"We 've been trying to eat at Barcelona for a very long time, but every time we decided to try it...well, in order to try it you need to be able to get to it. After finally driving through the 3rd Level Difficulty parking lot we managed to find a parking space.For all the waiting and anticipation, we found it amazingly average and, to be honest, slightly disappointing.Ok, first thing 's first. That parking lot. It 's small. It 's awkward. It 's not easy to navigate.Once seated it took a few minutes for our server to greet us. She never told us her name. When we asked for menus she pointed to a QR code. QR codes for menus were great during the Lockdown and nobody wanted to touch anything. We 're past that now. No One wants to scroll on their phone to look at a menu any more, especially dining in a restaurant for the first time. I want to be able to see the entire menu, not about 14 lines of text at a time.When asked what we wanted to drink we asked for iced tea. They don 't have iced tea. They have cold water in very nice bottles (a plus), but...no iced tea?Not having been to Barcelona before we asked our server (whom, you may recall, did not provide us her name) what was good. Of course, she answered everything , but didn 't really put across what made the restaurant great. I settled for the crepe and my wife got the cheese ravioli. Nothing else looked remotely appetizing to me (then again, I was viewing the menu on my phone with pictures about as large as a my thumbnail). We had the fried zucchini sticks for an appetizer.The appetizer was server VERY hot and they were very good. The bleu cheese dip that came with it was a bit watery for our taste. Our entrees followed a few minutes later.Temperature-wise, the food was hot. I mean H.O.T. After my food cooled down I could start to enjoy it. Being 100% honest, it was....average. While the menu said it was broiled chicken, pork and beef over a tomato sauce, it was largely flavorless. No flavor came though. No defining characteristic. I expected something awesome. I got mediocre.This restaurant is very nicely furnished. There 's not an abundance of décor, but what is there is subtle and well executed. The open rafter ceiling gives it a homey feel and, I don 't recall if there was background music playing or not.I was hoping to be WOWed by our first visit to Barcelona. That didn 't happen. I know it 's highly regarded by reputation but hardly any part of this visit worked for us."
