Spanish Tapas are up there in my top favourite foods. Finding authentic, tasty AND gluten and dairy free can be hard though.
I’ve found a few places in Leigh now, here are some lovely places:
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Hogar Del Mar
If you like Spanish food, you’ll love this place. Great selection of tapas cooked by the talented chef Louise.
- Padron peppers are so good
- Chicken, chorizo and meatballs.
- Garlic mushrooms were divine
- Prawns using olive oil [not butter]
- Homemade skin-on chips are gluten-free and dairy free (but you have to let them know) so I had this with the bravas sauce and alioli on top. Totally yum. As I wasn’t able to have the patatas bravas.
- The frozen daiquiri strawberry cocktail (made with real strawberries) is hands down the best frozen daiquiri I’ve had. They also have the Old Leigh Rum here.
- The Ramon Bilbao red wine is super smooth and has a nice accompaniment to the dishes.
- The team are super helpful, attentive and friendly.
- It’s family run by Louise, Stuart (the owner and he also DJs here)
- Daisy, Sina, Grace, Kelis and Honey for the fabulous service and patience when ordering gluten-free/dairy-free dishes.
- It’s available for private hire…lots of people booking bday parties here – it’s a perfect venue as its soundproofed, at the end of St Clements Arcade so feels like a private walkway and a big space.
Fun fact: I had my 40th bday here and hired it out privately with a DJ and the people that owned it at the time did all the catering when it was Cockadoodledoo many years ago!
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