Bodega Restaurant & Tapas Bar (La), Vancouver

The food did not taste like authentic spanish food. It tasted more like salt. The paella tapa was bland and did not even have saffron! The chorizo looked more like chinese sausage. The pollo frito tapa, which was basically salty fried chicken. The clams weren't too bad, but were also lacking flavor. Finally, the rice with seafood wasn't bad either but again tasted salty. The waitress came to our table half as much as she did the others right next to us. Big disappoint since we went there based on the 4.5 star reviews.

What I liked The food is well prepared here. Delicious, fresh, and excellent from meat to vegetable hot to cold. You won't regret it. Excellent value. Non- snobbish and casual. You can take a group out for dinner or appies and drinks. Lovely Spanish feel and busy!!!! The wine list isn't great. They could do a much better job here. In fact the wait staff are not very knowledgeable about it. Yet someone will know and recommend something that will be relatively decent anyway. This isn't the place for wine snobs!!! Also due to its popularity with the 20 something crowd- the kind that wears skimpy outfits, too much make-up, and loves to take photo after photo, this isn't always a good place for a romantic dinner, but of course this depends on the time of day or night. Great place for a date,however, if you don't really want to talk too much to him/her.

Excellent place to share with a group of friends. There food is great and the Sangria is even better! The staff is very friendly and extremly attentive.

Best Sangria in town Top vegetarian tapas Love the fish dishes Our families favorite restaurant Make sure you have reservations Can be a bit noisy for a romantic dinner

Great place. The staff are really friendly, the food is wonderful, the Sangria is excellent, and the price is very accomodating. Two to three tapas a head will fill you up, don't be fooled. Particularly recommended are the mixed selection dish of cold appetisers, the exquisite Patatas Bravas (fried potato chunks in spicy sauce), and the totally yummy Albondigas (meatballs). Oh yeah, did I mention that the home-made bread is to die for? It's a really authentic European tapas experience prepared by masters -- and I'm European :) Go. You won't regret it.