Casa Roberto

This was by far the best paella i have ever had. We started with the bacalao and smoked tuna appetizer which was amazing and fresh tasting. We then had an order of medium sized gambas/​prawns which were so juicy and sweet. And then came the main event, a traditional paella valenciana which is rabbit, chicken, and snails. Highly recommend this amazing paella. This was not your yellow saffron paella you get around tourist areas. This was the real deal with a rustic look and amazing flavor. The service is awesome and they treat you excellent. A must while in valencia.

Locals tip. Very good, call in advance to get your paella cooking. Full of spanish families. Not to expensive, best chance to taste real paella Valenciana

Gotta agree re: tourist trap. Overpriced, but the real issue is the very pushy service which sinks to the level of outright deception.
They won’t show you a menu except under duress, and will try to rush you into ordering overpriced wine and also overpriced, poorly done first courses. I’m happy to pay for good food, and would order both these things, but here the quality/​price ratio was at rip-​off level and the hustle made it very obvious.
Even worse, they pull the «add IVA to the total» scam, the first time I have experienced it. They even reprinted my receipt after I paid, but I didn’t realize what was up until I left. Unless this was clearly stated on the menu they try to hide from you, this is an illegal fraud. Even if it’s not, no quality restaurant in Spain would ever do this. Ever.
All of that might have been forgivable if the paella was ambrosial. But it was not. Tasty enough, but super greasy, with poorly prepared snails and almost no rabbit. Also no socarrat. At least it was actually cooked for us in the pan it appeared in rather than microwaved, so I guess things could be worse.
The hotel concierge seemed a bit hesitant when I asked her to reserve us a table here, and now I know why. This place has jumped a lot of sharks.

El arroz es espectacular! Mis preferidos el a banda y sobre todo la paella valenciana. Me encanta, aunque he llevado a gente de fuera que encuentran duro el arroz, jejeje, mejor, todo para nosotros .
La ensalada valenciana también divina, completa y con productos de primerísima calidad. Los entrantes buenos, el precio elevado. El problema es que si pides mucho no te comes el arroz. El pan con aceite también de lujo. Servicio rápido y profesional. Y la cocina de las que me gustan en constante ebullición.

This place stinks. It’s a fetid tourist trap with overpriced food and pushy service. Prices and menus are hidden and the sticker shock of paying double what you would pay anywhere else in the city is pretty unpleasant. Avoid if at all possible. The paella is passable, upping this place to two stars.

We were told that this was the best paella in Valencia so obviously I had to try it, duh.
The place was nice and the service friendly but the room temperature was ridiculous. Everybody was sweating in an uncomfortable way.
They have 2 paella, we had the seafood one.
Totally uneventful.
The cheese and ham for starters were also meh.
The best part was the desert, fresh fruit (melon).
The combination of high expectations with not-​that-​great food ended up in a disappointment.
Cheers

Nice restaurant, in a quiet neighbourhood. We arrived at 9.30PM which seemed the perfect time, because after just 5 minutes the place was half full. The staff came right to us and asked if we wanted «the paella». The waiting time was around 30−45min (it’s prepared at the moment) so we ended up asking for some «gambas a la Guillo» to eat while we waited. We usually eat the seafood paella but, as we were in Valencia, we chose the Valencian paella (rice, chicken, a mixture of green stuff and snails). It was awesome.
Make sure to ask for a typical Valencian spoon, a nice free souvenir from Casa Roberto.

Best Paella in town?!! Where the locals eat! It must be. Tasteful but expensive.

Sin lugar a duda la mejor paella de Valencia, con un par de entraditas, la cercania de los camareros. No es ni de lejos el tipico comedor/​restaurante en el que sirven paellas, tendencia en la que caen bastantes. Un restaurente muy valenciano

You know a place is good when you see herds of little old couples shuffle into the doorway consistently. Plus when we arrived for early lunch at around 11am (Spaniard lunch is usually around 2:30pm-4:30pm since dinner is at the ungodly hour of 11pm normally) they asked if we had reservations. That’s how wonderful the food is!!!
Fantastic, Yummy & LOCAL. These are the words I choose to use when speaking about this diamond in Valencia Spain. My friend lived here a few years ago and she said it was the best Paella she had ever had.
Things we adored:
1. The Location: The restaurant is away from the city center which, like in most cities, means that you are most likely to mingle with the locals and not stare at the faces of poor tourists trying to decipher the words on the menu with their translation guides. I usually see the anger and confusion in a lot of traveler’s faces & makes me imagine them saying to themselves «Damn you Rosetta Stone and your lack of Practicality!» Anyway the outdoor seating was quiet pleasant.
2. The Wine list: In Spain (little known fact), you can order half bottles. This is great if you are like me and have little tolerance or someone who likes to try multiple wines during dinner. They had some tasty reserves which we tried from a local winery in Valencia. The half bottles really were not expensive either.
3. The Tapas: Usually in Spain you get a cute little plate of food that goes with your alcoholic beverage at a bar or a restaurant. Here we had cooked peppers. A-​MAZ-​ING! We couldn’t stop eating!
4. The Paella: Now there are a few ones that you can choose from. The traditional one from Valencia is of course the… wait for it…“Paella de Valencia”. This one has rabbit & other meat. Of course if you want some thing else you can also try the seafood one which has the word «Mariscos» in the title. IT WAS HUGE! The food is served in the pan where it is cooked specially for your tummy which is wonderful because it has all the yummy liquids underneath the rice (I’m totally making myself hungry now as I’m writing…) The portions were great for the price and we just kept picking at it all afternoon while enjoying the warm Spaniard sun and cool breeze from the nearby ocean.
5. Service: Excellent. The man who served us was wonderful, funny and friendly. He came to check on us and made a lot of jokes!
Only 1 thing negative:
**Note**
Please read the following and try to keep the cultural differences in mind btwn Spain & the US.
1. Getting the Check: Asking for the check and receiving it took about 40 mins. Now in Spain no one is ever in a hurry… life is nice and slow there so that’s 1 point. The other is that by the time we stuffed ourselves the restaurant was in the throws of the busy lunch hour. People kept being turned away from lack of room in the restaurant (either indoor or outdoor tables). Eventually we paid and went on our merry way.
All in all A-​MAZ-​ING place. Will definitely go back next time. Plus arguably the best food I had in Valencia.

Verdadero palacio del arroz en Valencia. Los tienen de todas las clases imaginables: paella valenciana, arroz «abanda», negre, amb fessols i naps, con bogavante, caldosos… Elige el tuyo y disfruta, y si tienes un compromiso de trabajo con gente de fuera o quieres sorprender a un guiri ¡haz el esfuerzo económico que no te arrepentirás! He ido un par de veces con mis padres y siempre hemos acertado.
El arroz está delicioso, todo en su punto y el servicio es rápido y muy profesional. Todo eso se paga, claro, no es barato (la ración entre 11 y 14 euros, dependiendo del arroz elegido). Pero por una vez y por comer un muy buen arroz en el centro de la ciudad ¡yo lo pago! Serà per diners?

Su paella era realmente fantástico y vale la pena el precio, pero nada más era mejor que la media. Y el ambiente se sentía como un comedor del hotel. 5 estrellas para la paella, 3 para todo lo demás.

This is the place for a 5 star meal. I visited for lunch. Now, in Spain, that is anytime after 1 pm usually. There was no rush when I came. I picked the perfect time! I got there and immediately got a table. This restaurant is amazing. The waitress was friendly, patient, and attentive. She told us that our paella will take a while to make. It took about half an hour, but how often am I in Valencia? I was in the paella mood. When it came, the paella was sitting in the pan, a height of an inch of rice filled with escargot, fried chicken (that’s right), rabbit, and greens (peppers). It was just perfect! The right amount of salt, oil, and seasoning. I did not add any extra condiments. It was so good that I would fly back to Spain to try it again. I loved it! One of my most memorable dishes in Valencia by far.

Yo me atrevo a decirlo, es el mejor sitio para degustar una buena paella, pero de esas que llevan los ingredientes clásicos, la tradicional, no me vengáis con memeces que si chorizo y otras barbaridades que he visto por la red. Que vamos a ver señores, que la paella no es arroz con cosas, que la paella lleva las verduras, carne y arroz perfectamente combinados para crear ese «nirvana» en el paladar…
Al igual que yo, este local es valenciano valenciano, más que las naranjas, fallas e incluso su plato estrella, la paella. Nos habían hablado muy bien de este sitio y como una tiene amigos repartidos por todo el mundo, pues cuando vienen de visita toca hacer la particular ruta turística. Micalet, Catedral, la Llotja,… no voy a nombrar más sitios porque espero algún día poder patentar este recorrido… va no, en serio… terminamos siempre en Casa Roberto degustando nuestro típico plato. Quedan encantados, claro. Y ojo porque antes hemos pasado por Santa Catalina a probar la horchata. Vamos que se vuelven «finos-​catalinos» a sus tierras.

Probablemente, uno de los restaurantes con mejor arroz de Valencia. Lugar de visita obligado para futbolistas, actores y famosos en general, Casa Roberto no engaña: cocina valenciana de principio a fin en un local decorado a la manera también tradicional de la tierra.
Las florituras, para otros, pero si usted quiere un extraordinario arroz y varios entrantes de la tierra, puede ir a Casa Roberto con la seguridad de que va a salir satisfecho. Paella valenciana; arroz «a banda»; con marisco, cigalas y gambas; con verduras e incluso ¡arroz meloso de Cangrejo Rojo Real!
La cocina aquí nunca falla, aunque los primeros platos –ensaladas, quisquillas, esgarrat– no están a la altura de su especialidad. El local es grande, la separación entre mesas no es exagerada y el ruido puede resultar molesto.

Excelente paella valenciana, sobretodo por los vegetales que incluía (habas). Los otros platillos de entrada que pedimos fueron excelentes, ensaladilla rusa, mejillones, nos dieron un plato de carnes frías extraordinario. Me encantaría regresar para probar la paella vegetariana. Cerramos con un postre que no recuerdo el nombre pero parecía un pastel. Delicioso.
En restaurante con gran tradición y especializado en arroces. Altamente recomendables si visitan Valencia.

Restaurante situado en Valencia.
La decoración es valenciana, hay paneles que representa el Tribunal de las Aguas.
Su cocina es valenciana y por ellos destaca el plato por excelencia: la paella. Recomiendo también el arroz con bogavante y arroz con langosta. También todo tipo de arroces tradicionales por encargo (fesols i nap, acelgas y col con bacalao).
Amplia carta de vinos.
Imprescindible resevar mesa.
El precio medio son unos 50 euros por persona.