Olé Tapas — Restaurant in Bath

Only about 30 seats at this compact restaurant, so book a table whenever you plan to go, unless you're happy to wait 45 minutes for a table (they offer to call you as a table clears).

Quite a small menu, but a great selection of dishes, even for my pescetarian boyfriend. Menu is divided into meat, seafood, veggie etc. categories, and no two dishes within these groups are alike. So - really - a great selection, a fantastic range of dishes, and each their own vibrant flavour and fresh texture. (Note that this means you shouldn't expect the dishes to come out at the same time, but I didn't feel like we had to wait too long for everything to arrive.)

We both usually have a large appetite and this time we went after a couple hours at the pools. We shared 7 tapas dishes and a jug of cava sangria, and didn't leave feeling full, but definitely very satisfied. (As it was a weekend trip to Bath and we didn't have much left on our list, we chose not to stuff ourselves so we'd have room for snacks when we stopped at a cafe later.)

These 7 dishes, plus cava and a shared dessert of churros, and service charge came...

I rarely write reviews but I had to write one for this place as they definitely deserve it. The hospitality and service was one of the best I’ve ever experienced. We ordered the bread, beef stew, shrimp, octopus, tomato salad (daily special), sardines, chicken, churros.. every dish came out fresh, hot and delicious. I was quite impressed with the quality so I asked the server if I could possibly order a take out for an extra order of beef stew and bread so I can enjoy it at home. At first, it didn’t seem possible as the concept of the place is to enjoy freshly made food in the restaurant, but a special exception was made and we could bring it home. I checked the bill and we weren’t even charged for it… I really wanted to give a tip before leaving but the server politely refused and felt grateful that we liked their food. I walked out of the place in awe. It’s rare to find places that genuinely cares for their customers. I’m definitely coming back if I plan to visit Bath again. Left a great impression to not just the restaurant but also the people and culture...

A lovely atmosphere with lovely staff Javi who served us even though we did not have reservations. The location is very hidden but we found it on google and decided to try it! We had ali oli with black garlic, shrimp paste special item, albóndigas and tortilla and we had a wine and an non alcoholic beer. So the food was nice but felt it would have been nicer to have some images per item so we knew what we were expecting. Javi gave us a lot of advice which was lovely! The little problem came on the price of the wine since for a glass we paid around £8.7 which I wish there was a half glass that was half price for this. Also in the final bill they add service charge of 12.5% which I thought would have been nicer to have it as a option rather than adding to the bill and making us pay. We came for a small meal but it costed us quite a lot and wish the prices could be cheaper at...