la passion, réalisations exquises. Et en plus, on regarde à deux fois les prix tellement on n’en revient pas: 21 € pour un grand gâteau de 4 – 6 personnes, 3 € et quelques pour un individuel. Incroyable. Foncez. Foncez. Foncez. Et si vous n’avez pas d’appartement, vous pouvez déguster ces merveilles au bar à tapas à côté, ou sur place, sur un comptoir très simple, mais un bon conseil: né passez pas à côté !

Amor a primera vista! Cuando pienso en chocolate pienso en Bubo‘. Todo es delicioso; me encanta. No dejo de ir cuando estoy en Barcelona. Es tan rico al paladar como a la vista.

Además de sus tiendas-​degustación en el Born, la calle Bruc, Pedralbes Centre y del Bubo Bar, la pastelería de Carles Mampel ofrece un servicio de cátering ideal para eventos privados y de empresa. Y, como en tienda, ¡el producto es excelente!

Esta pastelería con apariencia de Joyería está regida por Carles Mampel, un afamado maestro chocolatero con reconocimiento dentro y fuera de nuestro país.
Esa es la carta de presentación de un espacio –o dos espacios contiguos– donde cada producto es mucho más que un simple pastel o un trozo de chocolate. La dedicación al sabor, a las texturas y el resultado final de las presentaciones es impresionante, sorprendente al gusto y a la vista. No es barato porque la joyería nunca es barata… y por supuesto, todas y cada una de las veces que he ido no me he resistido y me he comido más de una de las tapas chocolateras que pone a disposición de sus clientes.
Bubo se divide en dos espacio separados por un muro infranqueable; la pastelería por un lado y el Bar por el otro, aunque comparten plaza, terraza y productos se presentan como dos opciones diferentes. En Bubo Born puedes comprar los bombones y las creaciones de chocolate pero no puedes comértelos allí, para eso has de ir a la puerta contigua y pedir en la barra que te sirvan aquellos que más rabia te den. En este bar además puedes escoger otras tapas cuyo ingrediente principal no sea el chocolate.
Estas son algunas de las creaciones del menú que he probado ¡y que me han dejado temblando de placer!:
–Mousse de chocolate blanco con crema de cítricos y bizcocho de coco y lima.
–Mousse de Gianduja, crema de mango avellanas caramelizadas con especias y bizcocho de avellanas.
–Bizcocho de chocolate con relleno de trufa amarga y compota de naranja.
–Mousse de chocolate, bizcocho amargo, capuchina a la vainilla, crujiente de praliné.
Un sitio imprescindible.

Nice bar but horrible service when the owner is not around

Con sus originales creaciones en materia de dulce, Bubó es una especie de tienda de chucherías y postres delicatessen. Mis preferidas son las cajitas de galletitas de naranja o pistacho y de chocolatinas de sal Maldon, nueces de Macadamia y decenas de variaciones más, que cuestan entre 4 y 6 euros. Como se hace difícil decidirse, el dependiente te echa una mano y te deja probar lo que le pides. Bueno, ahora es todavía más difícil. Mira, hoy me llevo esta cajita de dados de nubes de colores y en quince días vuelvo y me llevo la de sablés de chocolate con naranja. En pocos meses, habré degustado todas las cajitas y, cuando estén vacías, pasarán a formar parte de la decoración de mi salón. El rincón Bubó. Mmm… Me gusta la idea.

Tapas de diseño, ejecutadas por las mismas manos expertas que se encargan de proveer las vitrinas de la pastelería Bubo (dos puertas más abajo). Se percibe además, en cada plato, la misma pericia, delicadeza y buen gusto que aplican a la repostería. Mikini de ceps, pescadito frito con espuma de limón, croquetas de brie y coco, son algunas de sus creaciones.
Si piensas en los dulces de la pastelería Bubo como en un posible postre para una comida perfecta, no hay mejor sitio al que acudir que a su gemela tapera.

Bubo marca estilo en el Borne. Bubo es color y es detalle. Sus macarons vendidos en cajitas individuales tienen algo sublime que llama la atención. Son exquisitos y algo de adictivos. Encontrarás una amplia variedad de sabores. Si quieres seguir disfrutando la experiencia Bubo te puedes acercar a la Cafetería y así disfrutar también de un café en la terraza más linda del Born para contemplar de a ratos a Santa María del Mar, la Iglesia. Te digo, tendrás una vista privilegiada. La Cafetería está a pocos pasitos de la tienda. Se puede decir que Bubo en el Born es un buen plan. Voilà!

Tapas excellents et originaux, mais nous nous sommes laissés embarqués par l’euphorie sans surveiller l’adition. La qualité est là, mais attention aux quantités: une portion de croquette à 4 euros né parait pas cher, mais elle né compte que 4 croquettes… 1 euro la croquette, ça va vite. Excellent raviolis au thon, petits desserts originaux. Cadre très sympa, terrasse en face de Santa Maria del Mar. Le service aurait été OK si l’ensemble du resto n’avait pas été laissé entre les mains d’une seule maheureuse serveuse débordée.