Super nice ambiance, it was so lovely to see all the fish. Service was on point and the food was amazing. Highly recommend this place of you are visiting Valencia and craving something unique. We shared the tuna tataki, octopus, and another appetizer, all great! Tuna tataki is a savory/sweet combination that I love. The steak was *perfectly* cooked and the fries and mushroom were the perfect touch! Wonderful prefix tasting menu options as well that would take all the guesswork from ordering for 55€ at night. Easy same day reservations available, amd nice area to walk around post dinner! Cute ducks and lake outside, loved this dinner experience! Would recommend trying the lunch ...and inviting me! 5/5 would repeat Enjoy! read more

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What a beautiful ambience! It was magical. The paella wasn't the best I've ever had, but it was good. Alvaro, our waiter, was wonderful! Great experience. read more

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I had made a reservation here for 2100 on a weekday. Although directions on how to get in via the confirmation email would have been great, we were there for the aquarium earlier and found our way in through the only open gate. We get there and it looks like the pictures so I was excited to have this almost once in a lifetime memory with my partner. After reading the reviews I decided to book this for the experience and just enjoy a few drinks and desert, as many stated the food is terrible and over priced. Was it over priced for Valencia? Yes. Was it too expensive for my wallet? By no means. This was one of our cheapest meals, but honey was it a disaster. We were sat immediately, they gave us a QR code and it brought up a beers list (about 6 or so) the ala cart menu, and the fixed price 3 course meal. Within 2 minutes a female server, blondish hair, 40's, and obviously not in the mood for anything as she was too busy hating her life, comes over and in Valencian says what do you want to drink. I really wanted white wine but it wasn't on the drink menu so I looked at her and said I don't know in English. She says it again, what for drinks in valencian, so I look perplexed at my fiancé, and he says can I have a few more moments.. then says it again in Spanish: cerveca, vino... and I straight look her in the eye and stay sternly we don't know what we want yet, we are not ready to order in English. I guess that was the equivalent of saying eat my shorts because she did not return to our table. Now 15 more minutes have passed and we have no server. So this female, heavier set, black curly short hair comes over and says would you like something to drink, I ask for white wine and my fiancé gets a beer. 10 min later we get our drinks from a different person this time. He says are you ready to order and we say yes, so he looks at our first waitress and she says no, as in she has fired us aha. So the second waitress comes over and She says did you want ala cart or fixed menu. I said desert. OH BOY. Her attitude changed significantly. "IMPOSSIBLE" she states. You come here and the minimum is a plate each. So I look at her and say it says that no where on your website, on your QR code, anywhere that there is a minimum. She says it is a rule that we must follow. Since we were halfway through our drinks we felt we were stuck. We couldn't pay our bill unless we had two plates.. so my fiancé stops her before leaving and says can we order an appetizer each, those are plates. She scoffs, takes our phone and says TWO ENTRE MINIMUM. And walks off. I'm shaking I'm so angry with the service, and my fiancé is laughing. Meanwhile the ENTIRE staff is talking and pointing at our table. We had gone to casa Carmela earlier that day. No one can do paella like that so we decided let's to it again. Valencian paella it is.. FOR TWO. Plated nicely (again a different person serving us this time) but NOT EDIBLE. Like I said probably the cheapest meal we had, but funny how they looked and treated us like we couldn't afford it even though we would have spent more on just drinks and two deserts than if we weren't made to order a minimum of two entrees. We had taken maybe 6 bites and asked for the check. We ran into a stray cat on the beautiful walk back to our hotel and wished we could have given the left overs to the cat. If you go to the aquarium, YOU DONT NEED THIS EXPERIENCE. All the same silver fish, three rays, and maybe 4 sharks in this whole tank. The service TERRIBLE, the food gross, and you will leave knowing you wasted your time and money on a place like this. read more

El Submarino - Before we made the decent into attitude land - Spanish Near Me - Valencia, V

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Neat experience, okay food, although a little overpriced and they have this weird policy of not sitting you right next to the fish unless you have a reservation, even if there are empty tables. The place is completely fixed priced. I had the octopus and tuna to start, both of which were okay. The octopus was a little chewy but overall the flavor was good. The salmon was actually a surprisingly large portion and was well cooked. Finished the dessert with a rose mousse, which kind of grew on me after a while, but it's really hard to each that much of a rose flavored fish. Similarly, the chocolate trio was a little overly sweet and rich. Decor is cute, but overpriced. read more

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Our visit to El Submarino was very cool! We ate our dinner from a table where we could watch sharks, stingrays, and many different kinds of fish swim all around; if you're the kind of person who is really into fish, it's an experience not to be missed. The food here is quite good, but the reason we sought this place out is it's unique, undersea ambiance. For dinner, we ordered the seafood paella; it was both delicious and very filling. For desert, we got a triple layer chocolate cake, was excellent :-) Bottom line: If there's a Jacques Cousteau wannabe among your party, then a visit here is truly a must! read more

The menu selection was only fair although what we ordered was tasty enough. Very Expensive. It's really all about the ambiance. The waiter was attentive, careful to explain gluten free choices and pleasant to deal with. In contrast the woman who acts as maitre de was perfunctory, unhelpful, and disinterested. Sometimes even rude as I watched her deal with others. She clearly did not want to be bothered with non Spanish speakers and while I understand, this is a major tourist attraction! Altogether only a fair experience. There are other food choices there though they are mostly sandwiches and pastries and believe it or not, a hot dog stand! In summary, save your $ for a truly wonderful culinary experience elsewhere. read more

Please don't waste your time coming to this place. Yes, it's beautiful but the service was awful and food even worse. Not only is it overly expensive for what it is, the entire experience is awful. Great to take pictures though. read more

The place is absolutely amazing. Located at the heart of the oceanographic museum of Valencia (one of the most spectacular in Europe), the restaurant room is underground with a giant and circular aquarium as walls. Two menus allow to discover a very creative and refined cooking mainly based on seafood. Do not hesitate to go there for a romantic diner, you will be 100% successful. read more

El Submarino - Amazing restaurant - Spanish Near Me - Valencia, V

Eh, no. Fake, pretentious and not worth the money in every sense. For some reason we thought the experience would be more than fish, mostly the same species, swimming around the restaurant walls. We dropped over 100$ and that was with only two glasses of wine, one appetizer and two entrees with no desserts. The food was unremarkable, my wife's cod was so salty it was barely edible, and the portions were minuscule for the amount of money. This was by far our most expensive meal in Valencia/Barcelona and the worst regarding cost and quality of food. If you are going to Oceanographic go to one of the smaller snack bars and save your Euros. There is no need to visit this place. read more

Not worth the albeit fun and unique experience to eat among the fish. The restaurant is beautiful but is just too much money for the tiny portions. What we ate was decent but we left with a bill of over 100 euro and room to spare in our tummies. Would not return. read more

The restaurant has a beautiful atmosphere. Would rate the atmosphere 4 stars and the food 2. Fancy looking dishes, but doesn't taste of anything special. Very pricey compared to the quality. But fun experience eating with the fish. read more

Wow, elegant dining at the oceanographic aquarium. Service was excellent and food was excellent/ it truly was a gem. Don't miss this experience. read more

Had the menu 34,99 and kids. Kids was really good. Nice cheese balls as starter. Then hamburger with potatowedges. Very nice. We had ox tartar: too large portion - better smaller. It just didnt look nice. Taste was ok (6,5/10). Also had the tuna. This was very good. Excellent portion and texture (8/10).Main was the skate. Very disappointed. Huge potion and tasteless. Why not give a smaller portion that looks ok on your plate (instead of filling it) and create a really good sauce (5/10). Dessert was pear - very nice (8/10). All in all it was hit and miss. Drinks quite expensive compared to normal in valencia. Music was totally out of context (modern/electronic) - and sound quality was comparable to train station. The fish are great and that makes up for some. But all in all underperforming for the price. read more

Beautiful restaurant with two large aquariums designed to mimic being 'underwater,' the Submarino is in the middle of the Oceanografic but can be accessed independently. It's very much over priced, but the food is good. We had the sea bass, the hake, and the noodle paella. Service was fair and sporadically attentive. Despite being fairly quiet, the food took an exceedingly long time to prepare, but, to be fair, we entered soon after it opened at 8:30 PM. read more

very nice place with good food and agreable prices for it. need of reservation. parking spaces around. read more