La Paradeta Meridana

• Address: C/ Pacific 74, 08027 Barcelona
• Metro: L1 at Fabra i Puig
• Contact: (+34) 93 534 6557
• Opening Hours: Tue – Sun 20:00 – 00:00 & Sat & Sun 13:00 – 16:00
• Read more: www.laparadeta.com

At first glance this seafood restaurant looks more like a working fish market than a reputable eating establishment. Punters are greeted by a stall of fresh produce at the door of the canteen-style eatery where the seafood is picked out, weighed and sent to the kitchen to be prepared to order. Naturally, freshness is guaranteed and the open way in which the food is handled and prepared is reassuring.

Once your order is placed waiting time is minimal as the restaurant employs a no-frills system where you take your ticket, find a seat and wait for your call. Pick up your order straight out of the kitchen hatch and sit back down amid kilos of steaming seafood, fresh bread and special sauce.