Olé Tapas

In Their Own Words

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“Fantastic food, really cosy place with amazing service and staff.”

“Small, cute, genuine with good simple menu, fair prices and loud music!”

“Overall it is Overpriced tapas with sub level ham and cheese selection.”

Quick Verdict

Olé Tapas delivers genuinely Spanish small plates and attentive service in a deliberately small room that fills fast—book ahead.

About Olé Tapas

Up a flight of stairs on Bath's Crescent, Olé Tapas runs a room of fewer than thirty covers where the food is genuinely Spanish — not the approximation most British cities settle for. Spanish visitors have said so directly, ranking it the best meal of a twelve-day UK trip. The aubergine and churros are the dishes people write home about most, with chorizo and baby squid close behind; the tortilla española, cooked soft and creamy inside, and the pimientos de padrón have drawn equal praise from those who know the originals. Wine and sangria are the drinks to order, and the gin and tonic has its own following. The room is small and the music is pitched right — present but not loud. Staff, Poppy and Ned among them, are flagged again and again for warmth that feels unforced. Book ahead: the place fills fast, and that is the point.

Olé Tapas earns its romantic reputation through both atmosphere and a serious wines and cocktails — the kind of place where a dinner for two tends to extend well past dessert.

In the last 90 days, Olé Tapas has drawn 74 substantial written reviews (50+ characters of genuine feedback) — recent momentum that is one of the signals behind its place on the hot list.

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