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Tapas Valencia Restaurant

4.51,518 reviews ·Opens at 5 tomorrow
My party decided to order enough to sample items, which worked out beautifully
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Tapas Valencia Restaurant — reliable brunch & breakfast in South Loop. Backed by 1,475+ Google reviews. "All of the food was fresh and brought out in a timely fashion" — Stephanie Willis [$$, patio]

🌱Vegan & vegetarian friendly — real options, not one sad pasta.
☀️Patio — a South Loop classic in summer.

What 1,518 diners keep saying

CozyFamily friendlyGreat cocktailsOutdoor diningQuick biteGreat for groups
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1530 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
South Loop
Today5-9PM
Sun11:30AM-8:30PM
Mon–Thu5-9PM
Fri5-10PM
Sat11:30AM-10PM
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Review photo by Lori Fields
Jun 2026

Food was delicious. Serve was wonderful even live music/guitarist .I you love Spanish food go and enjoy.

Lori Fields

Lori Fields

14 reviews on Google

Review photo by D R
Jun 2026

A new family favorite. Not exactly sure what has taken us so long to visit. The food was great and served quickly. It was a lot of fun and we will be back. Our only issue was the noise level, it was difficult to hear our waiter over all the background noise. Recommended for a family night out or date night.

D R

D R

986 reviews on Google

Review photo by Karin
May 2026

At first we weren't sure, but after they figured out we weren't being waited on things went very good. Food is excellent!

Karin

Karin

57 reviews on Google

Review photo by marbella ocampo
Apr 2026

Sabrosa comida pero tardo mucho en llegar la orden

marbella ocampo

marbella ocampo

105 reviews on Google

Review photo by Lisa M
Feb 2026

My partner Joe took me to Tapas Valencia for dinner tonight and wow was it incredible. We walked in to a warm welcome, our table was ready and waiting for us and a very talented guitar player was gracing us with some great hits. Our server Alex was outstanding, very attentive to anything we needed , didn't rush us and he happily gave us all his food and drink recommendations. I am sooooooo glad we went with his recommendations because each dish that came out was better than the last!!! Every dish and every bite had so much flavor and uniqueness. We are home in bed now and still cannot stop talking about how delicious everything was! We cannot wait to go back. To name a few things we ordered - baked goat cheese with red sauce and crunchy bread, papas bravas, black bean soup , steak cooked so perfectly it melted in our mouths, the seafood paella was insanely good, mocktail was crazy good, we couldn't have asked for any better food and it came out quick but was spaced out perfectly. Throughout our meal multiple employees kindly came up and asked how everything was, Leah was especially sweet and personable. We cannot wait to go back again, we will for sure be requesting Alex for our server again to! I would highly recommend!!!! It seems kid friendly as well ❤️

Lisa M

Lisa M

3 reviews on Google

Review photo by reinaldo larotta
Jan 2026

Top quality Tapas! Dátiles con tocino, queso de cabra, atún a la parrilla!! 👌🏻

reinaldo larotta

reinaldo larotta

143 reviews on Google

Review photo by Daniel Bozarth
Nov 2025

Came with a group and enjoyed the restaurant greatly. My favorite tapas was the Queso de cabra, the goat cheese with tomato sauce and garlic bread.

Daniel Bozarth

Daniel Bozarth

838 reviews on Google

Review photo by Yessie Herrera
May 2025

This is a Spanish food restaurant and it’s amazing. We ordered several tapas in addition to the meatballs, beef empanada, and spicy potatoes. We also tried the Campesina paella that has chicken (we would have loved more chicken in the dish). It was interesting that the menu has a wide variety of dishes, including vegetarian options and others with different sources of protein (seafood, chicken, beef). Their wine selection is very rich too, and sangria is available for both red and white wine. I loved the Miro and Picasso decoration! I was very surprised by it! They also had a guitar player walking and playing music all the time, which adds up to the atmosphere. I would just say the volume could be lower for a more pleasurable conversation with friends. It was nice that staff spoke in Spanish, too!! This place is a bit pricey, but fair because of quality. Portions are not very big.

Yessie Herrera

Yessie Herrera

118 reviews on Google

Review photo by Gurleen Kaur
Nov 2025

I think I would have given this 5 stars if I came for dinner but the brunch was still pretty good! I got the chicken sliders and we also tried the tarta de pera which was delicious.

Gurleen Kaur

Gurleen Kaur

442 reviews on Google

Review photo by Matthew L
Oct 2025

Incredible smoked old fashion. Quality ingredients and a fun delivery. Absolutely worth the cost. All the food was tasty and the service is great. it’s not cheap but seems like a great choice for date night or client dinners.

Matthew L

Matthew L

241 reviews on Google

Review photo by John Hester
Aug 2025

Nice place for tapas. Their daily happy hour special at 5:00 is good, though with inflation I would prefer they raise the price for the tapas from $3 to $4 or $5, but then add a couple more substantive hot tapas, like a pincho du pollo or similar. I took 1 ⭐ off as the incorrectly spelled mouthwash label in the bathroom drives me up a wall everytime I go in there.... 🙂

John Hester

John Hester

60 reviews on Google

Jul 2026

Awesome place for tapas! Everything was excellent.

Kathy Kontes

Kathy Kontes

44 reviews on Google

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