Cafe Sevilla of San Diego

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Pedro Bravo

Llegamos hoy 06/17/17 a las 9:30 de la noche al Cafe Sevilla. Queriamos bailar y mostrarle a mi novia un lugar latino en el centro de San Diego. Cuando llegamos a la entrada del Subterraneo donde se baila, le preguntamos a un amable guardia de seguridad que a que hora dejarian entrar a la gente, su repuesta fue que a las 10:00 PM. Le pregunte cuanto costaba el cover, me dijo que $20 dolares por persona. Luego le pregunte si podiamos esperar en la parte de arriba y que si nos dejaban entrar directamente a la parte de abajo cuando fueran las 10. Me dijo que no, pero que la entrada si consumiamos arriba nos daba rebaja de la mitad del precio del cover, con el ticket como prueba y que no teniamos que hacer la cola. Tomamos dos tragos en la parte de arriba donde el ambiente es muy bueno, la musica excelente y el servicio muy bueno. A las 9:55 PM, nos fuimos a la entrada donde el guardia de seguridad nos habia dicho. Llego otro guardia de seguridad de lentes, muy prepotente y de muy malas maneras y nos dijo que teniamos que hacer la cola como todo el mundo. Nos pusimos a un lado haciendole caso al primer guardia de seguridad de lo que nos habia dicho. Al minuto llego nuevamente el prepotente de lentes y nos dijo que nos movieramos de ahi y que nos pusieramos detras de la cola de muy malas maneras. Esperamos ahi, en la calle, hasta las 10:20 PM sin que nos dejaran entrar. Finalmente nos dejaron entrar y caminamos hasta la caja, para pagar el cover. Ahi nos atendio una mujer que nos dijo que eran $15 dolares por persona, cuando anteriormente nos habian dicho que eran $10. Le dije a la cajera lo que nos habian dicho y accedio a cobrarnos solo $10 por cada uno. Bajamos y encontramos una mesa cerca de la pista de baile, pues nos encanta bailar, al segundo llega un señor y nos dice que no nos podemos sentar ahi, porque todos los asientos de la discoteca estan reservados solamente para los que compran una botella entera de licor. Le pregunte que si habia un lugar donde nos podiamos sentar, me dijo que si no comprabamos una botella entera de licor, no nos podiamos sentar en ninguna parte. Con esa hospitalidad, decidimos irnos y recuperar los $20 dolares del cover. Esta no es la discoteca del Cafe Sevilla que conoci años atras, donde nos atendian con gentileza y cordialidad y nos podiamos sentar en cualquier lugar. Lamentablemente esa fue nuestra nefasta experiencia en este lugar, donde jamas volveremos a visitar y a la que no recomiendo para nadie.

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Elia Naomi Espinoza

Horrible!!! In side Sevilla Night club My daughter was pushed down after she tryed 2 talk 2 a female security she leaned over 2 tell her something & the security pushed her 2 the ground my son in law was upset & wanted 2 speak 2 a manager because of what had happened they were escorted out of course alot of us walked out with them thats when staff at Sevilla was very agressive because my son in law was telling them that he wanted 2 speak 2 a manager that what they were doing was very wrong... My son had 2 go 2 the hospital because they choked him & kicked him on the floor one of the security guys a colored man with a pony tail was very abusive & 3 or 4 other security guys also jumped on him, my son in law had 2 go 2 the doctors bcause he had had surgery & they were beating him up on the floor & yes i told them he had just had surgery, my daughter was thrown on the floor & hand cuffed on the side rail out side of Sevilla mind you this was all out side of Sevilla on the side walk... some friends took video & pictures they were told they couldnt take pictures or video by Sevillas staff & they werent let back in because of this... we made a police report & we spoke to an attorney... Never again will we go back to Sevilla Night club, police told us they had a lot of problems with the staff at Sevilla Night Club... My Name is Elia Naomi Espinoza and i had Not been drinking at all...

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Caitlyn Reinecker

Theres no other place I know in San Diego quite like Sevilla. This is a Wonderful Spanish Tapas Restaurant I have now been to several times and am always wowed by something new with them. To start this is a three story restaurant located in the Gaslamp on 5th Ave close to the convention center. The decor of the entire restaurant is immaculately detailed with a Spanish theme. The decor and vibe you get from the restaurant alone is worth checking out Sevilla. The top floor is usually reserved for group parties with a private bar and an overall very close-knit private feel. The main floor is where one would usually sit either at a high top table, family style table and chairs, at the long bar or my favorite spot in the back at the pastry bar - where you can watch the chefs make a lot of the meals from scratch in front of you. The Basement is a decent sized salsa dancing floor with large bar. They frequently host salsa dancing parties for anyone to attend or you are able to reserve the space for a company/private party as well - BOTH ARE A LOT OF FUN! The food is BOMB - For Tapas I recommend the empanadas, AHI TUNA TARTARE, Short Rib Flatbread and QUESO FUNDIDO. But you must try any of their Paellas!!! I recommend going on a Wednesday when they have their Wine/Date night for the best deals.

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Jonathan Adler

I had not had Tapas in several months and Sevilla Restaurant did the job wonderfully in satisfying my Tapas craving. I was immediately impressed by the very attractive interior of the restaurant with a large bull sculpture near the ceiling, colorful banners and logos giving the place a very exciting, historic ambience...I kind of felt like I was in Spain for awhile. I was in luck that they were offering their "Bites" Menu featuring a nice variety of Tapas selections for a very reasonable price of $15.50 for 5 choices then $2.75 for each additional so I opted for 9 selections. My favorites of the 9 were the Tuna Tartare Tower(Avocado, mango, orange-tarragon); Grilled Spanish sausages(with caramelized onions) and the Manchego Cheese & Chorizo Empanada. The variety of tastes and textures was an amazing eating experience. I sat in their nice outdoor seating area which is also great for watching the activity in the Gaslamp. The Staff showed the utmost professionalism and were most welcoming to me as well as other guests I was observing. I plan to visit Sevilla Restaurant again for their later evening live music and nightclub. This is a great place for Spanish Tapas and entertainment.

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Mark Robbins

I must have went o a different place than the people giving it 4 or more stars. We went to the dinner show. I have never seen flamenco before so I will have to guess that IT was good. The food on the other hand was not. I though it impossible to have seafood that was not fresh in San Diego but Sevilla found a way. They serve the Paella for a main course during the dinner show. The only piece of seafood that was ok were the shrimp. Clam, mussels, calamari were at the point were they all smelled like fish. Anyone who knows about fresh fish knows it is not supposed to smell. Generally there was little spice in the entire dish. Rice was old and hard. Obviously this was all re-heated. Not going back and will warrn anyone who asks not to. Service was likewise atrocious. Saw the waitress once when we first sat down and ordered drinks. The next time I saw her was when I had to flag her down to ask for our check. Which took 25 minutes to get. The table next to us of 4 people never did even get their main course, They left. I consider them lucky, they could get their money back. $95 for two people, another $18 for 2 drinks. They should be ashamed to put out such bad food for a ridiculous price.

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