El Bodegon

What a great restaurant!! The best food I’ve had in Cocoa Village. Loved the sangria and tapas, especially the baby clams.

The service, food quality, and atmosphere were excellent! The mussels were amazing and my husband said his lamb shank was the best he’s ever had. My chicken was also excellent. All around, 5 star experience!! Definitely recommend.

A "MUST GO TO" WHILE IN PORT OR VISITING COCOA VILLAGE We had been contemplating where to celebrate out 16th wedding anniversarry & wanted a dinner w/a show and did not want to travel an hour to Orlando. We stumbled upon this GEM OF A RESTAURANT two weeks prior while on a motorcycle ride up the "river" to Cocoa Village. Walking past EL Bodegon perked our interest since they keep doors open. It's seemingly authentic decor was inviting, as was the host/waiter & the owner. They asked us to come in & take a browse. (They weren't opened for business so no patrons were interrupted.) We booked our dinner reservation upon learning they had live Flamenco Dancers. :-) Yay! Being a Latin couple from MIA/NYC we are picky about our Spanish/Latin cuisine. We expected the food would not be upto par, but still happy we'd get live entertainment & hopefully good wine! Whoa.. We were pleasantly surprised to be served not only authentic flavors, but freshly made, delicious dishes. The pork appetizer had tender, well-seasoned non-breaded (can't eat gluten) chunks of pork! Croquettas de yucca were excellent! As was our main courses of fresh seafood including Shrimps in Salsa Criolla over perfectly fried tostones (green plantains)! They also serve a variety of PAELLA. The server was attentive & the owner, very friendly & out on the floor seeing every customer's needs was meet. The dancers were also very entertaining & encouraged audience participation for a dance or two. The doors are kept open as outside dinning is available, so if you don't want to see passerbys, just ask to be seated towards the back. There's also balcony seating & while kids/families are welcomed, please refrain from allowing them to run around up there; afterall, it is a pricier restautants & not an extension of a cruiseship. Although it is a great place to have dinner while on land. So with the exception of the kids briefly running around on the balcony (thank goodness they were stopped) this was an overall excellent, celebratory night out for us with really good food, good service & lively entertainment. Our cost was actually less than we expected considering entertainment was included. A little recognirion (or free glass or wo of wine ;-) for an anniversary couple would've been nice too. Will definitely visit here again.

Hidden treasure, but immensely impressive! A co-worker recommended this place while I was traveling for business. For some reason, Google Maps did not want us to navigate here (Maps issue) but once we found the old church facade and the maitre d' on the sidewalk, we knew we were there. The ambiance is very enjoyable, and the food lived up to the reputation. To start, I chose a pork tapas appetizer. It was delicious, but pricey for the amount of food. For the main course I had churrasco steak with broccoli and garbanzo beans. The steak was seasoned and cooked well. Unlike the appetizer, the entree was priced right for a restaurant of this stature. Oh, and the beer - I went with the 1605 Red... all the while thinking this "Spanish" beer had the quality of a Belgian Trappist ale... Turns out it's actually just an Irish Red... but it was really really good. Apparently they also have live music and Flamenco dancing (stage performance) Friday and Saturday. Definitely want to come back.

I wanted to thank El Bodegon for hosting our daughter's graduation party this month and our 30 plus guests. Everyone who sat at your table enjoyed the service, the tapas, the sangrias and the amazing paella! Marino you out did yourself. Thank you!

Beautiful restaurant with equally beautiful food. The flamenco dancing added even more to the experience. 100% recommend.