El Five

4.6
(2,010 Reviews)
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Ratings of El Five

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4.6
(2,010 Reviews)
yelp
Yelp
4.0
(779 Reviews)

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Location & Hours

Spanish and Eastern Mediterranean small plates and drinks served in a funky, buzzy top-floor penthouse.

Monday
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Friday
5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Saturday
5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Sunday
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Recent Reviews

google
Feb 2024
Food was absolutely awesome- we had the goat cheese croquettas, matzo ball soup dumplings, patatas bravas and seafood paella. The service we had upstairs was much better, but I’ve reduced the rating for the male host downstairs. I never leave reviews, but I worked as a hostess for years and feel inclined to leave one for this place so they are aware. We walked up at 8:50pm and asked for a table for 2, it’s a Monday so we assumed it would be fine. He asked if we had a reservation and we did previously at 8:15 but cancelled because we were running behind coming back from skiing. He then told us they were closing in 10 mins which was odd because they’re website said they were open until 10 but I thought perhaps it was dead so they decided to close early, which is pretty normal in restaurant industry. We asked if they were doing their last seating at 9 or fully closing down at 9 and he said fully closing. So we turned around to walk out and try to figure out where to eat. While standing outside, we watched two different groups of people come in, be greeted by the host and proceed upstairs. We thought that was odd since he just turned us away. My boyfriend decided to go back in because we had just paid for an Uber to this spot. Luckily the manager just had come down to tell the host that the last seating would be at 9 and my boyfriend spoke to her and she said that they were still seating and took us up the elevator to get a table. After we sat, at least 2 other tables walked in and also were sat. So the host just blatantly lied to us and didn’t apologize or say anything. I honestly would have gone somewhere else because I’d rather eat at places that want my business and make me feel welcome. I’m glad we stayed and ate the delicious food, but that host has got to find a new job and they need to find someone welcoming to work the door.
google
Feb 2024
Delicious food with a beautiful view of Denver. The food is a mix of Mediterranean and Spanish dishes. The hummus platter was big and very good. Enough for 4 people The seafood paella was ok even though it had a lot of shellfish, it lacked salt for my taste. But the sangria was very good. We had a delightful goat cheesecake, and the macadamia nuts were amazing
google
Feb 2024
We had an amazing time dining here for a birthday celebration, wonderful food and service. I especially loved the spanakopita, mushroom paella, and the specialty espresso martini. Half of our party was vegan/had dietary restrictions and the menu was so accommodative and wonderful, it’s so great to find so many options at a restaurant. We brought a desert cake from an outside bakery and our server Heather plated it and put a candle in it for us which was above and beyond service and we really appreciated it. We’ll definitely be back again
google
Feb 2024
Delicious tapas, albeit expensive
google
Feb 2024
First time ever being here and might i say 6 people was just enough. 6th person barely ate, so, it was definitely worth the 4th star. ;) could have got a lot more food but we ate 11 dishes total from start to finish. Started with the “Spread of the med” - which was fantastic spread of hummus and what have you and worked our way to the “Goat cheese Croquettes”. Next up was the “Patatas Bravas” and the “Harissa Eggplant Fries” - also fantastic sweet glaze on those puppies! We definitely ordered a second plate of those. For the mainstream food came the “Pork Cheeks”, “Long Peak Lamb Shank”, “Carne Pallela”, and “Carbon Culture Mushroom Pallela.” These all had their own unique flavor of love and passion, that to me, highlighted the evenings la luna, the flow of the overall vibe, and a distinct unique sense the world was in character to the moment the restaurant brought together. Las but not least came our three dessert entrees, (as seen in the picture and video i posted) “Layered Chocolate Torte”, “Creme Catalana”, and the “Moroccan Spice Cake.” Celebrating Samson was a blessing. Cheers to beautiful birthday celebration.
google
Feb 2024
Went to eat here on Jan 6th without a reservation. We were sat at the rail which is basically a thin bar & bar stools, which is fine I understand we came without a reservation. We ordered some tapas and drinks and pallea. The server admitted to forgetting about my drink which is fine I still got it eventually, but we ordered our pallea with the appetizers because it says it can take 45 minutes. After 1.5 hours of sitting on those awful bar stools, the server FINALLY comes over and asks if we want anything else. I told him We’re still waiting on the pallea…he was like oh right. I am confident he forgot to ring in the pallea because we did not get it until 2 hours after ordering. The people next to us who sat down after us received their pallea in a timely manner. My husband brought this to the attention of the server and he brought us complimentary nuts as consolation…you’re joking right? The food is good but the server clearly did not care about taking care of us. For the price they charge this shouldn’t happen. Unfortunately won’t go here again.
google
Jan 2024
This place is a must-visit. Staff was friendly, city views were awesome if you're on the right side of the restaurant, and the food was on point!
google
Jan 2024
Thoroughly disappointed. I went for my birthday dinner, granted my friends all agreed to pay for the dinner, I still felt like our waiter was really sketch.. we had ordered numerous tapas and we noticed that all the tapas that the same exact serving size as our table. We get the bill and it showed that we got charged an extra $150 total just for extra veggies and protein. Did we ask for that ? NO. 1 extra shrimp for $9?! I think it’s inappropriate to not ask the table if they would like more serving and not disclose that it was an additional cost. Moneys not the problem, it’s the shadiness. The waiter tacked on an additional $150 on a $250 bill. Will not be going back.


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(303) 524-9193

2930 Umatilla St Unit #500, Denver, CO 80211