Everything is good here. A good place for a date or a group of 4 to share tapas plates. I've been to the south of Spain and this place does an interesting, modern take on tapas. I went for my birthday with my boyfriend and we made a reservation a few weeks in advance. We got there at 6 pm, which is when they opened, on a Friday in April and there was already a line outside the door. They have a great selection of cheese and meats. We had the patatas bravas, the grilled mushroom montaditos, and the sweetbreads. For desert, I had the leche frita. Everything was delicious. The cocktails were good. Service was good. No complaints. It was a nice place to celebrate a birthday. I've been to Patria as well, and I found Patria to have more traditional plates. Both are good, but different. I find Bar Isabel has fewer & more focused plates where everything is really tasty. Patria has a larger selection on their menu that has a lot of good plates, but also has some misses. I can see why Bar Isabel has made it on the top of many lists as the best restaurant in Toronto.