Ciutat Comtal
Spanish Tapas · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
A legendary tapas bar since 1997 serving fresh, traditional Spanish tapas with a popular terrace on Rambla de Catalunya in the heart of Barcelona.
The Delekta Review
Ciutat Comtal opened in 1997 on the corner of Rambla de Catalunya and Gran Via — named after Barcelona's medieval title as City of Counts — and has been pulling one of the city's longest queues ever since. The no-reservation policy means you wait; the turnover is brisk enough that the wait rarely feels punitive. The menu is enormous: montaditos, tapas, seafood, grilled sardines, brotxeta d'escamarlans, a full Catalan greatest-hits reel. The wood-panelled interior hums. Open late, open Sundays, open in August — which in Barcelona is a genuine distinction, because August is when most of this city closes the shutters. Through all the volume, the quality holds. Some dismiss it as tourist tapas. Lazy critique. The food is genuinely good, the energy real, and the cooking far more consistent than a room of this volume has any right to be. The queue is the only real obstacle — come before opening or late for the comida.
What the critics say
- Barcelona.com Directory: Ciutat Comtal
- That Best Bite: Tapas Lunch at Ciudad Condal
- LikeALocal Guide: Cerveseria Ciutat Comtal
- Ciutat Comtal – Macarfi
- Ciutat Comtal – Directo al Paladar
- Ciutat Comtal — World of Mouth
Visit
- Address
- Rambla de Catalunya, 18, Eixample, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 933 18 19 97
- Website
- laflautagroup.com/en
Nearby restaurants in Eixample
- Batea — Seafood, €€€
- Besta — Seasonal Seafood Bistro, €€€
- Mordisco — Modern Mediterranean, €€€
- Embat — Bistronomic Mediterranean, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, €€€
More Tapas in Barcelona
- La Cova Fumada — Traditional Catalan Tapas, Barceloneta, €
- Fino Bar — Wine Bar / Tapas, Gràcia, €€
- Bar Tomás — Tapas & Bravas, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€
- Bar Mut — Classic Spanish Tapas & Wine, Eixample, €€€
- Bar La Plata — Tapas, Barri Gòtic, €€