Keyice

We were looking to have some seafood and fideua at a nice restaurant to celebrate an occasion, and found this place based on some reviews. The atmosphere is nice and the restaurant seems popular with the locals as well as foreigners. (There is an English menu and the waiters/ waitresses speak English, so it is definitely not a 100% local-only place). Great service from our waitress Daisy! The food are generally nice. Every dish is done with a nice twist so it is not just standard like most places. It is my first time having a fideua in Spain and I think I prefer paella to the fideua 🙃

+4

TeamMorden

Food, service (the staff were wonderful), and atmosphere were phenomenal. I would recommend the grilled octopus entree and lobster main course (which I also got with a seafood side salad, as lobster dishes never come with side dishes). Dined like a king for 100 EUR (which also included two glasses of wine and the tip), which was worth every cent. If you must visit any one restaurant in Valencia, dine at Puerta del Mar.

BravoEddie

We have tried the traditional chicken & rabbit paella and the seafood one, both are very tasty and good in size. The starters and desserts are delicious too. It's a restaurant that we will come back again.

+2

M Mico

Excellent restaurant, they had some great live music. Our waiter Juan was just great! Food was very good and it looked like everyone truly finished their paellas.

+2

Eugenia Eliseeva

Paella was perfect! It is not easy thing to find tasty paella, but it was perfect! Great service, good place! It was really great experience! Sabrina is perfect! Really perfect service! Thank you for making our evening so great!

Shahab A

We had a great experience at Puerta del Mar. We ordered the seafood Paella, the artichoke and squid and a steak. Everything was delicious, well thought out and fresh. Our server was Dela who was very professional and had great recommendations. Thank you for a great night! If you’re having paella, order it as soon as you sit down as it takes 40 minutes to make fresh.

Harbir Singh

We were very hungry on a hot day after visiting the Valencia Cathedral. We found the perfect spot with AC and an amazing ambiance. Frauco took really good care of us with recommendations on drinks and food. He was very attentive and even took care of our eight year old by bringing his food first … they had a really good kids menu. Overall highly recommend.

Andreea B

Excellent location, food, and service. We ordered chargrilled black leak with hummus and bread as starters and the traditional Valencian paella as our main dish. The service was incredibly fast and attentive. However, when ordering the paella, the staff informed us that it takes up to 40 minutes to prepare, as it is made fresh to order—which we really appreciated. The atmosphere was also great, there was live music. Would definitely recommend!

+1

Abdul Uddin

Delightful find. Great food just off the main square in the old town. Food was delicious, so we’ve booked for another day. Service was good - waiters made several recommendations for dessert. Live music was unexpected and reasonable. Both steaks were great - full of flavour and well seasoned; sea bass was perfectly cooked and fleshly; all the deserts were great. Highly recommend for sea bass and steaks but the paella was our least favourite.

+17

Comentaré por 2 experiencias diferentes en este local. Fuimos a comer en modo tapeo, y hay que decir que el servicio es rápido y la comida buena. El local es muy acogedor en su interior con decoración de Pinocho, local agradabe. En este servicio ninguna queja tuvimos. La segunda visita al local por la noche, para querer tomar una copa, nos denegaron mesa y servicio porque solo se "servían cenas"..., hay que decir mas de media terraza la tenian vacía y en alguna de las mesas que tenian ocupadas, observamos que tenian una copa sin nada de comida... Tambien que mas de uno que fué (pensamos) con la idea de tomar algo, tampoco les dejaron ni sentarse, acabando yendose a otro lugar, nosotros acabamos tomando unas cervezas para "llevar" sentados en el banco de enfrente, donde pudimos observar por casi mas de media hora que estuvimos allí, con la terraza medio vacia, mas de 5 veces llenaron y vaciaron la misma mesa... Mejorad esa parte de servicio, o pensad en dejad alguna mesa si solo quereis hacer "comidas" para los que quieran tomar algo, a no ser que tengais un aforo completo, pero no ha sido este caso con nuestra experiencia.

CUIDADO! ⚠️ Ves a lo lejos que el menú está a 14,90€, picas y entras , pero luego en letra extremadamente pequeña los festivos es a 19,90€. Comida normal, cara para lo que es... Sólo puedo destacar que la atención es estupenda. Sobretodo de Txema.

Sitio ideal para ir en grupo con la oferta. Tienes barra libre y comida hasta las cejas. No le doy 5 estrellas porque la comida no es que sea espectacular, es muy básica, pero el servicio y donde está situado a ese precio la verdad que es muy recomendable

+2

Elisabetta Busini

The paella and the créme brulee were very good but the service was TERRIBLE. The woman who served us (Patricia) was very rude and cold, for no reason. When I asked her why the créme brulee was called “valencian style” she coldly replied “oh it’s just a creme brulee, it’s just the name that changes”. When actually it was different from a regular creme brulee because it had citrus at the bottom (maybe oranges?) and if I had an allergy to the fruit I would probably be in hospital by now. She was also rude to another waitress who only informed her that we were ready to have our order taken. Also, I was speaking in english and she kept replying in spanish and I find it ridiculous that in a restaurant like this, you are not able to speak english to customers. The only waiter who was friendly and welcoming was a man called Louis. The only one with a smile on his face. Thank you for doing such a good job! The paella was good and also dessert. One last thing: how is it possible that in such a restaurant you only serve small size bottles of water and coke??

Lissette Isabel

We had a lovely dinner at Puerta Del Mar in Valencia! The lobster and asparagus were absolutely amazing, perfectly cooked and so flavorful that I actually ordered the asparagus twice! ♥️♥️ My partner ordered the solomillo, which came out a bit dry and not medium rare as requested, but the staff handled it very well and quickly replaced it with a new one, much appreciated. The atmosphere was lively with music (a bit on the loud side, but still possible to have a conversation), which made the evening feel fun and energetic. Overall, it’s a great spot for seafood lovers and a nice place to enjoy a vibrant dinner in the city center. Definitely worth visiting!

Aus C

We came for the paella. We had high expectations. It almost scored a 10, but we found it a bit too dry. Otherwise, the flavor was excellent. We received brief instructions on how to eat Valencian paella, which was very helpful! We found the Iberian ham lacking in flavor. However, the artichoke and pork cheek made up for it. What could have been improved was the pouring of the glasses and showing the label when pouring wine. Great thing to know is the parking, because this is next to the restaurant! We had a great dinner! Thank you we definitely will come back!

+1

En una céntrica plaza te encuentras una soleada terraza incluso en invierno. Tomamos unas cervezas y prometimos volver para probar la carta ya que la atención, pese a ser un día con mascletá y estar a rebosar, fue excelente. Ampliaremos la reseña...

+6

Para salir del paso…. Buena ubicación y terraza cómoda. Buen servicio. Comida sin pena ni gloria. Pasta recalentada. Baños de caballero en estado deplorable.

+2

We have visited this place on the 6th of January 2022 and now re-visited on 21/01/23. Last year we really like the pizza, it was authentic and there was a lot of choice of it. Now it turn to yet another typical tourist place with the same tapas as everywhere else. Overpriced. Pizza menu choice has been reduced. Pizza dough quality is nothing to do with what it was. Taste similar to the frozen pizza one. Nothing special. I had a 1/3 left and asked to get it for take away. And the “clever” waitress pushed all the 4 slices into tiny plastic container. She destroyed it! Instead of putting it into a pizza box. Didn’t even apologise nor understood what she did wrong 😑🙄😳😤. Tables of 4 are tiny so they are packed now and not very comfortable. The places used Pepsi fridges to store food for the kitchen where in the dinning area. Very not appropriate. When going to toilet and passing the kitchen, you can see it looks dirty. Nothing to dry the hands in the toilet, and there was no soup left and no one checks it. Disappointing! We had a worst pizza, but there we won’t go back. Another place crossed off the list. Shame. Visitamos este lugar el 6 de enero de 2022 y ahora lo volvimos a visitar el 21/01/23. El año pasado nos gustó mucho la pizza, era auténtica y había mucha variedad. Ahora toca otro lugar típico turístico con las mismas tapas que en todos lados. Demasiado caro. Se ha reducido la elección del menú de pizza. La calidad de la masa de pizza no tiene nada que ver con lo que era. Sabor similar a la pizza congelada. Nada especial. Me quedaba 1/3 y pedí que me lo llevaran. Y la camarera "inteligente" empujó las 4 rebanadas en un pequeño recipiente de plástico. ¡Ella lo destruyó! En lugar de ponerlo en una caja de pizza. Ni siquiera se disculpó ni entendió lo que hizo mal 😑🙄😳😤. Las mesas de 4 son pequeñas, por lo que ahora están llenas y no son muy cómodas. Los lugares usaban refrigeradores Pepsi para almacenar alimentos para la cocina en el comedor. Muy poco apropiado. Al ir al baño y pasar por la cocina, se puede ver que se ve sucio. Nada para secarse las manos en el retrete, y no quedó sopa y nadie la revisa. ¡Decepcionante! Teníamos una pizza peor, pero allí no volveremos. Otro lugar tachado de la lista. Verguenza.

Olena Malii

Ordered lobster and primor potatoes. After 30 min of waiting received the lobster and french fries. Lobster was great, fresh. As for side dish, very shaming for the serving staff, because I even pointed out in the menu the kind of potatoes I wanted. French fries were oversalted and dry

Kevin Monaghan

A nicely appointed and very large downtown Valencia restaurant that’s often packed so reservations are helpful. Service was helpful and multilingual but restaurant was quite busy so ordered items never arrived. Really enjoyed a tapas of grilled asparagus wrapped in jamon. But my main course of Iberian Pork Cheeks in a mushroom sauce was borderline inedible. Pork cheeks need to be slow cooked, fork tender and almost melt in your mouth. Mine was super tough, fatty and quite poorly cooked.

Franziska Ninz

It's a nice restaurant. Very pretty and stylish. We were sat right near the live music stage wich unfortunately meant that the music was very loud. The cocktails were fantastic but our seafood fideua was burnt. Portion sizes were adequate and the presentations good. Unfortunately service wasn't the best, the waiters were very friendly but inattentive. Our orders and requests were repeatedly forgotten. Also you wait ... A lot.

La atención del lugar, nefasta. Muy malo el servicio y los tiempos que uno tiene que esperar para ser atendido. En cuanto a la comida, regular, una de las pizzas que pedimos vino quemada y poco más que eso. Una pena que no se pueda aprovechar esa bella localización que tienen. En términos generales no recomiendo ir a este lugar.

La terraza la tienen muy mona y eso invita a sentarse en ella. Quizá tuve mala suerte pero pedí unos calamares que estaban muy mal cocinados, crudos y duros y una copa de vino que blanco que costó más de 4 euros, carisimo , la verdad. No repetiré.

Excelente atención sin embargo la comida ha sido excesivamente costosa, no ha sido valor por el dinero. Hemos encontrado una chiripa en la pared cerca de nuestra comida también. Sara ha sido muy amable y gentil

Vine un domingo a comer, después de la mascletá del 9 de octubre. Menú de 19,90. La cantidad de los platos pequeños (nunca me había pasado en Valencia), la atención super lenta. La ubicación hizo el lugar la verdad, no creo que vuelva, la relación precio/calidad es muy pobre.

Ryan

This was a frustrating night. We were excited to try paella before leaving Valencia, and this place seemed like a good option near our hotel. However, we were incredibly disappointed by the surroundings and by the service. The food was all right, but nowhere near the 40€ per person that we ended up paying. They need to decide if they want to be an upscale expensive restaurant, or a place that has children running back and forth from table to table, because tonight they tried to be both. Most frustrating, the service was terrible. They forgot to bring us water for 25 minutes, our server was never seen, and 15 minutes after asking for the check we literally had to go beg to pay so we could leave because nobody would come to the table to take our payment. This is a €40 per person restaurant with €10 per person service. Honestly, we probably could have gotten better service at Burger King around the corner. Don't bother wasting this amount of money on an establishment that cares about you so little.

Peor sitio en mi vida no he comido nunca, cogimos el menú de 18 euros que no entra bebida aparte pidieron unos calamares al andaluza que resulta que luego no tenían, no sirven la comida del menú de 18 € en platos de cartón, y mientras estamos comiendo el primero resulta que nos traen la paella sin haber casi ni empezado el primero que por cierto seguro que la intenta hacer peor y no le sale tan mal, horrible me queda corto, en fin nos clavaron 125 euros y no comimos ni el cafe de lo malo que estava, tengo que recalcar que nos pusieron apartados porque decían que no tenían mesa, y el resultado fue que nos dejemos casi toda la comida ni mi hijo comió de lo malo que estaba, en fin pongo una estrella porque no hay motivo para poner cero

La terraza está bien, pero lamentablemente la cerveza estaba caliente y no tenían vasos fríos, caro y no nos pusieron ni un plato de cacahuetes

¿Lo mejor de este sitio? La localización: una plaza muy bonita. La calidad de la comida dejaba mucho que desear, muy caro y las cantidades más de lo mismo. Por ejemplo, la tabla de ibérico era pequeña (24€) y ni siquiera un jamón decente. Se anuncian como una “trattoria” italiana pero no lo es en absoluto.

El mayor robo de la historia …. El nombre del bar va relacionado con el geppetto q se nos a quedado a nosotros x tres copas aparte de asquerosas con un triste hielo pagar casi 40 euros …. Los camareros lo más decente del bar

Nos estafaron con las consumiciones, pedimos un vino y un café con Baileys. Nos cobraron 12 euros por el Baileys pq lo trajeron a parte en un vaso. Tomadura de pelo en toda regla. Mientras estábamos allí tambien vimos como increpaban a unos turistas por no querer parar a mirar la carta. Evitar este sitio a toda costa, se nota que dar el palo es lo hacen, a falta de clientes.

No lo recomiendo en lo más mínimo. Si bien la ubicación es tentadora, la comida es de mala calidad y la publicidad en los carteles es sumamente engañosa . Acabamos pagando mucho por una comida olvidable. Obsérvese la aclaración ilegible del precio del menú en días festivos y fines de semana al pie del cartel y en tamaño mínimo.

Mi primera mala apreciación pero lo digo, la comida muy mala, pero por muy lejos, precios exagerados mala relación precio calidad, nada que destacar en este restaurante como ejemplo, 1 copa de vino blanco y todavía verderjo 4,50??? Los baños muy sucios, cerca de la cocina, tendrán inspección sanitaria??? Bueno nada más, no lo recomiendo, HDP.

Pongo 1 estrella porque no se puede poner 0. Nos sacaron platos de cartón y vasos de plástico. Todo estaba incomible. Fuimos porque no habíamos reservado y por lo tanto no había sitio en ningún otro restaurante. Sin lugar a duda el peor restaurante. Además, a la mesa de al lado les sacaron platos y vasos de cristal alegando que eran amigos de la casa y al resto de clientes todo de plástico y cartón. Los precios, carísimos y 20€ por la peor jarra de sangria de bote. Por favor, no vayan, antes prefiero no comer.

Probablemente el peor sitio donde puedes comer de toda España. La puerta abierta y comiendo con abrigos. Esperando más de 1h que venga la comida, que ha llegado fría. De los puntos de la carne ni hablamos. No entres aquí nunca. La jarra de sangría 25€ y la tienes que rebajar con agua porque el sabor es...

Lo peor de Valencia, un engaño para cualquiera que pase cerca. 6,5 euros la cerveza no te ponen ni una triste aceituna. Baños inundados en orina y cocina sucísima. Un asco, vamos a poner una reclamación en consumo y/o Salud por el nivel del bar. Nosotros no comimos pero los de al lado pidieron paella y venía con bichos. No me extraña viendo la cocina.

El lugar está ubicado en un buen punto, pero la comida no vale la pena, el sabor no es la gran cosa y es demasiado caro para lo que sirven, la entrada más barata son unas patatas bravas de €7. Pedimos paella de mariscos y el arroz estaba duro, apenas y tenía mariscos y vale más de €16, nos dijeron que era para una persona así que pedimos una pasta carbonara que parecía pasta Alfredo. Tienen un poco de todo solo porque si, no se los recomiendo para nada.

Una lastima de sitio. Bien decorado, hamburguesas nefastas. Mala elección del pan y del relleno. Pizzas gomosas y no estaban nada buenas. Tapas aceptables, buenas bravas. Croquetas y ensaladas bien. No repetiré. Lo siento.

+6

Marcílio Alves

Food Safety Issue I am writing to formally report an issue that occurred following yesterday’s dinner. After consuming the Valencian Paella, several members of our group began to feel unwell. This situation has already caused us inconvenience and additional expenses during our hotel check-out on the following day, as we experienced symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. We contacted someone through Instagram regarding this matter and provided my phone number. We were informed that we would receive a call to address the situation; however, this never happened, demonstrating a lack of attention to the seriousness of the issue. We strongly advise exercising great caution when choosing this establishment to dine with your family or loved ones.

Nguyen Cordelia

One of the very few restaurants I would not recommend to anyone. Could be our luck but the experience was quite bitter. The Pulpo a la brasa was overcooked and a bit too salty. We also ordered the Puerta del Mar salad (forgot to take a pic), which was also too salty and too much sauce. On the plus side, the shrimps were fresh and there was a decent amount. We ordered the Seafood Paella as main dish, and things got worse. The rice was undercooked and lack of salt and the langoustines and a shrimp were uncooked. The dish became pretty much inedible at that point. When we first complained, we were offered free drinks or dessert, which we declined. The service was unprofessional. We were not acknowledged upon walking in, as the host and another waitress kept discussing with each other while we were waiting to get seated. After the paella issue, we asked for the bill and was charged full price. We did get a small discount after asking for it, but found this a bit off-putting as my partner could have gotten food poisoning from the raw food. It would have been a nice (and expected) gesture to offer a discount, or not charge the dish at all considering we only ate less than a quarter of it. Again, could be our luck, but in my opinion, we could have gotten better service and better quality meal at a more affordable place. It was overall a very disappointing experience. For the price, it was definitely not worthwhile.