Bodega

I love it when a place is exactly how it looks. Passed this place many times and it always looked like a nice place to go and had a good atmosphere Service was a+. The lady serving us was attentive and gave us the best table. The guy cooking the food was super friendly. Think his name was tony. We wasn't sure what to have so we ordered lots. The portions were massive and have some real flavour

My partner and I popped in a couple of weeks ago, and was able to get a table straight away as it was very quiet. We were blown away by the delicious food and service was good. We had 7 dishes and couldn’t fault any of them. One particular favourite was the ribs. We told friends and family about how great Bodega was and recommended they go. We decided to book a table for 6 this evening to celebrate a birthday. It appeared to be a full house tonight and we looked forward to our party trying this great food, however it wasn’t to be we were so disappointed the food was not upto standard especially the ribs, on our first visit they were meaty with plenty on the bone and in a rich reddy sauce, tonight’s they hardly had any meat on the bone and ladden with a dark almost black sauce tasting completely different than our first visit. The octopus was tough and chewy, the tomato salads all looked and tasted different. The dates with cheese were overpowering and couldn’t be eaten. How can the food be so good one visit and not so great the next? The service was questionable the staff were clearly struggling to keep up, our waitress asked us 3 times what drinks we were waiting for after waiting 25 mins for all our drinks to arrive. We decided against asking for desert menu. Not sure if we would return now, Sorry!

We had no idea we’d find such a gem of a wine bar in Christchurch, what an absolute delight of an establishment. We only popped in for some wine and nibbles but we’re so glad we did. The atmosphere was great, the food looked amazing and the staff were delightful. We will be back as soon as we can.

Held my birthday party here and the food, cocktails and staff were excellent. They opened for me on a Monday for this private function and could not have been more helpful. Great venue for a private gathering

The best bar in Christchurch. I have been a few times now and yesterday in a group of 14. Every dish was delicious, the service was fantastic. I can't fault it. Dawn was so helpful and generous from when I booked the table and all throughout the evening. We will definitely be back. Highly recommend to everyone. Thank you

What a beautiful place to dine. Food was fantastic and the staff were so friendly and friendly welcoming. Me and my wife enjoy our tapas and been to a few tapas restaurants but this is definitely up there with the best 5/5 highly recommend.

Nice atmosphere, friendly staff, but the food could be a lot better. I have been to a lot of tapas bars, but this does not rate as even average due to bad quality of ingredients. You cannot, for example, hide fatty, poor tasting chicken with little edible flesh under a rich sauce. Kitchen appears to be in the pub next door so the food arrives intermittently. It would have been nice to eat whilst my partner was eating. I do not foresee a second visit.

Best tapas we have had in many years. The ribs and chicken were just so delicious. Service was excellent and a great atmosphere and great front of house manager. Would highly recommend.