Udaberri Pintxos Y Vino

Lovely little spot just away from the main drag. Reasonable prices and staff seemed lovely. My only gripe is that service was very slow even though it didn't seem to be overly busy & there were a couple of them behind the bar. Our drinks seemed to take forever to arrive. A rather quiet spot so there wasn't much atmosphere but it was a rainy Monday night. I'd be happy to come back to try the food.

A small tapas bar that serves big food. Flavorful croquettes with pulled pork and fermented chili, jamon Serrano, and white anchovies. Unique vibe and great food and service at this Leigh St legend. Still the go to spot on the street for the best food and best service. The wine list evolves, the food rotates, but the service remains outstanding

tl;dr.: Heaving, happening place w/ ok food but better drinks Perhaps I'm very old, but I'm definitely one of those people that felt that this place was much too loud (c.f. if you think the music's too loud, you're too old) for a conversation. Around me there were younger people eating before a night out, while others were on dates. We had initially picked the place because of an interesting Basque cheese selection, not realising that the menu changes so often, while not a bad thing, when we were there the menu had reverted to boring, stereotypical "Spanish" tapas, and what was served was ok at best. The drinks were not bad, and that was the saving grace. While the service was very good & friendly, it was also quite slow, and they'd forgotten to put one of our orders through, but made up for it by a round of free drinks. It was probably a combination of staff shortage post COVID and a huge crowd following the Wallabies Springboks game, and the staff were run off their feet, so it's understandable.