"El Faro is a New York classic."
--Anthony Dias Blue, CBS Radio 2000

"The Best Spanish restaurant in NYC."
--Village Voice 1999

"Amazing Paella"
--Zagat 1999

"The mother kitchen of all Spanish restaurants in New York."
--The Village Voice 1998

"The Best Spanish food in the city."
--Zagat 1997

"...wonderful ambiance and delicious Spanish food for the village community, since the 1920's."
--The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (Awarded 1996)