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| - Returning from Spain only five months ago, we were craving tapas. There aren't that many options for tapas in Las Vegas beyond the two Firefly locations.
Barcelona Tapas and Bar gives us one other place to consider when you're craving small bites.
Located in a busy strip mall where locals frequent, this restaurant had a few customers by the bar and dining when we walked in on a weekday night.
I had a few things in mind immediately based on previous yelpers, so we got to ordering. We munched on complimentary bread and spreads while we waited for our orders to arrive.
* Beef Carpaccio "Thin sliced of tender tails drizzle with balsamic vinaigrette, truffle oil, tapenade, and fried onions" ($8) - I love beef carpaccio...when it's done right. Yelpers raved about their version and sadly, we couldn't quite see why. It's more like cured beef than raw beef, which is what we were expecting. Not quite like beef jerky, but not delicate like what we're familiar with. It was also covered with large shavings of cheese, which was not mentioned. Not sure if this was to cover up the beef or enhance the taste.
* Pastelillos de pollo (Chicken Cakes) "Chopped chicken, green and red onions, red pepper, chopped cilantro, black bean and corn salsa molded together and grilled served with gribiche." ($5.50) - Something a bit unusual that you don't see on every menu. It's a bit misleading in its description since we were expecting all the ingredients to be 'molded together' to create a corn cake. In actuality, the black bean and corn salsa are on the side of the corn cake. Nonetheless, it was quite tasty with the accompanying egg sauce. And it is only one corn cake.
* Merguez Lamb Sausage "Served with couscous, and roasted pepper tomato sauce and a Merlot wine reduction sauce." ($7.50) - There was a distinctive lamb taste to it, and what I'm sure was some liver blended into the mixture. The Husband isn't a fan of most livers so he was very aware of the funny taste to it. Comes two in an order.
* Pan Fried Dates "Pitted dates stuffed with almonds wrapped in bacon with merlot reduction and sprinkled with blue cheese crumbles." ($5.50) - Anything wrapped in bacon usually can't go wrong, and dates mix perfectly with bacon in this case too. Comes five in an order.
* Boquerones (White Anchovies) "Toasted French bread with a spicy aioli topped with sweet white anchovies and balsamic reduction sauce." ($5.50) - Anchovies were something we enjoyed everyday when we were in Spain, but we didn't know what took so long for this one order to come out. The bread could have been toasted just a bit longer.
* Lomo a la parrilla (Petite Filet) "Mashed potato, mushroom and Merlot sauce." ($8.50) - Our final order, which we put in at the last minute. It took a bit too long, and the waiter did come by to say it was coming out soon. (It still took longer after that. I can only assume that our order got stuck behind the larger parties that had come in after us.) Another one of those dishes I ordered based on raving reviews, and sadly, it did disappoint. We ordered it rare and although the center was pink, the outside was grilled a bit too long and thus hard.
We were impressed by how busy it got for a weekday night - and Barcelona Tapas & Bar does cater to families with plenty of large tables, high chairs, and a diaper changing station in the restroom. Right now they are offering an introductory and temporary offer where kids eat free on Sundays through Tuesdays from 4 pm to 8 pm, for those 10 and under only and with a purchase of an adult entree.
Service was okay - we asked our waitress for another set of silverware and she completely forgot about it. (Immediately after we asked her, she went to sit a party that arrived and never came back.) We also had to ask for our beverages to be refilled. The man who sat us did ask us how we had heard about them. We also noticed the chef come by our table four different times to look at what we were eating, but never actually said anything to us.
Specials include:
Mondays: Half off bottles of wine.
Tuesdays: Half off their homemade Sangria.
Wednesdays: Half off Martinis.
Thursdays: Half off Mojitos.
Fridays: Half off all their tapas from 4 pm to 6 pm
Saturdays: Ladies Night with Half off all House drinks, wines and beer from 10 pm to 12 am. Live music.
Karaoke everyday (except Fridays and Saturdays) and tapas are half off after 10 pm.
According to their website, they are open for lunch now - but their opening hours are still posted as opening at 4 pm.
There are coupons everywhere for them - restaurant.com, local newspaper, and online.
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