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- Area:
- Born & Sant Pere
- Category:
- Best wine bars
- Address:
- Plaça Santa Maria 5, Born
- Info:
- (93 310 33 79).
Metro Barceloneta or
Jaume I.
Open June-Aug noon-1am Mon-Thur; noon-2am Fri, Sat; noon-midnight Sun. Sept-May noon-1am Tue-Thur; noon-2am Fri, Sat; noon-midnight Sun. Wine bar.
La Vinya del Senyor
Plaça Santa Maria 5, Born
Another classic wine bar, this one with an unmatchable position right in front of the basilica of Santa Maria del Mar. With high-quality tapas and so many excellent wines on its list (the selection changes every two weeks), however, it’s a crime to do as most tourists do and take up those terrace tables just to take in the view.
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7 Comments
I've lived in El Born for a year, and La Vinya is among my top hang-outs in the neighbourhood. It is an understatement to say that "customer service" to northern/anglo-saxon standards is not perfect anywhere in any spanish/catalan bar.
But this is completely beside the point. The point is that this is a great bar with a good card and a wonderful atmosphere. Getting all worked up about slow service is only bad for your heart, and will not bring waiters faster to your table, on the contrary. The longer they wait, the longer you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the bar and the santa maria del mar! Posted on Apr 03 2008 11:09
NO MORE -- this was our second visit with a similiar experience both times. Posted on Mar 15 2008 15:35
Last night they uncork a bad bottle of wine for us, we told them the wine was not good and from that point onwards things got from bad to worse........ they even refused to serve us any more wine... can you believe this?! imagine you go to a Sainsbury's supermarket and after complaining about an out of date bottle of milk, they band you from shopping at their establishments..... unreal!!
But that was not the end of it..... it happens that we had a wine connoisseur from a very well known international hotel chain in our party whom very politely confirmed the wine was simply not good to them and after receiving some threatening behaviour from their staff, we simply offered to pay the bill, inc the bad wine and leave. but not before filling in a complaints form. Funny enough they did not allow us to pay, so we could not request the official complaints form....
Anyway... I share our story so you can remember it next time you think about going to this place. Posted on Feb 02 2007 12:13
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