El Raval

El Raval reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Ryan

   Seattle3 reviews

   1.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   We honestly just had one of our worst dining experiences here in many years. We booked for Mothers Day dinner, and showed up a 15 minutes before our reservation. Our table wasn’t quite ready, but we’re early so no big deal. We waited and now it is 10 mins past our reservation and our table wasn’t yet ready. Finally, we were sat at a table, but now had to wait another 10-15 minutes for our waiter to acknowledge us. At this point, we had been staring at the menu for quite some time, so we were ready to order. Ordered and our first dish, the Gambas, came out maybe 15-20 minutes later. A bit slow but not terrible. The dish itself was decent. And here’s where the real problems started. We had to wait another hour before we got another dish, and that was only after complaining to our waiter and the manager (?). They both claimed the kitchen was backed up, but looking around, they were busy but not packed, and multiple tables around us that came in later already had several dishes. So we waited, and then eventually all the other dishes came out at once. So, we had the short ribs (expensive for the portion size), cauliflower (undercooked), the stuffed squid (amazingly bland, and a bit rubbery), and two paellas. The duck confit paella was pretty good, and the best dish of the night. The duck confit was well done and flavorful. Worst thing, despite the terrible delay, when we got the check, not a single thing was comped. No sincere apology, just deflection. They even charged us for the extra bread our young daughter asked for while we waited so long. $3 for extra bread despite waiting 90 minutes for our food. Seriously, you can’t even comp some bread while we waited? I also heard the manager mention there was something special for Mother’s Day, and heard him mention to the waiter to make sure it was sent over, but we received nothing. A quite terrible meal, and one where, pretty much start to finish, you completely regret even going.
   

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   Maria E.

   Houston2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Un sitio para regresar una y otra vez! Excelente comida, excelente servicio y buena vibra 🙌
   

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   Claire

   Austin1 review

   5.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   INCREDIBLE! We did sit on the patio which had a lot of flies, but that is not the restaurant’s fault at all!! Other than that, the food was amazing, service was so nice, and the overall vibe was so fun and inviting. Definitely will be returning
   

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   Kata VIP

   Austin52 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on May 4, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Food was superb! Wait staff so helpful to choose dishes & very nice ! 5 of us ate 12 different tapas dishes sharing most dishes and each was delicious!! My fav the gazpacho & Brussel sprouts , homemade ginger beer , & lemon crème brûlée
   

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   Katy VIP

   Austin1 review

   5.0

   Dined on May 4, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Wonderful staff and meal. Our party of six thoroughly enjoyed our night. The food was the best it’s ever been.
   

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   Luis

   Austin3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 26, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Tonight was my wife birthday , and we had a blast , we enter the restaurant the amazing person at the door , gave her a happy birthday card , i text the restaurant that we wanted a especific table and they got it for us. The food was exepcional !!! Dessert was a dream , they brought a special one from the kitchen it was awesome. Overall a great expirience , we are coming back soon.
   

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   Debbie

   Austin4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 26, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great place, wonderful food and atmosphere! We’ve eaten here many times and always had a great experience
   

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   robert

   Houston2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 26, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Food was great. Timing and service was great. Love to come back and try more of the menu.
   

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   Agnieszka VIP

   Austin3 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 26, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   Last time our experience was a lot better from the service perspective, we loved it and had to come back! But this time it took our server a long time to come to the table, we had to call other people over to get another round of drinks and another server even had to check us out at the end as we were ready to go. I could see she was totally slammed with tables and even got a 14 top while we were in the middle of our meal, so it wasn’t her fault but just made the experience not as great as our first visit. We will still come back because we loved the food and we saw our server from last time so we’ll just ask to sit in his section next time.
   

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    Kim VIP

    Austin209 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on April 25, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    I cannot say enough about our experience tonight. The food was gorgeous and fresh, the service was impeccable and the energy was positive and fun. We will be back soon! Both Charlotte and Ben were fabulous servers and the sommelier was so incredible. We’re so glad we have this new, fabulous option in Austin!
    

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