Taberna Del Alabardero

Wonderful spanish restaurant in the heart of Washington, D.C. . The tapas are excellent : the torreznos (pork belly) needed a bit more cooking, but they tasted great; the chorizos and papas bravas are just like in Spain. One thing that I really appreciate is that they have Gluten Free rolls!! Then we ordered the Paella mixta for 2, although we were 3. They brought a huge Paella and charged for 3, so we had a lot of leftovers to take home. The wines are very expensive, especially because we know how inexpensive a bottle of good wine costs in Spain. We had a nice Cava. The atmosphere is refined, with spanish colors and decoration. Very nice, corteous service.

The service was excellent. We had a few appetizers, but the calamari wasn't good. Taste double fried and kind of burnt. The waiter did take it off. We ordered scallops and the branzino. It was so, so. We didn't see good handcrafted drinks and settled for sangria. Taste like fruit juice. Nice experience. Won't go back

Best food in DC! This is your sign to make a reservation if you are in DC. We celebrated our first anniversary here and they went all out. Very attentive and super helpful in figuring out what you want to eat. Food was absolutely delicious. We will be coming again. Thank you for the best anniversary dinner !!

Loved this place! Coming back fir sure! We came as a family for the first time last night for my dad's 79th birthday. He has been to Barcelona before and said he wanted some really good paella. We ordered the paella as we headed out from Gaithersburg and they had our 7 pm reservation that we had made weeks earlier. We got parking across the street with ease and we were pleasantly surprised by our table next to the window to the kitchen and the vintage bottles of wine. The tapestries on the wall were gorgeous to behold. The server, Antonio, was so attentive and treated us with so much care! The paella marisco came out after several minutes and was just to my dad's liking. Gigantic shrimps! We ordered tapas and ensaladas as well that were mouthwatering. Gambas al ajillo, Jamon y queso croquettes, patatas bravas. The sangria was delicious! We finished it off with an amazing flan creamy and caramel-y. Perfecto!

Came here for an amazing anniversary evening. Live Flamenco punctuated an evening with tapas, paella, sangria, and literally the most beautiful dessert I've ever seen. As a special, complimentary addition to it being an anniversary, the table was decorated with rose petals and we received a beautiful additional anniversary dessert with chocolate-covered galletitas and sorbet-filled white chocolates. My only complaint is that I was so full of deliciousness that I slept the whole ride home!

Spanish restaurants outside of Spain are tricky and most of the time not worth it, but this was a rare and great find in DC! Polite and helpful staff despite we arrived right between shifts. We sat in the terrace, pretty invited (classic Spanish decoration on the inside is appealing as well), and food was amazing! Octopus was very good, and croquetas are amazing! Try the Alhambra beer from Granada, another great deal, and don’t forget to ask for bread, the one made of black olives is insane! Overall, great find!

We chose Taberna for our wedding ceremony and party. Everything was perfect. First of all we would like to thank all the staff for their support and kindness for accommodating all our requests. The ceremony and the party went great. The room for the ceremony was perfect, la granja for the dinner was well prepared and the food and wine were amazing as always. We also want to thank the personnel. They were very kind and professional at our wedding. The flamenco show was amazing as well. We really enjoyed our wedding and we are very happy to have chosen Taberna as the venue for our wedding.