La Taberna Tapas on Halsted

Went to watch oscars and had fun eating at the bar for the first time. Great service. Good food(ordered chicken with saffron rice). They have a variety of drinks and cocktails. We had a berry sangria which tasted yum. Will surely go back on a Friday/Saturday night to enjoy their DJ nights.

Went here for New Years Eve for the first time, one word: wow! Food, drinks, service, ambiance, everything was outstanding. Prices were reasonable. The only problem was I felt a little underdressed : /

So this place recently started to do delivery via <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2FDiningIn.com&s=0cd71b0adc269f43df4858cd5f607c016509c6f57f7a20cdd913cd2b3fc45fd7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://DiningIn.com</a>, and that's how I've tasted their food so I cannot rate on their in-house service or anything.

But I ordered their delivery, which arrived on time to what was promised on the delivery site, so I'll give them a star for promptness (Although I don't know why it actually had to take that long since I literally live 2 blocks away. Yeah I could have picked up the food but I'm lazy and it's cold right now).

Anyway, I ordered the Taberna Paella which was DELICIOUS. LOVED IT. WILL ORDER AGAIN. But I am a paella whore and love paella in general... But here are the star winning points for the paella anyway:
Quality of seafood and ingredients was terrific, which is what wins this place 4 stars on a very shallow experience:
Mussels were NOT overcooked = tender and juicy, not rubbery or too raw.
Shrimp was soft and flavorful, not watery nor bland.
The paella rice was not mushy which can often happen, but this came fluffy and well seasoned.

Also ordereed the taberna flatbread pizza, which was flavorful, although the bread was slightly soggy because it's delivery but I'll deal with that. No stars off.

Overall, I had a good experience with their delivery. Will look to order from them again and also this makes me actually want to go into the restaurant to eat their food!