Reviews for Tapas Flavors of Spain in Mission Viejo, CA

Absolutely love this place! Great food and atmosphere.

The manager is rude and keeps pushing people around. Thy even have reserved signs on tall tables around the bar and you dont eat... they dont want you there. Let alone if you are not alcohol dirnker like me. They have no room for people to stand yet theycharge you $12 to get in. For what?! For that nerve breaking band with their long ugly songs?! I think DJ does much better of ajob. And lastly the food sucks and I am so happy I was not poisoned by their food when ai didnt know about the quality. Thisplace in their last location had cock roach in their kitchen and I saw this from the parking lot where their kitchen back dooropened to. So sad. How would anyone know if they dont have it here. Same owner and God knows same service and obviously lack ofprotocols. They dont even deserve one star. I boycut them a while ago and hear others are doing it, too. Many of people I metthere have the same complaint about the manager. He is so unrpofessional and has no clue about customer service. Read more

I went here for a late dinner but did not stay for the "night club" aspect. I liked the atmosphere and the restroom was clean...... and I've nothing else positive to say. The service was friendly but far too slow; it took 45 minutes to get paella (which wasvery underwhelming, it was mostly just rice). With other dishes it took about 25 minutes each, for simple tapas, not big plates.The empanadas were soggy and soft. The calamari was fine (but slow, again). The sangria was OK but just OK. I did not go herefor happy hour, maybe this place is more fun for that... provided the service is faster. Overall, I would only go here again forhappy hour AND if invited by a friend. But I would provide a warning about my previous experience here and take the opportunityto say "I told you so" if it ends poorly again. Read more

Extremely DISAPPOINTED. Having lived in Spain, I was so excited that a Tapas restaurant and night club was opening up in town.... We were really shocked at just how bad this restaurant was. We ordered the olives to start, which tasted like they were straightfrom a can. Still excited to be in a ?Spanish? place I ignored them and we decided to order the bruschetta. The waiter returnedto tell us that they were out of bread....instead we just ordered one of their vegetable paella?s to share. Oddly, 5 minuteslater a different waitress comes by asking if we would like a basket of bread. Confused as to why we had just been denied breadearlier, but hey suddenly had some now we said yes. Starving, we had a pulled off some pieces and started to eat the bread. Notonly was this bread DEFINITELY not freshly made, it tasted like it had been sitting in a plastic bag for months as was probablyclose to expiration. At this point we were getting really upset by the clear lack of concern for authentic or even quality food.Wary for our paella, the waiter told us that it should be out any minute. An hour went by with him apologizing profusely, andfinally our paella arrived. Our ?vegetable? paella only had bell peppers in it. Nothing else. Bell peppers and rice. And I amnot exaggerating when I say it tasted like a boxed rice mix and frozen bell peppers. We took one bite and even as starving as wewere decided our experience here was now over. The manager refunded our paella which was thoughtful, but this place has nobusiness advertising as a ?Spanish? restaurant. I have to say that the salsa dancing and flamenco was fun to watch, but otherthan this, a huge let down in every way. Read more

Love this place! I am picky when it comes to restaurants, but I can say I really enjoy this one. The food is always good. The... staff is friendly and welcoming. My friends and I dance here often, and the vibe is always fun. Read more