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For three star Spanish, try San Chez A Tapas Bistro in Grand Rapids. This very affordable restaurant has been around for the last 5 years. It's known for its tapas. Know before you go: this place features outdoor dining. When you step inside the restaurant, you'll notice a family atmosphere. This place is open late and good for groups.
5.0 of 5 stars.
This was one of our favorite "fancy" places. The food was somewhat avant garde for Grap and I remember the tapas being semi traditional spanish but also very tasty. Delicious!
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Over priced, small portions, overrated sangria. I have been 4 times and never had a good experience. The last time I went for a birthday party I didn't even order food and that was my best trip there....
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We ate here last night. This is some of the best food I've eaten in a long time. Our waitress was friendly and helpful in our decisions on what we wanted to eat. The potato empanadas were...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I wasn't all that impressed by the quality of the food. We tried quite a number of dishes, and none really stood out as being incredible or something you wouldn't get elsewhere, except maybe the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went there for the first time back in 2000 for a pre-concert meal. I always recommend this place to people who are going out for a show in GR. It is walking distance from major venues and tapas are...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The last time I went to San Chez, I was greatly disappointed. The menu had been changed and the waiter convinced me to try a new cocktail. It was disgusting. They put way too much basil in it, it kept...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
What's a Spanish tapas restaurant without sangria? So once we sat down, we ordered a pitcher between the two of us. Sadly the sangria was the first thing that disappointed me. There was way too much...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Every time I've been here the food has been amazing! This is one of my favorite things about the west side of the state. You have to love a bit of spice to enjoy San Chez. (Bland people beware!). My...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The 'Atun del Limon' was one of the most delicious and interesting platters I've ever had. Served on a warm bed of sautA�ed spinach, the cold and slightly seared tuna in combination with the lemon...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Saturday brunch. Bloody Mary's, pulled pork, falafel sandwiches, portuguese stew omelettes - we had it all. The falafel wrap was one of the best I've had. The falafel was delicately wrapped in a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We have lived in Grand Rapids for 14 years now and when family and friends visit from out of state, we often take them to San Chez for dinner. For many years we were beyond thrilled with the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For serving such small dishes, it sure is easy to eat too much here! Nearly everything I've had here is delicious and if I didn't like it, my friends sure did. I love taking other people here,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The extensive menu offers yumminess all over the place. You really can't go wrong. I think we went bonkers and ordered something like eight dishes and every one of them was fab. Sangria wasn't all...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I had been eating at San Chez for ten years before I decided to never return. This was a couple years ago...Two friends and I went in for dinner, and our server, Ashley was RUDE. We asked for bread...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the food here is delicious, and I know it is tapas, but the portions seem a little tiny for the price. The sangria was good, but I wouldn't say that it measured up to the price. Colorful decor and...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Lots of yummy tapas, although they rely waaaay too much on aioli (WHICH THEY ALL INSIST ON CALLING ALIOLI - WHICH IT IS NOT - AND WHICH MAKES ME STABBY ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA). Their...
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you enjoy teeny tiny pieces of food on teeny tiny plates then this is your place! No but seriously, at most tapas restaurants, you have to order 6 or 7 tapas, otherwise you're gettin outta there...
yelp.com - user review - 10/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can only begin this by saying I drove 1 hour to the nearest tapas place to visit San Chez. It was well worth it & I will do it again... soon.The service is quick & helpful with the waiters giving...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Of all the places I've eaten throughout the country, this is still my number one of all time favorite. I have never had a bad dish or bad service. My mouth is watering just thinking of the grilled...
yelp.com - user review - 10/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place is YUMMERS! i'd normally never be able to afford eating here, but my girlfriend's mom decided to take us there. really delicious gourmet dishes. prompt friendly service. wonderful...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have never been here for lunch, breakfast or brunch, but there dinner menu is amazing and I have never had a bad dish here. I especially love their artichoke hearts and home made aolie. It is a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh, San Chez. You make me feel like the prettiest boy in the world...or at least the most satisfied one. Today I was loathing living in the Valley of the Sun for its near lack of tapas restaurants...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh. San Chez! It has it all as 5 star! Great building, delicious tapas & desert, wonderful atmosphere, friendly professional service etc. etc.One of the best in Michigan.(Spanish native friend told me...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome food, great atmosphere, friendly service, reasonable prices, and real chefs lurking around.We like it so much, we're getting married there in a few months. And they've been great with THAT as...
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2008
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This is the best kind of restaurant for getting together with friends. The service was fast and fun and the menu has enough variety that everyone can try something new and come away happy. One tapa is enough...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
San Chez is the first restaurant I went to in GR and it remains my favorite 5 years later. We found it after attending an event at the DeVos and I will never forget taking my first bite of salad....
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great atmosphere, very darkish with colorful murals, etc. The food is awesome as well. The whole Tapas idea is just genius for people like me who always drool over what everyone else orders. This way...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite GR restaurant, and a sign that there is hope for discerning tastes in this bustling and waddling metropolis of fast food and wet burritos.Prices are very affordable, service is friendly,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Their sangria and fried yucca (with aoili) is all I would need on a desert island. I haven't been in years but I'll tell you what, that yucca dish stays in your bud memory forever, is it even on the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is hands down my favorite restaurant. The atmosphere is really cool - it's kinda dark and really colorful. Their mixed sangria is really good! Get a pitcher!! Everything I've had there has...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This review only pertains to the takeout service here.... I ate here last year and it was very good - in which I would probably have rated it four stars. So, I called in and I ordered the seared tuna...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best place for tapas! I have been to one in Chicago, and has no comparison to San Chez! They have great service and the food is absolutely awesome! It's a bit pricey, but you pay for...
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A nice place to take a date or a bunch of friends. The menu is very large and the quality of the items understandably varies a little. I went with my vegetarian lady friend, and we loved three of...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I lived in Lansing, we would frequently make the drive to GR to go to Sanchez, little did we know that we were being spoiled with the best tapa restaurant anywhere. Upon moving to San Francisco,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I moved to San Francisco, but I miss Sanchez. This is a great place to take a date, and the price is right. Stop going to ultra dutch restaurants like Russ's or the chain places on 28th street, and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of downtown GR's strong spots. It's an old staple. I wonder if WGRD is still headquartered above this place?I've had better in Chicago, but not by much. This place would definitely be on my...
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I was here this past New Year's Eve and although they closed too early for us (10 pm! not fair), we had a great meal with great service. I hadn't been here in about 4-5 years, so I indulged in some...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is wonderful! I've only done tapas here but you just can't go wrong. That, and a pitcher of their house sangria (in either white or red) will have you there for hourse just chatting with...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite restaurant in Grand Rapids....by far. You have to try the seared ahi tuna with the mango sauce, bleu cheese fritters, plantains and the tira misu oh, and that spicy chocolate...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
MMMMM!!!!! I've had most (if not all) of the vegetarian tapas on the menu and I have yet to find something I didn't really, really love... I look at my mother's yucca plant in the living room...
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2006
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We adore the tapas at San Chez, simply put, the food is the best in West Michigan in my opinion. That being said, on the majority of our visits, we have been graced with spectacular, friendly servers, however,...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/30/2006
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The great tapas (lamb...mushroom...calamari) were mitigated by our political-opinion spewing (really!) server. If this kid paid as much attention to refilling water glasses as he did to his polemic, uninvited...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/26/2006
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My husband and I went there because it seemed like a great environment, but boy were we WRONG. When we arrived it was not that busy, but the waitress set us on a side table on a corner next to some sort of...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/08/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
it was a great place to eat. and being a culinary student and all i like to find great food. prices were decent, and it can be expensive there depending on what you get but over all it was very good....
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2006
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If I could give this restaurant 10 stars, I would! First of all, it is a unique dining experience. You order a bunch of tapas (appetizers) that are mainly Mediterranian and they are brought to you s...
judysbook.com - user review - 12/19/2005
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My boyfriend and I LOVE San Chez! We have been overly pleased with everything we have ordered there. We took our kids there, they love it. I also took my sister from out of town there and she said ...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/23/2005
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San Chez is one of the best dining spots in Grand Rapids. The atmosphere is wonderful. IT is a great place to meat friends and enjoy an evening of great food and fun. Make sure to try the Sangria a...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/16/2005
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San Chez is by far and away my favorite restaurant in Grand Rapids! The atmosphere, great food and sangria make this a perfect date spot, and a great place to take out of town guests. Each guest ord...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/10/2005
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I lived in GR for 5 years and San Chez was (and still is) my favorite restaurant. I compare all Tapas (and most restaurants) to this place and I have had Tapas everywhere. I live in North Carolina now and...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/19/2004
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We chose San Chez for my husband's birthday based on referrals from friends, we tried it and it has now become our favorite place. It's even kid friendly, we have a 11 and a 4 year old. They have wonderful art...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/27/2003
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What a delightful place! The food was superb: soup, tapas & dessert - ALL were incredibly good! San Chez IS a real treat for your tastebuds. In addition to the great food, we found the service to be quick AND...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/22/2002
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one of the hippest places on grand rapids' downtown restaurant scene, san chez was also one of western michigan's first tapas joints. building on a centuries-old tradition begun on spain's mediterranean coast,...
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i love to go here...
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never have i had at not enjoyable yummy experience! alot of my friends work there, so its a pleasure whenever i visit! close to the downtown scene,and very accomadating. i love all the tapas calientes and...
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spanish gourmet treat...
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tap into this tapas connection...
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