Etapes

Came here for my birthday dinner but food was a miss for me. Service was friendly and willing to accommodate non dairy requests

Best to worst:
- chocolate texture dessert: fluffy and thick mousse, cake and white chocolate

- cheese plate and crackers: a good mix of cheese, asked for lighter cheeses and they were able to cater

- tomato bread: standard fare here, fresh rubbed on tomato

- duck ravioli: fully cooked and flavorful shredded duck in a creamy citrus sauce

- veggies: decent but nothing out of the ordinary here, baby corn and a mini leek thing grilled

- seared tuna: fatty part of the tuna and had a metallic taste almost imo. Couldn't cut through most of the tuna, was very chewy

S.O. Thoroughly enjoyed the cochinillo

TLDR: not really my jam in terms of food, but they're known for their wines here

I have had the pleasure, privilege, and darned good luck to enjoy delicious food all over the world. While celebrating my lovely wife's birthday during our first-year trip to Barcelona, we shared one of our most impressive, imaginative, amazing meals ever at Etapes.

We spent some three hours oohing, ahhing, and exclaiming over everything, from the foie gras/smoked eel appetizer through the multiple courses of the "gourmand" tasting menu. The menu changes seasonally, but whatever's on it when you go, you will not be disappointed. Or bored. (Especially if you request a pitcher of the house cava sangria to accompany your meal.)

The service, the venue, and the unexpectedly delightful company of the other diners we met all enhanced the experience. (As did dining outdoors, where we also met some of Barcelona's cutest dogs, and their companion humans.) But we likely would have been equally wowed if we'd been forced to eat in a dark, distant corner of the restaurant. If it had any, that is.

Make your first or next visit to Barcelona even more special. Or if you're lucky enough to live nearby, Make a special occasion exceptional. Eat at Etapes.

Etapes was our one reserved Michelin starred restaurant prior to landing in Barcelona. As it turned out, it was a 2 minute walk from our flat. We had a wonderful host and sommelier who made a wonderful regional white wine suggestion. The restaurant is sleek and modern with simple elegance.
Starters
Marinated octopus, with watercress salad, lettuce and three tomatoes
Tuna tataki, tomato tartare, avocado, wasabi mayonnaise and soy.
Scallops & Iberian Pork belly confit, with oyster sauce and ham.
Duck ravioli, foie cream and orange.
Entrees
Lobster, on linguini ink with white truffle.
Suckling pig, boneless and crusty with shallot confit and chicory puree.
Fish of the day-Corvino
Dessert
Chocolate-3 textures
Banana cake

We loved our meal and dining experience at Etapes.

Etapes was the best meal I had in Barcelona by far! My boyfriend and I came here for my birthday dinner during our last night in Barcelona. First of all, they were incredibly accommodating when day of we had to push our reservation to later in the night because our plans for the day had changed. Then we actually arrived at the restaurant much earlier than anticipated but they happily seated us right away with no problems.

First - the ambience. Etapes was like a sanctuary from all the craziness outside, especially after you've been sightseeing with tourists at Sagrada Familia all day.

Food - Etapes has a regular menu as well as a tasting menu. We decided to order off of the regular menu and share everything. The highlight of the night were the SCALLOPS with pork belly and iberian ham. Do not miss this!! This was my favorite dish and I don't even like ham.

We also had the tomato bread, salmon with caviar and seaweed spaghetti, and rice with lobster and trumpets of death (really that's the name). I wanted to try the duck ravioli as well but this was already enough food :(

Tomato bread that is served as a starter is good but don't fill up

Salmon w/ caviar: seared salmon w caviar and just the right amount of saltiness from the seaweed "spaghetti." Very good

Lobster rice w/ trumpets of death: fancy paella. The lobster pieces were generous and the rice was amazing. After some googling I now see that the trumpets of death are a wild fungi mushroom.

Dessert: the chocolate dessert. It's a combination of chocolate in all the various forms and textures you can think of (cake, mousse, etc). If you are a chocolate lover, this is a must.

We also had a bottle of wine from their huge selection of wines which was very good. Overall I am sooo happy we came here for our last dinner. I was a little concerned because of some of the more recent reviews, but Etapes was excellent. The quality of the food, the presentation, the service, bar none. Great choice if you are looking for your Michelin restaurant in Barcelona!

We were allured by the cheap lunch menu and the great reviews! Reservations were fairly easy to book online.

Unfortunately, I felt the meal fell flat. There were a choice of 2 options for each course. For the first course we both decided to order the potato and oysters. I didn't realize it was a soup, which was fine, but I found the soup to be on the gummy side and bland. The complimentary tomato bread was delicious!

For my entree I ordered the fish of the day which was cooked well. A simple dish, but no complaints. BF ordered the cannelloni which is filled with beef & pork topped with a truffle béchamel sauce. He loves all of the above so he was excited for his dish. But he was disappointed and said the dish was too greasy.

For dessert I ordered the brownie which was light! And we also ordered a traditional catalan cheese and honey dessert which we enjoyed.

We also ordered a bottle of wine which was affordable!

Perhaps dinner is better. But I felt the lunch was just okay.

I never reveal my 6 star review joints but I will make an exception here, sorry, so sorry Barcelona Yelpers.

Etapes is 6 star food at practically bargain prices. The food is stellar without a doubt. The servers really care a lot about your total experience. With all of this I never even noticed the ambience. FYI, it is casual and comfortable not over the top like the food.

Chef's tasting with wine pairing as good as it gets, could have paid twice as much in Paris.

Each course preceded with its own wine pairing described with utmost detail of why it was chosen and what was special about it. Some were cellared up to 14 years.

Each course built upon the next until you almost cry uncle and then the chocolate massive dessert finishes you off.

Don't go here, don't tell anyone. Because they already don't need anymore attention. It's so good no one else needs to know! Shhhh!

perhaps my favorite dining experience on my one week european holiday. i walked in on a sunday night without a reservation, but they were gracious enough to seat me without a long wait. i recommend making a reservation to assure yourself a seat.

initially, I had gone just to get some paella and wine but when I saw the chefs menu, I knew I had to take the dive. my only hesitance was that the paella was not on the tasting menu, but they were kind enough to sub out the suckling pig making the decision easy. i truly enjoyed the prawn, tuna tataki, duck ravioli, and lobster linguini. the chef created dishes that were delicate, subtle, and perhaps even genius. these courses outshined even the paella i was so looking forward to.

the wines they recommended were perfect, which they introduced by region and what made the wine special. I didn't elect the wine pairing, but they steered me into the right glasses of wine for my meal. now I've always been a red wine guy, but Barcelona/Catalonia really opened me up to a whole new world of white wines. so reasonable in price, delicious, and airy.

service was stellar and the wait staff knew the menu and wines inside out. they weren't pushy at all and possessed a soft hospitality that would put any diner at ease. communicating in english is no problem here.

as other reviewers say, this restaurant is michelin star worthy so go and enjoy the extraordinary food and service.

Food: 4.0/5.0
Service: 4.0/5.0
Value: 3.5/5.0
Decor: 3.0/5.0
Overall: 4.0/5.0

Super solid neighborhood restaurant. Service was very good. The food was good as well though I felt a bit over-rated by existing reviews; I'm actually not that surprised there isn't a M* attached to the spot, but I did see enough to understand why some might think otherwise. Tried the chef's menu which I thought was a pretty reasonable deal (but no, I don't think it's super underpriced), but actually think the shorter tasting menu would be the way to go next time as the longer chef's provided better eye candy but not that much more value otherwise yet is priced meaningfully higher. I did not get the feeling of a flawless progression of dishes that you do from the type of restaurant that in my mind screams *'s. I won't nitpick through every detail, but would say that I felt the kitchen generally erred on the side of under-salting especially on the linguini, and the crispy suckling pig, well, wasn't very crispy. All this said, still a very very solid experience that I enjoyed and don't regret doing at all.

I ordered the Tasting menu for 35 € which included:

Lightly smoked salmon with mujjol caviar, seaweed spaghetti, and cherry cream.

Scallops and Iberian pork belly confit with oyster sauce and ham

Slow cooked lamb shank with truffled parmentiere

Creamy tiramisu

Free sparkling water and tomato toasties.

I was able to make a last minute reservation. Service was great. Friendly and accommodating wait staff. I never had to wait long for a course. Everything tasted fantastic. I'm in disbelief that I paid 35 euros for a dinner that in NYC easily would have been more than double that. Highly recommend.

Spectacular best restaurant in barcelona that we ate at...

Tomato bread to die for
Great wine selection
Great looking man by my side :)
The best black ink spaghetti with lobster
Husband got a meat course but he liked the lobster dish better which says a lot since he doesn't love shellfish.

Service great.
Looking forward to coming back here someday