Tapas bars are great when you just want to enjoy a nice evening out with wine and a few or plenty of appetizers. It’s a great way to try many different plates at small portions. Here are the 10 Best Tapas Bars in New York City:
10. Bar Jamón. 125 East 17th Street, Flatiron, Union Square, Gramercy. You will really enjoy the wine and tapas selection at this well-priced, relaxed Spanish tapas bar. The place is cozy and it fills up fast. Arrive early as you will want to sit here for hours.
9. The Ten Bells. 247 Broome Street, Lower East Side. This organic, urban style bar has a very warm feeling. All the wine is natural and organic with great tapas selections to compliment your wine choose. Favorite tapas picks include the duck rillettes and the Barick Obama cheese. Also, they have a great daily 5-7 pm oyster happy hour.
8. Las Ramblas. 170 West 4th Street, West Village. Reasonably priced, delicious tapas at this intimate and charming Spanish tapas bar in West Village.
7. Alta. 64 West 10th Street, Greenwich Village. A sexy spot in Greenwich Village with delicious food and a nice atmosphere. Lively and well priced. Alta is always a pleasure and never disappoints.
6. Tia Pol. 205 10th Avenue, Chelsea. This spot has creative, authentic Spanish food. Combined with the ambiance and atmosphere, this quaint spot makes this one of our absolute favorites.
Now, on to 5-1 NYC’s 10 Best Spanish Tapas Bars
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Come visit us, you won’t be disappointed.
Cadaques 188 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718 218 7776
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I just returned from a dinner visit at Alta this evening. I have never written a review, positive or negative, about a restaurant online, but after my experience tonight I feel compelled to do so.
I have to start by saying that the food was, on the whole, very good. The service, however, was abysmal. Our waitress took an exceptionally long time to bring us our wine and food. This wouldn’t have bothered me normally, but when I saw a mouse scurry by the table, I was taken aback. To make sure I wasn’t crazy, I asked my sister if she saw what I saw. She did, and we complained to one of the servers (not our waitress, who inexplicably disappeared for the rest of the night). The server shook her head and yes’ed us to death that she would tell the manager. A few minutes later, a man, who we assumed was a manager, came up to us to ask if we would like to order dessert. We explained to him that we saw a mouse and wanted to let him know about it. He too shook his head as if to make us feel like he understood, and brought us a menu of wine, presumably because the bottle we had ordered was not available per glass. When we lingered over the reds to try and decide, he said “a round of red?,” making us feel as if this would be on the house because of the mouse issue.
When we got the bill, we saw that neither the dessert nor the two glasses of red wine, which cost almost as much as the bottle we had previously ordered, were included on the bill! When we went to leave, we asked to speak to the manager, and explained to him the entire situation. Contrary to what the server had said, the manager seemed to have no idea about the mouse. Rather than apologize and offer something to make up for this horrifying experience, he simply gave us his business card and said if we ever came back, to ask for him. Fat chance!
I have experienced some pretty embarrassing restaurant service in my time, but nothing has ever been so egregious that I felt the need to go online and write a review about it. I was so disgusted with my experience at Alta, less because of the mouse, and much more so because of the pathetic way it was handled. Rather than scream and make a scene at the sight of a mouse, my sister and I were respectful and quietly told the staff and manager so that they would be aware and could perhaps address this issue without embarrassment. This discretion on our part was completely ignored, and I find that extremely unprofessional.