Sol y Sombra Tapas Bar

Sol y Sombra Tapas Bar reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Kasia

   Angus2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I highly recommend it, great food, wonderful staff, nice atmosphere
   

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   Shona

   Aberdeen1 review

   1.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Once seated handed drinks menu , ordered our drinks and asked for a food menu , waitress said oh we don’t do a menu you get some cold starters and then hot starters , was that okay ? Didn’t have much choice so was asked if we had any allergies We never saw a price until we got the bill £31 per person , totally overpriced!!! Food very salty and not very exciting, deep fried Brocoli, chicken and sausage kebab, soggy small potatoes in very little sauce , very small piece of hale and prawns for the cold starters you got bread, mushed up chicken and mayo, chicken pea salad All food was just salty no nice sauces or other flavours ! We left poorer, hungry and thirsty 👎
   

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   Gina

   London1 review

   5.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food and service. The set menu was delicious. Staff were attentive and helpful. We were celebrating a birthday and the staff kindly allowed us to bring a cake, even lighting the candles and bringing it to the table. Would definitely return and certainly recommend for a lovely, relaxed, tasty meal out. Thanks Sol y Sombra tapas bar!
   

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   Robert

   Angus1 review

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Once again great service and excellent food highly recommend
   

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   Lisa

   Aberdeen3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 1, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   First time visitor. Went because it was recommended. So glad we visited because it was a lovely lunch. Great service, waiting staff couldn’t do enough for you and were very happy to explain substitutes due to allergies, dislikes etc. Food was delicious and certainly plenty of it. Great value for a lunch. Will recommend to others.
   

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   Colin

   Glasgow2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 27, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fantastic food , fantastic staff and lovely surroundings
   

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   Lyndsay

   Angus2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 22, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Amazing food! Lovely wine and a great atmosphere. We got our table early too which was perfect 🤩
   

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   Paul

   Orlando3 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on February 22, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Really nice evening. Food good. Ordered coffee and liquors for desert but the liquors never came.
   

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   Alison

   Edinburgh8 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on February 22, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Excellent food but extremely noisy for quite a lot of the evening. We were unlucky with our table, very close to the main food which slammed all night and right next to the waiting table which was very loud a few times. We used to eat at a Tapas in Edinburgh and were slightly surprised at the cost of the full tapas menu compared to similar in the city centre . Having said that the choice was great and the food was excellent and the staff were very knowledgeable and friendly. We will return but ask for an upstairs table 🤣
   

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    Avril

    Las Vegas1 review

    3.0

    Dined on February 15, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 5

    I think the portion sizes are too small, if I went to a regular tapas restaurant I would have paid around £6/7 per dish, for the 6 dishes we received, one of which was just fried broccoli stems and another 2 chicken drumsticks, would have cost £30/£35. The set menu of 6 hot tapas dishes was £52. Previously when I went to sol y sombra a good few years ago you kept getting little dishes until you had enough to eat so I expected to be asked if we would like more but was not the case. A few fried broccoli stems to me is not a tapas dish and neither I would say is 2 plain chicken drumsticks. We did enjoy the food but probably wouldn’t return for evening dinner. I also tried the white sangria, there was no fruit in glass, and I’m sure I saw the waitress add white wine with lemonade which is definitely not a sangria, so a little disappointing as I was looking forward to something a bit different and it was pricey when you don’t get what you think you are going to get. The restaurant is beautiful and the atmosphere is perfect.
    

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