The District Tapas+Bar

I've gone here twice, first time was great, got lots of tapas, and the service was great. The second time though, we ordered one tapas and 3 entrees, we received the entrees first and were finished them before we received the Tapas. Service was not great, took a long time before we even got our drink order in. I'm hoping it was just an off night, but sadly the bad experience feels like it outweighed the good one.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

My 1st time here. I'm from out of town. This is a must stop and eat place if u want some absolutely deelish tapas. My favs are the chimi tostadas and fries chicken sliders.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My first time going here, and definitely not the last! We were only here for brunch, and they had lots of options. I’d love to see what they have for their regular menu. Lots of vegetarian options and a few vegan ones aswell

Food: 5

The food is absolutely outstanding. We had a selection of just about everything. The flavours were amazing; from the hummmus to the brussel sprouts to the sliders. Portion size of the tapas was very generous. The atmosphere is good but unfortunately we had a very noisy quartet beside us that constantly went outside to smoke and brought the smell back in with them. But not under the control of the restaurant. Will for sure be going back. Just sorry we hadn't visited sooner. It was the perfect place to send our friends off on their new journey of living in B.C. They will have fond memories of a perfect dinner with amazing food. We were so busy scarfing down the food that we didn't even take any pics. Sorry, but you'll have to discover this gem yourself.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tapas

Stopped here on way to Niagara for my daughters 19th. She really wanted chicken and waffles and this was the only place I could find en route that wasn't in the Niagara tourist area but when we arrived, it didn't appear on the menu (it was on the online menu). One of our party asked about the omission and the server said we could still order it as they have the batter prepped for brunch on the weekend (it was Friday night). Speaking of the server, I would've given an overall 5 stars but our service was slow. He was very nice, conversational and tended to our needs so I'm not putting the speed 100% on him. We were just disappointed that it took about 10min before we were asked for our drink order. It's not a big place but it was busy so I'm sure they could've used an additional server (there were only 2 that we saw). The food was great, that was something we could all agree on. We enjoyed the atmosphere and the decor was pretty cool.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

The drinks on their curated menu in house did not match those on the online menu at all. What we expected were real cocktails, and what they actually offered were very fruity, watered-down mixed drinks. It was quite disappointing as some of the ones they had listed in their online menu looked good so I had high hopes for the bartender. They do have more booze-forward, classic cocktail options, but nothing anyone could not easily make at home. To clarifiy, there is nothing inherently wrong with the drinks they are serving, and I am sure some people like them, but it is too bad the information they are putting out is very misleading.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Service was on point, food was delicious. We had the beet and goat cheese salad, the brussels sprouts and the Buffalo cauliflower. All very fresh and tasty.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Don’t Book here before a Concert! We made reservations before our concert for 6:30pm. We arrived at the restaurant at 6:20 pm to a lineup out the door. We were told that they sat walk in tables earlier that “ just weren’t leaving “ and recommended to us and everyone else who had reservations that we were welcome to wait but we should find somewhere else to eat. We waited until 6:50pm before leaving to find another restaurant. I guess reservations don’t mean anything to those that plan ahead. If you’re going to seat walk in’s ahead of your reservations, they should be aware the table is only available for a limited time.
Luckily we found a great place for drinks, but we didn’t have time to eat as they were too busy to get food out in time.

Good service bar type

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Vodka bombs, green curry, vibes and overall a wicked little place for a great lunch. Will be back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jenaya took care of us while we had the MOST DELICIOUS tapas… green curry and mushroom caps were bomb. Will return to this hidden gem

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Did the downtown St Catharines fixed menu promo and it was such a great price for the food! Had the seafood gnocchi and the fried halloumi and both did not disappoint!! Delicious chocolate mousse cake as well. Catered perfectly to my allergy :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Portions are a joke. Food was good. She thought the mushrooms were good but wow, our server didn’t check on our food or bother to offer extra napkins. Ran outta water too. Not attentive whatsoever. He came by at the end. He didn’t deserve the tip but I did it anyway. Extremely blasé attitude on his part and the worst thing is, if I told him he’d be stunned. I don’t mean casual in a good way. He was such a meh server.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

We have been to this restaurant quite a few times, always delicious. Today we had server Bo and he was excellent! He was very attentive and the food was amazing! We especially love the brussels sprouts and deep fried oreos! We will continue to visit regularly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Decided to try something different today and I'm so glad we did. We parked at the Ontario Street parking garage and literally 1 min walk to the District.
We were happily greeted by our server Bo and quickly sat in a comfortable booth.
Water was brought over immediately where he introduced himself by name and explained the Wednesday Wine Feature ($1 per oz for house wine)
Menus were located on the table as well as drink menus.

The atmosphere was excellent. The artwork on the walls brings me back to my teenager days in the 90s all while 90s hip hop music plays in the background

Menu is Tapas style but they also have entrees etc

We had a delicious ricotta and feta dip with delicious crusty bread. It was to die for.
I chose the 3 fried chicken sliders
Nashville Hot
Maple & Apple
Fried chicken

OMG so fresh. The breading on the chicken was delicious.
Highly recommend

My aunt had the seafood gnocchi and loved it.

Caleb one of the owners was cooking and it was excellent.

We viewed the Brunch menu for Sundays and we will be definitely giving it a try
BOTTOMLESS MIMOSAS?

I also had a Spicy Strawberry 🍓 Margherita
Delicious straight 10 across the board.
You earned yourselves a regular customer

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5