Dani Paul

I had such a wonderful time at El Mercat! The service was exceptional, and Wendel, the manager, was fantastic—always on top of everything and ensuring we had a great experience. Izzy, our server, was also amazing, providing attentive and friendly service. The food was absolutely delicious! I can’t wait to come back. Highly recommend!

Georg Georgiadis

Great place for a great dinner! George Rodrigues has created some amazing food. Definitely need to try the paella! and the fried calamari! and the patatas bravas! and so much more. Would definitely go back.

+1

Elli

Order many of the tapas as they provide a great variety, and also because the paella takes 30 mins to come out! My party of 4 arrived at 7 PM on a weekday with plenty of seating available for us. We ordered so many side dishes while we waited for our paella to come out that we had nearly gotten full from the tapas alone! I personally recommend the paella negra (squid ink paella), the croquettes, and the montaditos! For dessert, they serve thin, crispy churros 😋 I’d love to come here again!

+6

Syerra Carigo

My husband and I tried this restaurant for brunch yesterday and it was so good! I believe this restaurant is fairly new; there weren’t many people there when it opened, but they start to fill up as the morning goes on. Still, you may be okay if you don’t make a reservation. The food and drinks are very good! They offer some traditional small plates, but they also have entree options as well. I don’t remember our waitress’ name, but she was really accommodating and very sweet. All the staff here were great! They were all very welcoming, and they made our experience great! We will definitely be back as they have great menu options, a beautiful restaurant, and lovely staff.

+25

I.E. Xam

Spanish We ordered these Tapas Tabla de Quesos y Curados Excellent Patatas Bravas Excellent Datiles con Beicon Very Good Gambas al Ajillo Excellent Cangrejo Gratin Very Good The Red Sangria was very good. Full wine spirits and beer menu. Service was first rate.

+3

Art Gomez

I enjoyed dinner at El Mercat while on date night with my beautiful bride. We loved the atmosphere and cozy feel. The service was very good and the food was satisfying, but missed in a few spots. The pulpo was good, but overcooked and chewy. The patatas were excellent but slightly heavy on the sauce. The pimientos needed a little more of a char, I felt. Our other food items were tasty and on point. We will definitely go back and try some new things while enjoying some wine or sangria.

Felipe Nogueira (PePeTD)

Great tapas place! Reminded me of the tapas in Spain! It's not the same, but good enough :p. Friendly staff, but they could do a bit better on the pacing of the food. There should be a nice flow of the dishes. The best thing about really good tapas places is that they will serve things that make sense to go together, you just order everything, and they figure out what comes it with what and when! Although this place is good, you will have to do the pacing yourself. The paella de marisco was amazing, so we're the croquetas de jamon. The place is not big, but they had reservations available, and they did not seem to get crazy busy on a Friday night

+6

Debbie O

Stopped in for dinner after seeing the daily happy hour sign and glancing through the menu posted outside. Overall, the food is delicious. I felt the cod fritters (bunuelos) were disappointing and the tortilla was more on the dry side but everything else (patatas gravas, pulpo, paella, lamb meatballs, gambas and calamari) was fantastic. Service was also straightforward. Would definitely go back to try more on the menu.

+3

Manisha Sabat

We tried at the restaurant for the first time and we had a good experience. It is good to make reservations as the restaurant gets pretty busy. We ordered several items and some of them were good and others ok. The fried potatoes, fish and calamari, and the churros were great. The seafood paella, chicken, zucchini, and mushrooms were okay. The place is pretty cozy, and the service is good. The restaurant is on the expensive side but it is good for dining.

+5

mary oden

They have happy hour every day from 3-5pm. I had all tapas. I enjoyed the lamb meatballs and the fried calamari. The pork ribs were too sweet for me, but they were tender. The roasted corn was good, but not worth $11. And I didn't like the Tortilla Espanola... it was all potato, which I don't normally love. I'll definitely be going back and trying other items.

Steph Steph

Food is pretty okay in general but does not have the flavor of authentic tapas. It's a busy and noisy restaurant, but no big deal. The paella was very disappointing though so you can skip this one. They have happy hour daily until 6pm even during the weekend which is amazing. Cocktails were great too! We had many drinks there and every drink was delicious. Will I come back? Yes just for the drinks or if I want a fusion tapas!

+6

MiFoodieRealtor

I was very excited to try their squid ink sauce paella, ended up ordering the Mariscos with an additional $3 for the squid ink sauce (smallsize)for27. Unfortunately, the rice was excessively salty, which really took away from the overall flavor. Understaffed: The entire restaurant only had two front-of-house staff members, including the host. This resulted in a slower service and a generally less attentive experience. :( Lack of Promotion of Specials: I wish the restaurant would do a better job of promoting their specials. For instance, they have a daily happy hour, which is awesome, but they only mention it when asked. Moreover, you have to sit by the bar to order the special. I feel that they should promote these specials more actively when customers walk in, rather than waiting for them to inquire. One Highlight: The only dish that I would recommend from this restaurant is the Bunuelos De Bacalao. It was the only thing that stood out to me during my visit. Overall Impression: I wouldn't return to this restaurant. The overall vibe just a little down in the restaurant

+2

Hi Ru

El mercat has been a place that I used to really enjoy until my recent experience. The food was good and the waiters are amazing. The problem is one of the managers who made an uncomfortable comment. The waiter got our order wrong and we asked for it to be fixed. The manager soon came with our paella and said we wasted food. This ruined our dinner experience since their mistake was now put on us. We told him we weren’t comfortable with that comment and he gave us a weird apology. I couldn’t even talk since he kept talking over me and blaming other staff members. He didn’t understand that HIS COMMENT was what made us uncomfortable. The rest of the staff is good. He clearly throws his staff members under the bus and doesn’t take accountability. I feel bad for our waiter who probably got yelled at and got docked pay for making a simple mistake. Our paella order was comped so that softened the blow. We feel awkward going back to This restaurant which used to be our comfort food location. We chose el mercat to be our first dining out meal of 2026 but we ended up getting told that we wasted food. We couldn’t even finish our food and took things to go.