Reseñas de La Fitora

We were looking for a beachfront restaurant and stumbled across this one. The food was pretty good, a little on the typical side, but the service was outstanding. We discovered that we hadn't packed my son's swimsuit and he really wanted to get in the water. Our flat wasn't too far away, so we told him to get in with his shorts on. The owner/manager/host (not sure what his role is) was so kind and offered up his kid's wetsuit for my son and gave him advice on the safe place to swim. Everything was lovely, and I highly recommend this place.

The waiter was very nice, great english and very helpful, but the food was tasteless and overpriced. The service is why I give it any stars at all. The owner paced outside chain smoking. When I told the waiter my 1/2 L sangria (which was served in a beer glass like in Germany instead of a carafe and glass) tasted like grape juice, he returned a new one. He made me taste it in front of him and it tasted like a Bacardi 151 floater - gross. When I made a face, he returned one back and stormed away. The mussels I ordered had no flavor despite there being a tomato and onion broth. 1/3 of them didn't open, 1/3 were small and shriveled, and the remaining were fishy. The paella was okay. I make paella at home and think mine is better - it wasn't even cooked in a proper paella pan. I get this is on a boardwalk, I get its a touristy area, but Ive had better and less attitude in other global destinations. Steer clear is my recommendation.

I am baffled by some of the actual good reviews here. I have never given any restaurants such terrible reviews in my life, and if they close down it would benefit everyone. It would be ZERO stars if I could do so on yelp. This place is a trap. I am also surprised why it is even in business. It is overpriced for the quality and quantity. Anyone is better off going to a supermarket and buying themselves food to cook or take out. Advice: there will be a guy trying to lure you in to try out their restaurant. He will try to build rapport with you. For any tourist and locals, be aware and do not waste your money on this restaurant. Harshly saying, they should be ashamed of themselves for such behavior and service to others. I ordered a Salmon and asparagus. Salmon, the salmon is store bought for at most about to roughly 4euros. I know this because I bought smoked salmon in the markets and made breakfast with it in Spain. As matter of fact, you would even get more salmon with the one package in store than the amount they give you. Asparagus, overcooked and burnt. Smothered with oil because everytime the fork goes into one oil spills out. Service: Obviously, the waiter feels guilty or some sort of deal with trying to avoid me during the bill as he ask another waiter to bring me the bill. In addition with the service, the waiter had the nerve to try to get us to order more stuff from the restaurant after such terrible food, shame on you. Note: I also notice, most of the good review are from Yelp Elites so I wonder if there is imbalance in the way they treat customers.

Having had a stroll along the promenade for an hour or two, lunch beckoned. We came across this restaurant and it seemed very quiet as no tables seemed to be occupied. We read the menu at the entrance and decided 'to take a chance'. I am so glad we did, and so glad we arrived when we did. Within an hour the restaurant had filled to the brim. Obviously, we saw afterwards, that many tables had a reserved sign on them. Service was brilliant and so was their house wine. Mind you, all house wines we had in Barcelona were very palatable. We ordered three plates of tapas. Small fish fried. Patates. Tuna salad. A small snack, we thought to get us through until our evening meal. Our plates arrived. The salad was enough for four people as were the fish and patates. I have eaten small fish (whitebait in the UK) all over the world but these fish were exquisite. Light coating of flour, deep fried quickly. Melt in the mouth and so flavourful but not too fishy. If you are on the waterfront, check this restaurant out. Prices are 'cheap' for what you get. Service is friendly and helpful. Most of the clients are Spanish which says a lot about the restaurant.

This was so bad it was laughable! The solitary positive is it's location (Port Olympic Pier) , but you should find anywhere else along this pier (or just anywhere in Barcelona) and you'll have a better time with food and service. From the very start, our waiter didn't behave at all friendly or interested; he looked off into the distance as our order was taken. Before the meal started, my friend got up to ask for some napkins (as we were provided none) and was waved away, asked to sit down and wait (how welcoming!) Then as the food arrived, plates were thrown onto our table and we had to quickly manoeuvre the tables arrangement so the waiter could put down the plates. All the food was supremely basic- a salad (mains) was just some chopped up carrots, sweet corn and salad leaves with no dressing! The final nail in the coffin was after an awful meal and service, we had paid with a small tip, and the waiter decided on all occasions to count the money AT THE TABLE and remind us their was no service included in the bill! Unbelievable. How could he have expected anything after that? Do yourself a favour, and don't go here.

I had dinner at La Fitora recently with a large group from a conference I was attending in Barcelona. Our group was seated upstairs and treated to a three-course meal with a salad made of mostly peppers and tomatoes, salmon in a cream sauce, and a chocolate brownie. I wasn't really a fan of the salmon, but I also am not a fan of salmon in general. The waiters where attentive and made sure our wine glasses were always filled and we had plenty of water. We spent about three hours here, and walked away with so many memories after tons of laughter and networking, no doubt strongly influenced by the atmosphere. What was really cool about this place was that they allowed our group to offer speeches and run a somewhat informal meeting while we enjoyed dinner.

Cute little spot with an incredible view. Came here at 7:00 PM on a Thursday and it wasn't busy at all so my friend and I were a little sketched out. To our surprise, the food was actually good and the service was as well. The place picked up around 8:30/9, which is standard in Barcelona, but hey, we're becoming hangry American's ;) The menu here is pre-fixed and they give an option of regular priced menu or the low cost menu. We opted for the regular: 4 appetizers, 1 entree and 1 dessert for around 23 euros per person. STEAL. Everything off the appetizers menu was OK. The highlight of our meal was definitely the paella... but not really a paella, becase all the seafood was cooked IN the rice. Forgot the name of it, but reminded me of jambalaya. Would highly recommend :) There's a lot of bars/clubs down the strip of this area, so I'd recommend having a late meal here so you can party up afterwards :)

Bonito lugar para tomarte una caña admirando el mar y sintiendo la brisa . Podrás tomar algo y alguna tapa o incluso comer . Yo optaría por pescado , marisco ya que estás cerca del mar . En mi opinión preferí pedir el pescado , y no pedir Carne . El servicio fue muy bueno , rápido y eficiente. Repetiría otra vez para probar más tapas .

Velada muy agradable. La comida buena y el trato del personal excelente. y buenas vistas. Ayer volvimos a la Fitora y fue espectacular de como estaban los chipirones las croquetas de jamón y sobre todo el arroz con bogavante. Son un gran grupo de profesionales, y sobre todo Hamza quien nos atendio muy bien, un profesional de arriba abajo y desde aqui le mando un saludo a Hamza y a todo el equipo. No vemos pronto.