Sant-Yago, Southsea

Spanish restaurants are hard to come by in Portsmouth and Southsea, so when Clarendon Road's Oddballs Restaurant died a death and reopened as Sant-Yago Tapas Bar, we were hardly disappointed. The big red sofas visible through the glass front made it look as though the place had undergone a complete transformation, but on entering we found that further back the wooden tables and chairs and the bar area were reminiscent of the premises' former self. It was about 1.30pm on a Saturday, and only one table was occupied. A Spanish waiter welcomed us straight away and showed us to a table near the ... more

I have eaten here a few times now and I have say that I really loved it! I enjoyed a selection of tapas and cocktails with my friends one evening and then paella, tapas and some decent red wine with my family another night. The tapas I enjoyed the most was the Slow cooked Chirzo and I loved their authentic parma jamon. I took advantage of the 2 for 1 cocktails with my friends and they went down a storm - espcially the strawberry daqs! We did have to wait a little while for our paella but it was no more than 20mins as far as I can remember, it is often a lot longer than that when we eat out in ... more