Isabella's Taverna & Tapas Bar 44 North Market Street, Frederick, MD 21701

"Over the years I've been here about 10 times. I am never disappointed. The food is creative and delicious, and high quality. The atmosphere is like a friendly neighborhood bar. Completely non pretentious. The wait staff is amazing. The prices are a bit higher than a typical restaurant with typical offerings. But the food here is not typical at all. $167 for 3 happy people including a 20% tip. A true bargain for the quality of the food. Highly recommended."

"We stopped by for tapas and drinks and had a great experience. I intended to get more shots of the food, but we got hungry :D"

"We’ve visited Isabella’s many times over the years and I’m sad to say it has declined with time. We visited on a busy Friday night and were disappointed with the lack of nuance and quality in the dishes. The signature asparagus fries were over cooked and yet the vegetable unripe. The Manchego also over cooked and the fig jam was more sugar than flavor. A bright spot was the patatas bravas, for which the sauce had a piquant sweet and sour balance. The vegetable platter was okay. Our waiter was very friendly, but clearly overwhelmed. We probably won’t be back."

"Service was great. But they didn’t have Pulpo gallego or croquetas. Is a Spanish restaurant but not a 100%. It’s mixed with American style food. Location is good and parking spaces is near."

"Stopped in for lunch. Will not be back. Overpriced mediocre tasting food with rude service sums up our experience. Service: the waiter asked us if we were ready, we replied “Yes”. And as soon as I started to ask a question about one item on the menu, the waiter interrupted me and said “It looks you guys aren’t ready, I’ll give you few more minutes.” Then he put away his pad and just walked off. We were left there looking at each other and wondering if that really just happened. It was absolutely ridiculous. We were going to leave, but decided to stay because we were already in the mood for tapas. What a big mistake that was. Food: once our food started coming out, they were all mediocre at best, definitely overpriced for what they are. I’ve had good tapas before and this isn’t it. The meatballs: tasted just ok, the sauce was good, lukewarm in the middle but the sauce and the plate was hot, definitely microwaved before coming out. Overpriced for the portion and the quality; The homemade sausage: at first glance, I thought it was something gross, did not look appetizing, and the mash potatoes were definitely from a box mix. It has the consistency of high school lunch cafeteria mash potatoes, definitely overpriced base on the quantity(1 small sausage) and quality; The baked Brie: tasted ok, nothing special, overpriced; And finally, their specialty, the Paella: the flavors were ok, overcooked, overpriced for the portion. The waiter made it sound like it’s a big plate of food, it’s really not, certainly not $30 worth. To sum it, if you’re looking to pay extra for mediocre food, this is the place for you. I will not recommend it to anyone."