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PRICE RANGE

$1.00 – $2.00

CUISINES

Spanish

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Late Night, Drinks

FEATURES

Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Street Parking, Highchairs Available, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Dog Friendly

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4.0

194 reviews

Excellent

97

Very good

36

Average

17

Poor

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Terrible

22

BritLithcouple

Grand Cayman54 contributions

Great tapas and Paella

Oct 2020 • none

This is a stylish and upmarket restaurant, where the choice and quality of tapas was amazing. Great selection of Spanish wines too. Our server paid great attention to detail without being intrusive and everything was presented very professionally. Particularly enjoyed the Gambas al ajillo and Paella, which is strange as I am not normally a paella fan...we ordered this as my wife fancied it and I really enjoyed it. The melted goats cheese tapas was to die for too. Not cheap, but worth every cent.

Written October 5, 2020

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Greta Jonauskienė

Mazeikiai4 contributions

Nice late night dinner and cocktails for our large family

Aug 2021 • family

Friendly staff, delicious tapas and cocktails. We came in late on Tuesday night but despite that we were nicely greeted by a friendly waiter and enjoyed delicious food. Best recommendations! Must visit!

Written August 6, 2021

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Mathieu Dessoy

203 contributions

Great place

Feb 2020 • none

My family and I had a great time at El Mercado! It is a little gem in the center of the old town. The restaurant is small but very cosy, with sublime design and very comfortable seating. Staff was very professional. We were very happy to find a good tapas place during our vacation. The tapas are not at the same level than back in Spain but they are still very good and small but well portioned for ordering 3-4 per persons. Highly recommend :)

Written February 13, 2020

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Olga

Vilnius3 contributions

Disappointment.

Jul 2021 • family

Very bad experience. Waitress was very nice, but that was it. Food tasted dramatically bad, shellfish was served stale. Just a question to the chef, how, how on earth you allow to serve rotten shell fish ??? Then take the dish back, put an extra prawn and send it back to the customers? Paella was very greasy ant tasteless, nothing to compare to Spanish food for such a massive price. Disappointment. Wouldn’t come back and definitely wouldn’t recommend to anyone.

Written August 18, 2021

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Andris P

1 contribution

Terrible New Years eve reservation

Jan 2023 • family

Booked a table for New Years eve. Arrived on time, knowing it is limited for two hours. Upon arrival I was informed that our table is available for us only for 1.5 hours, and we were seated on bigger group table where other people can potentially join us. When ordering, turned out, literally half of the menu is not available. We just left. Not the best experience in New Years eve.

Written January 1, 2023

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G V

Glasgow3 contributions

Amazing!

Nov 2021 • family

Super cool restaurant! We had the best time. Food was beyond amazing, ambience was very delicate and service was beyond expectations. I mean - Ramūnas is the best. Like for real. Super awesome, will go back again and again and again. And again.

Written November 17, 2021

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L M

Copenhagen105 contributions

Top tapas

Mar 2023 • couples

We just popped in for a snack while walking around the old town. A lovely small tapas bar with an excellent range of drinks & excellent food. We had the tiger prawns in garlic butter & iberico ham croquettes, they came with bread which we used to mop up the garlic butter. Really delicious. We were sorry we only needed a snack! Definitely recommend & we would certainly visit again.

Written March 13, 2023

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Alastair P

Darwen61 contributions

Mid Afternoon Tapas break

Feb 2020 • none

Monday afternoon mid February and a city break with friends. Split the city bus tour so we “downed tools” here to wait them joining us. Good wine great gin (albeit expensive compared to a lot of other bars) and a lovely ambience. Staff very friendly and the tapas when our friends joined was well proportioned and excellent. No complaints whatsoever but writing a few days after the visit it was one of the more expensive establishments of the many we finally visited.

Written February 13, 2020

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Ieva G

Vilnius40 contributions

Churro & paella

May 2023 • friends

The perfect place for meetings with your family or friends having the delicious sea food dinner. Honestly didn’t expect to find the fresh sea food restaurant in Vilnius, but here i come not the first time, because sea food is really fresh, the staff is nice and always offer the best choices of food or local coctails (by the way it’s worthy to try their local coctails). Of course worthy to taste paella - really a great taste 👌 After the main dishes always take churro - the best in town 👌

Written July 9, 2023

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ViliV

Vilnius3 contributions

Just No.

Nov 2024 • couples

It is a first time I'm leaving a review about a restaurant. Why? Well.. obviously, I am more than dissappointed. 1. Main course meals were clearly pre-heated. Made long time ago and then heated. Maybe not even once since it had pretty dry top layer. 2. Main course meals were delivered separately. Meaning I had to wait for mine 10 minutes more than my partner. 3.Table was not clean and sticky. 4.Waitress was not looking very authentic, more like waiting tables with mommy jeans and crop top was totally unexpected in "authentic" spanish restaurant. 5. Snack with Chorizo sausages had exatcly none taste of chorizo. In a nutshell, when restaurant is marketing itself as authentic spanish food restaurant, people expect authentic high class food and service. Especially, when prices are quite high. At the moment, clients are being charged high price for Taverna like experience. Very very dissappointed. I hope restaurant will improve, otherwise I advise to avoid such tourist scam. p.s. drinks were good.

Written November 27, 2024

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Gerdas Zanev

1 contribution

Amazing Spanish Restaurant

Sep 2022 • solo

El Mercado is one of a kind place in Vilnius. A Spanish restaurant made in Heaven. It’s also an amazing hotspot for car photographers like me With tons of original Spanish dishes, it makes for an amazing breakfasts, lunch and dinner. With my personally favourite dish the Wagyu Beef Burger (only served in weekends), it’s a juicy and delicious meal which is most likely enjoyed by all. They have a beautiful terrace with amazing decorations. The inside has a long bar, a wine cellar filled with different wines, has a second floor, big and solo tables for different groups and a big shop filled with Spanish delicacies. The waitress are amazing and nice there, they bring and amazing presentation of food and take care of any needs. I’ve been here multiple times and i come out always amazed

Written September 7, 2022

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Onute K

Copenhagen174 contributions

Delicious tapas and excellent service

Aug 2023 • family

We enjoyed Cava, tapas, great Spanish wine by glass and chill-out atmosphere in a cozy yard in the Old Town. The service was great. Some tapas were fusion between Spanish/Italian or Spanish/French but very tasteful as well. Reasonably priced.

Written August 3, 2023

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Lukas T

Vilnius5 contributions

Amazing dinner place

Sep 2024 • family

We had a wedding dinner on saturday And just wanted to say that we are extremely happy with everything, food was top notch and the chef was really great, the service was amazing and Laurynas really helped with the menu orders We had fish, paella, steak, and eveyone were satisfied with the arrived food, both texture and flavor Thanks chef and Laurynas for our amazing wedding dinner!

Written September 14, 2024

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j.aust

Vilnius2 contributions

Didn't meet expectations

May 2024 • friends

I heard only good reviews about this place so I was happy to go there when a friend suggested, unfortunately, the visit didn't meet expectations. The food was pretty average (it was not bad, but definitely not a restaurant quality). The service was very rather strange - there were three people coming to our table, the first guy was nice and subtle, then came a girl who was working there for a first day (which is ok, but she was not able to answer even basic questions), and then the third guy appeared (maybe owner?), who, I suspect, was drunk, and acted really unprofessional - made some untasteful and even vulgar jokes, stayed by our table way too long, etc. And the last surprise came together with a bill when we saw the price of cava we drank - it was more than 50 Eur per bottle; this drink somehow was not on the menu so we ordered it only after suggestion, but didn't realize to ask the price (otherwise we would have ordered champagne which was around 60 Eur per bottle).

Written May 7, 2024

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Yvonna R.

Vilnius County44 contributions

Perfect place for a cozy brunch or dinner

Jan 2024 • friends

A recommendation for the newly reopened gastrobar El Mercado! We unexpectedly discovered this wonderful place for brunch. We left with good emotions and a delicious meal (I highly recommend the pancakes with bananas and the benedict with truffle oil). I have never seen such professional service in Lithuania even in the fanciest fancy restaurant, Mantas is a hidden gem of this place, it is obvious that he knows what he is doing, with a joke and a pinch of theatrical performance. We'll definitely be back!

Written January 14, 2024

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