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A tasting of the most iconic and classic tapas from both Spain and the original Jaleo in Washington D.C.

Add hand-carved jamón Ibérico de bellota 5J to your Jaleo Experience $13

Embrace the sophisticated side of Spain with José's favorite dishes. Featuring premium cuts of meat and our most luxurious bites. For two or more guests

Enjoy specially selected Spanish wines and beverages to pair to your tasting menu

Jaleo Classics per person $45

The Jaleo Experience per person $55

José’s Way per person $75

Enjoy sommelier-selected Spanish wines to pair perfectly with Jose's favorite tapas

A traditional fritter with a slice of jamon Iberico de bellota

Each $6

Add Amur Beluga Caviar $13

Jamón Ibérico de bellota, thinly sliced pineapple, crispy paletilla Iberica, sherry dressing

An egg cooked at 63°C, sauteed mushrooms, seasonal mushrooms, potato, and Idiazabal cheese

48-month cured ham from the legendary free range, acorn-fed, black-footed ibérico pigs of Spain hand carved

1oz $40

.25oz $13

Local tomatoes with jamón Iberico de bellota, goat cheese and walnuts

Add 1 oz of royal Ossetra caviar with José Andrés chips, or to add to your favorite dish or for caviar bombs

Cone of salmon tartar with trout roe

Cone of tuna tartare, avocado mousse and sesame seeds

Quince marmalade, goat cheese and walnut dust cone

Jamón Ibérico de bellota and royal Ossetra caviar

'Ferran Adrià' liquid olives and stuffed olives with piquillo pepper and anchovy

Pressed sandwich of serrano and sweet ham with manchego cheese

Sobrassada and manchego cheese pressed sandwich with honey

36-month cured ham shoulder from the legendary free-range, acorn-fed, black-footed ibérico pigs of Spain

Unpasteurized sheep's milk cheese. Nutty with a tangy, lingering flavor

Toasted slices of crispy bread brushed with fresh tomato

Perfect to share! Flauta bread brushed with tomato and extra virgin olive oil, topped with paletilla Ibérica de bellota

$23

Add manchego cheese $3

(D.O Asturias) A rich, creamy blue cheese paired with fresh apples, membrillo, fig marmalade and pan de cristal

A soft, semi-sweet goat’s milk cheese

egg free, shellfish, vegetarian

(D.O. La Mancha) A traditional unpastuerized manchego cheese paired with moscatel compressed apples

Selection of three **** $28

Selection of five *** $38

(D.O. Leon) An intensely flavored blue cheese of pasteurized cow and goat milk, paired with raisins and Pedro Ximénez compressed pears

Selection of three **** $28

Selection of five *** $38

'The drunken goat' semi-soft goat pasteurized cheese immersed in red wine paired with honey, rosemary and pinenut shortbread and PX reduction

Selection of three**** $28

Selection of five*** $38

(D.O. Idiazabal, Basque county and Navarra) A smoked, nutty flavored sheep's milk unpasteurized cheese paired with orange marmalade and sliced almonds

Selection of three**** $28

Selection of five*** $38

(D.O. Asturias) An intensely-flavored cow's milk unpasteurized cheese paired with Florida honeycomb-apricot marmelade.

Selection of three**** $28

Selection of five*** $38

(D.O. Asturias) A bold and spicy raw cow's milk unpasteurized cheese with pimentón, almonds and smoked tomato marmalade.

Selection of three**** $28

Selection of five*** $38

Cured pork chorizo from the legendary free range, acorn-fed, black-footed ibérico pigs of Spain

Cured acorn-fed pork sausage

24-month cured Serrano ham

Spreadable cured sausage from Mallorca made with Ibérico pork and Spanish pimentón served with honeycomb and toasted bread

Selección de embutidos*

The classic chilled Spanish soup with tomatoes, green bell peppers and cucumbe

“Spanish Diner” Avocado, mojo verde and goat cheese salad

Mixed greens with tomatoes, onions and olives with sherry dressing

Sliced apple and fennel salad with manchego cheese, walnuts and sherry dressing

Romaine hearts with a creamy Idiazabal cheese dressing

Tomato salad with preserved tuna belly from Spain, piparra peppers and red onion

Endives with goat cheese, oranges and almonds

Seared piquillo peppers filled with goat cheese

Sautéed spinach with pine nuts, raisins and apples

Spanish omelet with potato and onions

Josper sautéed mushrooms with Idiazabal cheese, potato puree and a 63℃ egg

A selection of both chicken and jamón Ibérico de bellota fritters

Traditional chicken fritters

Traditional fritter with jamón Ibérico de bellota

A Jaleo favorite: fried potatoes with spicy tomato sauce and alioli

Fried cod and potato fritters with honey alioli

Thinly sliced tuna with piparra dressing and fresh lemon

Seared salmon with traditional stewed vegetables and mojo verde

Charcoal grilled octopus with potatoes and tomato confit

Mussels cooked in the Josper served with mojo verde

Traditional toasted-pasta paella with head-on shrimp, squid ink, calamari sofrito and alioli

The very, very famous tapa of shrimp sautéed with garlic

Head-on shrimp, with garlic and extra virgin olive oil prepared as José does in summer

Josper-grilled pork sausage served with sautéed white beans

Josper grilled 6 oz flat iron beef steak with confit piquillo peppers

Josper grilled Bell & Evans chicken thigh with a traditional vegetable stew

House-made traditional chorizo with olive oil mashed potatoes

Mediterranean seabass cooked in the Josper with a traditional Basque sauce

Marbleized pork tenderloin from the Ibérico pigs from Spain, cooked on the Basque grill and served with pan con tomate

Josper grilled "Lumina" New Zealand lamb chops with rosemary sauce and honey alioli

60 day dry aged Josper grilled ribeye served with confit piquillo peppers and fried potatoes

A true classic of chicken, rabbit, and green beans

Rice with chicken, vegetables and mushrooms

Small (2-4 ppl) $75

Regular (5-8 ppl) $145

Rice with cuddlefish sofrito and head-on shrimp

Rice with seasonal vegetables

Rice with wild mushrooms, artichokes, and a 28oz Josper grilled, dry aged ribeye

Mellow rice with monkfish, mussels, shrimp, and cuddlefish sofrito