Toledo Restaurant

I was very disappointed both in the service and in the food. We ordered the mussels appetizer and it was quite bland. We also ordered one order of the paella, which also was quite bland. We decided to split an appetizer and a main dish because we didn’t want leftovers. The waiter was not very happy with us. I guess he wanted us each to order appetizers and mains. I really wanted to find a great Spanish restaurant, and although this was is beautiful inside between the high prices, the lack of flavor and the condescending service, we won’t be back. One highlight was the bartender, who served us some of our food. He was kind and delightful.

Food is not bad, but the service is HORRIBLE.
They served us wrong dish, it took forever just to get one glass of water… I can’t write everything I experienced here, but the servers couldn’t do anything right. I think services in China town restaurants are much better.

Horrible service. The servers talked about us in Spanish not thinking we could understand them. Kept staring us down. Do not go here.

Food is excellent here. Notice that a few of the diners that gave this place a bad review don’t even know how to formulate a sentence? These reviewers lose credibility. The food is expensive for sure, but very fresh and well prepared. Service is excellent and drinks are also good. I have been going here for years and have never had a bad meal, and I have been to Spanish restaurants all over the city. This is one of the better ones. My only complaint… would it kill them to comp a drink or a dessert? We’ve been steadies for years and order a lot of food and alcohol… I think they comped an after dinner drink once.

Please avoid Toledo restaurant in the city the worst service ever. The is excellent but the waiters kill it.

Compare to authentic cuisine from Spain around, so many tapas bars, fake basques or catalan, etc. Toledo is my best bet. The menu is big enough to have a taste of many parts of Spain. The Filet Mignon Brochette is awesome, the Shrimp Villaroy the perfect appetizer, the wine list, one of the best. The service fast and well-​mannered. A New York Classic.

Horrible experience. This restaurant was said to be really good however I experienced the total opposite. Super awkward setting. We ordered the paella and it was dry and the seafood was not fresh: I can still taste the seafood in my mouth after 5 hours of eating the food.

It doesn’t get more awkward than this: Girlfriend and I walk into this restaurant with no other diners except one table loudly complaining about immigrants. My GF immigrated into the country and having a table blurt out how she made life difficult during most of our dinner did not make us feel welcome.
I know a restaurant can’t always determine its clientele so read this: The food itself was extremely bland and absurdly overpriced. Whatever taste you imagine fish contains was sucked out of a vacuum in the kitchen. This is food for people who think bananas have way too bold of a flavor.
The waiter told us that there was no wine menu yet wanted our wine order without any look at the price or options. Without any wine menu, are we just going to guess what bottles you have in the back? Did you expect customers to play along and get scammed with the we-​wont-​tell-​you-​the-​price idea? Why not stretch it to your food menu and have us guess what appetizers you serve? The owner must’ve hated money to implement the dumbest drink ordering process at a place obviously counting on people ordering wine to pay the bills.
The atmosphere is stuffy, a parody of stuffy, way beyond anything I’ve encountered before, Daniel included. You will feel unwelcome just by the layout and design of the place.
Few restaurants leave you wishing the place implodes. Toledo, you’re in special territory.

This suppose to be the best Spanish restaurant in NYC is simply overpriced, decadent and the food is tasteless.
My wife and I had two soups and a few tapas plus desert and it was more than 150 $.
That is what I call a scam:)
Do it stop by at least you want to be robed!!!

Old school elegance and service. The food is reminiscent of my favorite spanish restaurant El Jerez in Manhattan. Excellent Paella, great calamari and they have a solid wine list.

Wait staff was very attentive. Restaurant is beautiful and elegant. Drinks are well-​made. But…
Food is bland and over-​priced. I’m honestly sorry to say that. I was prepared to love this place because before the food came I thought it was everything I was looking for in a restaurant.
P. S. The bread was fresh and delicious, but not warm. Restaurant owners — warm the bread you don’t realize how happy that makes the customer.

My girlfriend and I got food poisoning from this place. We ordered the garden salad, Garlic Shrimp, and Mediterranean Paella.
Apart from that, I thought it was overpriced for what it offered. You can find better, cheaper, just as authentic Spanish food in the city.

My firm decided to go with Toledo this year for our annual holiday party. My first impression before I physically stepped in to the restaurant was «wow that Toledo banner really needs a cleaning … a deep, deep cleaning!» Mind you we have been dealing with unpleasant weather, snowstorm and all, but it still needs a good scrub lol. When I actually stepped in, my reaction was, «wowzers! This is a very fancy and elegant looking interior!» It was quiet with dim lighting, not too dim you’d trip over something or bump into a wall, but dim enough your date wouldnt notice your new zit. We started off with some sangria, which was good (coming from a nondrinker). I ordered the escargot for appetizer, seafood paella for entrée and a lemon sorbet for dessert. The paella was absolutely delicious with a pretty generous portion size. They weren’t stingy with the seafood at all. Moreover, the lemon sorbet was cleverly served in a ginormous frozen lemon and was a light and perfect ending to my big meal. The downside of my 3-​course meal, I must say, rested solely in the escargot. I dont know whether this is due to me being spoiled by the French, but it was really bland. Fresh, but bland. One other thing: neither of us were presented with a glass of water. I mean, yes my bosses and coworkers were quenching their thirsts with sangria and red wine (lots of red wine) but someone like myself who cant drink and need to flush out the alcohol from my system need water! All in all, it was an enjoyable meal. I would return, when I become a millionaire.

The Latin for Toledo or Toletum means palace or castle. This little hideaway in Midtown is not easy to find and its quiet closed exterior makes you wonder if it is indeed open? The setting here is very intimate with some lovely paintings and old style décor. It is not the bustling town of Toledo, Spain which is the birthplace of many famous artists like El Greco. The appetizers here are very good like the fried calamari, stuffed mushrooms, and garlic shrimp. The paella marinara and the sangria are all that I have had here. The paella is good, but not the large feast it is in most restaurants – It needs a little more spice and for the liquid broth not to overwhelm the peas and other vegetables. Paella marinara is not just about the seafood. The sangria is just okay. This is indeed a beautiful restaurant, and the wait staff is helpful, but needs to be less matter of fact and more accomodating.

Got the old fashioned wait staff and service which is A OK. But when my friend asked about where the salmon was from, the waiter replied, «WHY?» instead of «I don’t know.» That’s rude and, c’mon, with the whole sustainability craze? Every restaurant should be prepared to answer that question.
Prices are high for bland food that seems to swim in olive oil but having visited Spain-​yeah-​its like that. I’m just not up for paying big dollares for it.

The quiet stretch of 36^th Street that houses Toledo is a far cry from its namesake city on the banks of the Tagus, but the restaurant certainly deserves all the praise and accolades for being a worthy setting for fine dining when one is trapped in this relatively quieter but still characterless part of midtown.
Start with a plate of manchego, and then try the black bean soup with confidence. Let the plush setting and the attentive wait staff make you feel more important than you are and you look. But before visions of grandeur begin to take over, finish that plate of paella – every kind is well executed. When the dessert cart comes along, ask for the tartufo – it is an amazing complement to the food.
If only Toledo could graduate from a street to an avenue, it would likely have more traffic. But it seems to be doing just fine in its present location. And couldn’t do a better job of serving «the classic cuisine of Spain». Bravo!

Not worth the price. The prime filet mignon I ordered was dry and taste less. A hyped up place with not so worth food.

Delicious!
The service is top notch, the food is excellent and its well worth the price.
No problem getting a table for 4 on a Thursday night. We had 3 apps– stuffed mushrooms, chorizo and grilled octopus– we were fighting over the last few pieces. Then we shared 3 entrée– paella, snapped and lamb chops. And you have to have crème catalan for dessert in a Spanish restaurant.
All of us have been to Spain and agreed it tasted authentic.
I can’t wait to go back

Let’s start with the look… wow. I mean, I was like, «Shit! I hope my date goes well, cuz this place looks expensive (it did. she was a very cool and fun person.)!»
Anyway, I needed to find a quick spot near my dates job, as our plans to get Colombian food had to be pushed.
After reading up on some spots, this one stuck out to me the most.
The service is incredible (my date quipped that she felt bad getting up to go to the bathroom while the waiters were out of the room, cuz they might get offended that she got up without them pulling out her chair and helping her LOL)!
The food was very good (I had the chicken al ajillo) and they are such dickheads, cuz when it comes time for dessert, they bring the ENTIRE FREAKIN CART OUT!!! How you gonna say no to that (genius! LOL)!!!
The crowd there was older and rich. My date and I were def younger than most of their socks (did I mention older? by older, I meant OOOLDD.)
Overall, would love to try it again.
PS: Extra props cuz they have Don Julio tequila

As I have said before this is still one of my most favorite places to eat.
The Red Snapper baked in a clay pot is still amazing, it flakes apart like nothing, and the sauce it is amazing as well. Excellent to dip your home made potato chips in to.
This is one restaurant that in 5+yrs that I have been coming here nothing has changed. It is still amazing food with excellent service. I have taken friend here that never had Spanish food before they loved it, I have taken friends here before who didn’t want to try Spanish food they loved it, and my dad who has raved around Spanish food in the village when he was younger even loved it.