Los Caracoles
The Bofarull family has been welcoming visitors to this classic establishment since 1835. The menu has barely changed since Los Caracoles featured in the inaugural edition of Frommer’s Spain on $5 a Day—though the prices have. To enter its sprawling dining rooms you must walk through the restaurant kitchen where flames lick at the pots and pans. The snails (after which the restaurant is named) are abundant and garlicky but most come for the comfort food—roast chicken and suckling pig, bullabessa fish soup, lobster paella. To start, don’t miss the huevos estrellados (egg with fries and truffle) which the waitstaff will mix at your table. Yes, it’s popular with tourists—you can book an historic tour before lunch and dinner—but you’ll see plenty of elderly locals making their way through the restaurant for a treat with old friends.
The Bofarull family has been welcoming visitors to this classic establishment since 1835. The menu has barely changed since Los Caracoles featured in the inaugural edition of Frommer’s Spain on $5 a Day—though the prices have. To enter its sprawling dining rooms you must walk through the restaurant kitchen where flames lick at the pots and pans. The snails (after which the restaurant is named) are abundant and garlicky but most come for the comfort food—roast chicken and suckling pig, bullabessa fish soup, lobster paella. To start, don’t miss the huevos estrellados (egg with fries and truffle) which the waitstaff will mix at your table. Yes, it’s popular with tourists—you can book an historic tour before lunch and dinner—but you’ll see plenty of elderly locals making their way through the restaurant for a treat with old friends.
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