Reviews

Review by godpapa on August 31st, 2010

Unfortunately this restaurant has steadily gone down hill the last two years. The food is unpredictable and overpriced for what you get and management rude and borderline fascist. Up beat bar customers living in the memory of vicentes better past still come in before heading elsewhere for the evening. Don't eat here . You'll end up paying a lot and the food is hit or miss. It is too Bad. I really wanted to like this place. Great crowd in the bar area. Inferior food and management.

Review by anonymous on December 14th, 2008

After years of 'meaning to get there', my wife and I finally made it to Casa Vicente. We had a show to see at the Temple of Music and Art and the restaurant is easy walking distance to the theatre.

Many people were opting for dinner entrees, but

Review by anonymous on October 3rd, 2008

My husband and I spent three weeks in Spain this summer. We ate paella in many different restaurants and each time we said, "This is good, but not as good as the paella at Casa Vicente!" Aren't we lucky to have this jewel in our community.

Review by Fred on September 17th, 2006

Casa Vicente serves Spanish food, not Mexican food, so don't go expecting the typical Mexican menu.

The web site address is casavicente.com. It is a very complete listing of menu items and an entertainment/events calendar.

I arrived on a Saturday around 5pm and had no trouble being seated. A number of tables had "Reserved" signs on them, and the waitress said that reservations are recommended after 7pm, as as the restaurant features Flamenco music and dancing, several nights a week. There is also a wine-tasting party on Tuesday evenings. I left around 6:30 pm, and the place was beginning to fill up.

The menu features a number of entrees (10+) and tapas, which are small individual courses--about 25 different choices-- and another list of 10 tapas specials. I would say that over half of the entrees and tapas are seafood dishes.

I had a seafood combination plate--the Mariscada-- with scallops, calamari, shrimp, mussels, and cod in a sauce. The entree included a salad--I chose the Ensalada Colonial, which featured greens, white asparagus, and palm hearts. There is only one dressing--the lemon citrus house dressing, which was quite good. A basket of bread also appeared on the table.

While the beer selection was limited, it was good--Guiness, Nimbus, Fat Tire, and several other imported beers. I had an Argentinian beer--a pale ale--Quilmes--a good choice. I will try one of the Spanish beers next time. The specialty seems to be wine. As I know little about wines, I can't comment on the quality, but there was a very large listing of wines available--which makes sense considering the wine tasting party Tuesday evenings.

Shortly after I was seated, I was given an appetizer which consisted of cubes of lightly baked potato. It came with sour cream and what appeared to be french dressing. However, if that was french dressing, then a jalapeno got in there somehow. The dressing and the sour cream made for an interesting combination.

The cost of the evning was a bit under $28.00 for the potato appetizer, salad, basket of bread, entree, imported beer. I had no room for desert.