Meson Asturias in Queens: Food: Good, service Good, it used to have the best show with Paco Montes; unfortunately he is not longer with us...
A lot has gone with him...
Solera Restaurant,Manhattan: great service, very good food, good place to be; the best bartender!
Toledo Restaurant, Manhattan: You pay for what you get. The most beautiful place! good service and very good food. Exquisite ambiance & the finest bar!
Costa del Sol: Manhattan; The best Pulpo gallego! the best paella marinera! friendly owner; familiar place! great location! good service.
Cafe Espanol: Village- They have to watch the kitchen...

Amora, welcome to our ALL SPAIN Message Board!

Regarding Manhattan's Toledo Restaurant, about 3 years ago (March 20, 2002) I wrote a paragraph in the long-and-detailed " USA: Good Spanish restaurants " thread: ...to this day I've not yet had a MORE expensive dinner-for-two than that meal at Toledo Restaurant. Website: http://www.toledorestaurant.com/

Saludos, MadridMan

http://www.murphguide.com/tapas.htm (NYC)

Good listing, but no comments.

JA

Another great Spanish restaurant in Manhattan is called La Nacional - it's the Spanish benevolent society, so they have concerts, meetings, etc, but they also have a bar and restaurant that is one of my FAVORITE places to go. It's on 14th street between 7th and 8th I think. You can google "La Nacional" and "New York City" and it'll probably show up. Kind of nondescript, not too expensive (raciones are $5-10 each) and DELICIOUS food. I recommend the pulpo gallego, champiniones, calamares and their paella is also great.

Another, more upscale Spanish place that isn't pure Spanish but great nonetheless is called Casa Mono. I think it's co-owned my Mario Battali. It's on Irving Place and 17th street - call ahead for reservations. Great ambiance, good waitstaff, great food, probably $25-30 a head w/ a decent bottle of wine.

shh! don't tell too many people about La Nacional ...it is a real find and we do not want the masses going and spoiling the authentic atmosphere. MadridMan, when you come to NY...let us all have a get together there...you would love it!
saludos,
Esperanza

I know -- I hesitated listing La Nacional, but I figured if the NY Times did a piece on it about a year ago, that's a few thousand people right there -- I think it's still relatively unknown

There's an excellent Spanish restaurant near where I live, EL POTE, on Second Avenue between 38th & 39th Streets. Good food & reasonable prices. Very popular in my neighborhood with a nice crowd every evening. Also open for lunch on weekdays.

I think the best I've been to is Solera on E53rd Street across the street from the Lipstick building but the only problem is it's mucho dinero.
The worst Xunta, it's trash.

PINTXOS in Tribeca is very, very good. The owner/chef is from Navarra.

Hey JA!
I know the owner of Murpguide.
He's pretty current for all NYC bar info