Finally we had the chance to visit the much talked-about Meatpacking Bistro, a recently opened restaurant in Travessera de Gracia-Aribau. I have to say that I very much like the new restaurant trend here in Barcelona with places like Filete Ruso, Cornelia & Co and now the Meatpacking Bistro, all new, fresh, with a lot of thought put into the décor, easy, delicious menus and above all at a reasonable price.
The Meatpacking Bistro has taken inspiration for its name from the Meatpacking District in New York, as you might already have guessed. I have a big passion for lamps, and at this place I had a lot to look at and admire.
The place actually has a very New York feel to it, and I got a very, very strong urge to visit New York again while sitting and waiting for our food.
For the starters you have a choice of salads (waldorf, pesto and caesar), salmon tartare, crabcake and nachos, to name a few examples. We chose the nachos:
And they were very good. It was a very big plate (definitely enough to share) and it was topped with sour cream, black olives, jalapeños, a hot sauce and very creamy cheddar. For a main course they have a choice of different hamburgers (tuna with wasabi sauce and the Meatpacking one), barbeque ribs, steak, parmesan chicken, salmon…
I chose the hamburger with home-made fries. It didn’t look like a lot when it came to the table, but I got so full that I actually only had only half of it.
To be honest I was so full after that I couldn’t bring myself to have dessert… But the options looked great, carrot cake, cheese cake, brownie and ice-cream.
Overall it was a very nice experience, the only downside was that the service was slightly slow, which I guess is normal for a place that recently opened, and that the tables are very close to each other so you will overhear your neighbours conversations. But I will definitely go back! They are also open for breakfast and Thursdays to Saturdays until 03.00 if you feel for having a late dinner.
(Meatpacking Bistro, Travessera de Gracia 50-52, 08021 Barcelona)
Maria Katarina Barcelona 
Hey Guys,
I would like to clear something up about the Meatpacking Bistro, NOTHING is ORGANIC. I was hired there before they opened as head chef and being from California I thought it in bad taste to promote organic when nothing is organic. I mentioned this several times to the owner, Edu, and was constantly told “organic is to expensive to use”. My natural response was “Well then, why advertise, people will enjoy the food anyway!” Edu believed it to be a great marketing ploy, which it is, but with my roots being from Cali and how we really pride ourselves on the “farm to table” concept and organic food, I thought it would be an injustice to let this misconception continue.
Hi there, and thank you very much for your eye-opening comment. I will modify the post asap to remove the misleading info.
Hi! Conozco bastante bien el meatpackingbistro porque he estado bastantes veces y ademas conozco personalmente a los propietarios y puedo asegurar la trazabilidad de los productos y que la chica del comentario fue despedida, entre otros motivos, por mentir en su CV… Lo q pone un poco en cuestion su opinion sobre el restaurante…
Well, if I am lying and malicious:) just ask http://www.caae.es to verify that the restaurant is organic and a stamp of approval will be awarded.
Being an American in Barcelona, I was rather excited to find another American restaurant here. I usually go to the Pink Elephant which is another bistro type restaurant that serves American food. I met the chef once who is from NYC and the food has evolved into such a unique experience that my wife and I go there once a month.
The food at Meatpacking was just not good. I couldn’t tell if it was organic or not but most of what we ordered was sent out of the kitchen cold. The crab cakes had a good taste but were cold all the way thru. Luckily I had alcohol which helped. The nachos were weird. It was shredded cheese put on chips and put in the oven. The ground beef was so overcooked it looked dried out. Again, I had booze which made it palatable. For seconds, I had the chicken which I sent back after 2 bites. It was so overcooked and hard and the bottled tomato sauce they served it in was just not a good combination. More alcohol.
The macaroni and cheese offended my inner southern boy. It was penne or rigatoni suffocated in gorgonzola. I could hear my grandmother rolling over in her grave. My wife had the hamburger which wasn’t bad but it didn’t have fries (unless I wanted to spend 4 more euros). For dessert, we had the recommended cheesecake. The chef must be diabetic because it had no sweetness to it at all and was just a lump of cream cheese. More alcohol.
We won’t go back anytime soon. They just opened so maybe with time they will find their way.
Si, buena pinta tiene, pero un restaurante es algo más que la pinta….lo principal en un restaurante es su comida, y eso parece que algunos no lo tienen claro…calidad mediocre disfrazada con una decoración bonita para invitar a entrar a las victimas….