Reviews Barulho

I had this place highly recommended to me by a friend and after this experience, I'm going to start listening to them more.

Service was super friendly and the perfect level of attentiveness. The food was amazing. Some people may say bread is bread, but to them, great bread can lift your spirits. The wood fired bread with the tomato butter is on a whole nother level. Cannot recommend it highly enough. The burrata plate, fried chicken and pork milanaise were also notable standouts.

We popped into Barulho on the recommendation of someone we meet earlier in the evening. This is a very cramped, noisy Spanish restaurant which given the tapas styled menu suits the place.

We had the ceviche (divine and the dish of the night) followed by smoky braised brisket empanadas (great), Brussels Sprouts done with sherry raisins (brilliant), meat balls (okay) and prawns (not so great).

They sold Spanish, Portuguese and Argentinian wine by the glass, so we tried a couple of those.

We finished with the apple desert (very tasty).

Service was friendly and very efficient.

Total bill $177 for two.

We will be back.

Absolutely love Barulho. Have just returned for the second time in just over a week. The food is expertly put together and the flavours are really delicious. Every time we go we are licking the plates clean! We had the coxinhas - by far the best in New Zealand (as judged by a Brazilian too!), the prawns - with a gorgeous saffron sauce and the lamb meatballs- paired excellently with smoky eggplant. The staff are very friendly and cozy surrounds. Can't rate this place highly enough.

Great little Spanish themed spot in Parnell.
Well priced tapas options at only $5 or small plates and mains as options as well.
Friendly staff, not pushy and know what they’re doing
Nicely situated to grab the sun and have a beer under the umbrellas

This is a delicious restaurant, with amazing food, delicious tapas, and the bread which comes as slices of heaven. Really a must, with a true european taste. BTW, the bread is the most similar to real Portuguese bread we've seen so far :)

We really enjoyed dining al fresco here, the service was really genuine and caring they even saved us a heater. The shared platters were great with lots of little things to try the brioche was delish. We tried a few of their main dishes as well and they were all lovely seasoned with great flavors, pork ragu, beets with haloumi and the fish with asparagus great to see in season vege on the menu. Yum! Totally coming back!

The three of us came in on a cold Friday night. Still donning our activewear from a Yoga session and looking for a quick dinner fix, we'd decided to try the new local. We were greeted straight away and very quickly made up an outdoor table complete with gas heater. They'd evidently had a busy night as the daily tapas specials had run out. Never to fear though as they managed to pull together a new range of options on the fly. We ordered a black bean quesadilla, prawn bruschetta and a haloumi number with delicious toasted bread. One of the party has a nut allergy so the chefs were accomodating enough to make up a seperate dish of nut free goodies for our allergic comrade. Though we were not drinking alcohol this particular eve, the menu sported an impressive list of quaint cocktails and wine for all occasions. The highlight of the night for me was the conversation we shared with our waiter (who could have also been the owner, we weren't sure), around the beauty of simple ingredients cooked from scratch and given the care they deserved. A passion that was certainly reflected in the dishes served.
Needless to say, we were very impressed. The food, the accomodating service and even the industrial decor - reminiscent of a busy Lisbon street cafe - are all reasons alone to be back. A definite recommendation from us, the Activewearers ;)

Wow.  Yes it's a small (think intimate) space with indoor and outdoor tables.  Really friendly and knowledgeable owners with a passion for food which shows in their dishes - and great service from the team.  We had all of the daily tapas (merguez, cockles, stuffed peppers and mini beef tacos) which were yummy and a prawn main that had a slight SE Asian bent that was soooo tasty.  We asked where the prawns were from (because in NZ our access to good prawns is terrible). They fly them in fresh from Aussie and you can definitely tell - terrific.  This seems to reflect the way the approach food and flavours.  Also a fab pisco sour (though I could have really done with a jug of it) and a glass of vino.  A small tasty find that we will be visiting quite often I suspect - and also pretty good value too.  If only it was just around the corner from us - but then I would never leave and you can't have everything!