Amante Tapas & Vino

TLDR: friendly service, nice setting, great tapas selection.

Ambience: a simple cafe setting, with outdoor seating that was comfy. There's a chill vibe.

Service: friendly and welcoming.

Food: Very good. We ordered from the tapas menu and received:

Croquettas de Jamon y Trufa - spanish cured ham croquettes with truffle, manchego and salsa. It was nice, though the truffle and jamon were a little lost in the potato croquette.

Panceta de Cerdo y Guindilla Roja - pork belly bites with red pepper pinxto, apple and pear. Pinxto is essentially dried fried chilli pepers - which weren't that hot. The pork belly skins were crunchy, but the meat was a touch dry. I still quite enjoyed this dish.

Coliflor Asada, Miel y Chile - roasted caulflower, paprika & chilli spiced local honey - this was delicious! Soft perfectly cooked cauliflower roasted to perfection with balanced spice and sweetness.

Calamares, Chorizo y Pimientos Asados - panfried calamari, chorizo and roast pepers. The calamari was fresh, and over all the dish was decent.

Gambas al Ajilo - prawns, garlic, olive oil, lemon and herbs. This was the highlight dish. Prawns were fresh and perfectly cooked, with a balanced spice, and sour dough to soak up the juices and oils.

Overall this place was delicious and a great introduction to tapas with a modern spanish and Australian style.

The paella is one of the best I’ve ever had, rice is crispy and full of flavor, rabbit is so tender it pulls apart. Great range of Cava selections, all super tasty. Only tried two tapas, octopus and squid, great flavor too!
Super friendly and knowledgeable service too!

All class - - - super fresh and vibrant, a brilliant blend of textures, flavors and spices - excellent portion sizes - we came here when it first opened and found the wine list at the time difficult (but the food excellent) - we have come again after seeing a more varied option and there is no looking back now - absolute perfection, the pearl of Oxford street
Edit - wine is poured at table in chilled glasses - all class 🥂 ✨

Happened upon this place accidentally whilst in Bulimba today and what a lucky find !
Finally some authentic tasting tapas - a few of the dishes transported us back to Barcelona !
Really well priced & perfect portion sizes, we ordered 4 plates between 2 of us & only had a small amount we couldn’t finish.
Highly recommend the meat balls & Octopus.
We will definitely be back to sample the mains & wine list.
Ps: SO NICE to see a non-franchise/ chain restaurant on Oxford street !!

Came here for Father’s Day lunch. My wife booked it assuring me it would be good. A set menu with matching wines for us and the kids menu for the little two.

It was simply delicious. The wines were great and food scrumptious. The staff were amazing for the family and atmosphere just warm and welcoming. I would 100% come back and it was so well priced. For what we ate and just the welcoming experience for the family i would have paid double.

Totally recommend!

Went here today for the first time after seeing the specials board outside on the way to the pub & decided to try it out. We thoroughly enjoyed it! The specials included $2 oysters, $5 Estrella beers and $10 selected tapas. All were very tasty. We also had the seafood paella which was good.
With its chilled out atmosphere, tasty food, friendly staff and excellent specials we will definitely be back.

What a lovely find for Spanish delights. Our first time that we attended we shared a paella 🥘 it was delicious. The service was excellent and nothing was too much trouble for them. We had some sangria too. When we returned after a week they remembered where we sat and even what we had ordered. We were longing to have some more paella and sangria. ( only this time we didn’t share, we had one each ) Highly recommend this place for an excellent tasting food and service. I look forward to returning soon.

Such an amazing experience. We are new to Bulimba and were very impressed by the service first and food second. Roxanne in particular was such a great host. The food was brilliant! Patatas bravas was the stand out. Happy hour drinks and tapas is definitely the way to go here. We will definitely be back as regulars.

Me and my family had an amazing experience. We had an amazing waiter Who allowed us to pick an our own spacious table. The waiter was very friendly and fun and made ‘surprise’ cocktails. The food was great, the drinks were better and the service was the best:))

Friendly staff, delicious food and perfect ambience

Best all round dining experience we have had in a long time.
Great menu, well stocked bar and attentive/friendly service.
Very much looking forward to trying the new breakfast menu.

The service was amazing, our waiter Roxanne was beyond helpful in deciding our order! She was so, so, so nice as well! The food and drinks were amazing too. Thanks Roxanne!

Best customer service! Great people with a great community spirit and very kind so great they are in hospitality!!! wonderful food. Great atmosphere and good drinks. Definitely a wonderful place to visit regularly on Oxford St. Bring friends!!!

Amazing spanish restaurant. All the tapas I tried were delicious but the croquetas... OMG, the croquetas took me back home to Spain. I'll definitely come back to try the paella and everything else on the menu. So glad I moved to Bulimba :)

Highly recommend, great food, great service. Genuinely good all round experience. Thanks for making our evening out as a family a good one.

This place is just amazing, a super friendly staff, custom 1800 coconut flavoured margarita, to die for

And the food , we had was simply outstanding, a little restaurant punching way above Thier weight , no wonder the tables were full, def book in advance , I see the popularity of this place growing and growing , I felt like a regular, on my first visit

Some of the best paté I've had in years. Definitely going to make it back in. The wine and cocktails are pretty good as well. Keep up the good work guys.

Had a lovely brunch, oysters were to die for.... Totally converted sangria drink and the staff are phenomenal. Thank you to Danny and Roxanne who were so kind and attentive.

Wonderful, friendly staff and truly delicious food. Thank you for a lovely meal and some really fabulous wine!

You have to try this place if you haven’t already done so. The food is exceptional and the service is just so genuine and great. The staff and owners are very friendly. Cheers MaryAnn