This is a tapas restaurant built around sharing: small plates meant to cover a table, a dining room reviewers describe as fashionable without tipping into pretentious, and a staff that gets singled out specifically for being warm rather than merely competent. Paella done right takes real technique and real time -- it's not a dish that forgives shortcuts -- and the fact that this is the dish people specifically travel for suggests the kitchen is handling it with the attention it needs.
Prices stay reasonable enough that exploring beyond the paella doesn't feel risky, which matters for a cuisine a lot of visitors won't have much reference point for.
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