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Paella Marinera | Lobster Seafood and Saffron Rice - Papa's Tapas - Delray Beach, Delray Beach, FL

Papa's Tapas - Delray Beach

4.6
4.6
71 Reviews
$30 and under
Tapas / Small Plates

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 33 times today
Experiences are available.

About this restaurant

  • Neighborhood gem
  • Great for happy hour
  • Good for special occasions
Hi family, friends, customers, and community! 🇪🇸
We're Papa's Tapas—a proud fixture of Delray Beach's Atlantic Ave for nearly 15 incredible years. Our local family restaurant will bring you back to Old World Spain with tapas & dinner menus featuring proprietary recipes that have been passed down for generations.
Our Executive Chef, Cristobal 'Papa' Parra has crafted a menu that celebrates authentic Spanish flavors—from savory Tapas & Signature Sangrias to delicious Paellas & refreshing cocktails. Papa's Tapas offers a charming Spanish dining experience for our guests to enjoy sharing tapas with their friends & loved ones.

For over 30 years, Papa has owned and cooked in many restaurants throughout South Florida, creating a community of patrons that enjoy his recipes and the atmosphere that surrounds him.

Additional information

  • Phone number
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Tapas / Small Plates, Spanish
  • Hours of operation
    Sun 2:00 pm–9:00 pm Lunch Daily 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Mon–Thu 3:00 pm–10:00 pm Fri, Sat 3:00 pm–11:00 pm Happy Hour Mon–Sat 3:00 pm–6:00 pm
  • Dress code
    Smart Casual
  • Parking details
    Private Lot
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Cristobal 'Papa' Parra
  • Delivery & takeout

Experiences

  • Papa's Paella

    $20.00 - $36.00 per person

    Multiple dates available
    Experience the flavors of Spain with our customer favorite Paellas. Made to order, each Paella is made with Spanish saffron rice. This dish traditionally takes 1 Hour.
    Papa's Paella Photo
  • Vegetarian Papa's Paella

    $18.00 per person

    Multiple dates available
    Experience the flavors of Spain with our customer favorite Paellas. Made to order, each Paella is made with Spanish saffron rice. This Vegetarian Paella is made with saffron rice served with broccoli, zucchini, squash, peas & carrots. This dish traditionally takes 1 Hour.
    Vegetarian Papa's Paella Photo

What 71 people are saying

Papa's Tapas - Delray Beach reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.6
4.6 based on recent ratings
  • 4.6Food
  • 4.6Service
  • 4.1Ambience
  • 4.3Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • West Palm Beach East

    Neighborhood gem

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Papa's Tapas in Delray Beach offers a vibrant dining experience with "excellent food and great service." The diverse tapas menu, featuring standout dishes like paella marinera and empanadas, is a guest favorite. While some diners note occasional service hiccups, the overall atmosphere is "warm, welcoming," and perfect for sharing with friends.

71 Reviews
  1. OpenTable Diner

    Seattle1 review

    5.0

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Our food was amazing. They honored our reservation and our waitress Rye was the best!

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  2. James VIP

    West Palm Beach41 reviews

    5.0

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Food is always great. However service was really slow tonight and two of the items we ordered did not show up. But we will be going back. Still one of our favorite places to eat.

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  3. Norma VIP

    West Palm Beach56 reviews

    4.0

    Dined 6 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    We had shrimp/garlic sauce, chicken,salad, quesadillas,meatballs all were very gd also nice cocktails & wine list & delicious bread Tray was our waiter & was extremely efficient @ pleasant

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  4. Miriam

    West Palm Beach7 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on March 7, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Our go to place when we have guests staying with us. Great food, ambience, servers, and the best carafe of sangria. Well worth the price and we will be back again soon

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  5. Sal VIP

    Toronto2 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on March 7, 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    Very disappointed after reading all the good reviews. The food had no flavour , was over cooked and was not the best quality. Will definitely not be returning.
    Papa's Tapas - Delray BeachResponded on March 8, 2025
    Sal, thank you for the feedback, we apologize for your experience, I wish you would have let us know while you were here so we could remake your food. I'd like to give you a refund if you could please call me at 561-266-599 and I will gladly take care of this for you.

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  6. Mike VIP

    New York City53 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on March 5, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    I made reservations a week in advance for four of us. There was plenty of free parking in the lot in front. The menus were very appealing, everything looked delicious. We ordered our seafood paellas in advance as it takes an hour to prepare. We started with sangrias and lots of different tasty tapas. The empanadas and croquettes were delicious. For dinner, we shared a huge seafood paella with a lobster tail, shrimp, clams, mahi-mahi, mussels, and calamari. The seafood was sweet and just melted in our mouths. But, I felt that our dinner was mostly rice, I don’t think they were for clams in our meal. The complementary pistachio flan was amazing. Service was impeccable, and our dinner was memorable. We were not rushed. We enjoyed sitting and chatting a little bit after dinner.

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  7. Tricia VIP

    West Palm Beach30 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on March 3, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    The food was tasty. We ordered mostly tapas including the brussels sprouts and calamari. We only sit outside, but overlooking a parking lot; but inside can get noisy.

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  8. OpenTable Diner

    West Palm Beach3 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on March 2, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great meal, great service. We had the Paella (pre ordered) and it was great. We also order a couple of tapas that were also great.

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  9. Bob

    West Palm Beach11 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on February 26, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Excellent service and food, and love able to dine outside with our dogs. Be back again soon!

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  10. jaime

    New York City3 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on February 23, 2025

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    Showed up 15 mins before our openTable reservation and was told it was going to be a 45 minute wait.The hostess excuse is that everyone made reservations that night. Then while eating we asked for more bread and the bread they brought out was frozen inside. They never came back with the bread. The place use to be good when the family was onsite running it but from our experience it has gone down hill. Both my wife are Spanish decent and we appreciate tapas, but we will not be going back again.
    Papa's Tapas - Delray BeachResponded on February 25, 2025
    Jaime, thank you for the review, we do apologize for the host we are actively searching for a new one. Regarding the bread we apologize that your server did not bring you back warm bread, I will address that with the staff. As far as family goes, the family is still running the restaurant and the daughter is still onsite, so I'm not sure what you mean by that comment. But nonetheless we appreciate the feedback. Enjoy the rest of your day.

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FAQs

Papa's Tapas - Delray Beach offers delivery in partnership with Uber Eats. Papa's Tapas - Delray Beach also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (561) 266-0599.

Papa's Tapas - Delray Beach is rated 4.6 stars by 71 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 33 times today
Experiences are available.
Google Map for Papa's Tapas - Delray Beach

259 NE 2nd Ave, Delray Beach, FL 33444

Additional information

  • Phone number
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Tapas / Small Plates, Spanish
  • Hours of operation
    Sun 2:00 pm–9:00 pm Lunch Daily 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Mon–Thu 3:00 pm–10:00 pm Fri, Sat 3:00 pm–11:00 pm Happy Hour Mon–Sat 3:00 pm–6:00 pm
  • Dress code
    Smart Casual
  • Parking details
    Private Lot
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Cristobal 'Papa' Parra
  • Delivery & takeout
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