10 Best Spanish Tapas Bars in New York City (5-1)
5. El Quinto Pino. 401 W 24th Street, Chelsea. Small, classy spot in Chelsea with super drink specials and tapas. The uni panini is an must-have favorite here.
4. Oliva. 161 E Houston Street, Lower East Side. Great live music, best sangria in New York City and mouth watering paella. Oliva is authentic with an awesome atmosphere.
3. Boqueria. 2 locations: 53 West 19th Street, Flatiron; 171 Spring Street, SoHo. The trendy, sexy Boqueria restaurants are detail-oriented and perfect from their decor to their food and service. Everything is superb here from their wine, sangria, tapas and more. Both locations are great, but we slightly favor the Flatiron spot for its atmosphere and food. Arrive early as tables fill up fast.
2. Buceo 95. 201 W 95 Street, Upper West Side. This tapas restaurant and wine bar in UWS is a charming, side street spot with an extensive wine list and authentic Spanish tapas cooked to perfection. As one would expect from an UWS spot, the crowd is slightly older. Love the food and the charm here. Recommend the calamari with roasted red pepper sauce. Arrive early as Buceo 95 gets busy on the weekends.
1. Degustation. 239 East 5th Street, East Village. A classy tapas spot where you watch your food being prepared. Try the course tasting menu or make your own tapas selections. Great for the food critic in you. Degustation has a great wine list and amazing food. A popular spot, so reservations are a must.
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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.