Bocado Tapas Wine Bar

20 Central St, Leominster
(978) 798-1581

Recent Reviews

Sarah Wenzel

First time coming here. Legit some of the best food I’ve ever had. Ever tapa was a new flavor and experience. Don’t even get me started on the sangria! Whatever you do, just go here! 100% will be coming back.

Randy Czajkowski

Arrive to a pretty much empty restaurant. About 5 or 6 people at the bar. When I sat down at the bar I was told there was a half hour wait. No lines, no people waiting....no idea why I would have to wait to sit at an empty bar. Guess the wait staff can't handle 6 people. Will never go back.

Michael Rice

Bocado's is great. There is a such a large number of delicious dishes uncommon to the area. This makes it worth the trip alone. Reading knowledge of Spanish is helpful, but not required. The service is excellent, and it was packed for a Sunday at 4:30pm.

Jim Daniel

The food, our waitress, Jen, and the manager are all fabulous.Jen was extremely helpful and patient with us guiding us through the wine list and the menu.My wife and I ordered the experience which comes with four tapas and an order of paella.We chose 4 different tapas, each one was outrageously delicious.The paella was a bit salty for our taste, and the addressed the issue by going above and beyond.We are not from the area and unfortunately will not make it back again, too bad for us!

Jack “Eggbased” Davin

I cannot be emphatic enough.Was here for my birthday, we had the experience for 2 (charcuterie, four tapas, small paella, and dessert) while we paced through the wine list, as well as the sangria offerings.We chose chorizo and manchego, she had seared ahi and sirloin over burrata, I had wagyu sliders and bacon-wrapped fried scallops. Paella de Carne had no business being so good. Oh, and flan for dessert.The food was amazing, I have eaten so much only a handful of times. Astounding that my shirt still has all of its buttons.I found the wine flight to be an exciting and adventurous thing, since I'm not familiar with most Iberian wines, and their spin on an old fashioned was also very tastefully done.My accomplice has celiac disease, and this restaurant literally provided a version of the menu with all of the gluten free items marked. More than half of the entire menu was gluten-free or available as such.9.6/10Dietary restrictions: Large percentage of menu is gluten-free or available as such

Lisette Azucena

This place has it all! Beautiful location with lots of sitting areas and well decorated, clean, friendly atmosphere. I enjoyed the 2 person try it all offering which was a great way to try a little bit of everything. The tapas are generous servings (for 2 people), the charcuterie offerings are smaller but still plenty, same goes for the Paella. I was most impressed by the Paella although I ordered the beef and would've preferred the seafood. The service is top notch, we had great recommendations and attentive service. Looking forward to our next visit!

Janet D.

Fried goat cheese and duck charcuterie was really good. Grilled octopus was on point. Tuna poke was excellent. Shrimp and fried avocado was not memorable but ok. Paella was disappointing as it was missing flavor, rice was undercooked and all you could taste was the tomatoes. Wagyu burger was over cooked and casamiento's steak was hard and over cooked. Service was great as she offered to replace the last two tapas and was very friendly. Overall decent dining experience

Melissa L.

I wouldn't call this authentic Spanish tapas, but their house red sangria and charcuterie boards have good portions! The rest I tried was really disappointing, but the service was good! I think I'll being friends here for the sangria and charcuterie, though!

Mary N.

One of my favorite spots. Always great service and food! Try the fried goat cheese! Great place to enjoy with friends.

Pete G.

Wicked lame service. Went w my gf. She's 40, I'm 38. She asked for a drink. I CLEARLY had a bottle of mf water next to me and don't drink. We got carded, the one time I left my wallet in my truck. Tell ur short male server to f off. Not coming back, ur drinks are overpriced and disgusting anyway. So mf heated, we made a reservation for 730 and actually walked out on it. Way to ruin our night ya effing tools.

Cyleste Patterson

Wow, no one in my group knew what to expect when we decided to try this place/tapas. We had a great time here, enjoyed our experience, and time. Our waitress was wonderful and so helpful. All plates are 100% big enough for two people or more to share. We ordered 9 plates, one soda, and 4 alcoholic drinks and only spent 140 bucks. Definitely give this place a try. They weren't too busy, even for a Friday night, and it was truly a great experience!(:

Curt Burnham

Bocado has a lot going on. Lots of different foods, flavors and fun. Trying, tasting and sharing gives you a variety to experience.Our classic paella was very good, it was a lot of good food for two.The bar has several choices for drinks and lots of sangria to try, maybe you will like the sangria?The service was good, the staff has quick and friendly.We were there for Friday night dinner and it was busy and loud. We couldn’t barely hear the waitress over the chatter.We enjoyed our first time at Bocado and you will too, try it!

Lauren Stanisz

This is hands down my favorite restaurant. I'm here at least 2x/mo as a treat for myself. The staff are always friendly and remember my name. The food is always delicious and the manager is really nice. The atmosphere is great on a weekday for me to just come by myself and bring my book and have a little me date. If you're looking for recommendations - their seasonal sangria (or any sangria) is always fabulous, goat cheese w/ honey, and the rice and cheese balls are my faves. Enjoy!!

Adam P.

Do you even tapas, bro?After perusing the menu up and down, we all agreed with Bocado experience for 4 was the one and only move. The experience entailed four selections from the charcuterie and cheese offerings, 8 tapas choices, one of several renditions of paella and two decadent desserts. We used the next 10 minutes to strategically pick the best plan of attack-- we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into.Sliced cured Spanish ham, chicken maple sausage, fried goat cheese with honey, sheep milk cheeseCHULETAS DE CORDEROgrilled lollipop lamb chops, rosemary mustard oilPECHO DE RES COCIDO5 hour braised beef brisket, bbg braise sauce, mashed potato,Aleppo crème fraîcheCHICKEN AND CAULIFLOWER CURRYchickpeas, jasmine rice, cilantro,crispy red onion, coconut curry sauceJAMBALAYA PAELLAandouille sausage, chicken, okra, tomato, peppers, onion,cajun seafood broth, corn breadPOLLO A LA PLANCHAgrilled marinated chicken breast, farro and vegetable salad, feta, sherry Dijon vinaigretteVIEIRAS CON TRUFA Y TOCINO bacon wrapped scallops with white trufle honey, red pepper flakesMEJILLÓNES SALTEADOS CON TOMATE sauteed mussels tossed with garlic, sundried tomato, basil, cracked black pepper, white wine and creamHAMBURGUESAS DE WAGYUtwin mini Kobe-style beef burgers, basil Dijon mayo, lettuce, tomato, spanish onionPOLLO ASADO LENTOslow-roasted chicken thigh, creamy polenta, sundried tomato-olive salsa, pomegranate molassesFLAN DE BOCADOpomegranate orange custard with fresh fruitCHURROS Y CHOCOLATEfried dough with chocolate dipping sauceNeedless to say we left very happy and very full and only touched a quarter of the menu.

Allie L

Just went for the first time, this place was amazing! Waiter was so helpful with suggestions and every tapa we had was delicious (pork belly, mussels, potatoes, chorizo encrusted steak). Couldn’t recommend this place enough!!

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