Tapa in Edinburgh, City of

Lively and charming restaurant. Food was delicious, portions spot on, and very accommodating to vegetarian, vegan and gluten free.

My partner and I celebrated our anniversary here, it was an absolutely wonderful experience! The staff were super friendly and provided great service all night. The food was delicious, I’d recommend everything. We went on a Wednesday so it wasn’t too busy, but it still felt like there was a good atmosphere. Can’t recommend this place enough!

I love this restaurant. The food and service are always great. Their Christmas menu this year is amazing value for money.

It's a really good place. Nice food, nice ppl!! It was really a lovely date for us!!

Tapa is our favourite/go to place for a nice meal out in Edinburgh. Food and service have always been excellent and the live flamenco guitar that is often on offer really adds to the atmosphere.

A classic in Edinburgh for a reason, the tapas were amazing, lots of the usual tapas options and some I hadn’t had before, all were delicious, as was the sangria. The baked cheesecake dessert was one of the stars of the meal! Highly recommend!

I’ve been a customer for years and always loved the food, service & atmosphere. However on my recent visit the food, service and atmosphere was very poor to the point that it ruined my Birthday meal. I deliberately booked for a very early lunch as I was taking my young child (who has been before & we felt welcomed on the previous visit) This time around I was so uncomfortable I wanted to leave asap. I have never felt so uncomfortable in my life before. We were placed in a corner which made it difficult to get the push chair back out when leaving, I was asked about allergies & told the waiter that I had some allergies, however my food arrived with the allergies in it, I ate a small bit and then quickly realised. I spoke to a waitress who wasn’t helpful & unwilling to rectify it. No help was given by the waiter when trying to open the door to enter or leave the restaurant. It was clear as soon as we arrived that my young child wasn’t welcome. This attitude was from the waiting staff (except for one waitress who was very friendly , kind & compassionate) & The customers who were rude & aggressive towards my child to the point where I had to remind one man that it was 1pm, children do exist & they are entitled to go to restaurants, my child is very well behaved, loves restaurants, they are very curious & all they were doing was looking at the man and trying to smile and communicate with him. No harm was done. I understand the staff aren’t responsible for customers behaviour however they are responsible for their own. Unfortunately I won’t be back. Food was also a let down. It’s usually very good but this time it was very poor. Not paying attention to someone’s allergies can be fatal.

First time. Excellent. Lunch menu great value, but A La Carte there as well. House wines well above the norm. Very much recommended. Will be back. Padron peppers a winner.

Absolutely amazing food. We stayed in Leith at the Malmaison so had just a short walk from the hotel. The food was incredible, especially the aubergine crisps! And they do nuggets and chips for fussy eating children so an absolute winner for a family meal! Would definitely go back when in Leith.

A hidden gem well worth the trek out of the tourist heavy Old Town area. The food was incredibly delicious, with a fantastic value £15 lunch option so you can try a variety of dishes. The squid ink and prawn croquettes and the carrilladas were perfectly cooked, and the flavours really highlighted the ingredients. Definitely make the trip to visit them when possible!

The food here was amazing. Will definitely be back. Super friendly staff and reasonable prices too.

Best Tapas in Edinburgh. Had a fantastic meal last night

Consistently great food, drinks and service. Loved the takeaway paella during lockdown.

The tastiest lunch and very good service. Good value

Great tapas in this restaurant the croquettes are always delicious & the presa is a must with great service & nice wine always been the best in Edinburgh ❤️

On our friend's trip we chose this place for dinner. Excellent 👌 I recommend everything divine.

The Solomillo and Gambas are amazing

Super restaurant, squeezed us in on a busy Saturday night at short notice, were very accommodating of a broken foot, the staff were friendly and helpful and the food was gorgeous. Will be back.

The food was amazing. They're also dog friendly which was a bonus at such a nice restaurant

Blown away by the deliciousness of the food and the very friendly service on top of that. The lunch menu (which we were unaware of when we booked) was an incredible bargain. This was our first time in Tapa but we already booked another visit. Yes, the food was that incredible!

Three of us and our Spanish water dog visited for a Saturday late afternoon early dinner. Started with some home baked bread and olives. Bread was delightfully crusty on the outside and soft and luxurious on the inside. Three of us chose the lunch menu which was still available to 5pm picking 2 tapas each. There are a few meat dishes with a supplement but otherwise £15 per head with sharing patatas bravas and peppers. Portion size was more than ample in fact possibly just a tad too much. Baked goats cheese and gambas and breaded monkfish notably fabulous. Everything was crisp fresh and perfectly cooked. The flavours spot on. Coffee and churos to finish off. Staff were all lovely and very efficient. Couldn’t fault a thing. On the walls are old movie posters from international films - in Spanish of course. The decor worked fantastically well. I’m already looking forward to coming back.

Super Spanish tapas plus sangria options were different

Best Tapas in Edinburgh Been 7 times now & it’s been excellent everytime. My baby is 10 months old and was also welcome in the restaurant. Staff were very accommodating & helpful. Polite, friendly staff & great atmosphere. Good delicious. Would highly recommend

My favourite restaurant in Leith and one I travel to regularly from the other side of the city. The who ambience reminds me of the Camino. You can choose wines to match as well. I'm a Mencia kinda guy so I quite like pretending we are in villafranca del Bierzo, with a bowl of pimientos de padrons. Last time however I was all over the morcilla de burgos and Jackie loved the wee hot dog sausage, along with the beetroot and feta salad. Lots of rocket and rioja. I've been through the menu a few times and I'll go through it a few more times yet as I've got a throat cancer getting treated and I might not be able to drink wine in a month or so. Call me old fashioned but that means I'll be taking the water of Leith walk from the Western and botanics down to Leith a few times in the coming week. Thursday especially as it's 50% off the food at 5pm.

Consistently excellent. Authentic and delicious tapas, great service from kind and lovely staff, in a relaxed & chilled atmosphere. Also excellent lunch deals. Been many times over the years, including for lunch today. Best tapas in Edinburgh and a real asset to Leith.

Incredible, couldn’t fault it. The food was some of the best I’ve had, lovely staff too. Would 100% recommend. Easy to get to from the city centre on the tram too and definitely worth the trip out.

We had a wonderful meal here! Very kind staff and the food is delicious. We took advantage of the lunch time deal (if you order before around 4:45/5pm on Tuesday- Friday (it may also be Saturday but I can’t 100% remember) you get 2 tapas dishes each plus patatas bravas and some yummy peppers to share with the table for £15pp) and had some amazing dishes. The sangria is delicious and make sure you save room for the churros for dessert!!! Highly recommend.

I hate tapas.Maybe my pallette is too Irish

I could not fault anything about this place and I am pretty hard to please sometimes. Everything we ordered was delicious and cooked perfectly. The goats cheese in particular was sublime. The staff are attentive but not fussy. The venue itself is perfect for a Spanish tapas restaurant, nice dark interior and they've decorated it very tastefully. Best meal I've had in a long time and I really can't wait to go back! Note... parking is a nightmare in the area but it turns out they have a private car park.

It's an ok place. Nothing special but good overall place.

The best tapas selection in Edinburgh! Feels like Spain!

The food was mediocre both in terms of quality and service. The kitchen is obviously too slow, forcing guests to wait 30 min for bread and almost 1h for the main course. The sangria is basically just juice, the food is bland and the solomillo was served almost cold. Do not recommend.

Delicious food, lunch deal is very reasonable. Excellent service

We were there in the afternoon around 4:30 p.m. and were therefore able to take advantage of a special “lunch deal”. We really liked that! The staff were very friendly and were able to provide very precise information about the ingredients of the individual tapas. My intolerance was well catered for and the prawns, for example, were fried without the usual garlic. We really enjoyed the tapas and the portions were very reasonable. We can only recommend a visit to “Tapa”!

We went on a Thursday which is the 50% off food day. We were really excited to try the food but it was sadly pretty disappointing. Most of the food was pretty average and there were a few dishes we ordered which we were told afterwards they didn’t have it anymore so we had to order something else. Same with our cocktail orders, had to re-order something else. The churro’s for dessert were particularly bad, we had to send them back. But they still charged us for them. The restaurant was super noisy, that I could barely hear what my partner was saying. All in all, glad we only paid 50% of the price!

A super night watching Spain win the Euro cup. Good atmosphere. The food was excellent. Great flavours and well presented. Staff were brilliant!

Lovely restaurant with great atmosphere, great food and great gluten free options.

The food was amazing and quiet authentic. I Would give to the place better athmosphere with Spanish staff, because noone was. By the way, Bullfight is something awful and old.

Lovely Spanish tapas restaurant on the Shore. Prompt and friendly service, good choice of tapas, great cocktails.

Charlie Johnston the owner is a bully which was confirmed by his staff don't eat here there are other tapas nearby with far better service

Pleasant service and tasty Tapas

Good bits: Bread rolls & dips , pardon peppers,prawns and caramelised goats cheese excellent. Bad bits: Iberian pork nowhere near as good as Jack ‘O’ Bryan’s or The Spanish Butcher and is my favourite meat so did spoil it a little bit. Another plus side is the staff are excellent here so overall just a shame about the pork.

Avoid this place like the plaque the owner bully boy Charlie Johnston the most arrogant aggressive person I've met . We went for tapas as have done before with a registered assistance dog we ordered food not a proplem all going well we also ordered food for the dog as everybody knows they have to eat !!!! To be told it's unsanitary for a dog to eat in the restaurant even when they sat us in a corner away from everyone which seemed very discrimatory when asked the reason and to speake to Charlie he came over spoiling for an argument. When asked politely that a child could eat and throw food around the restaurant that was acceptable it seems it is ????? Strange as I have said the dog is trained and very well behaved and is welcome in every restaurant in edinburgh we've eaten in edinburgh including the ivy highly recommend there and Mitchell stared restaurants . I think this owner needs to check his approach even his staff were horrified by his actions and agreed he was a bully not a nice man avoid edinburgh city council will be made aware of the incident and his discrimatory attitude

We had the best tapas meal we have ever had. The food was exceptional and I wish we could have it all again. We had Pan with the most beautiful pesto, olive oil and beetroot dips. Choose 2 meat, 2 vegetarian & patatas mixta with churros & a cheesecake for dessert. A stunning bottle of red wine and 2 pedro ximinez sherrys. Less than £100 (50% off food on Thursday). Could not fault a thing!

Tapa used to be one of my favourite places to eat. The service has progressively become horrendous but the biggest issue is the menu that has been cut to 1/3. I can't really talk about quality or selection or delicious food. Everything seemed sad yesterday and I think this is the last time I am visiting.

Always enjoy our experience here. Will be back

Great food! We came in for a dinner with my extended family who were here for a funeral. We ordered lots of food and ended up the last people there! My family aren't the most polite to waiting staff, I can only apologise 🙄 But the staff patiently remained helpful and served us all a great meal! Thank you!

Love this place, been several times and seems to get better every time. Thursdays are 50% off which is the cherry on the top! Staff are great and it's even dog friendly

Great food and drinks and lovely service!

Great little tapas restaurant serving some interestingly authentic options at a reasonable price. Less busy than competitors higher up Leith Walk which makes for a nice relaxed ambience. Really enjoyed the pork based choices which are their speciality. Had some really nice cocktails to accompany the tapas. Nice desserts too, very good cheesecake and the Churros con Chocolate was delicious. Service was friendly and relaxed. They also have a car park but if you're using public transport just get a bus or tram to the Shore.

Absolutely amazing food, and at a price you cannot argue with.

Good food. Good cocktails. Lovely staff. Will be back.

My all round favourite restaurant in Edinburgh

Delicious food and great service! Reasonable price and good variety of items on the menu!! Would definitely recommend

Great experience at Tapa, we really enjoyed the time there and the food was so good. We highly recomand the place!

Disappointed after eagerly anticipating this dining experience based on glowing reviews. Unfortunately, the food fell short with poorly executed cooking. Hoping it was just an off day for the chef.

We are a group of friends (10) having a reunion and booked a table at Tapa. The service was first class and all staff polite and friendly. The food was incredible and everyone thoroughly enjoyed their choices. As we were a big group we had the set menu but 2 individual choices.There was plenty of sharing options too. Thank you very much for making our night even better.

Quite possibly the best tapas I've ever had. The Iberico ham was amazing, both cured and cooked. You really would think you were eating fillet steak. Everything from the bread to the black pudding and prawns were gorgeous. A minor criticism would be the size of the scallop for the price. It's not a cheap place, definitely a treat. But the quality is so high that it makes up for it. Will definitely be back!

A great night with family. The place was buzzing, the food was excellent (especially with the 50% discount on a Thursday night) but most of all the staff were fabulous; genuine and kind and always keen to help. Very very recommended!

Best tapas ever. Wonderful vibe and staff were so friendly and welcoming. Will definitely be back.

Food was delicious, fresh and full of flavour. Service was good too.

Great food, friendly staff,good service will definitely go back

What a wonderful friendly place, with delicious tapas and drinks. The service was excellent too. Thanks for fitting us in last minute, we will definitely be back.

Really good food and good price!

Excellent food, staff and ambience. A very enjoyable evening.

Absolutely fantastic! Very polite staff, very well priced and amazing quality food with generous portion sizes of tapas. Will 100% be back!

This restaurant was recommended by a friend as having the best spanish food in Edinburgh - I would agree . A warm welcome from the staff and some good advice about what to choose from the menu . Prices were good , able to mix some specials with other dishes . Spanish wine and beer , all at a reasonable price . The restaurant is a small business , not part of a chain - excellent quality food , freshly cooked

The food was truly good, and it has a nice variety of choice of tapas with some interesting combinations. The staff were lovely, friendly and accommodating. It's a lovely place, with plenty of space for large gatherings. The owner is genuinely a nice person and cares. I would highly recommend it!

Just a lovely restaurant and great food and drink 😍😍

Delicious food served by wonderful staff in a lovely room. Great drinks selection too. Looking forward to returning.

Really good. Would recommend. Not that cheap but worth it

Absolutely gorgeous! Lovely food and wonderful drinks! Had the best wine recommendation from our waiter. Really made our valentines date night special

Was there for lunch. service and food excellent. I would recommend the monkfish delicious balance of flavours. Good service nice expresso. lunch is a really good deal

The £15 lunch deal is great value. Food excellent and portion sizes good. A wide selection of tapas available on their fixed price lunch menu - six each of meat/fish/veggie plus croquette of the day. We will definitely be back.

A lovely afternoon. First visit and will be back when I go to Leith again. A warm welcome, friendly staff and comfortable surroundings. Great drinks selection and excellent service. The tapas are a great mix of classics and their own special twists. Lunchtime deal is incredible value too. Highly recommended.

Great: food, staff, atmosphere. 10/10

Exceptional service, real Spanish flavours definitely a hidden gem in Edinburgh 100% recommended very worth it

Great food and service. We were a larger party and were given a set menu when booking and it was very well thought out, all the dishes complimenting each other. Only quibble was that the chicken tapa was a bit bland. Maybe it just didn’t compare so well with the other very tasty dishes.

My partner and I decided to visit for the Thursday club deal, and we were blown away by the quality, taste and presentation of the food. The staff were extremely friendly, and when we had a slight issue with one item it was dealt with quickly and efficiently. Couldn’t recommend this place more! We will definitely be back soon.

Can't fault the food quality or service, as everything was tasty and delivered to us by friendly and attentive staff. But we were really disappointed by the size of the dishes relative to their price...£5 for 2 olives each. £9.50 for a fish skewer which was one small skewer with two pieces of hake and two prawns. Everything we ordered was carefully eked out between us - which is not a typical Tapas experience and spoiled would otherwise have been a nice meal.

Lovely tapas bar in Leith. Enjoyed their separate vegan menu, which had a great selection. The artichoke and aubergine dishes were top-notch; sangria was also nice. Priced well and food was brought out quite quickly. The live music was a lovely surprise. I visited on a Saturday night, so unsure if it is daily or only weekends. Would visit again.

Lovely tapas, so much better than the tapas chain restaurants. Live guitarist too What's not to like?

We booked a table at Tapa on a busy Saturday night hoping for a bit of festive cheer and lots of tasty Iberian comfort food in little brown bowls. What we got was “Tapas style” fine dining with miserly portions Scrooge himself might have considered “a bit mean”. For four people, we ordered Patatas Bravas, the black pudding, chorizo and chicken croquettes along with a rocket salad, asparagus, aubergine fritters and fish skewers. We accompanied that with a bottle of “house white” at £29. When the dishes came, the first impression was how tiny the portions were. The rocket salad consisted of four leaves of rocket on a microscopically thin slice of celeriac and a smattering of lentils. It was £7. The black pudding (two small medallions with a cute fried quail’s egg on top - £7) still had the plastic rind on them, which one of our party ate, and the chorizo was £8 for four slivers of spicy sausage. A single bread roll was £2.50. We finished the food in a short order - it was tasty for sure but this certainly wasn’t Spanish comfort food in the traditional sense. It was obvious this wasn’t going to be enough for a dinner so ordered the cheese board - ten tiny slivers of assorted Iberian cheeses for £15. No pickles. No bread. No chutney. The final bill came to over £160 - and that was without the service charge. If you’re looking for a hearty festive meal and a full belly, Tapa would at the bottom of our Christmas list. Humbug!

Great restaurant in Leith. Food and Service excellent.

Stunning little place! Gorgeous food and excellent service. There's a brilliant lunch offer on Thursdays and free customer parking on-site. Highly recommend the squid ink croquettes, black pudding, celeriac salad and meatballs! 10/10

Love this place. I just think it's such a great experience. If I'm feeling a panging for the Camino and I don't have a ticket to Santander then this is the perfect Thursday treat. It's 5 miles from the house so a wee walk through the park and I'm nearly there. The other route is even better via the water of Leith. Work up an appetite and then have an early tea. In the winter nothing warms me more than a stroll down the water of Leith and as the winter darkness descends I turn the corner to find a table for 4 and the weary walkers can comfort themselves in some superb tapas.

Such a lovely evening. We had two small children and I was so impressed at how kids were catered for. Great children’s menu, lots of colouring in for them, plenty of high chairs and the changing room supplied nappies, wipes and bags. You don’t see that very often!! Food was lovely and the staff were great. Very pleasant evening and I would love to go back.

Had a wonderful meal here with friends. The starters and tapas were excellent with a perfect balance of flavours. Attentive staff with food served at a good relaxed pace. Cafe Bonbon and olive starters are recommended. Lots of gluten free options

Authentic tapas and friendly staff.

On 17th November 2023, we visited this restaurant for our lunch. All staffs were very kind as usual! All lunch cuisines were also very good as usual! Looking forward to visiting again soon! Thank you! My wife and I have been invited by our friend to this Tapa restaurant for our lunch. I’ve never been there. It was very comfortable restaurant in the shore. All staffs were very kind. Tapas dishes were very good. Looking forward to visiting again soon. Thank you.

Never stop giving me the aubergine crisps. I could eat them until I die goodness me I love them. 💦🍆💖🍆💖💦

Came here after perusing the reviews of restaurants in the area and glad that we did. Service was warm and friendly but not overbearing. The food was really good, with special mention to the secreto and berenjenas!

We went with a group of friends for a reunion dinner. Everything was amazing.The staff and atmosphere were brilliant. The Food was all authentic and outstanding.We go to Spain numerous times per year but this was as good if not better than anything we have had in Spain. Also the wines were all exceptional and were clearly sourced by the owners with local knowledge and contacts in Spain.This wasn't the typical chain or tied house selection but very good local producers.Can't recommend this restaurant too highly

Amazing place to celebrate or have a date night, cozy atmosphere with live music sometimes. Thursdays have 50% almost entire menu and makes the entire trip better value for money.

Guess we came a bit late and it was quite crowded. Lively, fun and plenty of enthusiasm around. Good value for money as we were on some sort of food offer. Struggled to get served and to pay the bill. Good night out in Leith.

Comida rica y buen precio. Recomiendo el secreto y las croquetas d champiñon. Alberto muy amable y servicial. Volveremos con amigos para que lo conozcan

Lovely Tapa restaurant in Leith. The food was excellent in good sized portions. The restaurant is comfortable and relaxed. Service was friendly and prompt.

We had such a lovely time here. The staff were incredibly friendly and helpful. I'd say this is easily the best tapas I've ever had. It was hard to pick a favourite dish everything was excellent. Even the starter bread with homemade dips was exceptional. Must tries are the pork cheeks and octopus ceviche. The cheesecake is also so light and delicious, I've never had anything like it.

Have been visiting here for many years but due to Covid & then family illness tonight was my first visit for some time. I didn’t think it possible but if anything it’s improved! Wonderful atmosphere, Spanish guitar playing in the background, the buzz from other diners, efficient service and excellent authentic Spanish tapas.

My friend and I went to Tapa for dinner last week and had a lovely experience. The staff were very friendly and welcoming, and extremely helpful when it came time to order particularly our server Vxla. She gave us some great recommendations! The food was superb as usual, we will definitely be back again!