Fino Tapas in Preston

Had a brilliant post graduation lunch here today. The food was fantastic, service really good, what a great part of Preston's independent food scene

Lovely restaurant, great atmosphere, excellent food with a great choice, friendly staff, reasonable prices. We will definitely visit again and recommend to friends and family

Went here with as a group of 4. We were lucky to sit upstairs which has a glass roof so lively and bright. We shared tapas - chose 3 each which was more than enough. All delicious! The service was exceptional- the waiter was really friendly and great service. Sorry I didn’t see his name ! Really good night!

Fantastic food, service, and ambience. We were in no way rushed and allowed to linger over desert and coffee. Really, really good.

We always used to go here in a previous tapas incarnation where the food was excellent and exciting. As it is now Fino Tapas, we thought that we’d give it a go. The waitress was very pleasant, helped with our choices and was attentive. Unfortunately, the food didn’t live up to our expectations. One of my dishes had the heat but lacked the flavour. A lot of the food was quite bland although not all of it. It is quite expensive but, for the quality of the food we ate, was overpriced. Such a shame and I’m not thinking of returning.

SO nice. Loved it here. Quaint, and the lighting and music is just right, creating a lovely ambience. Really nice decor. The food was devine, and some really good vegan and veggie options. Service was excellent, fast and friendly.

I normally expect Tapas to be quite heavy. In this case I was pleasantly surprised. The choice of tapas was extensive and imaginative. I was delighted with all the dishes I sampled. They arrived promptly and the hot dishes were hot. Good service. A good all-round experience. Highly recommended

Top quality food. Really enjoyed our tapas. Nice setting above the Plau pub. All of the dishes are freshly prepared and super tasty. There is plenty of choice on the menu for all. Great service - although the waitress was a little too keen to clear away plates when we were still eating from.them!

Good food with reasonable selection, nice decor on upper floor of Plau pub, a little pricy but worth a visit.

Booked a table. Crammed in between two works parties. Asked if we could move.told rudely no . Food average but staff poor

I've visited Fino Tapas restaurant a number of times in various locations, but this was my first visit to Friargate. What a lovely location, I was expecting to enjoy the food, as it's always been good quality, but the restaurant itself is beautiful and has a fantastic atmosphere. There was some delay on the food being served due to a large party being in the restaurant, but the waiting staff kept us updated, which was fine and didn't create a problem. This is definitely going to become a favourite restaurant in Preston.

Lovely food and drinks, we really enjoyed the croquettes and the calamari. it got quite cramped when a large Christmas party arrived and it did take a while for us to get dessert menus and the bill when we asked for those.

I rarely leave unsatisfactory reviews, particularly for independents, but sadly, this was an underwhelming and disappointing experience. The food was enjoyable (particularly the cheese board, goat cheese salad and croquettes), but we all felt a tad overpriced for the portion sizes/tapas (which I am sure are a lot smaller than those at the previous restaurant location). Service was poor, unfortunately. We did not receive any response to email enquiries (the email address on the reservation confirmation emails is incorrectly listed as Plau, so the emails didn't reach Finos upstairs), very slow service considering that it was nearly empty, and we had delays with the food coming out, forgotten dishes (we had all finished when three tapas came out which had clearly been missed), and clearing the table. One of our party asked if an item was gluten-free and received a rather lacklustre 'don't know' before 'I can ask the chef' as an afterthought. The atmospheric fairy lights and coffee machine were switched off early and before we’d finished our tapas, and we could not order coffee at the end (this was around 8.30pm/8.45pm), which was disappointing. We also didn’t feel we had time to order a dessert for the birthday girl as the serving team evidently wanted to go home. The overall feeling was that the place was closing, and we needed to leave as soon as possible; we had left by 9 pm. Party of nine (three of whom had travelled up from London) who spent a not insignificant amount at the start of the festive season (and would have spent more if the coffee machine had been switched on!). Sadly, I wouldn’t recommend it. I hope it was a one-off, as it is a beautiful venue and a lovely concept. I did feedback privately to the restaurant to give them an opportunity to respond but as yet, have not received a response.

Enjoyed a fabulous lunch with family. Food was delicious, friendly staff, lovely atmosphere & charming decor. A real treat.

I’m very rarely leave 1 star reviews but this place deserves it! I have never been to Fino Tapas and was looking forward to trying it now it’s relocated to Plau. As we arrived there was no one to seat us not even an acknowledgment. We eventually caught a member of staff’s attention who told us our table was booked in the bar area. This member of staff was just extremely rude and had a real attitude problem throughout. His condescending attitude was at times embarrassing and it was my Sisters birthday and had been her choice so I really felt bad for her. The food arrived and it was ok. Some dishes luke warm but on the whole edible. Trying to get drinks was pretty impossible so it seemed easier to nip to the bar downstairs. What a mistake that was, the bar tender was even more rude than the staff member upstairs! The restaurant was understaffed that evening. 2 waiting on staff and 2 large parties seated and eating at once as well as a scattering of smaller groups. The icing on the cake was the 8% service charge! What a complete joke! What service? No wonder they add it as there is no way you’d willingly pay for that level of awful service. Preston is full of lovely eateries but this isn’t one of them. Definitely will not be returning,

Fino has moved back to a smaller venue and this has had such a positive impact on the quality of food and atmosphere. We had a drink in Plau, downstairs from Fino’s first. The barman was happy to make any cocktail I wanted and there was a fantastic choice of beer. On entering the restaurant, we were given a choice of seating. We chose to sit in the smaller downstairs part which was more cozy. The food choice was great and varied. Each dish was really tasty and well presented. They were also a really good portion size. The service was excellent throughout the meal. It was excellent value for money too!

Dreadful customer service, we booked this 4 weeks ago asking if they were still doing 3 x tapas for £12.33, the man on the phone said yes up until 4pm so we booked a table. Today we arrived at 2pm (booked), to be told that we no longer do the lunch deal, it’s a la carte, despite them saying they still did the offer, as I explained to a young boy who was very rude and really wasn’t interested he said we no longer do the deal on a Saturday. Manager came and still wouldn’t Agree they had changed the menu. We went downstairs to have a drink, but ended up listening to bar staff slagging us off to two female customers, saying bye Karen! They then had the audacity to say have a good day. Absolutely disgusted with the staff, tbh they clearly had no customer service skills and basically couldn’t be bothered, not interested and certainly wasn’t willing to resolve the issue.

Definitely a place to avoid. The staff are rude and it’s extremely overpriced for what it is. We’d heard it’d gone down hill since all the management changes recently but decided to give it a go anyway. Unfortunately we will not return or recommend.

The three tapas for 12.00 something seemed like a good deal, and we enjoyed the dishes that we had especially the mushroom croquettes and the Padron peppers. The red pepper and feta dip was a bit generic and pita bread isn't really Spanish so didn't fit in with the tapas vibe- would have preferred some sourdough or Spanish bread with the dip and a lot of tapas places offer complimentary bread and oil so if I was paying evening prices I wouldn't have been as impressed. Lunchtime churros were shared as a dessert and were not overly sweet. Overall, we really enjoyed our meal and would return for lunch if back in Preston.

Don't waste your time!!! We booked for a family birthday meal and it was by far the worst experience I've ever had at a restaurant. You'd get better service at a fast food chain. It was shocking. We arrived despite booking a table to have to be seated in a "waiting area" for 45 minutes, we had to request someone to serve us several times, our drinks never made it so when we finally got seated at the table they all arrived. Having to wait for so long already we were ready to order. We ordered our meals promptly, however we never actually received them! Every other table that came in after us was served before us, so by this point an hour has gone past and we've highlighted to the team we haven't had our meals. They then brought out one plate of meatballs which were cold. I then decided to complain and explain that it's shocking how long we've waited and not received our meal, to then find they needed us to re-order them. By this point it's been over 2 hours so we did not order any food and refused to pay for our drinks. The manager came over and offered us a £15 voucher which was a pathetic attempt if I'm honest. There was 6 of us, therefore that would not cover a meal for 6. It was a special occasion ruined. The staff where as helpful as a chocolate teapot!! Id never return to this place even if I was paid to. There are better places in town for sure so I'd never recommend anyone go to this place until they learn basic service.

It pains me to say this really as my wife and I have been Fino about 15 times over the past couple of years. It was our favourite spot for a nice meal then continue on to Niko. Vibe was always good and so was the service. At the new location it feels like the atmosphere falls flat. The multi floor setup doesn’t work. We were in a semi large group and it sometimes felt we were intruding someone’s living room and disturbing the other diners. No one said anything but you were conscious of it. The ground floor cocktail bar didn’t have stock of anything and it feels more like a pub than a cocktail bar. It threw the vibe a little bit from the start. Service was sometimes a little lacking to the table so we had to do 3 flights of stairs to grab a beer. This only happened a couple of times and no shade to the staff as they were obviously busy. Just needs addressing at a management level. The food was really good, as per the Fino standard. The staff were good. I just don’t think it works where it is now and it’s lost its charm.

My wife and I popped in for lunch, excellent service, excellent Tapas, food freshly made and tasty will visit again.

We hadn’t booked to eat here but they made room for a party of 8 of us by juggling seating Drinks were limited in choice but had an ample wine list. Drinks took a while to arrive but overall during our visit it was acceptable. Now the ordering of our food was ok and so long as you could remember what you’d ordered you eventually got it. As you can imagine mixed dishes for 8 was a bit hit and miss but when the dishes arrived they were fair sized portions and hot. No complaints at all. Staff cleared tables at intervals making room and head floor manager sorted us out fantastically.

Wow! Service was so rude the gentleman clearly did not want to be there. AVOID! Walked out as would rather spend money elsewhere

Beware, this place tried to charge us 20% VAT on top of our food and drinks, as well as a service charge of 8%. We didn’t mind paying the service charge but not the VAT charge. The service by Steven was terrible as he argued that we had to pay the £65 (for 2 people). In the end we paid the 47.99 which normally would be the correct amount. Food was great but would never return. No wonder it was empty with service like that.

Service was rude and appalling from a few of the service staff, certain dishes were forgotten. Tasteless and Bland. Will definitely not be back. Mussels were not fresh. No point going on.

I came here with a large group, we had a set menu , tapas. I was a bit disappointed at first when the staff were getting all the drinks orders wrong , and ours didn’t even arrive , we had to ask a few times if we could have our sangria, when it came it was not very nice. The food finally came, some of it was ok, I was eating a piece of charcuterie meat and I was chewing it for 7 minutes before I had to spit in into a napkin , poor quality. Next I was eating Patatas bravas and almost broke my tooth, a stone was in it ! I was offered a replacement dish but I had gone off the off the food by then ! Cheap quality and cheap labour,

Friday night out with family what did we get ? Well, just briiliant food! Brilliant staff! Great menu of drinks with a fabulously friendly relaxing atmosphere! With brilliant decor and surroundings!

We love Tapas, as we travel throughout Spain fairly regularly it is a real surprise to come across a restaurant in the UK which is more than a match for Spanish tapas restaurants. I particularly enjoyed the meatballs and the Huevo Roto while my wife,...

The restaurant is very friendly with wonderful and varied foods for all tastes. They also have children’s menu and on some school holidays the kids eat for free. The beers and wines are varied and I would recommend the white Rioja which is ideal with...

Was recommended to us recently - we were looking for a place to celebrate 10 years in business, booked a table for 16 of us. Absolutely fantastic service throughout, food was excellent - very diverse menu of tapas, servers were brilliant advising us on choice,...

Really nice place and staff. Food was very good and took me back to Spain 🇪🇸. I will defo be returning for my tapas fix.

Went with friends Great food and service at competitive prices. Nothing was too much trouble I would highly recommend a visit. We will be returning.

Very very disappointing . Our first 4 choices were unavailable because they didn’t have the Gluten Free ingredients . Seeing as this was my sons 21st Meal out & he is Gluten Free; it put a serious damper on things. Majority of meals received were...

Great restaurant with lovely Spanish decor and friendly staff! My friend and I dined on a lunch time with a combination of dishes from the main menu and lunch menu Service was attentive and food was delicious, particularly the Pork Belly! Will definitely be returning...

Amazing food & service, couldn’t fault at all. Definitely the best tapas we’ve ever had! Absolute 10/10 for everything. Will be coming back on the regular!

We went into the restaurant just after 2pm predominantly due to most places had stopped serving. The service was very quick and the food was great. The staff member serving us was pleasant and even enjoyed a joke. It would easily have been a five...

Went to fino’s today was certainly Trollop, Service was disgustingly poor, tapas came out back to front, sourdough might as well if been upside down. 20minutes for my food to come out as I watched it on the pass with only three sittings in the...

Pleasant designed restaurant at not busy lunch time. Food items were missed off the order eg cornichons and breadsticks. There may have been more. One meal order eventually arrived after everyone had finished eating and after reminders. Odd, because the order was for a platter...

Just a note to say thank you for the amazing service we received tonight from our server Steven. He was excellent and very knowledgeable. It is very hard to find a server of his standing, he definitely went out of his way to make sure...

Was looking forward to going here for my dads 70th birthday, however we were all left considerably disappointed. They had many items missing off the menu and also no drinks on draught and offered warm beer only for the same price. Service was slow, glasses...

Was so excited to be going here as recommended by the Lancashire Cook Book Second Helpings but sadly experience did not match the write up. Short wait at reception desk then shown to seat covered in loads of marks. Then told no draught beer, no...

Service in the whole restaurant on the night visited was a shambles, there was a party on downstairs and upstairs people waited 2+ hours for any food. All the customers in the main restaurant where chatting to each other about it. It was clear that...

Unfortunately the food in this place is dire . We had Patatas bravos which came as expected doused in red sauce . Mussels which the very cheap tiny ones over boiled . Bread which was ok and fillet steak which was unseasoned and overcooked. On...

The food was good however the service was diabolical. Firstly, as we arrived we were told there were no prawns, chicken liver parfait, mushroom croquets or beer on tap, which was really disappointing for 6pm on a Saturday evening. One of our party ordered the...

Visited here for the £12.33 lunch menu. Service was poor, guy literally didn't know what day it was. Food arrived in good time, but was disappointing overall. Meatballs were like bullets. Coating on the whitebait just wasn't right (get it and you'll know what I...

Really enjoyed our night here, food was lovely portion sizes are small tapas plates, so the bill can start getting expensive if you like larger tapas plates. Food was flavorsome and colorful. Quick service and very busy place, which we loved. Only downsize was the...

Top website, great marketing. Unfortunately I took some friends here hoping for a great tapas experience Small tapas plates for high price and absolutely ludicrous as far as the service is concerned. Very slow service, plates missed and food out of stock still on the...

Ordered a large take away for a works function. Amazing food with Lots of variety. Would highly recommend

Ordered a business conference tapas for 15 people, the food was the best part! Variety, taste, quality, presentation and service was exceptional. Can’t wait to visit again

The food was delicious and the portions sizes were great! Service was lovely and they couldn't do enough for us and the atmosphere inside was fabulous. Highly recommend

I've been here multiple times for different occasions and loved it every time. The food is incredible, the drinks are lovely and the staff are all friendly. The general atmosphere is also lovely.

The food was really nice and the staff was good!! The restaurant was very tidy and the food was very filling

Booked a table at 8pm on Saturday 21st January, looking forward to our meal and first visit as we travel down south from Scotland on many occasions throughout the year. We arrived just after 7.50pm where our table wasn't ready so we were asked to...

Extremely quick service, amazing tasting food and impeccable customer service. Would visit again ! Served by Jake 👍

Impromptu get together, v busy so only managed 6pm slot, fantastic service, great atmos, beautiful food and plenty of it too. Manager Jake as fantastic. Get booking!

Went for lunch today, was absolutely lovely! Food is very flavoursome and fairly priced. Staff kept checking up on us, it really appeared like they cared about our visit. Will definitely come again, thank you!

Great lunch and value for money! Our experience was made better by Jake who provided brilliant service as always ☺️

The service was quick and good. We were greeted and taken to our seats straight away. The staff were friendly and produced great service. The food came out quickly and was to a very good standard. I'd recommend getting the large of anything unless eating...

lost our order,which took an hour to realise, but made it up with free drinks. food was excellent. birthday boy even got a free cake. would definitely go again

We went for lunch on new years eve and we were quickly seated and soon with our drinks. Food came super quick and was delicious! We were served by Jake and he seemed genuinely interested in making sure everything was okay for us! Thankyou! We...

Me and my partner always come here for the amazing food, served by Jake and J. Very friendly sst us even though we had no booking. One of the best tapas places in preston

We had the most wonderful service and excellent food, thank you to Jake. We will definitely back again soon. Thanks again ;)

Just been here for lunch, they didn't offer us the lunch menu and when we eventually got it, they took an age to take our order. 5 of the 6 dishes came reasonably quickly but when we had finished them, we asked for the 6th,...

Food was good but the service was very poor, when we we had the chance to get the attention of a waiter/waitress, they seemed annoyed that we wanted to order anything. This has been the third time we’ve had the same experience, hence the reason...

When we got there the service was terrible as several of the staff hadn't turned round. The manager Jamie was a trooper, dealt with the problem, and offered us a free bottle of wine by way of apology. He was brilliant!

First and last time to this Restaurant, only good thing was the staff, friendly and efficient. The tapas dishes that came out of the kitchen were absolutely awful. Four dishes ordered, Chicken tasteless, ham & cheese croquette absolute mush, No wonder this place getting bad...

Wouldn’t waste my time or money. Terrible service and food sub par most dishes came out cold satccdidnt know what they were doing. There’s better venues nearby

Poor service and after reading some of the reviews, it appears we were there on the same night of other reviewers. The food was nice enough...when it eventually arrived - yes, I know it is tapas but the length of time between dishes coming out...

Me and my family (8 guests) came to Finos in November for a family get together. We arrived on time, however we had to wait nearly 30 mins for anyone to take our drinks order. The food - the order was taken at around 8:35...

I arrived on the 10th December at 19:45 with my partner and got sat down after about 5 minutes. We waited only about 10 minutes to order drinks which isn’t bad at all. However, when the server came over, he started laughing at us both...

Extremely cold inside , very chaotic staff , we had to keep asking to be served with food and drinks continually. Charged double for 2 items. People in front of us when paying also had an issue with their bill. This had happened before when...

Very disappointing, absolute chaos and staff couldn't care less. Obviously short staffed but waited an hour on arrival before drinks orders were taken. Food took ages and lots of items were missing. Had to constantly chase the staff for missing food items and drink orders...

Very disappointed with Fino. We arrived on time and was told our table wasn’t ready, we waited for 40minutes in the waiting area and asked for some drinks and nibbles as we had a pregnant lady with us who was starving. The drinks came after...

My Wife and I had a superb Lunch at Finos Preston today. We choose the 3 tapas deal plus a fillet steak tapas. All superb!!!

We were a group of 4 that arrived for a birthday meal at ten to eight on a Sunday evening. Very quickly we were the only table in the place The staff were more interested in tidying up around us than making our experience pleasant....

Went for dinner with friends. The food was fine. The drinks were fine. The service was nearly fine. Nothing awful but nothing good. This is our 6th time here and it is the last.

Cannot fault this place, been three times now when I visit Preston for work, they have always been accommodating, really friendly and attentive. All of the servers really lovely and helpful and the food is fantastic. If you like tapas then this needs to be...

We hit a spot of luck finding this restaurant. The staff were supper friendly and the food was lovely. We are in Blackpool for 2 nights and will most likely head back here again tonight because we liked it so much.

Had the pleasure of visiting last night with my family.The food was just delicious we had 15 dishes between us all spot on in presentation and taste. with a vegetarian amongst us easily catered for. Alex and her team know how to look after their...

Good food and atmosphere. Stand out dishes were the goats cheese potatoes, belly pork and pork cheeks. Would enjoy these again. Service was good to start, but slowed a little once the place filled up. The cauliflower fritters were greasy and I needed up leaving...

I ate here on a Saturday lunchtime. I highly recommend this restaurant. A thoroughly enjoyable experience. Very good service (see below). Good selection of tapas. I had 4 and they were all excellent. Only three wines of each colour by the glass, and fairly standard,...

Service is incredibly slow both for drinks and food. Having been seated by the bar the area itself and the staff seem ill equipped for the volume of orders. Some of this in part to the large number of time consuming cocktails. Numerous drinks were...

We ate here on a Sunday evening. Being people with average appetites we ordered three dishes each from the tapas menu. The food arrived promptly and was of excellent quality; as regards the size of portions, these were actually quite a bit larger than we...

I had an excellent meal here with friends on Saturday evening. It was a good tapas menu and as there were 6 of us we tried a good range of dishes which were all very tasty. The service was really good with friendly and attentive...

Lovely meal lovely staff the waiter recommended pigs cheeks and they were amazing .would also recommend the goats cheese walnut and beetroot salad

we have been to the lytham one and had a lovely time, thought to try the preston one as it is closer. Wednesday night we went at 6.45pm. Lass with a plait in her hair was lovely and really attentive when we had food missing....

We where in Preston on a rare night out and feeling a little peckish decided to try and find somewhere to eat. Had a quick check on local restaurants and realising we hadn’t booked anywhere decided to give Fino Tapas a try as it was...

We had an enjoyable evening here on a rare 'date night', with the food top quality and the value for money particularly notable. It was a Saturday evening and very busy but the timing of the delivery of the dishes was excellent, although other aspects...

My wife and I had tapas lunch today at fino,it was lovely we shared 4 tapas between us, two lovely glasses of red wine 🍷 it was delicious, the staff were very friendly and welcoming and the restaurant is very tastefully done. We will be...

Really nice food. Good menu to choose from. Pigs cheek was easily the best option. Garlic chicken in a creamy sauce could do with improving. Overall very nice.

From the moment we walked we just knew we were in for a great evening . Fabulous atmosphere ,service ,food and drink . Alex and the team are brilliant . Thank you 😊

Spectacular food and service as usual, can’t fault any of the dishes I’ve tried. Couldn’t recommend this place highly enough.

Had dinner here with a friend on thursday. Our server was sophia, she was so helpful and knew the menu very well, I’ll definitely be coming in again, brill night 😊 recommend to anyone wanting to try the Spanish cuisine

Friday night out with friends. Great atmosphere, fantastic food and our waitress Holly was absolutely amazing! So friendly and helpful.couldn’t ask for more. Will definitely be back!

Really enjoyed our meal the staff were lovely and pleasant we will 100% be coming back for the amazing tapas. We may even bring our Spanish father in law to test 😂

Firstly, this place is really nice, nice ambience, clean and I love the artwork on the walls. Staff were really nice. The food was good, my favourites were the patatas bravas, chorizo in red wine sauce and the pig cheeks. I didn’t much like the...

Last night my wife and I with 2 of are daughters went out for a meal to fino tapas the front of house staff were excellent and very patient with us. Nothing was to much trouble The chefs in the kitchen were amazing all of...

Booked for 16.30 but was running late, telephoned and re booked for 17.15 , the lady on the phone was great. It was a Friday and very quiet on arrival but soon got busier. Offered water for the table which is free, nice touch. Ordered...

Was on a walk around preston, and we never seem to come by guild hall street. Looked on trip advisor for somewhere to eat on Saturday night and they managed to fit the two of us in even though they were really busy. Everything was...