Bodega Tapas and Wine Bar

I’ve been to Bodega before, and the food is very good and easily shareable, but I do have a problem with the wine list. My sister and I noticed there was a rosé under the heading of Sparkling Wine, assuming this would be a sparkling rosé (which is standard fare in wine/​tapas bars), but instead I received a flat rosé. Any other restaurant would list a flat rosé under the White Wine heading, as it should be. This is confusing, and I hope the menu is updated. The waitress didn’t let me exchange it for something else either. She just gave us a condescending «you should learn how to read» look and asked if I wanted the prosecco instead (but informed us there’s no way her boss would take the rosé off the bill). Annoying when it’s $ 16 for a glass and I don’t even drink wine that isn’t sparkling. We’ll still go back because the food is great, and I guess now we know how their unclear wine categorization works. It’s a shame I had to enjoy the food with a wine I didn’t want, though.

I haven’t been here in over a year and I was happy to be back chilling with my friends in a wonderful and relaxed ambiance with a tall glass of vino. Bodega Tapas and Wine Bar is immediately to your left when you walk into Sabor Divino. The bar is small with limited seating so it isn’t great for big groups but it is cozy and intimate — a great date place. I came here on Wine Wednesdays that feature ½ price glasses and/​or bottles of wine. In my opinion, this is the time to go since a 9 oz glass of wine on average is regularly priced at $ 18. We ordered the grilled sardines, grilled calamari, bacon wrapped dates and muscles to share between the three of us. My friend is a sardine fan and enjoyed them. I thought they were ok– a little too fishy tasting for my liking. It was a nice change to not have calamari deep-​fried in some kind of batter. They were grilled nicely in a lovely tomato sauce with some spices. The texture was firm but not too rubbery so they were enjoyable to eat. The mussels were meaty, however, they could have been more fresh. The red wine sauce with the sautéed onions that they were in was lovely and the toasted bread that accompanied the mussels were perfect for dipping in the sauce. The star dish of the night was the bacon wrapped dates. I am drooling thinking about them again. The saltiness of the bacon with the sweetness of the dates was magic in your mouth! I could have eaten all three myself. Service was very good. The servers were readily checking on us and were very pleasant. All in all the experience was great and I look forward to my next visit.

Last week I went for Bodega for the first time after work. It’s located right on 103^rd street and 102 avenue. It’s the sister restaurant to Sabor and they actually even share an entrance. While Sabor offers entrées and a more full service type of dining experience, Bodega focuses more on wine and tapas. When you first walk into the restaurant, there are stairs leading up to Sabor, and then a small seating area with a bar at the bottom.
They serve snacks, chilled tapas, and hot tapas that range around 6 – 9 dollars, so you can definitely try a lot of different dishes. If you want more of a full meal, they also serve Sabor’s seafood paella, and a number of risottos. After looking at the menu for a little while, we decided on the liver pâté, braised pork belly, bacon wrapped dates, and Sabor’s seafood paella.
After we ordered, we were given some complimentary bread and butter. Nothing too spectacular, but it definitely came in handy a little bit later in the meal for the liver pâté.
Chicken and Smoked Duck Liver Pâté
The first thing we got was the liver pâté. It’s a combination of chicken and smoked duck pâté. This was actually quite nice and fragrant. There’s a thin layer of gelatin that had a mild sweetness to it that really added to the dish. It was nice and smokey, and went will with the bread. We did run out of bread, but as I mentioned, we were able to eat the pâté with our complimentary bread to finish the rest. Nice and light dish to start if you like pâté!
Next we got the bacon wrapped dates. Ever since I got the devils on horseback from Three Boars Eatery I’ve been obsessed with dates and stuffed dates. These were stuffed with Manchego cheese, and wrapped with bacon. I really enjoyed these. The bacon was nice and thick and wrapped all the way around. The Manchego cheese was light and buttery and was also very good. There was a nice sweetness from the dates, and this was a really balanced dish. I definitely recommend trying this!
The braised pork belly came next, and it came out very hot. It was a bit difficult to cut. There was a nice crispy skin to it, which kind of reminded me of cantonese crispy pork belly that you can get at a BBQ shop. The pork belly was incredibly tender and melted in your mouth. There is quite a bit of fat, and it is a very rich dish. If you’re a big fan of pork belly, this is a really good dish to get.
Lastly, we got Sabor’s seafood paella. This is the same dish that’s served at their sister restaurant upstairs. It comes with prawns, scallops, calamari, mussles, and clams and veggies on top of a saffron-​infused rice. This came out with a very generous amount of seafood. There was a nice amount of everything. The squid pieces were nice and tender and cooked perfectly. Overall, it was a really good dish, and did have a generous amount of seafood. That being said though, for 32 dollars, I really could have gotten like 4 – 5 other small tapas, which I think I would have preferred. I do like to try an assortment of foods! But it was really good…

I loved this place!!!
I was looking forward to the 10 tapas and wine for $ 70 but they don’t have it anymore. I had to settle for their regular menu items (it wasn’t settling because it was awesome).
We ordered a number of dishes, most of which I can’t remember the name. Too bad there isn’t a website with the menu! But the most memorable was the charcuterie. The board was massive and filled with lots of goodies! There was 4 of us and still lots leftover.
Another notable dish was the Devils on horseback. One of the best I’ve had! Soft dates and goat cheese with crispy bacon, it’s a must have for savory meets sweet!
I’ll be back again for another wine and tapas night!

Waited for soo long to get service. Served the people in suits and completely ignored us. We finally walked out after 10 min. Horrible service. I cnt believe they treated us like that.

I had such a nice evening here in their patio. Our waiter was fast and had a funny and charming personality. We had the charcuterie board which was really yummy and the mussels. They weren’t favourite mussels but we still polished them off. I’ll definitely be back to try some other things! Oh and Sunday, Monday, Tuesday they have half price wine! :D

I just visited Bodega with a couple of friends and was very impressed.
Their selection of Tapas was very long and had lots of great selection. By far my favorite item that we tasted were the Dates (wrapped in bacon and stuffed with Goats cheese).
The waitress was very attentive and knowledgeable about the menu, as well as had good suggestions.
I had the Sangria to drink, which was very good!
Reason for 4 stars was because of beer selection (not that you go a place like this for beer), and not because they had bad selection, but because they were out of a couple of their key beers.
Overall, would recommend checking out for some wine and Tapa’s!

Having been here 5 different times over the past spring/​summer, I have to say the quality of the food and service has progressed from being promising, to severely lacking. I used to love coming for the portuguese water bread they used to serve, but on the last few occassions, the bread changed to a regular baguette — even though we confirmed with the servers beforehand (who also always seem to have no knowledge about what they serve or what i’m talking about). I even ordered a sandwich that was supposed to be served on the water bread, and when it arrived, once again, it was on a baguette, and sooooo dry that the tomato sauce they serve it with didn’t help in the least. Other disappointments were the wild boar ribs (they had no flavor), the lobster risotto & clams (both too salty) The wine and tapa deals are excellent value –sometimes the tapas are good, othertimes –not. Some of the more memorable ones were piri piri prawns, the beef empanada, anything with chorizo of course is excellent, and the standard tomato, basil, bocconccini skewers are always nice. We always enjoyed having the sangria as well — please note they do serve pitchers but don’t advertise it so save yourself money and order a pitcher to start instead of individual glasses — i had to ask after our second round if pitchers were available as the server didn’t offer it as an option. As a side note, the manager on duty that addressed the horrible sandwich as per above, also needs some additional skills on how to make the customer happy — he gets points for coming up to the table and bringing up the issue — apologized for the kitchen and offered to buy us another round drinks — but after both having two glasses of sangria each already — we were not in a position to have a third glass so we thanked him and kindly declined. I was hoping that he would’ve taken off a round of drinks from our bill instead, but not surprisingly, he did not. It would’ve been so easy for him just to take care of a round but instead I was once again left with a bad impression.
So to sum up, I would go back for the tapas deal as it is a good deal — but never again will I order off the menu and risk being let down again.

This place is great!!! I have been in Edmonton 3 times and I always go to Cactus Club but I kinda got sick of it! I decided to go to Tzin on Jasper and 104 because they got good reviews. After I drove there from west Edmonton and paid $ 10 for parking I walked into Tzin and I was shocked… What the fuss about? Tiny place with about 4 tables and a bar that seats FOUR people… Ha? So I asked is there a long wait and the hostess goes «you’re looking at 11 o’clock» wow! It was 6:30, so it was 4.5 hours wait??? The place looked really congested and not very clean! I was glad to walk away…
I wandered through the streets of Edmonton for half hour looking for someplace decent to eat till I stumbled on Bodega. The place is part of a really good restaurant called Sabor Divino with good reviews in its own right. I sat at the bar since I was traveling alone. Great selection of wines and Tapas and the waitress was very friendly and helpful in explaining and recommending food and drinks. I highly recommend the tuna tartar and the red peppers stuffed with sardines and a Rioja wine called Baron De Ley that the waitress recommended and I loved but I tried other wines that were good (a tad expensive though at $ 18 – 21 per 9 oz glass). The place was fairly empty around 7 PM but filled up shortly after that the owner/​manager had to help the overwhelmed waitress. They also have various specials if you’re on a budget.
Highly highly recommended.

Stumbled into Sabor Divino and decided to try out this rad new tapas and wine bar! I love the atmosphere here, all the candles with the dimmed lights… so trendy! We were happy to find it that Wednesday is half-​priced wine night so naturally we found a little spot by the window and ordered a delightful bottle of red wine that we sipped and enjoyed over the next few hours. The server was fantastic and the wine we enjoyed was perfect. I can’t wait to come back and enjoy some tasty tapas!