Taste of Spain

I love this restaurant. It is a bit pricey but hey when it's not in my budget to go, I don't go! The food is always excellent and dressing on the salad is great. I'm not a big salad person but after tasting their salad I've given other salads a chance. I've never had to wait because they don't get super busy. A big reason I give all 5 stars is because on top of the great food the service is great. The owner and servers are wonderful people and awesome at what they do.

We loved it. Owner and employees go above and beyond.

i really wanted to like this place because the service was so good & the owner is so nice, which is why i gave the 2nd star, at best this place is mediocre. I went with my fiancée and her parents on a Sunday afternoon. This place came highly recommended by a family friend. We drove about 45 minutes to get here, it's a nice ride in a quaint town, lots of history in the area. As you can tell i am trying to dance around leaving a review. Anyway, from the outside this place looks like a diner, we walk in, the bar is to the right, dining room to the left. Maybe someone was smoking outside with the door open, in any event the place stunk of cigarette smoke. The place is dead empty with the exception of 2 older women drinking at the bar. They gave us a nice seat by the window with a view of the house full of garbage across the street. The decor of the place is WOW, i can't explain, it's just odd, lots of borders and weird paint treatments but the place is clean, definitely doesn't come across as a Spanish restaurant. The Owner comes over and he could not have been any nicer, he spoke in Spanish with my in-laws, he was nice as pie. We looked at the menus, i ordered paella, fiancée ordered some mixed fish w garlic and oil, mother in law ordered grilled tilapia, father in law baked salmon. For appetizers we ordered fried calamari and the entrées came with a salad.
Okay the salads come out, very basic, lettuce, tomato and a few olives with a homemade dressing which looked like French but didn't taste like it, it was pretty tasty. The salads were skimpy though.
The calamari comes out, i'm almost positive it was frozen boxed calamari,  if  you've ever had it you'll know what i mean, each ring is the same size, no legs etc. they weren't horrible but definitely not delicious. it came with some marinara dipping sauce that was very bland.
i got my "paella" in name and name only. Basically a bunch of overcooked mussels, clams & shrimp with rice. Damn that stuff was chewy.
My fiancée's dish had the same issue, hers was more tasty but overcooked.
The in-laws didn't say much about their food, i guess because they brought us there.
The sangria couldn't have been more watered down.
The hot bread was good.
The Bill for the 4 entree's a pitcher of Sangria and 4 cups of coffee... $170.00 Wayyyyy over priced for mediocre food.
Good service, salad dressing & bread = we won't be going back!