4.0 Very Good

Caught up with some friends at this wine bar which has an old school setting and serves up uncomplicated small dishes to share, perfect for grazing. There’s enough on the menu to turn it into a full dinner if you desire (we always do).

We arrive here just before happy hour ends and order up a few drinks, I can’t pass up a negroni whenever I see it and especially at those prices! Very solid, bitter notes and citrusy. Later on that night I also got their cat’s pyjamas which had a strong gin taste mixed with Cocchi Americano and a grapefruit twist.

We start off with a charcuterie mixed platter which consisted of Capocollo (cured pork neck) which was my favourite with nice streaks of fat, Fuet Anis (Catalan fennel salami) and Navarro (air dried paprika sausage). Paired with some crusty bread and pickled vegetables which taste like the ones my mum makes at home and quite bright.

Some other goodies were padron peppers prepared simply by blistering, small drizzle of olive oil and some coarse sea salt. They’re always a winner in my books and are on auto-order. We also had some mussels with artichoke, olive and migas which gave it a crunchy texture. We did find the artichoke absent and wished I had another to see if it was there, it was pretty good regardless.

We also shared some twice cooked baby octopus in melted tomatoes, it was so soft I could cut it with a spoon! On the skillet was my personal favourite, chorizitos, onions and cider. Mild bite-sized sausages with a generous amount of sweet onions. We still had some bread left and this was used to mop up the sauces from the two dishes.

We didn’t see any desserts on the menu but as my friends were on keto we were happy to share a cheese platter which consisted of Ibores (raw goat’s milk), Valdeon (mixed milk blue) and Arpea (sheep’s milk). The blue cheese paired well with the slices of apple which took some of the funky edge off and the fig paste with the others to give it some sweetness. Also paired with bread, crackers and almonds.

Staff were exceptional from start to finish, they made sure that we maximise their happy hour session, changing plates when required and just genuinely friendly. Very relaxed vibes and funky tunes to ease you in.

My partner and I called in here for a pre dinner drink. Initially the service was excellent, really friendly and professional.

I ordered a Pinot Noir and my partner had an orange wine. My Pinot was delicious, it had good depth of flavour and it was easy drinking.

The orange wine was very good too but for me, more of an acquired taste lol

They also serve a number of food dishes. This place was great, such a relaxing fun place to visit.