Dagabi Cucina

This is one of my favorite restaurants. There are vegetarian and gluten free options, staff is always friendly and the food great. I don't think I've ever been disappointed. The restaurant is cozy and you can hear the people you are with.

This is a great place for tapas. Parking is easy, and they is both a patio and a casual, inviting indoor atmosphere.As for the food, I absolutely loved the mushrooms; it's a delightful mix of sweet and salty flavors, perfectly caramelized, simply amazing! The Spanish shrimps were also good, although I wish they would offer bread to soak up that yummy garlicky sauce. A couple of my friends seemed to enjoy the Petit filet mignon. The sangria, while refreshing, leaned more towards a frozen drink style, and I personally prefer a more traditional one.For dessert, I ordered the chocolate tart. I do have to say that I wish the filling had been less compact; it was quite challenging to cut through it without a piece flying all over. However, my friends raved about the Crème brûlée.It's interesting to note that 8 years ago I wrote a review of that restaurant and it seems not much has changed, I had made some similar comments about the food.If tapas aren't your thing, the menu also offers pizza, paella, and other more substantial dishes. We all enjoyed our dinner, and I would definitely go back!

My husband and I both got the salmon special and it was delicious! Already planning a trip back soon. Service was spot on and the cocktail menu looked great although we didn't try. Highly recommend if you're in the area

A place in Boulder with actual parking!The staff is always friendly and attentive. Tapas are excellent, the drinks are good. This is a fun place for us to hit happy hour but oftentimes we stay and have dinner.

Dagabi Cucina is truly a hidden gem as I was beyond impressed with their service, food and ambiance.Can't think of a better Saturday night: scrumptious food, amazing drinks AND, as an extra special bonus, they had live music as well. It was definitely worth the drive to Boulder. Everything we had was really good: mushrooms, kebabs, pizza, and lobster bisque soup. I really want to try their home made linguini next time.The house cab was just ok but their lemon drop martini was one of the best ones I've ever had!Their special for dessert that night was chocolate covered pear (marinated in liquor), and it was so yummy!!I definitely recommend visiting Dagabi Cucina if you find yourself in Boulder!

Spanish/Mediterranean fun. Tapas, but also entress, plus also Happy Hour menu makes for lots of tastiness but as bit of confusion as well. Eclectic decor. Decent cocktail and wine menus.Service was bit frazzled tonight -- we went with several tapas plates, but also an entree and a salad to share, and the latter came out waaaaay after the others. Our water bottle was perennially empty, too. Overall, though, that good flavors make it worthwhile.

We decided to find a new restaurant to try and after reading the reviews we thought Dagabi Cucina would be a sure bet, regretfully that was not the case.Walking up to the restaurant we thought it was a pretty cool looking place with a nice sized covered patio, if we would of turned around and walked back to the car, we would of given them 5 Stars, but of course we came for the food.Upon entering we noticed the floors looked pretty dirty, they needed a good sweep and mop job (we arrived just before 5PM so it's not like they had been open most of the day, they open at 4PM).We ordered the following items:- Wood oven baked bread- Mini Caesar salad- Croquetas de pollo- Italian Polenta- Homemade linguini pasta with traditional beef Bolognese sauce- BOWL Penne Pollo Pasta * See Below- Creme Brulee- Vanilla Gelato The waitress said one of the funniest things I ever heard at a restaurant, she told us seeing that this was our first time eating here we should have the "Sautéed button mushrooms" tapa, we told her none of us liked mushrooms, she responded back with..."you should still get them, you can't even tell they're mushrooms"! That makes no sense, what if we liked mushrooms, we would be disappointed they didn't taste like them! LOL! We really should of left after that comment.The food arrived and we started to taste everything and soon decided that the food was nothing to brag about at all and it all lacked salt / seasoning! I'll go ahead and expand on a few of the items:- Croquetas de pollo are descibed as being made with "chicken, Serrano ham, roasted red peppers, béchamel, basil aioli", when we cut into one it looked beyond pureed and there were no signs of the above mentioned ingredients. It really looked like they got some bottled chicken baby food, formed it into a ball, flattened it, dipped it in some breadcrumbs and fried them. They had no taste at all, not sure how they managed this with the ingredients that were supposed to be in them?- Homemade Linguini, Beef, Tomato Cream, Parsley: this plate looked good but once we tasted it, it brought back memories of our childhood when mom would open up a can of "Chef Boyardee Spaghetti". The sauce was not the least bit creamy and actually tasted kind of bad. There were no signs of beef or cream, like the Croquetas de pollo, the sauce had a pureed texture and the Linguini didn't appear to be homemade, but who knows? Oh yeah, it was obvious they didn't salt the water before cooking the pasta.- Bowl Penne Pollo Pasta, yes...this is the plate that really showed the restaurants true colors and was the most disappointing. This dish comes with "Sun Dried Tomato, Spinach, Tomato Cream Sauce, Sautéed Chicken", my daughter asked if they could leave off the Sun Dried Tomato, Spinach and Sautéed Chicken as she does not care for them, she just wanted the Tomato Cream Sauce. The taste was nothing to write home about, and the sauce was way too thick, even for a "cream sauce". So what upset me about this dish, well that came with the bill where the owners of this restaurant thought it would be OK to charge me the FULL $16.00 PRICE even though all they brought was a bowl of store purchased pasta (these are not listed as homemade) and some Tomato Cream Sauce. Oh yeah, it was obvious they didn't salt the water before cooking the pasta.Creme Brulee: we thought it was ridiculous that the waitress described this desert as being pretty small. We really didn't care for it seeing that it was made with Raspberries which ended up changing the texture and taste.Wood oven baked bread & Vanilla Gelato: well...they got these right, makes me wonder if they purchased it from Lucky's Market next door?When our waitress finally decided to swing back with the bill and I reviewed it, I told her it was pretty cheesy they charged me full price for the Bowl Penne Pollo Pasta even though the expensive items were left off. She had no response at all, it's like she pretty much ignored my comments.Can I recommend Dagabi Cucina, I sadly must say NO. Avoid this restaurant at all costs and spend you hard earned money elsewhere. There are far better restaurants in the area. We all felt cheated out of what should of been a fun evening...we so should of gotten Asian Food from our favorite location.Oh yeah...don't blame Covid for the poor service and food, it had nothing to do with it. Your restaurant was not even remotely packed and there was more than enough staff to handle things. Our waitress knew it was our first time dining here because she mentioned it to us (we told the hostess), interesting that the owners did not come by and ask us how our evening was. I read other reviews and it seems like this owners biggest problem is not taking personal responsibility for the way his restaurant is ran.Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the hostess was very nice and full of smiles.

For the price, this is the best restaurant in Boulder. Exceptional service, DELICIOUS food, and an atmosphere that's a step up from casual sets it apart from the rest. I love Dagabi!!! (Try the Serrano wrapped dates!!! )

Service was great, we sat at the bar and she was very pleasant.We have been going to this restaurant over the years and know Noah. I hate to say this but the owners wife totally ignored us. She knows us. Never said hello or hi or thanks for coming in. Even if she didn't know us a worker especially an owner would say hello.Totally rude. It was like she purposely ignored us. She acknowledged everyone else at the bar and engaged. Plus the food was subpar.Do not recommend this restaurant.

Truly the worst restaurant experience of my life. The $11 margarita was terrible and I had one sip and sent it back. My Tapas Pizza was cold and when I asked for parmesan cheese, the server put most of it in my lap. My daughter's Ceasar salad with chicken was inexplicably on a 4" x 10" plate which meant that it could not be eaten without half of it spilling on to the table. My wife's Pasta Bolognese was a yellow-brownish color and had a fishy taste to it. If that was not bad enough, the service was even worse and management was nowhere to be found. Save your money and go somewhere that actually knows how to operate a restaurant and serve good food.