Lateral Patriarca — Restaurant in Valencia

Overall: This restaurant is a good option for someone looking for a step up from typical fast food. The service is excellent, and the ingredients seem fresh and clearly made in-house. However, if you're expecting a fine dining experience, the flavors might not be complex enough.

Highlights:

Impeccable Service: The waitstaff was attentive and professional, making the dining experience enjoyable.

Fresh Ingredients: The food is clearly made with fresh, high-quality ingredients, a welcome change from microwaved fast food fare.

Pintxos Stand Out: The pintxos (small Basque tapas) were particularly delicious and offered a unique and...

View was beautiful and the food (when it arrived) was very good. But the service was awful. We had a reservation at 8, managed to order drinks and appetizers after twenty minutes, but had to wait until 9:10 to finally order our entrees - and even then we had to pull a waiter aside to do so. I have waited tables at several nice restaurants so I know how busy things can get, but this was a Wednesday night and only after I told the waiter “we have been waiting over an hour” did he finally take our order (which only took him ten seconds, there was only two of us). Great food and great atmosphere, but don’t expect...

The food and drinks quality were okay with high price: they try to over charge tourists a lot. We ordered a few starters, and they brought some extra cheese and salad. We asked whether the salad was part of our order, the waiter said yes. He had even double checked out order. When the bill came there was two extra salads costing 15 euro (see receipt attached the two Queso cabra were the salads with some cheese ). When I questioned the extra cost the waiter confirmed that we did NOT order these salads but that:"the owner doesn't care, you ate it so you have to pay for it". Avoid this place...