Restaurante Apicius

Lovely restaurant with 3 tasting menu options. The staff was very accomodating and the food was really enjoyable. They focus on fresh produce and cook it to perfection. The seabass we had was particularly well executed. It is also important to mention that the price quality ratio is outstanding.

We were there for my b-day It is a nice restaurant with very good and fast service. We tried the "apicius menu". Unfortunately we expected much more from the food. It wasn't bad but the flavors weren't exceptional. We think it is too expensive for what is offered, but of course it is a very personal opinion.

We did the red tuna menu and it was amazing! This restaurant know what they are doing and at a great price point too! Would love to go back and try a different menu another day!

Not bed, but also not surprised. Maybe it didn’t match my flavor too much.

Excellent Restaurant ! The food was excellent and the waitress even spoke french !!

Weekend in Valencia and had the intention to choose 1 restaurant that is worthy of Michelin, Valencia offers a lot and then it is a matter of choosing which to take, finally opted for this just outside the center. No regrets! We were kindly received by the hostess who had previously sent a message to ask for our daughter who is vegetarian what she does / does not eat, very attentive given the menu did not have this. We were pleasantly surprised by the starters, tasty, fresh, beautifully presented. Appetizer also sublime in taste. Main course was maybe the least special, rice with fish but also tasted very nice (portion was a bit too big for us). Dessert very fresh (lime) with pumpkin, beautifully made. Very friendly and relaxed service, the woman knows how to bring it! 8 dishes that are all perfectly served, no overlapping of ingredients so if there is one less you have 7 others that can be your taste. Time flew by and enjoyed it all, we will definitely come back when we are in Valencia

Disappointing food and terrible value. The food served bears absolutely no relation to the photographs/descriptions and everything seems designed for the convenience of the staff rather than giving the guests a good experience. We had booked well in advance for New Year’s day, but a few days before we were sent a message saying they wanted payment (via bank transfer only!) and sending a special six course set menu. It was difficult to change at that point so we stuck with it. On arrival, the menu placed on the table was very different and the six courses were in fact four if you exclude a minute amuse-bouche that looked like something laid on the pavement by a very small dog (apparently ‘chilindrón) and a cubic centimetre of turrón at the end, both of which were very poor. The ‘chilindrón’ had obviously been made well in advance and taken out of the fridge shortly before service, killing the texture and flavour. The next course - ‘cappuccino of pumpkin with mushrooms and citrus fruit’ was missing the mushrooms and while the ‘cappuccino’ was actually very good it had been poured over icy cold thickish slices of orange which chilled the whole dish and rather ruined the foam. Next was artichokes, prawn, truffle and almonds which had a dribble of lukewarm foam over raw prawns and some dried up Chinese truffle so again a poorly conceived dish, badly executed. Course three was a roasted onion covered with the thinnest imaginable slice of ‘sobrasada’ a majorcan sausage (the same as in the chilindrón) with anchovy although the last ingredient was missing. The ‘main’ course was ‘arroz pescador’ that was OK, but nothing special and was extremely light on fish. The pudding was pumpkin again - a roasted slice thereof - but unfortunately it was not quite cooked and rather fibrous although the sorbet, parfait and soil served with it were the highlights of the whole menu. This was supposed to be a ‘festive’ menu yet it was incredibly mean-spirited - every restaurant we went to in the area, even the most humble places brought snacks of some sort with drinks; here nothing. Also, every set menu at better places in Spain offers extras to showcase the chef’s skills; at Apicius nothing. The whole menu was very badly conceived and done on the cheap with two of four courses having duplicated main ingredients, onions being super cheap, as is of course rice. It was a very poor overall experience (including bad service with the two waitresses being insufficient to serve everyone) and one just felt like one had been ripped off. We did comment to the head waitress who replied:- “that’s your opinion and it doesn’t interest me, so I won’t comment”. The chef shrugged his shoulders and smiled. Well, that was a first in the ‘hospitality' industry for us; quite incredible! Fortunately there are plenty of good restaurants in Valencia, even if this isn’t one of them.

So much fun to walk around pick what looks nice and drink some wine at the same time. First impression - a bit crazy in there, loads of people. Leaving impression - a bit wobbly from the wine.