Brunch

We phoned up to be informed that they don't take reservations & to just head over whenever we liked. We didn't realise that this meant we'd be queuing outside, but it was so worth it! We waited for around 20 minutes before being seated at the bar for a further 15 minutes and then given a table. We noticed everyone seemed to be at a similar point in their meals, and as we were leaving there was plenty of empty tables so if you don't want to wait arrive before 11 or after 2 on a Saturday!

I’m officially converted, I’ve avoided Aperol Spritz for years after a bad one in London followed by a bad one in Rome. Absolutely convinced it’s just not my drink. Florentine you have converted me and I am officially an Aperol Spritz girlie, you deserve their sponsorship because I’ve had about five more since we visited you and I think it’s going to be my drink of the summer.

We did the brunch deal, which seems to run all day, we ordered it at around 1pm and I couldn’t see any indicators of a cut of time. We paid for the Aperol Spritz we ordered at the bar on top of this. We kicked the meal off with a choice of two drinks, we opted for coffee and bellinis, but you could have had orange juice, tea or mimosas as well. I don’t think you could pick two alcoholic drinks but don’t let me stop you from trying!

Then the food, oh my god the food! We were able to choose from three different types of eggs benedict, two types of omelet, an american breakfast or an american breakfast sandwich. We ordered the Barcelona Eggs Benedict and the American Breakfast Sandwich, and both were absolutely incredible! The Barcelona Eggs Benedict came with a large slice of mozzarella, plenty of pesto and a delicious fresh tomato slice. I hate overly wet tomatoes and this was perfect, it came with a side of crispy roasted diced potatoes. The American Breakfast Sandwich was shredded chicken with just enough of a kick on the softest brioche bun, topped with avocado & served with a side of tortilla chips. As usual we split both and it was amazing. If we were staying longer I would absolutely be going back here.

For breakfast dessert (yes, breakfast dessert, petition to make this the standard) we order the dolce pancakes and the banana nutella pancakes. They were beautifully soft and a perfect end to an amazing breakfast. We were worried they would be too heavy after seeing multiple large stacks of pancakes going out, but as we were on the set menu we only got one pancake each which was perfect. Of course we split this too and left very full; and very happy.

10 out of 10, go to Florentine on your next trip to Barcelona!