The story
After exhausting Valencia’s traditional paella and jamón, there’s Fantastic, a spot Where The Foodies Go calls “visually stunning” and “fun-tastik.” The menu is navigated via QR code or robot app, and standouts include the “electric-sprout cocktail,” a braised beef cheek donet with parmesan glaze and cherry, and the Funk Kraken. It’s a buzzy, surprisingly delicious detour from the expected.
The same creators returned to call it “super pop and innovative,” with boundary-pushing tapas—think donuts filled with braised beef cheek, patatas fritas cito, and a roll of iberico pork loin with bacon cheddar and sweet-sour sauce. Even the tiramisù earns a nod. In a city rooted in tradition, Fantastic serves as a worthy, irreverent conclusion to a day of old-school eating.
Synthesised by AI from every creator’s review. First reviewed 2023.
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Reviewers rave about the electric-sprout cocktail, calling it a vibrant standout, and the overall vibe is one of inventive, joyful energy that makes every bite feel like a discovery.
“My cocktail has a puffer fish in it, but the coolest part is these two sprouts — when you put them in your mouth, they give you a little electric shock on your tongue. It's a real sensation of electricity. It's awesome.”
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A super pop and innovative place with crazy tapas and cocktails, where you can scan a QR code or use an app with a robot to choose the menu — a worthy conclusion to a day of tradition.
Dishes mentioned
Donut Ripieno di Guancia Brasata di Manzo con Glassatura di Parmigiano e Curry Rosso
This is a donut filled with braised beef cheek, covered in a glaze of parmesan and red curry. I'd love to eat it. It's very good — the meat is cooked perfectly, very tender, very flavourful, and the pastry is really thin. It's all beef. The topping is slightly spicy but just a little. I wouldn't have thought parmesan would work, but it goes very well together.
Patatas Fritas Cito
How many of you have ever eaten Cito chips? I grew up with them. This dish has an incredible smell. Let's see if I'm allowed. It's crazy — they are exactly them, and I don't even know, guys, this is carrots! Yet the cosmic illusion — there are almonds, cheese, various spices. They deconstructed the taste of Cito chips and then recomposed everything together to create the illusion. An absolute blast.
Funk Kraken
This is smoked octopus with a black truffle Parmentier, the famous Iberian sobrasada we already talked about, reduced, and katsuobushi. Katsuobushi is now very common even here — it's dried bonito fillet, cut into such thin flakes that when you put them on hot food they move as if alive. This is a very difficult dish to describe. First of all, it makes me laugh to talk about a dish in a place that presents itself as deliberately silly. This is a place where the chef almost doesn't want you to see how much work is behind the dishes. Actually, there's a lot of flavour in this dish. The octopus, potatoes, and truffle go well with the smokiness. The octopus is cooked to perfection — it melts in your mouth. And everything strangely goes well with the sobrasada from Mallorca and the katsuobushi, which is a natural flavour enhancer. Absolutely crazy.
Roll di Filetto di Maiale Iberico con Bacon Cheddar e Salsa Agrodolce
We eat a roll of Iberian pork fillet with bacon, cheddar, and a sweet and sour sauce made with rosemary, lemon, and ginger. Oh my god, the smell! Wow. I really wouldn't have said it, but this dish is spectacular. The sauce with ginger — I don't particularly like ginger — but here the ginger works perfectly because it gives the illusion of cutting the fat of the bite. Festival.
- Tiramisù
