Rincon De Espana

Great place to go. great food don’t have to wait to long to get waited on. Would definitely recommend them

We’ve been there several times but this time the food was very disappointing because the food didn’t taste fresh. The chicken was not soft and the vegetables they give you are straight from the freezer. In the past the food was so much better. Today it wasn’t.

Excellent service, reasonable price. They have a good lunch special menu. They make you feel welcome here. Their crab salad is to die for. I recommend this place to all foodies.

Went here last night for the first time after hearing so many good things about it. So disappointing. I had shrimp with garlic sauce. The shrimp was tiny. Like the size of the freezer dried shrimp in a cup of noodles soup. They weren’t properly cleaned but then again… how could u properly clean something so small. The vegetables looked and tastes like a frozen medley. Overall just disappointing.

Great place for Bayonne. Courteous and friendly staff, great bar. The food here is great too. I keep having the garlic chicken each time. Happy to come back again.

The staff is impeccable and the sangria is what I go for!

Ehhh… always heard such good things about the place, food was below average and way below expectations. Sangria was not tasty, basically a sh*t red wine, where we had to add our own fruit juices (cran & OJ from our kids glasses!)
Service is good and friendly but doesn’t make up for the food

Myself, husband, and kids visited Rincon last Friday evening after a long time (approx. 15 yrs) anyways, the place looked the same. First off, the soup was really, really good, the bread was ok. we order baked clams and a snail appe, out of this world, I ordered the paella for me and son, as we both loved it, and it always is a lot, and we end up taking it home, sorry, but not good, non of the seafood was fresh, the rice was soggy, it had a horrible smell, that throw off the whole meal. my husband ordered the broil whole red snapper, he was pretty satisfied, he enjoyed it, then my daughter ordered the garlic chicken, it was not what she expected, she said it tasted like fish. the red sangria was excellent, not watered down, plenty of wine, did not order desert. would not visit again, as we always enjoyed Iberia in Newark.

I’ve been going to eat here even before I moved to Bayonne, almost 30 years. I plan on going for another 30. It’s not the fanciest place. I swear that most items are the same from 30 years ago, even the menu’s. They just write over the old prices :)
That being said it’s all about the food and IMHO they are hard to beat. I could care less if I never eat at another place in my life.
My typical Rincon night:
Heineken
Bowl of garlic soup with some bread & butter
Spanish sausage for app
1 more Heineken.
1 lb sirloin steak
1 more Heineken
It doesn’t get any better!

Best Spanish food ever! My family and I have eaten and had parties here and would recommend highly!

So I used to really like this place, until I started going to all of the Portuguese places in Newark. it’s good for Bayonne and the service is excellent but the food is pretty bland, unless you get garlic shrimp or chicken. The sangria is just ok. I still come here sometimes with my bff who loves this place, but if I want really good Portuguese food and sangria then I’m going to Newark.

Went here on a whim one night, in the mood for Spanish food. Free soup! Very tasty. I ordered a paella, my girlfriend got the garlic chicken. «Fricken delicious,» she said. But not good reheated the next day. The portions are quite large. We’ll probably go there again if we’re in the mood. The sangria was good, tasted fresh. Not particularly exceptional though. Prices were reasonable.

Rincon de Espana has been in Bayonne for many, many years and by the look of it in side, nothing has changed. With that said, Gordon Ramsey might need to intervene and help spruce the place up a bit all the way down to the waiter’s uniforms. I’ve been to Spaniard restaurants in the Ironbound and all around NJ and this one seems to be the most dated décor of them all.
Once you come in, you are seated and order your food, the meal begins right away. They’ll bring you out your beverage, bread, then soup even if you didn’t order soup. Don’t worry, it’s included in your meal. I believe they also bring out home made chips. Awesome rating for the soup and chips.
I’ve ordered the ribs and consistently ordered the Sirloin Steak. The ribs get a bad rating from me because I think I had some ribs that were cooked prior to me ordering them, so they were tough and dry. The rib is usually what I order for my wife and son. Most of the time I call in the order and pick it up. The steak gets a good rating due to the shear value you get for the size. For $ 20, you get a huge 20oz sirloin and some homemade chips. That steak will feed my wife and kid for two meals. Not too shabby. As for the taste, you might want to order it Medium/​Medium Rare. It is a sirloin, so it will be lean.

Have you ever had food so good, you wished you had an additional stomach so you could keep eating it past the point of fullness? That’s Rincon.
I went here for a date night with my boyfriend a couple weeks ago. If you love large portions at great prices and lots of options, this is definitely your place.
We shared a pitcher of the red wine Sangria – very, very good, and a great price as well.
For an appetizer we shared the stuffed mushrooms – they came out quickly, were hot, and smelled great. Unfortunately upon tasting one I instantly realized there was crab inside, and I was disappointed: I don’t eat seafood and I wish the menu had specified that the mushrooms were stuffed with crab, or else we wouldn’t have ordered them. This is where Rincon loses the star from me – they need to list these details, in case someone is allergic to seafood and, like me, takes a bite of the mushroom not expecting the crab. The other negative contributing to the star loss is I wish there were more appetizer options for the non-​seafood eaters. There is only one (chorizo). However, my boyfriend happily ate my share of the mushrooms and LOVED them. He even used a slice of bread to mop of the leftover broth.
Along with the free bread you are also given a large bowl of COMPLIMENTARY vegetable-​garlic-​meat soup, which is delicious.
For entrees, I got ribs in brown sauce and my boyfriend got the garlic chicken. All I can say is WOW. Mine were probably the best ribs I ever had and I tried some of my boyfriends chicken, which was to die for as well. Lots of visibly FRESH chopped garlic throughout. My ribs were HUGE, tender, and flavored just right. I was also given ten, so I had a few to take home for lunch the next day.
We were served three sides, family style, to our table – a heaping platter of Spanish rice, a platter of mixed seasoned veggies, and roasted potatoes. All were fantastic.
We shared a flan for dessert, which was also very good. No complaints at all.
With an appetizer, a pitcher of sangria, two entrees, and one dessert, the bill was still relatively low.
Amazing food, great service, and great prices. Good for friends, a date, or family get togethers. I’ll be back!

If this is «the best Spanish food» you’ve ever had– you need to get out more! The stuff is canned (vegetables) Frozen (fish) overcooked and under seasoned. Last night was the last straw-I’ve given this place every opportunity to redeem itself: Stuffed shrimp served to me was staright out RANCID! Other people sitting nearby commented on the STINK. Did I have to bring it to the servers attention? That shouldn’t have made it out of the kitchen. Yet, server argued with me «that’s what shrimp smells like». REALLY?
GROSS, DANGEROUS food. and… not even an offer of a free glass of wine.

I wish I could give 3.5 stars as this place is better than a 3, but not quite at a 4.
I was here for a dinner party, so we were with a big group. The service was fairly attentive, but seemed to drop off a bit once the food courses started coming out. We were left to refill our own wine glasses & had to flag someone down to get another basket of bread. This definitely did not ruin our experience, and like I said, we were a large group, so I’m sure that had something to do with it. This may sound strange, but the bread was really good. It come out nice & hot. Our group ordered the fried calamari and garlic shrimp as starters. I didn’t have any, but everyone said that it was very good. My husband especially liked the calamari. For my entrée I had the Rincon Chicken. The chicken was lightly breaded and served in a very light tomato based sauce. It was very good and came with veggies, brown rice & fried potato chips on the side. The portion was tremendous and could’ve easily served 2 – 3 people. I enjoyed my meal very much. Their coffee was also really good too. I’ll definitely be back.

I recently had an excellent meal here. Traditional Iberian food and excellent service made it a great meal. I look forward to eating here again soon.

When I first visited this restaurant I was impressed with the food (garlic chicken and everything with rincon sauce). My fiancé has been going here for over 25 years and always would rave about it. This is our go to restaurant to go out for family occasions, celebrations etc. Sadly, the past two times we have been extremely disappointed. Service was poor and the food cold and tasteless. The service is always on a rushed side, but I can live with it when food is amazing. I am not sure I want to give Rincon another shot since two times in a row is more than enough times to be disappointed. Overall I hope that they were just having rough couple of months and things will go back to normal.
P’S. It is time to upgrade the restaurant. Décor is pretty depressing.

My family has been going to Rincon for as long as I can remember. The prices are reasonable, especially for the amount of food you get. I love the paella and stuffed scallops.

I have been here three times and 1 time my food was poorly executed, the other 2 times delicious.
The bad dish was the Chicken Francese which had an overwhelming lemon taste, basically inedible.
Then I had the fish delicious
The paella amazing.
Sangria was good nothing crazy.
Oh I forget to mention that the portions are huge definitely go here if you want to take some lunch for the next day.
Overall a good experience.