Ryan's Paradis - a Place Like Home (but better!) (Ryan's Paradis Bar (Barcelona))

Member Name: jollycharl

Product:	Ryan's Paradis Bar (Barcelona)
Date:	05/08/09 (44 review reads)
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Advantages: Lots of friendly faces, comforting, fun

Disadvantages: My head hurt the next day!

I went to Barcelona looking for a taste of everything Catelonian and Spanish - tapas, Gaudi, sangria, paella, La Sagrida Familia... and tried it all! After a few nights, however, I was a bit bored of being cultured and began looking for a night out to remind me that I was on holiday to have fun! This is how I found Ryan's Paradis Bar. I took a flyer, it looked like what I needed and off I went!

Ryan's Paradis Bar is situated really close to Las Ramblas, which is the main tourist street in Barcelona. Once you go in, you are in the mood to party! Cocktails, shots, lots of fun people (they have regular bar crawls that go through there, I found out) and a really good mixture of tourists, ex-pats and locals. Everyone I met was very friendly - including the bar staff, who were a mixture of nationalities (all English-speaking). I felt like I would be able to go there on my own, or - as I did - with friends. There was ample space to sit down, or there was standing room where one could mingle.

I hugely recommend this bar as somewhere to go for a taste of home whilst on holiday. I found it a guilty escape from my busy sight-seeing days. The prices were very reasonable (I'm sorry that I can't quote a price now, but the shot portions are huge over there!), and - as the bar has a cellar section - it was a welcome relief from the Barcelona heat and humidity! There are also pool tables to really replicate a bar back home.

This is a friendly, lively bar where you can make friends easily, drink happily and have that little taste of home whilst you're away - bliss!

Summary: If you want to party in Barcelona, this is the place for you!