Ambiente Tapas

After a day spent visiting the beautiful city of York we decided to treat ourselves with a local speciality: Tapas ;-)
We didn’t regret our choice! Food was excellent! Probably one of the best tapas place I ever tried! we got the tapas introduction which was a mix of 7 different tapas for less than £30. All of them were delicious and for the price quantity was generous! it included the usual tapas that you can find everywhere but with one their twist, for instance the chorizo was cooked in cherry wine and sugar instead of wine only.
The service (only Spanish waiters) was also perfect.
The only issue I have is that next time I’ll be very tempted to go back there instead of trying one of York real speciality!

Wow, great call on last day of Morris Rugby RWC, paella, tapas and so much more. 5 happy people after this meal.

An excellent tapas place, we fell across this restaurant looking for somewhere to enjoy a nice lunch in York.
Very welcoming, the staff are great and very helpful when it comes to deciding how many tapas dishes will be enough between two.
There’s a huge amount of variation between hot and cold tapas dishes on their menu, plus some specials.
Definitely recommend Ambiente Tapas!

Whilst visiting York, we passed this Tapas bar and saw that they offered paella. I love a good paella so we thought we would go in for dinner.
As it was Saturday night the restaurant looked quite busy. When we got inside one of the staff greeted us and told us that they were fully booked. Thankfully he managed to get us a table in the front bar area as he noticed two of his customers were ready to leave. He handed us the menu and as I mentioned we wanted paella so he put the order in as it takes 30 – 40 minutes to cook.
The service was friendly and the paella was tasty and well priced. I noticed that they offered 3 tapas for £9.95 Mon-​Fri too.

I am a self proclaimed Tapas snob, Having spent time in Spain and enjoying some of the best quality tapas anywhere else I have travelled. I was initially impressed by the menu choice but rapidly let down by the service and quality of food on offer here.
Very understaffed meaning people were being made to wait to get food ordered. When we did get seated we were given the choice of sitting in the slightly uncomfortable bar area where we could take advantage of their meal deal or in the main restaurant and only have the choice of the main menu. This seems like a false economy and a potential way of loosing lots of custom. Next up was when we were told that the menu was out of date and the item Emma was going to order had been taken off.
I ordered the staple of Patatas Bravas, and a slow cooked pork belly dish, Emma ordered the black bean fritters, Now I was surprised by the quality of the dishes being served it seemed like the food was being cooked by somebody who had been told about Spanish Tapas but never actually experienced it. The potatoes in the patatas bravas were inconsistently cut, too small and badly seasoned. The sauce was just not right at all. The pork belly had a massive portion but was very fatty and hadn’t been cooked long enough to allow the meat to render down enough. they could have been better seasoned and presented with more finesse.
It is a hard place to review as the service was nice when it was actually present but the food really needs some work.

What a gorgeous tapas! Service was excellent definitely putting the customer first. Thoroughly enjoyed the food and very reasonably priced for a Tapas. Highly recommended.

Unfortunately this place was a little disappointing. We were looking forward to tapas after a week of English pub meals but it fell well short of the mark. A couple of dishes were OK but the overall impression was that the chef either didn’t have great knowledge of Spanish cuisine or was just not a very good chef! The front of house staff were really good and eager to please and the place itself is nice enough but none of that can make up for ordinary food. My three star rating is an average of 4 for service and 2 for food.

Amazing food and the most friendly waiter in England ! We can’t comment on the meat selections as we are vegetarians, but everything was so perfectly spiced we just kept going mmmmm. Highly recommend this place. Décor was beautiful also in a tastefully decorated Georgian house. Great wine list and the waiter brought us tastings until we found the right wine that we both liked as we are from California and unfamiliar with Spanish wine. Best meal we’ve had in England so far on this trip.

We had such an incredible meal. The dishes were fresh, inventive and just damn tasty! The service was personal and engaging with in depth knowledge of the wine and sherry list. Our experience left us eager to come back.