La Taberna de Ignacio- Pinecrest — Restaurant in Pinecrest

Very disappointing. To begin, we ordered 3 different starters (aka tapas) , soup, and a main course, and here is how it went. The octopus on the grill should have been grilled more. It was very chewy. The sausage in wine sauce was actually quite good. The spinach crocketts were also good. My wife had the bean soup, (fabada) which was lack luster, and I had a very, very dry rabbit. So much so I could only take one bite. Even the waiter as he was placing it in our to take, at this point for my dog, noticed how dry it was however, he couldn't refrain from saying, "it's one of our most popular dishes". I don't see how??? Note, you will be charged an automatic 18% gratuity, which I'm fine with when service is good, and on point, however, not when a server has to be asked to bring water and we had already finished dinner mind you. Lastly, in a rather feeble attempt to try to save face over the dry rabbit, they offered us a port liquor from a screw top bottle, "red flag", after dinner and after notifying them about the Saharan sun dried rabbit, and it literally was a cheap sweet alcoholic beverage that I wouldn't drink on my worst days or serve to my mother in law... Don't waste your money on this place. If you're looking for really good Spanish (Spain) food, I recommend elsewhere... There is a very good Middle Eastern restaurant a few doors down from this one called Shaddi, that I...

We were great fans of the previous restaurant (Rincon Espanol) and my husband and I (also often with family) would go at least once per week. We tried Taverna de Ignacio with great expectations. The piquillo peppers were delicious. The fried calamari, while over-cooked and a too-small quantity for the price, were tasty.

For our main course we ordered their Paella for two. Sadly, we could "smell" it coming. Fresh fish should never smell. The fish was NOT fresh and it was one of the worst Paellas we've ever eaten. My husband, who eats everything, had two bites and couldn't continue. And back to the quantity...they served our two plates with an average serving size each and there was NOTHING left over!

When the very nice server inquired, we kindly told them our concerns and nothing further was done or discussed. The food value and quantities certainly did not justify their very high prices. It is definitely not a place we can visit once a week or with family, price-wise, nor would we want to, taste-wise....

I went to the this new restaurant which replaced Rincon Espanol. I was hoping it was the same or a similar restaurant as the one they replaced. I looked for a Valencia Paella and they said they didn’t offer that type but said the Paella Marinera was similar. I option to try it and it was the worst paella ever. We were a party of 5 and non of us liked it. So I optioned to order 2 ribeye steaks of 22 oz each costing $65 It was better than the paella. I also ordered 3 bottles of wine of $65 each. My bill with an automatic tip included was $530. They never asked if we didn’t like the paella even though we all returned it and forget the thought of offering to take it off the bill. I went to this restaurant hoping it would have the same or similar food as it’s predecessor. But to say the least they weren’t even close. And the lack of addressing the paella return lets me know this is definitely not one to repeat. Lastly as a person who eats out 5 nights of the week. It’s sad that this restaurant was not even cose to...