La Perla

Gorgeous food. Engaging, attentive staff. Lovely experience.

Best tapas I’ve ever had!!

Although theoretically we were dining at the "First Table", the restaurant was already buzzing with happy-looking diners.

With eyes bigger than our stomaches, the three of us tried to over-order and were gently advised by the manager when to stop. We went for a wide range of various tapas dishes which were mostly labelled GF as I have a gluten sensitivity. My companions raved about the pollo, which I could not eat, but I was able to tuck into the beef stew, tortilla, patatas bravas, huevo, goats cheese and tomato salad - all top quality and delicious.

The gluten eaters had the bread with assorted dips, and I sadly ordered the GF bread for myself, but I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the warm, seeded loaf which appeared, so much better than the insipid substitute that is sometimes provided.

Usually when I eat out I prepare myself to experience gluten symptoms (dizziness and a headache) which are triggered when I eat anything which has even barely brushed against anything with gluten despite choosing GF items from the menu. At La Perla the helpful and attentive waiter told me that the chef had checked all our GF labelled dishes and assured me that they would be fine. I'm delighted to report that I really did not feel any gluten effects at all. So that's a massive thumbs up from me. All three of us would highly recommend dining at La Perla for a deliciously satisfying meal out.

I have not been to La Perla for several years, and the waiter informed us that the management team changed a couple of years ago. The new team certainly showed in the food, which was superb - miles ahead of the usual bog-standard tapas in all respects, freshly cooked using local ingredients and superb. Even a dish as simple as patatas bravas was the finest I can ever remember having; another classic with a twist, the microsquid in tempura batter, was so far removed from the usual frozen calamari rings that it's hard to believe that it's supposed to be the same.

Absolutely delicious food, cooked with passion and served with flair. Highly recommended.

A warm welcome, lovely staff, interesting and tasty food and at a fantastic price due to First Table. I love experiencing places I would never have thought to go and finding fab dining in a city I thought I knew! Thank you La Perla and First Table.

We were greeted by very friendly and knowledgable staff who made our dinning experience rememberable. The tapas was amazing and I would defiantly recommend anyone to come and dine here!

It was ok

We were served by friendly staff and food came promptly.We enjoyed a variety of dishes which were reasonable at the price paid.

Great food and exceptional service as usual. Definitely recommend.

Beautiful Tapas, beautiful restaurant, lovely helpful staff that give great recommendations!

Really good food and lovely space. The service was the right balance of attentive and giving us space. Would go back!

Amazing food!

We had a great time at La Perla, the food was fantastic: 100% the best Spanish tapas in Bath. The staff were great too, and very attentive. Would thoroughly recommend to everyone!

Food was great, however we had a vegan in our party and there was no indication on the menu next to the dishes that would indicate these were vegan - they only had labels for vegetarians and dairy free. The selection for vegans was non existent apart from gazpacho soup and plain salad and bread. The rest of the party enjoyed all the dishes - queso de cabra (baked goats cheese) was definitely the best.

Food was good but tapas were too small, and too expensive. Very good service and staff were friendly and attentive.

The food was great, good atmosphere (we weren't actually the first table) and friendly service.

Amazing food and amazing service.

Absolutely outstanding!! Food was superb and the service was excellent. I would visit Bath again just for the tapas in La Perla!

100% recommend!
Amazing food - one of the best Tapas places around. Great looking restaurant with great and attentive staff!

A friendly welcome and a great selection of really tasty tapas. Gracias!

90 percent of the food was amazing and had a lovely bottle of wine.
Service was very good as well.
We booked for 6pm and arrived at 5.50pm to have a drink before only to be told the restaurant would open at 6, a little bit odd but would highly recommend this restaurant.

Brilliant experience - highly recommend.
I met my mum for dinner at La Perla before going to the theatre. Such a great and quirky setting - all of the staff were very helpful and charming. We just had 5 tapas dishes between us as we were in a rush to get to the theatre - each was delicious and full of flavour.
The house wine was also really good value and VERY drinkable!

Wonderful restaurant, really good service and amazing food (and drink) we will be back!

Lovely little underground venue with crowd pleasing Spanish tapas!

great food, good atmosphere, good service

Everything was fantastic. From the welcome to the atmosphere to the goodbyes. Food was amazing. Thanks for a wonderful evening.

The food was absolutely delicious, really well presented and the service was great! Really friendly and attentive waitresses and a great venue. Overall great experience. I will be back!

Firstly, what a great meal overall. We were served by a fantastic duo who were conscientious and efficient. The wine was lovely, and most importantly the best tapas I have had in a long time, better than most of the food I had in Spain over the summer I'd go as far as to say! I will absolutely be returning very soon :)

Perfect night out with friends.
The staff were lovely, helping us to choose dishes and explaining flavours.

The food was lovely, every single morsel.

We will definitely be back.

Best tapas we have had in Bath so far, we will be back.

Beautiful place and food. Wonderfully welcomed into the restaurant by the charming manager & all waiting staff were efficient, friendly & lovely. The restaurant was full shortly after our arrival so plenty of atmosphere.

First table lived up to its name, our drinks had arrived and our food order placed before the next diners were seated. Both our charming waitress and the softly spoken but assured owner made our visit an absolute pleasure. The food was outstanding, with some unique perspectives and wonderful examples of Spanish tapas. We’ll definitely go again.

Excellent food, excellent service and amazing setting. Really enjoyed the atmosphere at this venue. You can tell there is a real thought process and flavours with these tapas. Would highly recommend.

Ate here early on a Friday night and had a fabulous experience. Due to it being so early the service was fast as there was hardly anyone else there and the food comes quickly and is cooked to perfection. We chose to have a bottle of wine, croquetas, scallops, gambas, sabrosada miniburgers, bread selection, manchego cheese and pork! Excellent value for money all around and would highly recommend using first table and also going to La Perla where the staff is friendly and the food is superb.

Fantastic experience with wonderful staff and out of this world tapas. Definitely recommend!!!!

The food was great with some “different” dishes on offer such as duck in Pedro ximenez sauce and the regular tapas like tortilla well cooked and beautifully presented. Good welcome and ambience even though we were there early in the evening.

Good job the friendly and efficient waiter advised us against ordering too many tapas dishes. We would have been just too full! Generous dishes, lovely tasty food and excellent service all made this a great dining experience. Thank you.

We had a fab meal everything was perfect in fact the best Tapas we have had. Attentive service without being over the top. Highly recommended

A nice pleasant interior with a friendly stuff. After we have had our cocktails (very tasty!!!) we had to choose from a long menu of small dishes to share. We began with the gazpacho soup which was awesome; tomato & beetroot combination served with small cute flowers and garlic croutons; amazing! After that, we went wild and ordered so many dishes, at the end we couldn't find space for the dessert (try the king fish!). But who can resist to a chocolate paradise, four different flavours and textures, felt like a volcano explosion in our mouth! The mastiha sorbet was nice too. Toilets are clean and with a contemporary design. Would definitely visit that place again.

Was lovely restaurant friendly staff and food was good

We had a wonderful experience at La Perla. Lovely ambience at the restaurant with a really different isolated setting. Food was extremely delicious with good service. Would definitely come back again.