Recommended by our hotel, La Yaya Amelia is a treasure. This is a wonderful family restaurant with excellent food (including many Catalan specialties, an extensive menu and superb wines, fairly priced.

The owner makes you feel you are a guest in his home. He recommends first-rate wines that are not the most expensive on the list - which I find charming. We went two consecutive evenings and both times had the same superb Priorat he had recommended on our first visit.

This is a local gem to be treasured. Go and enjoy the Catalan hospitality.

BTW, if you enjoy excellent Scotch whiskeys, his collection is extensive and very well chosen. For instance, there is a somewhat rare whisky distilled in Scotland, but aged in wine barrels in Burgundy, Michael Courvier, about which he was very knowledgeable. I own that whisky in my collection and was impressed at his knowledge. Not something I would have all expected.

As you can tell, I love this place. We live in San Francisco, dine out several times a week and enjoy fine wines (not to mention good whisky). This would be a much visited favorite we’re it in our town.

BTW, “Yaya” means grandmother in Catalan. The place is in homage to his Yaya, and he does her proud.

We stopped for lunch on the day we arrived from ATL and were looking for a substantial lunch that would take the place of dinner. We both had the 3 course meal for 19.50. The service was friendly and helpful. Everything was great, especially the confit de canard. We will be back for dinner while on Barcelona.

This restaurant is local neighborhood place with Italian type dishes with local Catalonian twist. We chose the three-course menu at 19,50 euros. The canneloni were excellent as were the lamb chops for mains. The service was little brusque, but OK.

Our hotel recommended this restaurant as it serves authentic Catalan food and we were not disappointed. We opted for the table d'hote both nights as the choice was excellent for €19.50 for 3 courses. Pleasant staff too.

Horrible. The staff is so rude and agressive! I dont know about the food but with this attitude they dont even have a chance to get clients. Very dissapointing that people can be like this working in a service industry.