Arrocería Maribel

One of the best restaurants I have been. While it might not sound like much of a big deal, but this place have the whole shebang. Great food, everything we ate was delicious. Great service, the waitress was very kind, plesent, and know exactly what to recommend 👏 Great location, in the village of of El Palmar near onwards of the water canels, the place of the origin of the pallea. The place know how to respect the it's origin. The food, the service and the atmosphere are packed in reasonable price what's make it to a one of a kind experience and really good suprise. We were a group of 4 and the total was €178

We had arroz meloso with duck and mushrooms and it was absolutely delicious. Really amazing, a memorable meal. It took about 30 min to prepare (we were here on a sunday in december, about at 4 pm). We made an online reservation the day before. If you order one of the rice dishes, would recommend to skip appetizers, it is a lot of food. Would happily eat here again. The drinks service was very fast.

My partner and I visited in order to try authentic paella from the town it all began. Wow. Our paella was truly incredible. We tried a seafood variation and were impressed with the variety and generous portion of seafood. The flavours were rich and delicious, and went perfectly with our jug of sangria (definitely get the sangria). The service was also exceptional, both the gentlemen who served us were fun, friendly and very patient with our newly acquired Spanish, which managed to score us some cheeky shots to finish off. Overall, it was an unforgettable experience; nothing pretentious, just a solid and superb experience in a laid back environment. I hope we find ourselves back here in the future :)

Big thanks to the amazing staff that made our experience at this place exceptional! We were admitted just before the closing and got the very last table. The staff was super helpful with advising us on the food, and then explaining on best ways to eat paella. Paellas were super fresh, tasty and huuuuge - the portion for 2 people could be enough for 4 ;)

We ordered two portions of Paella de Marisco. It tasted really good but was way too salty unfortunately. When we complaint about it to the waiter, he did not frown for a second, instead he apologized and immediately offered us a new portion. While we waited for the replacement paella we got a complimentary Croqueta de Jamón ibérico, which was phenomenal. Our new paella was less salty, still a bit on the saltier side for us, but it was very delicious. We would definitely recommend this restaurant, but keep in mind the the paella might be on the saltier side if you don't eat that much salt. The service is perfect.

We’ve been to Arrocera MariBel twice now, and the paella is still absolutely amazing! Full of flavor, perfectly cooked, and just the right amount of ingredients. The atmosphere is cozy and welcoming, and the staff are friendly and attentive. If you’re in El Palmar, this is definitely the place to try authentic Valencian paella – we’ll be coming back for sure!

Excellent Valencian rice! Is getting difficult to find nice "paellas" (arroces) that are not a turist trap, this is not the case, Maribel is where locals go. Service amazing, food super, and do not skip one of the salads, we order the Esgarret, very good. The location is very interesting, near to rice crops. Highly recommended.

Good example of fresh, local, and well prepared food with all the non-rice dishes. We generally like and have cooked paella; however, we didn't like the paella. Not sure if we got a bad batch or if their paella is supposed to be different like that. Tip: Don't get the calamari, it's nothing special if you eat calamari occasionally, more importantly I think it's on the menu to keep people new to seafood happy.

En un pueblo rodeado de arrozales y donde existen multiples restaurantes destaca este sitio por la Atencion de su personal, a nosotros nos atendió Celeste que con mucha paciencia nos explico sobre cada plato típico y nos dio buenas recomendaciones. Degústamos una típica paella valenciana (chicken y rabbit) y algunos aperitivos de la zona recomendados por la camarera. Las porciones de arroz son grandes y con bastante sazón

They're paella is top notch and the service is amazing - Celeste was super nice and she even showed me he kitchen where the magic happens. Thank you, Celeste!

This place is incredible. Get the pulpo appetizer and you will be blown away. Also the small fish appetizer is very tasty as well as the potato dish which has some roe and chips. Very tasty. Next up, seafood paella was fantastic. While the seafood was simply very good seafood the perfect paella crispy rice was amazing down to the last piece of rice. Our server Miss Eli was friendly and provided excellent service. I'm told by the locals to best make reservations and to order the paella ahead of time.