Mamacafé

I stopped by for a menu del dia and I'm so grateful Ive found a new regular place to come to. My first plate was an egg noodle dish with sautéed vegetables, my second was a perfectly cooked Pork Cheek with hot and fresh French fries, served with a red wine sauce and a red wine drink. bread, dessert (I had a Tarta de Santiago) and wine included for a really great price. My server Emily was so helpful, friendly, knowledgeable and all around wonderful. The atmosphere is cool, I very much look forward to coming back!

Came here a few times for a lunchtime menu del dia with work friends. Somewhat modern food, good quality for a reasonable price. Very popular at lunchtimes.

I have a friend who lived in Barcelona 5 years ago. She forwarded me an equally as old email she had sent to a friend of hers with a list of things in Barcelona with the caveat "I'm not sure if any of this is still applicable, open, or around". Somewhere in the 4 pages was Mamacafé in one line saying it's a nice dinner spot.

One evening after a long day of touring, I came here for dinner with my mother and sister...dinner rush is about at 10 pm, so we came by at 9:30. Happy to discover it was still there and open, we looked at the menu out front wondering if should we eat here or not. A friendly waiter came out and invited us in, so we went in.

I wouldn't say their English was good, but it was better than our Catalan or Spanish for sure and they were super friendly. The skinny here is 15,20 € gets you a dinner of a starter, meal, and dessert or coffee. Scanning the whole menu, I realized this is essentially a "Contemporary Cuisine" place that you could find around the San Francisco Mission. But, unlike SF, there were so many interesting things on the menu: handmade crunchy ravioli with brie, buffalo mozzarella salad, veal burger (really just a burger on a salad with no bun), sea bass seamed in paper with veggies. Between the three of us, we had a fair sampling of it all.

The thing to note here is, it was all incredibly fresh and hand made (even the ravioli seemed to be just made) and delicious. Couple that with a chill vibe different from the bustle of the plurality of tapas joints around the city and I got to say, Mamacafé was one of my favorite meals in Barcelona.

This is a really solid option for dinner if you are visiting Barcelona. Very friendly waitstaff with a few candlelit tables. The menu is in Spanish and English. The food is tasty but nothing that will blow your mind. The atmosphere is nice with music playing in the background and funny paintings of mothers on the wall.
The fixed price menu is a good value at €15,20 per person. The Cava was extra but a nice treat. :)

I remember being in a very bad mood during my dinner at Mamacafé, and suffice is to say that it is hard to recall many of the details of our particular experience. What I do remember is that throughout the entire ordeal the two or three staff members that dealt with us were nothing short of professional and courteous, and did everything they could to turn our evening around. That, right there, is enough to score bonus points. Restaurateurs, take note.

For starters, we had beef carpaccio and pumpkin soup. The carpaccio was a little overdressed but hardly anything to complain about (at least there was no aioli on it - god, I hate that shit and how trendy it's become) and the soup had appropriate depth and balance without being too obtrusive nor filling. For entrees, we ordered the duck confit and rape special. The duck, was your standard, mouth watering delicacy we've all come to know and love, and tasted fantastic. The rape, that was not my first choice (the veg lasagna sold out already), was pleasantly done with no distracting seasoning or accoutrements that often take away from the subtle flavor of a white-fleshed fish.

As previously mentioned, due to the relative mood(s) of these two patrons, we hastily finished our meals, taking home some leftovers and upon next day's lunch found that they had secretly given us dessert to go (gratis)! I couldn't have been more delighted, and in so doing all that they could do to have positively affected my happiness in a moment of need, resulted in that they will have forever forged a relationship, between a modest restaurant and a hungry but now loyal costumer.

Yummy fixed price dinner with a glass of wine included. Appetizers were great, veal burger and eggs & steak were wonderful. Attentive service.

The waitstaff here were kind and friendly. Unfortunately, the food was atrocious. We went based on fairly positive reviews and I wish we'd realized there were only 12 reviews and many were from several years ago. This is my first Yelp review (I felt compelled to share how subpar this meal was for other travelers)! We got the 3 course menu and every course was disappointing as was the sangria we ordered (which tasted 'off'- almost that the quantities of ingredients were mismeasured). We all left food on our plates. The food was bland, over-cooked, uninspired and for a foodie city like Barcelona, was one of the main disappointments of our trip. Do not go here!!!! I honestly don't know how more people haven't reviewed this negatively.

On our first day in Barcelona for lunch. . I had broccoli and green beans for my first course. I had a garbanzo soup for my second course. Both very good. We also of course had wine and bread and I had coffee and my husband had dessert for the final course. We will go there again