Barcelona Wine Bar
$$ • Restaurant
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The vibe is cool. The drinks are great. The food tastes pretty good. However, from a gluten perspective, this place is not safe. The menus are not marked and they scratch items you can have.
I’ve been here a few times and have gotten sick each time. My wife likes it so I was willing to go back.
They serve a lot of their food on wooden plates which aren’t safe for gluten because it gets absorbed into the wood. I’m surprised the safety ratings by others is so high.
Really enjoyed our dining experience. They have charcuterie small plates and large plates like paella that are delicious, even a few desserts. The GF selection was huge and the wine was outstanding. Service was great. They had a Gf fryer going last night and the waiter crossed off anything that wasn’t Gf. Highly recommend!
Super accommodating staff. I am gluten, milk and egg free and there were tons of options. Manager came to the table to walk our table through the menu and marked all foods that were safe. We made a reservation and noted my restrictions which definitely helped. The food was delicious!!
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Great experience. Server marked everything on menu that was safe. Lots of options, including 2 desserts.
Dedicated GF
GF Menu Items
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Super knowledgeable about gluten! I have been to multiple locations, and the Pittsburgh one did not disappoint. Everything was amazing including dessert. The waitress marked everything on the menu for me that was gluten free.
Went with a group of 4. We had an excellent time and the food was great! GF menu and offered the ability to modify a few other things. Our server was knowledgeable and extremely kind! Would 100% go back!
We sat at the bar and the bartenders were very helpful! They even took a menu and crossed off what I couldn’t have. I have celiac & they gave a dedicated GF fryer. Good and drinks were both delicious!!! Highly recommend.
We had a Drink at the place. It’s really nice. We’ve asked for Patatas Bravas a simply classic that’s potatoes with some spicy powder on top at the oven. But instead they brought us potatoes on a spicy tomato sauce with an Alioli on top. If you are CELIAC please DO NOT TRY IT ! Make us feel horrible.
Wonderful experience. They were knowledgeable about gluten and offered to adapt a number of dishes to make them GF. The staff were very nice and accommodating. And the food and drinks were delicious.
I visited the Barcelona Wine Bar last night and had an amazing experience. The menu was marked up showing what was safe. There is a separate friar for the potatoes (which were delicious). Huge wine and food selection. I would highly recommend!!!
Amazing experience! The hostess handed me a gluten free marked menu before we even sat down. And they have a dedicated gluten free fryer!!!! Update - also went for brunch and had the same experience! They definitely take allergies seriously here.
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Overall a fairly safe place to eat. It is really hectic in there and you need to stay attentive though. Waiter marked up the menu - some things are never safe, some can be sautéed instead (cooked separate is how I understood it), and some are always safe.
The main issue is that the waiter doesn’t bring the food, the food runners do. They usually don’t say anything - drop plates and run / no time for question or confirmation (if you do catch them, often they don’t know anyway).
I decided to have faith. Luckily when one dish was brought over incorrectly, seconds before eating it the waiter caught it and stopped me. I thanked him, he took the wrong dish (kale salad w a gluten topper), and the small plate I had with several things on it since it was now cross contaminated.
I am overall not sure if I got anything contaminated, I didn’t feel bad but also wasn’t perfect - though overall felt ok about the experience.
My suggestion for the restaurant is to:
1. Have food runners clearly denote when something is made safe for allergies or celiac, or require servers/mgrs to bring specialty food instead of it’s not possible.
2. Don’t mark up the menu every time by hand. Just make a celiac version once and post it and educate the staff.
3. When somebody does screw up, don’t charge the customer for it. In fact the small plate had half of the other dishes on it - it all went in the trash after and only the kale salad was remade.
All in all room for improvement but the server did their best under the restaurants policies!
Nothing but love for Barcelona! This place was may fav before my diagnosis and I was so pleased to still be able to go. The waitress marked up the menu for me (and the star of the menu, the potatoes, can be baked instead of fried!)
Great experience. GF bread. Waiters mark up menu when you ask. Probably 70% (ish) of menu can be GF. Very yummy for fancy night out.
Amazing experience, our server was extremely knowledgeable and marked up not one but two menus for us. Couldn’t snap pictures of the food, only empty plates, but I swear it is worth it!
Really yummy and accomodating
