If you’re looking for great seafood at an even better price, we recommend you check out La Paradeta, a local chain of self-service seafood restaurants that features several lively locations- all of which offer high quality seafood at an extremely reasonable price.  

What makes this restaurant special is its unique system of ordering your food. When you enter the restaurant you see what appears to be a stall in a fish market., with the day’s catch laid out on ice and price tags indicating the cost per kilogram of each item. Orders are placed in the same manner that purchases are made in a market (i.e. by weight), but with a twist. In addition to ordering by weight (Half a kilo of prawns, please), you also choose the manner in which you’d like your food cooked (Grilled, steamed, fried, etc- the options vary based on the type of seafood cosen). Next you pay, take a seat, and wait to hear your number called on a loudspeaker. When you do- go collect your delicious platter of seafood and enjoy.

While La Paradeta is great for families, groups, and casual dinners out; it is not ideal for quiet romantic evenings. The restaurant is, due to the quantity and quality of the seafood offered for the price, always busy and this is reflected in the boistorous atmosphere to be found in the dining room.

Because of the nature of it’s product offering (freshly caught seafood), La Paradeta is closed on Mondays. (What, you didn’t know that fishermen took days off?)

La Paradeta does not accept reservations and is incredibly popular. Because of this, we highly recommend you arrive at an early hour to eat without waiting- whether during the week or on weekends. If you arrive too late, do not be surprised to see a line of hungry people winding its way onto the street in front of the restaurant. Don’t despair, however, the lines usually move at a fairly decent rate.

La Paradeta currently has 5 locations in and around Barcelona. One of these is in the picturesque neighboring beach town of Sitges, and two more of them are located in some of the most emblematic areas of Barcelona: the neighborhood of the Born and next to Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia. These locations provide you with the perfect opportunity to enjoy a good seafood meal at an incredible price while you are visiting and enjoying all that Barcelona has to offer.

Stay in an apartment in Barcelona in the Born or next to the Sagrada Familia and spend a night enjoying the delicacies of the Mediterranean prepared fresh at La Paradeta!