Un sitio que sorprende, con un personal muy educado y atento y la comida increíble. Nos dejamos aconsejar y fue un acierto. Mientras esperábamos nos pusieron una tapita de boquerones fritos que estaban muy ricos, sobre todo porque estaban muy bien tratados. Empezamos con unas alcachofas con jamón y seguimos con un pulpo insípido y un tiradito de corvina. Este último no os lo podéis perder, con un puntito de picante justo. Tienen un naranchello casero muy bueno.

La comida bastante bien, recomiendo pedir las medias raciones y así pruebas más cosas. Muy buenos los calamares y los torreznos. Un poco caro para lo que es pero se come bastante bien. Nosotros probamos patatas bravas, croquetas de pulpo, calamares, torreznos y boquerones.

Reservamos para cenar con nuestros hijos y la cena fue muy agradable. La comida muy rica y los camareros super atentos. Lo recomiendo, eso sí, hay que reservar porque siempre se llena

soymarc

Had a very pleasant dinner here, super cozy atmosphere on the patio. Tried the pulpo a la plancha and a dorada. Got fresh gambas as a free appetizer, would come back!

Viktorija Savickaitė Vindžigelskė

Great place with pleasant hosting ❤️ Tuna tataki and pork wok was perfect 👌 I do recommend for everyone who wants to have nice meal and perfect service 🤩 decent prices and big portions 😍

Calvin Yates

Wonderful food the Octopus Gallega was superb as was their tuna, superb deserts, and a nice touch offering us a drink at the end of the meal. Highly recommend a slightly more upmarket place in San Jose but still reasonably priced

Ann Valentine

we have dined at el octopus many times over several trips to San Jose and it never dissappoints. Although not cheap, we did notice that the prices had not gone up since we last visisted pre covid. The tuna tartar is to die for. we also had calamari a la plancha, which was more than enough for us with a salad. the vegetable timbale was also delicious. We usually visit SJ in October when the nights draw in earlier and we love the ambience of the twinkling lights under the trees.

Iwona Mikulska

The food was awesome, the chef friendly and helpful - definitely highly recommended!!!

Helen Leung

OMG! That Grilled Octopus was delicious! So glad we tried it out

Pedro de Pedra

Highly recommended for fresh seafood and fish, customer service, and very cheerful ambiance. Great, big terrace at small plaza in front. Even a live pianist. Pulpo a la Plancha and the Croquetas de Pulpo were delicious. Good value house wines. This would be my first choice restaurant in San José.

Safak Celik

I visited this restaurant multiple times during my 4 day visit to San Jose. The staff is very friendly and make you feel like family

Laura Belmonte

Absolutely stunning!! Do come!! I challenge you to find a better poured caña in Spain. Food is absolutely delicious! The staff are friendly and very helpful. Maxi recomended a great wine for the fabulous beef tataki, the wasabi was superb and propely sipcey. A true gem amongst all the tourist tat!! Give them a try you won't regret it

Marcus Yarwood

Very good seafood, the octopus is there speciality and you must try the pulpo a la gallega. Open all year, plates come tapas style to share not at the same time unless you specify.

Fanny Seffusatti

Don't think more and go to Octopus. We had the tataki tuna and the grilled squid and it was absolutely delicious and fresh. The waiters/waitresses were nice and friendly. And the terrass is very pleasant and calm. The best restaurant in San José!

Claudio Sasso

Fresh octopus, draft beer, they speak English too! Their grilled octopus was quite big, slightly priced but in line with the rest of San Jose. Beer is always cold and tapas are anchovies, which I appreciate. Great outdoor seats in a quite road, and good music. The only place we liked enough to come back, so far, in San Jose

Julia López

Really good quality fresh fish. It's more quiet that other tapas bar around, there's a chill out music as background. Octopus a la gallega is a must here along with some tapas. Really recommend

Paula Medina

The best roasted octopus we ever tasted! A MUST if you're nearby. Highly recommended!

Lovely lunch Octopus Croquettes were delicious , followed by Vegetable Timbale with goats cheese & Vegetable Lentil Burger were very tasty and a good twist to them. Excellent service as our Spanis…

Lovely lunch octopus Croquettes were delicious , followed by Vegetable Timbale with goats cheese & Vegetable Lentil burger were very tasty and a good twist to them. Excellent service as our Span…

Lovely lunch octopus Croquettes were delicious , followed by Vegetable Timbale with goats cheese & Vegetable Lentil Burger were very tasty and a good twist to them. Excellent service as our Spanis…

Lovely lunch Octopus Croquettes were delicious , followed by Vegetable Timbale with goats cheese & Vegetable Lentil burger were very tasty and a good twist to them. Excellent service as our Spanis…

Delicious food, friendly service. We came here 5 times and sampled many dishes. We loved the musaka in particular.

Un lugar diferente,con comida diferente. Unas bravas correctas, con salsa cómo debe ser, probamos la milhoja, las gambillas fritas (muy ricas) y el pulpo a la plancha, correcto ... Tierno y acompañado de una salsa de yogur con un toque "especial" que nos descolocó. Hubiera sido mejor un alioli de toda la vida.

Ambiente agradable y cocina tradicional bien hecha. El pescadito frito fue lo mejor: crujiente, sabroso y nada aceitoso. A destacar también el flan de huevo casero. Perfecto para tapear junto al mar con sabor auténtico.

Camareros muy atentos. Buen servicio. Buena comida, recomiendo el pulpo y la milhoja de berenjenas. Quizá un poco caro, aunque los platos eran generosos. La cuenta fue 63€ para dos personas.

Gerrit

The main course arrived before we finished the appetiser, wine had to be tasted while we were still enjoying our aperitif. Why this hurry ?

Paola Carnevale Arella

We had a lovely meal and the service was good. We ordered the octopus croquetas, which didn't taste a lot of octopus so it's probably the only dish I wouldn't recommend. Then we had the pulpo a la gallery, pulpo a la plancha and the tuna tartare. Everything was lovely 🙂 Would definitely go back!

Charlotte M

AMAZING food, a bit expensive for smallish portions but nice waiter and not busy (Feb!) - if you love octopus, come here! At least twice to try it all ;) Cheesecake is a MUST!!!

Lexie Newlands

Great food let down by a complete lack of service. Struggled to order drinks and had to ask for one of our dishes to be brought out - it had sat under a heat lamp for quite some time.

Food was excellent. We had pulpo a la plancha, tuna oriental style and some vegetables with goat cheese, all very good. Albariño wine was good too.

food was excellent. We had pulpo a la plancha, tuna oriental style and some vegetables with goat cheese, all very good. Albariño wine was good too.

Food was excellent. We had pulpo a la plancha, tuna oriental style and some vegetables with goat cheese, all very good. Albariño wine was good too.

Food was excellent. We had pulpo a la plancha, tuna oriental style and some vegetables with goat cheese, all very good. Albariño wine was good too.

Having perused the many restaurants in San Jose, we settled on El Octopus. A good choice. Again as one would expect plenty of fish dishes, can recommend the Hummus Pulpo - excellent. Portions were ve…

Having perused the many restaurants in San Jose, we settled on El octopus. A good choice. Again as one would expect plenty of fish dishes, can recommend the Hummus Pulpo - excellent. Portions were …

Buen sitio para tomar algo diferente. Buenas gambas fritas, correctas patatas bravas ... Gracias a la salsa. Pedimos pulpo a la plancha, que estaba tierno y rico, venía acompañado de una salsa de yogur con un toque "especial" de la casa ... Que nos descolocó, no aportaba nada. Un buen alioli hubiera sido más acertado. Servicio correcto, intentan que no sé amontonen los platos en la mesa y los van marchando según van viendo que los platos se vacían,lo que se agradece, aunque lo hace más lento.

Eric Baker

We enjoyed their octopus croquettes for a starter and the red wine was fine. The service, outside, was a bit perfunctory and we made a mistake in ordering our mains. In a restaurant with octopus in the name we should have stuck with that. Instead we had their stir fry (damp veg and gristly strips of pork swimming in soy sauce) and chicken tandoor (nice enough chicken pieces but surprisingly bland).

Samantha Horsman

The setting is lovely and I loved the jazz playing. The starters was wonderful (goats cheese and aubergine) and my octopus was tasty, though was just sitting on a bed of unseasoned sliced potatoes. However my partner's calamari was a bit uninspired. It was just plain calamari rings and plain chips on the side. It was all a bit bland and when he asked if there was any aioli or similar the waiter just told him "No" and passed him the balsamic vinegar. The starters was so wonderful we had high hopes for the mains, but it seemed they had "given up" a bit when it came to them. Not terrible, but still quite pricey for something a bit bland.

Estuvimos cenando en este restaurante. Pedimos 2 raciones: Humus con pulpo (riquísimo) pero parece que debíamos tomarlo a cucharadas, porque no venía acompañado de pan, y claro, el pan había que pagarlo a parte. Luego pedimos wok de verduras con carne, pensando en verduras a la plancha ligerito para cenar. Lo que vino fue una cama de pimientos, cebolla y algo de calabacín asados con muuucha salsa de soja con carne. Os podéis imaginar cómo sientan una fuente de pimientos con cebolla a ultima hora del día. 6 cervezas y un postre para compartir. 59 euros. Muy económico no fue...

Llegamos a las 21:52 y hasta las 23:00 no nos llegó el entrante (tomate picado). ¿Más de una hora para cortar un tomate y ponerlo en un plato con cuatro anchoas en conserva? Se lo dijimos al camarero (parecía ser el jefe) puso en duda que lleváramos una hora esperando un tomate, fue a comprobarlo y no volvió a aparecer ni para disculparse. La comida correcta, nada sorprendente. Ambiente bueno y tranquilo. Precios altos dentro de lo aceptable. Pero más de una hora para un plato que se prepara en 20 segundos es inaceptable. Ni volveremos ni lo recomendaremos. Aún sigo pensando que fueron a Murcia a buscar el tomate...

If you are a foreigner and above all you don't speak Spanish, to be avoided! food is good, but service bad. Despite our efforts to make ourselves understood in English, Spanish and Italian, the …

Pedimos hummus y tuvimos que pedir pan xq no lo íbamos a comer a cucharadas, también pedimos calamar y estaba durísimo y cuando vimos la cuenta 40 euros solo 1 calamar ! Para 3 cosas que pedimos la cuenta fue casi 80 euros , no se lo recomiendo a nadie !