El Sapo Perezoso in Tameside

Very good atmosphere, Spanish food and tapas, good prices and good beer, excellent service.

Fantastic food. Lovely atmosphere

The atmosphere is not restaurant quality! Too nosiy and rowdy, the food was ok I have had worse but just a step up from pup grub, apart from the Spanish omelette which was nothing like a spainish omelette, being half Spanish this was disappointing!but my partner had diarrhoea the minute he got home so the food is not of great quality, in the croquets there was a massive brown hair in it, this was refunded to us and the waitress was nice and that is what the one star is for, will not be returning.

Great food great staff lovely ambiance tapas was lovely had 7 dishes all of which were very very tasty complimented the chef b4 we left it was that good. Highly recommend. Excellent Food #hiddengemtapasDroylsden

We ordered some tapas from here while out for a drink at the Lazy Toad pub, not realising this place was located here too! Really great food. We will definitely be back for more.

Just had a takeaway which was absolutely delicious and great service. Thank you El Sapo Perezoso. #supportinglocalbusinesses

Attended the 2019 New Years Eve party but was sad to learn that after some 14 years in business the current owners and chef are to take time out during the year 2020. I look forward to welcoming the new style management in 2020.

Always good food, great price, warm welcome

We absolutely love this place. Geraldine and Arlene are superb hosts, the service and food is excellent. El Sapo Perezoso comes highly recommended. There's not a single tapas bar that cones close in Manchester

The food is absolutely stunning

Cosy tapas restaurant. Lovely food, friendly staff and reasonable prices

Top sangria. Lovely food. Brilliant staff. Highly recommended.

Excellent hosts, excellent value, outstanding quality food. This is our go to local!! Great once again.

Always friendly and welcoming, nothing ever to much trouble

Outstanding quality and choice of food not over facing full of flavour excellent customer service nothing was to much to ask for good choice of drinks

Great atmosphere fantastic staff gorgeous food

I have been coming to El Sapo for many years bringing family, friends and groups for special occasions, sometimes last minute but Geraldine always manages to squeeze me in. The staff here are very friendly and welcoming and know many of their customers by name. I brought my friend as a birthday treat this evening and she told me she'd actually been at weekend with her family but was still wanting to go again as she loved it. The sangria is very moreish and I have been known to have a full jug to myself.... The food is always in my experiences great value, delicious and plentiful whether it's the banquet, main menu or Thursday special 2 for 1. My friends and I have eaten out at many restaurants including some where it is clear you are just paying for the name - El Sapo is my favourite go to for the relaxed atmosphere (you can talk and hear each other), helpful staff and lovely comforting food. I will be back again and again

I love this place. Droylsden is the last place you'd expect to find somewhere that cooks authentic tapas. It's a hidden gem and I always recommend it to friends.

Worst tapas around... Possibly a chef paid rubbish wages expected to produce something that they can't... The lack of seasoning in the food was shocking... Atmosphere in the place is also dry... Make a little more effort... To the people that think this place is good.. you need to try real tapas to know this is how not to do it

Excellent food, friendly service

Great friendly service & lovely food.

Customer service was amazing and food was gorgeous I'm usually really picky but I tried new things and the food that I dont usually like I loved x

Second time visiting this hidden Droylsden gem!The tapas is affordable and light without being too rich or heavy and a great variety. The sangria is delicious (dangerously so) and I can't even start to describe the cheesecake!The main highlight though is the service Geraldine and her sister give- so friendly, warm and couldn't be more helpful.If you're around North Manchester- treat yourself!

Been a few times and the food is beautiful. Great atmosphere and friendly staff. Only negative is the dishes are served one at a time, not all together, which isn't the way tapas is normally served. Is this kitchen staffing issues or not quite grasping the true idea of tapas. Service can be slow, so allow enough time.

Browsing the menu we were spoilt for choice but we eventually chose 8 dishes between us, everything arrived to the table piping hot and there was plenty to share between two, the service was great from a friendly and welcoming host and to top it all off it was fantastic value for money! I'd highly reccomend the black pudding

Favourite local restaurant. Staff are friendly and the food is great. Highly recommend

Great food pleasant staff. Very enjoyable.

A group of 6. The food was excellent, we all selected two tapas items each. The portions were just right. A great night with a friendly vibe and good service

Not restaurant quality, really disappointing if you love tapas, croquettes were bland, try using some ham & cheese in there, or spice it was a mash ball essentially the squid looked & tasted frozen I’ve had better calamari in pubs. The tomato sauce could do with more veg in, the steak bites were over cooked dry in the middle. The prawns were nice the sauce they came in was basic, try oil with onions garlic and chilli. The albondigas were dense and seemed frozen, Such a shame as I was too excited to live so close to a tapas place but I’ll not be returning unless they revamp the dishes!

Lovely staff but food microwaved and not very authentic. Would not visit again

Amazing food with amazing friends x

4 greedy and thirsty people.....ordered too much....but.....fantastic again. About 15 tapas, bottle of red and too many other drinks....great food and 25 per head....who can ask for more?? Thank you Aileen...fab service once again. (and they don't get tired of you even after about 15 years). Thank you Aileen.. hope to see you soon.

Lovley restaurant. Lovley staff. A bit of Spain in droylsden

Very enjoyable, tapas was just perfect.

Attended this restaurant spontaneously, as a large group of 8. Thoroughly enjoyed the food, and the service was brilliant. I’ve eaten a few different tapas restaurants in and around Manchester. El Sapo Perezoso wasn’t the best tapas I’ve ever had but it delivered superbly on value for money. And I will definitely be attending again.

Great food, Great service.. We will be visiting again . Thank you

Food hear is amazing brilliantly priced and nice and friendly attentive service since finding this place two years ago we have been back several times since and will continue to do so

I love this place, the food is delicious, the service is quick and the staff are lovely.

My favourite place ever food amazing and staff Lovley

Stumbled across this place and what a find! Really tasty food, very good value for money and the owners we're lovely and very welcoming. I read other reviews before we went... Take no notice of the negative ones they're just wrong! We'll definitely go back!

Rude ans awful staff without manners. Waited for food to long and when recived the food it was lukewarm. It was a cramped and the atomosphere was appalling

Have been visiting this restaurant since it first opened. Returned on Saturday for an early dinner and its as perfect as ever. The new menu just adds additional tasty and varied dishes and the value for money (even without the special offers) is just unbelievable.

Fantastic food and fantastic staff.one of the best tapas I've been to.lovely atmosphere and a lovely warm welcome

Brilliant food excellent sangria and top service

My wife and I took our Daughter for her 24th Birthday. We also took our Son and his girlfriend. We all had generally different things, and it was all fantastic, and great value.

Lovely place but hard to get in. Mainly on a Sunday when 2 for 1 is on. Worth going to on any day. Still good food and price. Quality is great.

Having lived in Spain for two years and only recently moved back I thought I would try this local tapas bar as the sun was shining and i missed the amazing fresh Spanish food we used to eat all the time.

Food is excellent i would highly recommend for anyone to go a try out the food also the service was great. We are planning a night out there soon as we loved the look of the place very welcoming

Driven past here for years, promising ourselves to go in one night and we finally did tonight. A friendly welcome and a relaxed atmosphere. The food was great, we cleaned our plates. Very reasonable prices and we'll definitely be back again. Lucky to have such a nice place in Droylsden, something we desperately need more of. Thank you.

Great staff always friendly.Food really good and always piping hot.

i have seen some negative reviews about el sapo,i must say myself and my partner have been going there for many years,we have allways found the food to be excellent, the two sisters who run el sapo are brilliant and allways make people feel welcome no matter if you are regulars or new customers,my partner is very fond of their piella which she has had many times, we will continue to eat there and recomend others to do so

What a hidden gem of a place. Our favourite restaurant as a family, many times we have eaten her and the food is delicious. Great atmosphere, lovely Spanish feel, and a very personal experience. Aileen and Geraldine are very attentive, friendly, accommodating and just wonderful. I visit the restaurant with my partner Paul who is celiac and they cater for his dietary needs, without it being any trouble for them. This make it a very pleasant experience for my partner as he feels very inclusive as we can eat together as a family. A real special touch when we last visited is that they had bought in gluten free brownies, however we were too full to enjoy a dessert.

The food was very bland, and a piece of something we were convinced was pork turned out to be a piece of chicken. It was grey-blue and tough as hide. The “savoury rice” was flavourless and the cheese bread was just cheddar on a ciabatta. The service was slow, my dishes in particular.

Great place. Food is excellent. Good value

The food, the ambience, the staff are all first rate. The paella is to die for. As are all the dishes, actually. You must treat yourself and come here 😁

Visited here for my grandads 60th as a group of 8. Never been here before. The menu is rather confusing there is a normal menu and a 2 for 1 menu, we asked how it works and was told that tapas are small dishes that are shared and there are also main meals. 3 people ordered a main meal and the others ordered tapas. The tapas came from the kitchen 1 by 1. We were under the impression that we would get everything at once and could pick at it. But the staff advised it doesn’t work like that and the dishes come out as they are cooked even though they are cooking for multiple tables. So there was times we was sat waiting with nothing on the table (watching food coming out on other tables).

My husband and I went for our valentines date night last night and I'm so happy we did. I'm still full the morning after.

This is a gem that should be shouted from the roof tops. Four of us dined Sunday evening off the two for one menu which had a good choice of dishes. The two sisters who run the restaurant are both extremely friendly and helpful. The Tapas dishes were cooked to perfection, well presented, with good sized portions. There is a well stocked bar with Carling and San Miguel on draught. We had a nice leisurely meal which lasted over two hours (our choice), Even the San Miguel tasted better than it does in Spain.

Eaten here many times...great food ...friendly staff.

Cracking food, great atmosphere and brilliant staff. Shame they ran out of Sam Miguel and no merlot wine though.

Got sick of sounding like a cracked record "wonderful", "wonderful", "wonderful", even had to check the chef's back to see where she hid her wings! For two Scottish girls to produce such beautiful Spanish tapas is beyond belief. Everything was freshly cooked with very little waiting time and served on hot plates as well! Nothing was too much trouble and everything served with a smile, what more could you ask for in Droylesden, a true hidden gem. Many thanks ladies, I will be sure to return,.

Always great service from the friendly staff and the food is 1st class

This restaurant is a little gem of a place family run the food is amazing, great friendly staff and a warm welcome

fantastic food well prepared fresh ingredients. brilliant staff in a welcoming atmosphere . you wont get better tapas anywhere !

This was my first visit to the restaurant. I'd been past lots of times but never got round to going. Then my friend who I was out with recommended it so we ate here. It was Thursday night 241 on tapas. I don't really eat meat and there was still plenty of dishes to choose from. I had 3 tapas, cold drink, desert and coffee and it was so cheap! Will definitely return. The cheesecake I had for desert was actually the nicest I've ever tasted! I hope it's still on the menu when I go back!

Went on a Sunday when they do 241 on certain tapas but you can still order off the main menu! I’ve eaten here loads and the food was no different than any other night still delicious. It’s the best restaurant in droylsden and one of the best tapas in Manchester! And I can’t forget the staff friendly, great service and nothing phases them

Brilliant food and friendly staff! Thanks for a great evening! Would really recommend the sweet corn and pepper croquettes, amazing!

Fantastic food. Service excellent.

Brilliant place, food is fantastic and varied, reasonably priced, especially on the special offer nights, staff are amazing and always helpful and smiling. Have been there a few times and will definately be back again.

Me and my partner popped in for 'date night' as a spur of the moment choice and we were not left disappointed.

Just had another fab meal with the family every bowl of food was delicious, staff very attentive and the sweets yummy the special offer only added to the experience a must visit for everyone

Been 3 times now and the food is always good and the staff are very friendly . The deal on Thursday and Sundays is very good toFull marks. xxxxx

Great service staff lovely food really good as always

My husband and I visited for the first time last night and we were not disappointed! The food was absolutely beautiful and with the buy one get one free deal the value was fantastic. Staff are genuinely friendly and so attentive. The restaurant itself has a lovely Spanish feel and the seating areas are very comfy. The house red wine is gorgeous and we especially enjoyed the garlic bread with cheese and the chorizo dish. We will definitely be returning and have already planned many more dates here. Thank you for an amazing night ♡

My fiancee and I love eating here. The owner, Geraldine and her sister, and cook, Aileen, are wonderfully friendly and welcoming, as are their staff. The tapas style food is very moorish and while the menu changes up from time to time there's always new favourites to be had. I love the calamare while my fiancee loves the spicy meatballs, but the creamy chicken is also wonderful as is everything we've tried so far. There's good beer on tap too. It's recently been done up inside, and while I really loved the previous look the new one is nice and comfortable too. I love some of the original Spanish art on the walls and wish I could take it home. It's also a comfortable and inviting place to just pop in for a drink now and again too.

Visited on a Sunday for a birthday meal. Once again, fantastic food, lovely staff. It is a very nice place to go, and to top it off there was a great offer of a 2 for 1 menu. Prices are very reasonable anyway, so that was an added bonus! Come on people take a visit, you won't be disappointed!

This was our first visit but won't be our last. From the moment we walked in we were made to feel at home. The food was excellent, the staff were attentive including the chef and the service was second to none. I would recommend this restaurant to anybody. First class. many thanks

Great food and lovely staff, best local eatery by far

been going here for quite a while, excellent food,great atmosphere, good staff especially Geraldine, very moderate prices

Lovely place!Food is great and the staff are extremely friendly and welcoming! Definitely recommended.

I loved eating here we shared Tapas and every plate was a delight it's great for family and friends, the atmosphere is very friendly the staff are very friendly and nothing is too much trouble. I would definitely recommend eating here or even calling in to the small bar for a drink !

Very good service and the food it's lovely

Great night, lovely food and warm friendly staff even on a busy Christmas Eve. .. thank you xx

Came here for a family birthday celebration meal and wasn't disappointed. Wonderful food and great service. We really enjoyed ourselves and will definitely be back again. Cheers

I had passed this restaurant a number of occasions and never thought of going in but when i did i honestly could not believe the quality of the food. I received a very warm welcome and there was a great variety of drinks. I ordered prawns, goats cheese with black pudding and the lamb special and every dish was to die for. The house white wine was one of the nicest house wines ive tasted. Will certainly be returning.

20 of us booked here at the end of October for my mums 80th. We booked the buffet option because of the party size. Its more of a set menu that is brought to your table rather than a buffet. The food was excellent and plentiful. We were in the new conservatory room which was made bright for the birthday girl. We took banners and balloons in the morning and the room was decorated and ready for us when we arrived. The staff were great and accomodated the fussy eaters too. All together it was a great evening and mum and dad want to go back again. Thanks to all the staff.

Drove past this lovely Spanish restaurant that was not only offering buy one get one free tapas dishes on Thursdays and Sundays, but it had a distinct Spanish aroma that fealt unusual for a restaurant situated outside of the city centre (in which I live). After consolidating TripAdvisor for its reviews, I deemed it appropriate to give it a try... and boy was i not disappointed! The food, wine, waiting staff were lovely! It's difficult to fault this restaurant. If your happy leaving the city centre and enjoying the pleasures of good food at affordable prices, then you can't go far wrong with El Sapo Perezoso!

We visited in August with our neighbours, there are a good range of different dishes to choose from and of the highest quality of food. The pricing is very reasonable and the staff are very friendly and helpful. Very nice meal and evening spent here and I would highly recommend this authentic tapas restaurant to anyone.

When we arrived it wasn't really what we expected and didn't feel much like a 'restaurant'. We were seated straight away and ordered our drinks, after being told they don't serve rioja by the glass I opted for the house red and to my surprise it was really really good! We ordered 9 dishes between two of us, we were told there was no rump steak (as no one had ordered it for the past 6 months) unsure as to why this was still on the menu! I ordered the lamb special and was not impressed when I found several bones in it! The meatballs were gorgeous though. Overall the food was just ok and was actually well priced at £50 for two of us with although I doubt we would return as we've tasted better elsewhere

our favourite, great food nice staff and a great relaxed atmosphere. worth a vist. i lived in Spain for two years and the food here is better than any Spanish taps bar

I have visited this restaurant on many occasions, this is due to the friendly staff and wonderful food.It is great value for money and a pleasant restaurant to enjoy an evening meal.

We've been going to El Sapo now for about a year, my partner and daughter are fussy eaters but I moaned enough to make them try somewhere new. Now we return approx once a month with our daughter. The restaurant is local to us, we know the food is always spot on and Geraldine is lovely. Nothing is too much trouble, she is friendly without being imposing, she treats every diner like a family member and the other staff are discretely attentive. Because our daughter eats quite plain food we tweak things for her and Geraldine is always accommodating! We always manage to have lots of food and drinks for well under £50. For me the price is perfect - probably underpriced but I'm not telling Geraldine that ;). We've tried another tapas in Denton when El Sapo was booked and we were so disappointed we are and left in about 45 mins. We've tried places in Manchester and found them to be overpriced, lacking in atmosphere and service - you feel like you're on a conveyor belt. At El Sapo you are made to feel welcome the second you walk in. The food is always hot and tasty, the deserts are devine and the drinks are flowing. We missed the new year party this year as we had plans but defo want to be involved this year as it's perfect for us!

Beautiful tapas. Me and my partner always go here when we want to eat tapas. The prawns wrapped in bacon and batter are delicious and the lamb chops are cooked perfectly. If you want proper, authentic freshly cooked tapas this is the place to go.

I m surprised about this restaurant. Is the best food.Very nice , beautiful food incredible service.I come back again.The atmosphere is very good.

We have visited here many times . I also totally disagree with H , the food is not basic but very traditional and delicious.Geraldine is always so friendly not pushy . I have never had a dish we don't enjoy . The prices are very reasonable too

Food was perfect and amazing value .... The waitress happened to be the proprietor on the evening and she was naturally warm and welcoming .... very informative and helpful with discussion of dishes of the menu. Live it Back soon very soon

I love this place. The dishes are always amazing. Good sized portions. Great value- inexpensive food and drink - I would pay twice as much and still come here.Friendly staff and great atmosphere.Definitely my favourite place to eat in this country!

El Sapo offers traditional Spanish tapas dishes, the informal atmosphere is lovely but it can get quite busy at weekends so I recommend you book in advance.

We were on our narrow boat and moored about half a mile form El Sapo Perezoso,which we found on our iPad. Thank goodness we did. Four adults and two kids just loved it and couldn't get enough. Just ordered more and more tapas. The staff on that night were all women and they couldn't have been more obliging or friendly. Thank you!

Great service, awesome sangria and delicious food