bodega

theservicewas excellent, staff were extremely friendly, they often came and asked how we were and what would we like. always wanted to try latin america tapas however maybe they weren’t for me because we found all of the food extremely salty, the servings were small and very expensive. also they did not cater to children and we had a toddler. there weren’t any high chairs available.

good food.. a nice twist on tapas. greatserviceand a nice place to catch up with friends. highly recommended a
must try! great decor too.

interesting food, wonderfulserviceand friendly staff however i'm not the biggest fan of their decor but that is ok.

definitely make a reservation if you plan on going here, i booked around lunch time on friday and the only options where 6:15 and 8:45pm. for your convenience, i've uploaded the newest version of the menu as it doesn't match the one currently on here.

in my opinion the smaller dishes were a lot more interesting compared to the larger dishes.

we ordered the:
gozleme which tasted so good😍 i loved the cheese and beetroot dip (normally i hate beetroot), i was sad that there was only 3.
arepas which were also very tasty.
slow roast chicken had some interesting flavours with the pineapple and peanut. however it wasn't spicy for me.
bbq wagyu tasted nice however some parts were very hard to chew and cut which is a bit disappointing. i've had much better wagyu that melts in your mouth.

bodega is a smart space with a great rage of share meals. not exactly tapas based on the strict definition but inspired by spain & south america.serviceis stylish with a surprising gender separation between the kitchen (all male) & floor staff (all female in identical little black dresses). ideal location to eat before a show as theserviceis prompt & attentive. definitely recommended.

a solid restaurant if you’re fortunate to ever dine here. the menu here is always changing so it’s hard to talk about a particular dish. i’ve dined here twice and both times the food has always exceeded my expectations. the tapas are all made for sharing, although are quite small, they are packed my bursting flavors! i’m never dissatisfied whenever i visit. theserviceis quick and attentive. they’ve got a great wine menu as well that i quite enjoy. i will continue to come to bodega and have recommended this restaurant to friends who have loved it too!

such a fun and upbeat place!! the wagyu skirt steak and the kim chi hot cross buns are probably the highlights!!! the food andserviceis amazing here.

food was great - particularly the 12 hr cooked lamb. the red wine selection was also impressive. unfortunately theservicewas appalling. after we said we would do share plates and not the chef's selection, we received snappy/bitchy tones from both waitresses. a couple of us then overheard one of the waitresses mock one of our friends to another waitress. despite the delicious food, we will not be back.

like other reviewers on this site, i came to bodega with excited anticipation. the ambience was typical of a surry hills restaurant - too-loud music, random would-be cool and hipster touches, and a similar approach was evident in their food. overwhelming flavours and richness without being satisfying in that soulful way we crave food to be - in other words, we actually ate dumplings when we got home because we weren't psychologically contented in our food. and not because of inadequate portions either - we ordered plenty of dishes. 

look, there were some nice things about bodega. the mushroom and lettuce dumplings were pure comfort food and one of the few dishes where our palates did not feel unnecessarily bombarded. the steak tatare was reasonable, though the achiote sauce totally bullied the other ingredients into utter submission. but the roast pork with clams? what the? the individual elements of the dish were quality but taken together it just didn't make any sense, an upper scale equivalent of the bacon flavoured ice cream - quirk alone does not equate to innovation or satisfaction. and the crispy duck was simply none too crispy. the sangria was overpriced and not quite fruity enough we have only praise for the attentiveservicewe received, but at these kinds of prices, we do expect the food to actually taste good too.

we made a reservation at 845pm but were instructed to wait outside for 20mins to be seated which we were not impressed with. after being seated we requested shots of jameson scotch for everybody before wines but it didn't arrive until an hour later.servicewas very sloppy despite of having a lot of waiters working at the restaurant. it was 8 of us dined in for friend's birthday dinner, we ordered $65 banquet menu. one of us is pollo-pescitarian and they have replaced the meal well. the food was pretty good overall - they had few unique dishes and some of them were very delicious and others were little bland. slow cooked lamb was nice but it was very rich - if you eat a little potion it’s nice. they brought us 10 course meal - 8 of them savory and 2 being desserts. desserts were quite good, it was nice because none of the desserts were very sweet, and it was like healthy home-made style desserts. the servings were generous - we all were all extremely full at the end of the night. one thing i have to mention is that their wine selections are a little disappointing, most of wines were spanish or american and very poor selections of australian wines.
lastly i want to mention about the really loud music they are playing in the restaurant, we were all pretty much scream at each other talking - and the poor waitress had lost her voice.  i think turning the music down a bit would be a good idea; people are coming here to eat and talk after all.

arrived for an unannounced late dinner. very accommodating and the food was fantastic.servicewas terrific. great place

loves it!. one of restaurant that should receive 5 stars. theserviceis amazing, great atmosphere, and the food just superb. seing how the chefs serve the food would make you drools. definetly one of the place that you should not miss. should have this place open in perth^^

top 5 restaurant in sydney. just love the style, the setting - everything about this place rocks

fish fingers are a sydney dish through and through.

greatservice- great food - great little bar next door to wait while your getting ready for a great feed.

i’m sure everyone’s familiar with this situation: a group of friends hanging out, dinner time comes, no one can decide what to have for dinner…and then one person would say, “pick a cuisine!” this was exactly what we did today. we picked  spanish – and bodega came to mind. luckily, when we rocked up at 7pm-ish on a saturday night, the place was only 3/4 full and we got a table straight away. i was totally blown away by the food. it’s now my favourite spanish restaurant, although the food’s very different than the usual spanish tapas places we have in sydney.   —–her{curio}majesty score sheet —– visited : 11 october 2014 (for dinner). food : 9/10 || ambiance : 9/10 ||service: 9/10 what i loved : the food. the service. will i come back : yes.

good food - not big enough portions. liked it - but there wasn't enough food on the plate. there was 2 of us, and admittedly we are big eaters, we were told we were ordering quite a bit.

turns out we were still hungry. pretty expensive for what you get but good food none the less. wines are yummy andserviceis nice and attentive.

left feeling still hungry

theservicewas great, they were all very attentive and we thoroughly enjoyed our time there. i simply loved the ambience and casual atmosphere bodega offers. i may just pop back for some of those tapas and cinema highball!