Alegrias

i found this restaurant through citysearch.com. it was voted as the s.f.'s most romantic restaurant in 1996. the decor confirmed the vote. it was beautiful inside. the food was pretty good, but their stew tapas all seemed to have the same base. maybe that's why they came out so fast. i don't know exactly. the waiter wasn't all that nice. no small talk even though my boyfriend and i were the only customers at one point (we went on monday night). the paella valencia was pretty good. it takes 30 mins to cook, so reserve your stomach if you order this. the snail and clam tapa was great. i think it's a little more expensive than this other tapas place in berkeley (cesars), but this is s.f. we had espresso, coffee, and flan @ the end. pretty good, but i don't think they make it as soon as you order it since it was too cold to be freshly made. the parking's a little hard to find. street parking would've been perfect, but we couldn't fi ... more

i found this restaurant through citysearch.com. it was voted as the s.f.'s most romantic restaurant in 1996. the decor confirmed the vote. it was beautiful inside.
the food was pretty good, but their stew tapas all seemed to have the same base. maybe that's why they came out so fast. i don't know exactly. the waiter wasn't all that nice. no small talk even though my boyfriend and i were the only customers at one point (we went on monday night).
the paella valencia was pretty good. it takes 30 mins to cook, so reserve your stomach if you order this. the snail and clam tapa was great. i think it's a little more expensive than this other tapas place in berkeley (cesars), but this is s.f.
we had espresso, coffee, and flan @ the end. pretty good, but i don't think they make it as soon as you order it since it was too cold to be freshly made.
the parking's a little hard to find. street parking would've been perfect, but we couldn't find any. so we paid across the street. it's more expensive during the night.
overall, it's an experience to try out this restaurant. i didn't like their bread, but i don't think that many people care about the bread. less