{"id":72068,"date":"2016-08-18T14:38:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T12:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=72068"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:08:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:08:06","slug":"greek-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/greek-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek Restaurants in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The world&#8217;s <strong>cultures<\/strong> and <strong>cuisines<\/strong> are represented in full by <strong>Barcelona&#8217;s<\/strong> many <strong>restaurants<\/strong> and diners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Greek<\/strong> <strong>food<\/strong> is always popular, and tourists are spoiled for choice by the many establishments in the city. For those not aware of the <strong>culinary<\/strong> delights to be found in the land of gods and philosophers, allow me to enlighten you on the some\u00a0of the\u00a0<strong>foods<\/strong>\u00a0you can expect to find in a <strong>Greek<\/strong> <strong>restaurant<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/venezuelan-restaurants-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Venezuelan restaurants in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/greek-restaurant\/#Greek_cuisine\" title=\"Greek cuisine\">Greek cuisine<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/greek-restaurant\/#Going_Greek\" title=\"Going Greek\">Going Greek<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Greek_cuisine\"><\/span>Greek cuisine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Moussaka\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; is an aubergine and tomato based dish with potato, minced meat (often lamb) and white sauce baked in an oven and imbued with spices, onion and garlic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Keftedakia<\/strong> &#8211; meatballs filled with onion, garlic, salt, pepper, oregano and mint.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Piperies Gemistes<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> &#8211; peppers stuffed with cheese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Saganaki<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> &#8211; fried cheese, usually served as an <\/span>appetizer<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Greek salad<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> &#8211; tomatoes, cucumber, onion and herbs with feta cheese is a tradition in Greece.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72075\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72075\" class=\" wp-image-72075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/baklava-e1467030536193-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"baklava\" width=\"217\" height=\"220\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mizzmurray\/6429963321\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">lisamurray<\/a> via <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/visualhunt.com\">Visual hunt<\/span> \/ <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-ND<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Char-grilled and spit-roasted dishes are popular in Greece, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/the-best-seafood-restaurants-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <strong>seafood<\/strong><\/a> is always on the menu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Greece is famous for its creative use of vegetables and as such, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vegetarian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>vegetarian<\/strong> <\/a>options are part of the diet and definitely available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For dessert, try some <strong>Baklava<\/strong> &#8211; a delicious sweet pastry built on layers of filo, filled with nuts and held together by syrup or sometimes honey. Wonderful with a cup of coffee or chai tea to finish your evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/best-peruvian-restaurants-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Peruvian restaurants in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Going_Greek\"><\/span>Going Greek<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Located close to la Rambla,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elmagranerboig\/info\/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item&amp;tab=overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">El Magraner<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a <strong>Greek restaurant<\/strong> with an excellent reputation. It has a laid back atmosphere and is truly authentic, offering a good\u00a0selection of greek dishes and wines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Carrer d&#8217;en Robador, 22.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72077\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72077\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/greek-dancers-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"greek dancers\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wanderingnome\/223451936\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">wanderingnome<\/a> via <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/visualhunt.com\">Visual Hunt<\/span> \/ <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-NC-ND<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Located near Passeig de Gracia,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/armoniarestaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Armonia\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>boasts a vegetarian and vegan menu that is both delicious and well priced. Priding itself on providing a healthy option for the Greek and Mediterranean dining experience and noted as being one of the best vegetarian-friendly restaurants in Bar\u00e7a.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Carrer de Valencia, 240.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you choose to enter <strong>Dionisos<\/strong>, you may very well be surprised by traditional Greek <strong>dancing<\/strong> and live guitar\u00a0<strong>music<\/strong> to accompany your meal. They have a large selection of dishes and serve the famous Greek beer &#8220;Mythos&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Carrer del Torrent d&#8217;Olla, 144.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So why not try going <strong>Greek<\/strong> next time you are thinking of heading out for a meal?<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"72068\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s cultures and cuisines are represented in full by Barcelona&#8217;s many restaurants and diners. Greek food is always popular, and tourists are spoiled for choice by the many establishments in the city. For those not aware of the culinary delights to be found in the land of gods and philosophers, allow me to enlighten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":72072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4419],"tags":[6095,6094,6093,518],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72068"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109494,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72068\/revisions\/109494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}