Barcelona - BATTERY POINT

This is a great venue but the staff all appear to be young jocks who are all super casual to the point of stuffing up orders and just forgetting. This has happened twice to us. The happy hour on the web is a prime example. The happy hour on their website says 4.30 - 6.30!! When we came in 4.40 we were told that the website is out of date and happy hour is 5-6 pm. Symptomatic of the confusion.

Had dinner last Saturday 5 August 2017 at Barcelona. Ordered panfried salmon. Fish was half cooked, pinkish in the middle. It was soaking in oil with sundried tomatoes, mashy eggplant. The waitresses were on our backs. Kept taking out glasses, plates without even asking if we are already finished. Onr of the waitress took my husband's glass of beer and he wasn't even finished with the beer.

Just a review for drinks: They have a decent HH on weekdays (can't remember the time), and on Friday from 5p -6p ($5 beers and wines, 2 for 1 cocktails) but the place definitely has a VIBE! Beautiful interior with beautiful people, lots of tables and heaters outside. The biggest problem was there were about 6 pretty bartenders behind the bar who literally didn't know how to make a cocktail. Why are you starting your bar staff during HH on a Friday? They should be well versed on how to make all thedrinks, or you know, train them before a busy period. They looked dumbed not knowing what they were doing behind the bar. We ordered an espresso martini and another gin cocktail, our bartender literally had to tell us someone else had to make our cocktails... so we waited like 15 minutes. Ridiculous!! Anyways, probably a good place to start and then head off to the next joint.

They went out of their way to make room for us which was much appreciated on a cold winter night. It was reasonably priced for the high quality we received. There was a good variety of food offered and the waitress was friendly and cheerful.

The calamari was (were?) just incredible; that alone deserves 5 stars but all the other tapas we had were great too. Props also for the friendly service.