I went to bar raval on a Friday night. Thankfully it wasn't that packed so we only had to wait about 15 minutes. There's a covered patio section where you can order drinks before you get a table inside the restaurant. I had forgotten was that inside the bar there were no chairs!! There were only a few floating stools on a first come first serve basis. TBH after a long day at work, all I wanted to do was sit .... so we were on the lookout for stools. Besides the no actual seat idea, the menu selection was great. Tons of tapas and great Spanish wine list with a wide variety. I remembered last time that I came to Bar Ravel the food was really good. I decided to try some of their other dishes and this time I was not blown away by their flavours. We ordered the fresh anchovies , garlician octopus, fried eggplant and honey, monkfish special. The garlician octopus came as thinly sliced and covered w some toppings. Flavours were okay but lacking something. The fresh anchovies were quite fresh and salty as they should be, but I wish it came with some croquettes or a baguette. Kind of overpriced for 5 anchovies and 6 olives. :/ The almond sauce that came with the monkfish special was pretty delicious but I think the monkfish was pretty soft (as it should be because it was sous vide'd) but the flavours didn't blow me away.
The best dish from tonight was the fried eggplant and honey. The eggplants are apparently soaked in milk overnight then crusted and fried. It was so light and tasty!! Maybe I'm biased because I like eggplant as well. Anyway overall tonight's dinner was OK. The ambiance was great and there was a great vibe go on inside. Drinks were great and they had a wide selection of cocktails. Overall, I probably won't be coming back until half a year or a year later. Hopefully they'll have a lot more tasty dishes then !