Itto's Tapas
4160 California Ave SW, Seattle
(206) 659-0465
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The best tapas place I’ve been to in Seattle and one of my favorite restaurants full stop. The stuffed dates, paella, squid steak, and beef tenderloin are my favorites, but I’ve tried almost the entire menu and everything is great. Highly recommend pairing the food with their in-house sangria.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Paella, Stuffed Dates
Parking: It's in a neighborhood on a busy street. Parking is at a premium on that street in that neighborhood.
Wheelchair accessibility: It's wheelchair accessible.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Paella, Lamb Brochette, Moorish Boquerones
Really great spot for an anniversary date night. We enjoyed all of the food, mocktails, and atmosphere. Pricing was better than we expected and we will definitely be back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our favorite spot for date night! The food, atmosphere, staff and prices are all amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My partner and I were traveling to Seattle for 5 days and we always pick one place to eat at as our "Fancy Night Out" dinner. After probably a half dozen hours, spent late at night, of searching every corner of Seattle and it's neighbouring neighborhoods in Google Maps we found this place, Itto's Tapas. We were both absolutely amazed by the food here.
Everything was awesome. I highly recommend the Paella and my partner would recommend the Scallops. They have a wide variety of mocktails for us sober folks. They were delicious. This place gets busy, so be sure to grab the attention of the employees to order more Paella and Scallops.
Also the bathroom is pretty cool.
Thanks y'all!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Paella, Moorish Boquerones, Four Scallops a’La Plancha with Sautéed Corn Salsa and a Sherry Pea Purée
The first time we visited was when we were looking for a place to live and my partner and I were both crying in frustration at not liking the places we toured in the neighborhood we liked. Over this meal we pulled it together over an amazing meal and found our new home directly after that. It’s not surprising that our new home happened to be in this neighborhood. That’s how good our experience was. We wanted to visit the neighborhood and Itto’s again.
Since then we have visited more and it hits every single time. The drinks are complex without being sugary and the food is just always the most amazing mix of fatty, smoky, spicy, rich, tart… I love it. I haven’t had anything bad there (although I think a lamb burger is served on an English muffin? If that’s true, I didn’t love that choice, but to each their own as I don’t know what the right choice would be, I just dislike English muffins personally).
It is a wonderful neighborhood establishment that I am so happy was good enough to make ME part of the neighborhood.
Dietary restrictions: I have a nut allergy (except weirdly almonds) and a fin fish allergy (like the flip side of shell fish, I can’t eat things like salmon or tuna). I have been able to tell the waiter and the kitchen has either accommodated or given clear information on the risks I would take by ordering or told me to absolutely not order that. The thing about a deadly allergy is sometimes you don’t get accommodated and that is ok. I can’t eat the paella because their stock uses fin fish even though the protein is all shell fish and that’s ok. I am so glad their kitchen is actually cooking the food and knows what they are doing and it keeps me safe. Even the bar was able to keep me safe by knowing what their infused syrups actually had in them. I almost couldnt have a drink because they replaced a common syrup with a house made macadamia syrup. The menu disclosed the substitution and I was able to ask for the original syrup that I am not allergic to.
Great job on the allergy front from front of the house and back of the house.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bruschetta, Bacon Wrapped Dates, Spicy Olives, Paella, Lamb Brochette, Lamb Shank, Spanish Paella, Falafel, Dolmas
Amazing food at a good price!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the best Tapa places I have ever been to.
Beef Tenderloin is a must have.
Other highly recommended items are:
Lamb Brochette
Paella
Fried Baguette (not on the official menu, but getting some to eat with other dishes is Amazing)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bruschetta, Paella, Lamb Brochette, Spanish Paella
We ordered almost everything vegetarian on the menu and not a single thing was good. It was all soooooo oily/greasy! And the flavorings were off—everything just tasted very vinegary. The brussel sprouts (the entirety of the “seasonal vegetables” dish) were also almost raw, they were so undercooked. I barely ate anything because everything was so greasy, it was hurting my stomach. We left hungry. Perhaps their meat offerings are better? Super disappointed and confused, because the reviews of this place looked so good and we love both Moroccan and Spanish food and have visited both countries. Maybe it was just an off night in the kitchen but I don’t think we’ll be back. ?
Busy, delicious place with fabulous staff. It was a perfect " Big Girl" with granddaughter and her bestie. Just us girls. Apps, lots of tapas, and dessert!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Moroccan Meatballs, Spicy Olives, Lamb Brochette, Eggplant Wrapped Dates, Dolmas, Spicy Harissa Vegetable
Restaurantji Recommends
Service is slow and non-attentive. Food is OK but quantity is too less. In summary, food is not worth the price in terms of quantity or quality. But hey, if you’re making good money, then this a good place to waste some.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Need a romantic but approachable tapas spot? This is it. Moroccan inspired small dishes that are paired well with a very thoughtful wine list.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bacon Wrapped Dates
Dishes were overly seasoned—spices overpowered each dish and meats were overcooked. Lemon chicken left a plastic/synthetic after taste. Everything was just off. Ordered the olives, beet salad, eggplant spread, cauliflower, lemon chicken, meatballs, and potato dish and can honestly say we didn’t enjoy a single thing, I wish I could say we did. ?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Itto’s knocks it out of the park every single time we have gone here. Izzy was an amazing server who had everything we needed and made sure no nuts were in any dish to accommodate one of our companions. Every dish is more delicious than the next with the best being the tenderloin. Had people in from out of town and they were raving about it too. Can’t recommend this place enough!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Moroccan Meatballs, Bruschetta, Lamb Brochette, Moorish Boquerones, Cheese Platter, Four Scallops a’La Plancha with Sautéed Corn Salsa and a Sherry Pea Purée
Good food. Seating was not that comfortable outside.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Paella, Lamb Brochette
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