| Individual Ratings: | |
| Atmosphere, esthetics, comfort: | ○○○ |
| La carte: | ○○● |
| Serving: | ○●● |
| Service: | ○●● |
| Food quality: | *●● |
| Carte de vin: | n/a |
Over the bridge, across the street from the majestic Zbraslav chateau is a narrow street, leading to one floor building, that will catch your eye at the first sight. The colorful paintings, and relaxed set up of the restaurant strongly contribute to the experience, that the minute you walk through the garden door, you fell like waling into a taverna somewhere in Latin America. If you are planning a dinner on the weekend, forget about getting a table without a reservation. Regardless of the slightly inconvenient location on the very edge of Prague, Barabizna is still regarded as one of the best latin stake houses.
I will not aspire to place this restaurant among the top ten, as it clearly lacks many of the essentials of a true gourmet restaurant, however I will not be ashamed to bring a serious business partner to dinner to this place. The atmosphere and the cuisine are the most valuable assets of this restaurant, perhaps at the slight expense of the quality and appearance of the serving. However to be completely fair, the home-made intentionally irregular plates and bowls with latino motives, nicely highten the rustical atmosphere, but the choice of low-budget table accessories and cutlery is rather unfortunate.I would feel confident to recommend virtually any beef on the menu, as I have been repeatedly satisfied with the prime Argentinean sirloin, and skilful preparation of the stakes. Traditional south American sauces are house prepared and the quality corresponds to it. From the side dishes I especially enjoyed two massive unpeel fried potatoes, filled with two types of cream sauce. The selection of side dishes is unusually wide for a restaurant of this class and would certainly prove satisfactory also with regard to their quality. Other traditional plates of the south American cuisine are also reasonably good and the burritos should under no circumstances be confused with low quality fast food.
Desert of the house is fried vanilla ice cream, which beats the average selection of generally offered deserts, at least to originality. Personally, I would welcome a broader selection of the many fine sweet plates south American cuisine offers, and the home made tiramisu, seemed somewhat inappropriate, even though it again beats the quality of the same desert as is offered by comparable restaurants.
The selection of true tequilas and mescals is one of the typical features of Barabizna and a nice opportunity to try some more exotic digestif than the ones you are used to.
My overall rating is ○○● with the main drawbacks in the setup and serving of the restaurant. Even though the service is usually friendly, fast and helpful sometimes it crosses the borderline of inappropriate joviality and is not particularly skilled let alone professionally educated. As stated above, the food quality is exceptional even when compared to more known latin restaurant (such as Hacienda) and the atmosphere is relaxed and original.
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