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Gambas Tapas Bar

68/100
  • Bristol, Bristol
  • Spanish tapas
  • By the glass
  • mid-range
  • Beta
  • Assessed July 2026
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These are confidence labels. They show how sure we are that what we publish still reflects the restaurant's current practice. They are not a judgement on the restaurant; the wine and cooking are scored separately, out of 100.

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We assessed Gambas Tapas Bar in July 2026 and this review is based on the food menu and wine list at the time of the review. As menus and wine lists change, we name styles in order for the information to remain more useful as menus change. If things have slipped you can use the Vinealto Dining app including accessing an up to date reading using 'At the Table' from the wine list in front of you in the restaurant. How we assess

Gambas is a lively Spanish tapas bar in central Bristol cooking a wide Andalucian menu of cured fish, seafood and Ibérico. Its all-Spanish list is chosen with real feeling (strong on Galician whites and Cava, with a sherry selection kept back for the floor), and it answers the hardest tapas, the cured anchovies and the artichoke, with the right saline, low-oak styles. It will most reward the curious drinker who likes Spanish wine and is happy to ask what is open beyond the printed page.

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Bravas is a lively Andalusian tapas bar on Cotham Hill, with a daily changing menu of cured meats, seafood and dishes from the plancha and the fryer. Its short, all Spanish list pours fourteen wines and Sherries by the glass, and the five Sherries meet the food better than anything else could. It will suit anyone who wants to graze on tapas with a glass of Fino or a good Spanish red at a fair price.

  • By the glass
  • mid-range
  • Assessed October 2026
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