Restaurant Yuso

My partner and I visited Restaurante Yuso as it was highly recommended to us by our hosts in Valencia. It ended up being the most uncomfortable experience we have ever had at a restaurant. We arrived and waited at the door for a table. A man who appeared to be the manager/head waiter saw us, he walked past us several times and completely ignored us. This was when I realised that perhaps this was going to be a poor experience but as it came highly recommended we persevered. After standing around for 10 minutes my partner went inside to secure a table, this ended up being a big mistake. The manager stated that he only had tables inside (there were clearly empty tables outside) we agreed that this would be ok and he led us to the very back of the restaurant near the bathrooms. We soon realised that all the other tourists were also seated in this section, clearly on purpose. It was starting to become very obvious that tourists were not welcome at this establishment. The same rude waiter gave us the day and night menus despite us being there for dinner, both of which were in Spanish; this is not really an issue for us but previous reviews stated that an English menu was available, however we were not offered one. The food itself was fairly average, a lot of the tapas is fried and oily, we also asked for a hummus dish which was apparently not available. The sangria is also a pre-mix, so once again, pretty average. Also looking at some of the food served to the other patrons, the paella appeared quite oily and unappealing, and the hamburger looked inedible. We had already had so many amazing meals in Valencia with incredibly lovely staff, so we were very disappointed with the terrible service and average food. The manager seemed extremely arrogant, he barely acknowledged us even when we would thank him and overall the service was just really poor. Would not recommend at all, even if you are a local. We didn’t expect anyone to speak English to us, it’s not a big deal, we could have worked it out but it was obvious that we were not welcome and to be honest if they would prefer not to serve tourists then they should probably state that from the very beginning rather than making it such an uncomfortable experience for everyone involved.