A tapas bar right in El Born: small plates to share, seasonal produce and an open charcoal grill. Good produce, fire and as little fuss as possible — with a terrace, signature cocktails and more than 180 wines.
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Fantastic food, all very original and cooked on a charcoal grill, amazing flavours.
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One of the best cocktail bars in BCN
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“5/5 food. 5/5 service. 5/5 cocktails. We were looked after so well here and the food was just incredible. Special shoutout to the best cocktail maker in the city, Pau!”
“Would recommend the patatas bravas & croquettes! Great cocktail is the ‘piel’. Lovely flavours!”
“One of the best cocktail bars in BCN”
“Fantastic food, all very original and cooked on a charcoal grill, amazing flavours. Our waiter Juan was excellent, very friendly and funny and knowledgeable about the food and wine! Thank you!”
“The food is good. Best patatas bravas🔥🙌🙌. Furthermore the food is more different than the standard tapas restaurant. Tables inside and also a terrace.”
“Delicious food! Really good bravas, everything was good!”
“Best Tapas we had in Barcelona! So good I forgot to take the photo until after we ate. Very friendly staff, cool vibes and great attention to detail in the design!”
“The food was amazing - the bravas, wine, grilled calamari, iberian pork shoulder, tartare - everything was great. Kudos to Kory and Santi. They made the experience extra special.”
“10/10 recommend patatas bravas, carpachio, pork shoulder, squid, grilled pineapple dessert. everyone was bubbly - Koryun, Santi and the rest were wonderful”
“Russian salad with northern bonito tuna and a fried egg with crispy edges. Another dish I cannot resist. So simple and so good.”
“We ordered the scallops, Iberian ham croquettes, grilled squid and the Galician picanha. The scallops were phenomenal — genuinely the best scallops the three of us have ever had.”
Review summary
4 weeks ago
We originally wanted to go to Nardi, but they didn’t have any space and recommended we try Bar Amics instead — and we are SO glad they did. It ended up being one of the best dining experiences we’ve had in Barcelona so far.
2 months ago
one of the yummiest meals we had in Barcelona, food was so delicious and inventive - standouts for me where the patatas bravas, croquettes and the tomato salad!! the staff were all lovely, super friendly and attentive service.
a month ago
Our favourite bar in Barcelona! The service was incredible, it really immersed us in the beautiful setting with splendid natural wine recommendations. 10/10
Humo, Ascua, Ceniza, Tizón, Chispa — smoke, ember, ash, firebrand, spark: even the cocktails are named after the fire. And behind the bar, more than 180 wines, natural ones included, to go with every plate.
Outside, the terrace on Allada-Vermell, right in El Born: tables under the awning for lunch, a long afternoon or an unhurried dinner. If you're bringing your dog, it's welcome too.
Small plates made for sharing, ordered for the middle of the table: usually about 2 or 3 per person. Almost everything goes over the fire.
To start
13
Skewers
4
Small plates
10
Desserts
3
Signature cocktails
8
Classics and aperitifs
8
Alcohol-free
5
If you have an allergy or intolerance, tell us when you book or when you arrive and we will tell you what can be adapted.
Good produce, fire and as little artifice as possible. Because when the ingredient is good, there's no need to disguise it.
Bar Amicks comes from the same house as Bar Pimentel and Nardi, on Allada-Vermell, right in El Born. An open kitchen as soon as you walk in, where almost everything goes over the fire: seasonal vegetables, fish, aged beef and even dessert.
It isn't a white-tablecloth grill house, nor your usual tapas bar. It's small plates to share, a cocktail bar named after the fire and more than 180 wines to work your way through.
Every plate carries the same words, in Catalan: «Ja som amics per sempre». We're friends for life now.
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