La Bodega Tapas Bar
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Phone: (612) 823-2661
- Price:
- $$$
- Hours:
- Daily 11am-1am
Editorial Review for La Bodega Tapas Bar – by Jennifer Undis
In Short
With its sunshine-yellow walls, ornately tiled bar, live flamenco music and dancing on weekend nights, the atmosphere is fun and festive. The place quickly fills up with groups of 20-somethings out for a night of noshing and socializing. The menu only has tapas--small dishes of Spanish food meant to be shared. Basic options include caprese salad made with buffalo mozzarella or sauteed white button mushrooms. The chefs have a way with seafood: The garlic shrimp are perfectly grilled and the tomato-tuna-egg salad is refreshingly light.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoIt takes two or three dishes to fill up one person, so those small price tags ($3.75 to $9) add up fast.
ParkingThere's a lot in the back, but street parking may be easier.
User Reviews for La Bodega Tapas Bar
11/03/2007 Posted by teet2126
food was incredibly horrible. we ordered, two chicken dishes, a sausage dish, and calamari. One of the chicken dishes we got was either overcooked or cooked over too many times. it was stale, hard to chew, and super dry. the staleness of the chicken was beyond belief, I couldn't cut through the piece of chicken with my knife. the other chicken dish was dry and completely flavorless. the sausage was burned. the calamari was not cooked very thoroughly...and also flavorless. Their service was ok...nothing special. i will not be visiting again!
10/14/2007 Posted by jilliams
We literally had the opposite experience from the previous reviewer. We had first stopped in at “It’s Greek to Me” across the street, where after we got our water and menus, we proceeded to wait 20 minutes with no sign of our waiter. Finally, because we were hungry and not really in the mood, we simply left. Then we saw La Bodega across the street and headed over there. It wasn’t terribly busy, I assume because of all the construction on Lake Street, but it was about half full. We were both glad we ended up there, because we got served immediately. We found the service incredibly friendly and attentive (but not too attentive). The food was pretty good. Neither of us had eaten much that day, so who knows whether we loved it because it truly was excellent, or we were just thankful to get food and be served after our previous experience at the greek place. The chorizo had a nice slow burning spice to it (although the polenta it was served on was kind of mushy and cold). My husband enjoyed his chiparones rellenos (stuffed squid), although he said the filling was a bit bland. The cheese and potato croquettes were very good (like upscale fair food) – nicely fried and indulgent. The asparagus was also pretty good, though slightly overpriced for what it was. My favorite part was my mojito, which was not overly strong but it was huge…exactly what I needed after a long week at work. We also enjoyed the music and flamenco dancers. So overall, we really enjoyed La Bodega, and we were happy to have ended up there for the evening.
Pros: Service, entertainment/ambience, comfortable, lots of menu choices.
Cons: Parking
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