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| - I mentioned to a co-worker that it's really hard to find good paella anywhere outside of Spain, and he recommended Patria on King. The restaurant is slightly difficult to find, it's tucked away from King and not marked, but it's not hard to figure out that the busy restaurant down the alley with the large glass windows is probably the one you are looking for.
I walked in without a reservation and was able to sit at the bar; and, even though I was at the bar, the wait staff were incredibly nice and attentive. As mentioned above, my food experience was with the house paella (Paella Patria), which takes roughly 45-minutes to make. When paella is done correctly, and the rice is allowed to naturally settle in a paella pan, the taste and texture are phenomenal. It's hard to find places where the chefs are patient enough to cook paella right. In this case, it was worth the wait and the dish is big enough to feed two people.
There are a couple of minuses: the restaurant is very loud and busy... difficult for conversations. And, I almost feel petty for mentioning this but the women's bathroom was rather unkept and a wet, papery mess.
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