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Jose's Tapas Restaurant

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One of the Best Places To Visits in Wakefield


Address

9-11 Cross St, Wakefield WF1 3BW, United Kingdom

Website

www.josestapasrestaurant.com

Contact

+44 1924 339429

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.80 (432 reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 12 to 2 pm, 5 to 9 pm
  • Thursday: 12 to 2 pm, 5 to 9 pm
  • Friday: 12 to 2 pm, 5 to 9 pm
  • Saturday: 1 to 9 pm
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: Closed

Featured Reviews


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  • 4/5 Rui N. 4 years ago on Google
    Good and unpretentious food. Meat balls were really nice. Great place to go with friends and order loads of different dishes and just share the food, that's what tapas is all about. The staff are very friendly and most likely the owner will come and check how is everything.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 julie k. 1 year ago on Google
    My first time here but i will be returning. Monkfish with Serrano ham, prawns and mouthwatering cream sauce to die for!!! Every couse has been a taste sensation!!!! The staff are so friendly. Josès is amazing, cooking delightful meals and coming out and talking to customers, making customers feel like family. Love this place!!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jayne R. 1 year ago on Google
    I would never of known about this little gem of a restaurant had it not been recommended to me. Visited for the first time this evening and we shall visit again and again.....food was divine and lovely staff lovely, especially Sofia and Jose what a welcome!!! Restaurants like yours are hard to find....keep doing what your doing because it amazing xxx
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anthony S. 1 year ago on Google
    Wonderful restaurant, first class service from friendly and welcoming staff and delicious tapas. Mixed fish dish was a highlight, good selection of fresh, perfectly cooked and seasoned seafood.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Arcane E. 1 year ago on Google
    10/10 for food, atmosphere and experience! All the staff were lovely, the food was delicious, high quality produce, massive portions and excellent flavours! Not a single complaint 10/10
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anna B. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely brilliant hidden gem. Outstanding food and service every time we go, though I think Jose underestimates our appetite when he tells us to order less initially 🤣
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Teresa P. 1 year ago on Google
    It is a real shame to read a recent review of Jose’s with the gentleman in question giving them such a low score. Jose and his team put their heart and soul into everything they do and the food they produce is delicious. The have been operating a ‘booking only’ system for a while now as they are a small business. I can totally recommend them and love the attention to detail along with great customer service that comes along with the fab food. Thank you and keep doing what you do best 💓
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Charlie S. 3 months ago on Google New
    Amazing experience highly recommend, food was absolutely delicious served quickly to a very very high standard staff were all welcoming and friendly and attentive to our needs if our drinks were low or they noticed we finished our course can’t recommend this venue enough definitely going to be a returning customer thank you Jose and staff for a brilliant meal( side note the omelette and meatballs are divine ❤️.)
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chris A. 1 year ago on Google
    Fantastic experience, family run business with great attentive staff. Food is excellent and some of the best tapas outside of Spain. Good selection of core menu and a specials which change. Food comes out at a nice pace and is relaxed. Restaurant isn’t huge so a nice cosy feel.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ian T. 5 months ago on Google
    Excellent dining experience for a group of 9. Wish we could have tried more of the different tapas offered. All were superb. Family lived in Spain for 20+ years and this was as good and authentic as anything eaten there. Will be back!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Annette H. 5 months ago on Google
    Absolutely fabulous, the food was amazing and the service was lovely. Two of our group of 6 are Coeliac's and nothing was any trouble. The chef came out to our table to see if we had enjoyed our meal, which we had. Can't wait to go back.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anisha M. 2 years ago on Google
    Las camereras, el ambiente y la comida crearon Una experiencia especial. The staff were so welcoming and friendly, the food absolutely divine. Even though we are not from here, will definitely come again just for Jose's Tapas. Gracias Jose!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Diane W. 1 year ago on Google
    Wow, first time we've been the flavours of the food were amazing. The tapas were a good size for 2 people compared to others. José and his staff were so friendly and helpful. Cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough. Thank you

  • 5/5 Erin Blackburn F. 6 months ago on Google
    Beautiful food! We had an amazing lunch, the service was fantastic with a lovely welcoming family feel. Thank you! We will be back again ☺️

  • 5/5 Takwirira R. 1 year ago on Google
    I’ve had tapas in Madrid and Barcelona and can confidently say the best tapas restaurant is in Wakefield!! We had a delicious meal tonight and will be back. I recommend the albondigas and spicy gambas. Jose also came out and kindly explained the menu and portion sizes which put us at ease. The servers were attentive and polite too!

  • 5/5 Elizabeth L. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely incredible. Surpassed all our expectations and they were pretty high in the first place having been told how amazing it is here. The atmosphere, the food, the staff, the price - all amazing - nothing can be grumbled at. We came here for my birthday last night and we will definitely be returning.

  • 5/5 Craig B. 5 months ago on Google
    Fantastic tapas and paella all made on site. Absolutely authentic and very reasonably priced.

  • 5/5 michelle n. 4 months ago on Google
    Such wonderful people, you couldn't feel more at home!! The food was great, the hosts were great and I even got a hug from Sophia the owner. I highly recommend 👌.

  • 5/5 Robert A. 1 year ago on Google
    Lovely little place in Central Wakefield(definitely book). Very busy, the friendly staff handled this very well, we were looked after brilliantly. The food was fantastic, good portions,great value. Large selection of wines if you are a wine drinker,or one Spanish beer on tap if you like to drink that,but it was to my preference.

  • 5/5 J.Enric V. 2 years ago on Google
    Beautiful tapas bar. Jose plays a mix role as waiter and chef. It cost us up to almost £100 for 3x people with 1 paint and 2x soft drinks, but worth the money paid

  • 5/5 Michael D. 1 year ago on Google
    Fantastic food, atmosphere and service. My favourite in Wakefield and vastly superior to its gaudy tapas rival on Wood Street. Best of all, you're guaranteed not to be sharing a restaurant with the obnoxious Anthony D and his party of ten.

  • 5/5 Steven W. 1 year ago on Google
    Our first visit. Fantastic. Portions were excellent size. Food flavours great. Service excellent. Wine great. Could not fault this place absolute quality.

  • 5/5 Sonny T. 2 years ago on Google
    Delicious food, incredible atmosphere and servers like Adriana, Bianca & Erold you can’t go wrong at this place - they will make it #magical

  • 5/5 Shaun F. 2 years ago on Google
    Fantastic family run Spanish restaurant, the food is absolutely amazing ,I couldn't recommend it highly enough.

  • 5/5 tracy r. 2 years ago on Google
    Jose was lovely as was his assistant...food very tasty

  • 5/5 Pat W. 2 years ago on Google
    Can't recommend this place highly enough, the food is absolutely excellent & the staff are just wonderful, so welcoming, kind & nothing is too much trouble for them... X

  • 5/5 kalamain 4 years ago on Google
    Great food and reasonable prices. The food was awesome. All the food was brought out good and hot and looked, smelled and tasted wonderful. The portion sizes were great and the lady who took our order helped make sure we didn't over order! I can highly recommend the croquettes, I enjoyed them so much I had the waitress make sure I had found the right recipe on the net before we left! The one single issue we had is that the meat was nearly all on the bone, was not expecting that at all! Not the end of the world but would be worth noting for the menu? We *WILL* be coming back here in the future!

  • 5/5 Angela G. 2 years ago on Google
    4 dishes is more than enough,and each is as delicious as the last. Can't recommend highly enough. The peppers pardon is more a sharer for 4 but otherwise everything was spot on portion size.

  • 5/5 Tony F. 2 years ago on Google
    Omg if you like tapas it's like being back at home great food but with that authentic home cooked element missing from the other so called restaurant's

  • 5/5 DENISE F. 2 years ago on Google
    Really friendly Spanish Tapas bar, family owned and run. On arrival Jose introduced himself and explained how the menu worked and style of cooking, which was very welcome,relaxed and friendly. The food was traditional spanish tapas, there were 5 in our party, we ordered 10 tapas including patatas bravas, garlic mushrooms,rice, belly pork,garlic chicken,, very tasty and enough for all of us. 2 of us had sweets, would highly recommend the almond tart or chocolate fudge cake. The sangria went down well too.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in

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