The Milky Way is a barred spiral, supposedly like Andromeda, though, for the life of me, I’ve never been able to make out the bar in Andromeda. I guess barred spirals come in all kinds of different flavors.
I’ve never read that Andromeda was a barred spiral either. The LMC is a spiral but warped.
This is one of the sights I hope to look at when we sail south of the equator. I’ve a small scope on board for just such an occasion.