This is a glorious tapas bar in amongst many similar bars in the area. We called in and ordered 4 drinks and we were given 4 tapas. A second round of drinks and a second round of tapas was given. All the tapas dishes were delightful. The staff were also lovely and friendly and chatted with us easily. 2 more tapas dishes were then given to us, again lovely. We were told about a music night on the Sunday which we missed sadly due to circumstances, but I understand they are really good. This little bar is well worth seeking out. It provides good drinks with great free tapas served by a couple of lovely friendly people. Give it a try, you won’t be disappointed.
We had planned to visit three tapas restaurants, the first two were closed and La Mariposa was on our route. One of our crowd remembered visiting a few years ago, so three couples wandered in. The bar contained a mixture of locals and tourists. The atmosphere was good and got even better when one of the owners took out his guitar and entertained us with a mixture of music, flamemnco and some classics. The tapas was excellent and the Prawn Pil Pil, as good as any you will ever eat. wE STAYED FOR A FEW HOURS AND LIKE SO MANY BARS FREQUENTED BY THE LOCAL POPULATION WAS BRILLIANT VALUE FOR MONEY. aGREAT CHANCE EVENING.
Had an excellent savoury seafood spaghetti her while waiting for my friends Bill and Andy who were elsewhere that evening. It took a long time to prepare even though there was only one other table occupied but it was sure worth waiting on. A very generous portion with loads of prawns and other seafood. Bill and Andy arrived a bit later and Bill borrowed Antonio's guitar and started playing some tunes which went down very well with the bunch of locals that has arrived earlier. Highly recommended.
In an area full of genuine Spanish tapas bars, who understand the concept of quickly serving you a drink with a small tapas dish, this place sticks out like a sore thumb and the lack of customers shows we are not alone. The service is just too slow and uninterested and the bar has no atmosphere. In short one to avoid when there are so many other good places nearby.
Book a table now
Thursday 4th April 2019, just had delicias de ternera , beef tongue in tomato sauce with vapor potatoes and it was superb, extremely tender meat with a lovely rich tomato sauce served by Josephine the owner as well as her husband Antonio behind the bar. Antonio plays guitar and very good too. I highly recommend the place
We popped in for a wine and tinto verano and we got a lovely plate of muscles, cheese and bread tapa. The owners are lovely and the location is a lovely change from tourist bars! Recommend to all.
Very nice guitarplayer who plays all the songs that you know! Good tapas and Wine and nice service. The owner homself entertains with the guitar as well as others as a ” jamsession”
The guitar players and the good tapas made our evening complete. Nice owners and nice customers. Mostly Spanish guests. Good to be here.
Book a table now
called here after visiting other tapas bars in area this was a bit different to others and the tapas was nice we will return
It's always a pleasure to be at La Mariposa, it's very friendly and Josephine and Antonio are very welcoming hosts.
