Restaurante El Traga

Item: Restaurante El Traga
Rating: 3
Author: 每個人都在找他的貓

Sevilla • Spanish

5 months ago

Dinner2 ppl€35.1

📍Coordinates: Barcelona, Spain

The restaurant has very high ratings on Google Maps, but I was quite disappointed after the meal. The chef is trying to innovate on traditional dishes, but I found the combinations strange and not quite to my taste. 🥲

The restaurant has a nice ambiance and is quite charming. During dinner time, every table was occupied, and the waitstaff were very busy, but it felt like they were still trying their best to serve the guests, which I found quite friendly.

We ordered a total of four dishes and one drink for this meal. The only dish I found tasty was the “Fresh Scallops🐚,” which was quite good and there wasn’t much to critique; the “Garlic Shrimp🍤” was tasty in itself, but the more I ate, the greasier it became. It’s a dish you need to eat quickly while it's hot; the “Tuna Tapa” was very ordinary with no memorable points; and the “Grilled Octopus Legs🐙” was my favorite dish—definitely a must-try in Europe! However, it was also the most anticipated and the most disappointing. I’ve shared more detailed thoughts in the photo section.

The “Sangria🍹” was beautifully prepared, with an impressive gradient that was perfect for photos, and it tasted really good too. The flavor was on the sweeter side, so I recommend it. 👍

After evaluating the service and dishes, while everything had a certain standard, there weren't many standout points. High-rated restaurants in good environments usually set the expectation for better quality. Throughout the trip, this was the restaurant that left me with the least impression. I only remembered visiting when I went back to look through photos to write this review. 😂 Therefore, I can only give it three stars. I believe there are better options at the same price point.

The appetizer bread that was served at the beginning, we did not touch it; after taking a photo, we asked the waiter to take it away.

The sangria here is beautifully made, with a clear gradient. Almost every table has a cup, which is perfect for photos! It tastes really good too, with a sweet and sour flavor. Highly recommended! 👍

Fresh scallops are really delicious, and they added a lot of salmon roe, mixed with some sauce that I can't quite identify. Taking a bite is very satisfying, highly recommended! 👍

The chef in this place might want to innovate with the octopus legs 🐙, but the red sauce on the outer ring is actually kimchi sauce, which I feel doesn’t pair well with octopus legs. In the back left, there are four small mounds of avocado sauce 🥑, but I think the avocado flavor is not pronounced, and when combined, it really doesn't have any distinctive taste; it's optional. The purple rice at the bottom is very hard! They also added some sour sauce to it; I really don’t understand why the purple rice had to be made sour, and it wasn't cooked through either, making it feel like I was chewing on some healthy grains… Fortunately, the octopus legs themselves were grilled quite well and were tasty, but the accompanying sauces were too strange, so in the end, I just ate the octopus, leaving only the octopus on the whole plate to eat… so disappointing.

The tuna tapas, topped with some truffle, tastes like raw mixed tuna with bread. I remember it being quite average—not bad, but there was nothing memorable about it.

Garlic shrimp, the last dish served, was initially thought to be a dark horse since the waitress told us it was her favorite, which made us really look forward to it! The shrimp was bouncy and delicious, and the sauce made from butter and shrimp oil actually tasted quite good, which I liked, but it was just too! much! oil! The two slices of bread in the middle, which should have soaked up the sauce and been the most flavorful and delicious, were extremely greasy once they got cold. It felt like a sponge soaked in oil, and with every bite I could feel my body roaring; health alarms were going off 🚨. Only those who can accept this should order it.