Azucar

On a very hot and sunny Thursday last week, I went with Liam, Gev and her husband Tom for an early tea at Azucar.

Azucar is located in the riverside Brewery Wharf development, which benefits from a continental style, traffic free piazza, providing generous outdoor seating for the hotel, bars and restaurants that surround it.

In this weather the whole area has a lively buzz, with chatter and music. Gev got there first and used a considerable amount of stealth and wit to nab us a good table on the busy outdoor area.

Cocktails are BOGOF on a Thursday, so the free partner to Gevs drink was already waiting for me when I arrived. The boys had beer. The cocktails we had were wonderful, long and fruity, garnished with huge fresh berries.

We were advised by the waitress to order 2.5 dishes each so we took it in turns to pick items from the menu. There was a good range of items, all what you would expect from a traditional tapas menu.

The food and more drinks started to come out after a relatively short wait. We struggled to find room for all of the plates on our little table.

We had fishcakes, battered king prawns which were huge and juicy, chorizo and mushroom in red wine which was rich and delicious, tortillas with a slightly disappointing bowl of refried beans, patatas bravas, and jalapenos stuffed with cheese (although it looked more like cheddar than the cream cheese mentioned on the menu) and more things bedsides.

The amount of food we ordered was perfect, we were all happy and full, and nothing was left wasted.

It took a while for our bill to arrive after we asked for it as it was very busy, but we didn't mind as we were sat in the sunshine. Our bill including 6 drinks (and 2 free ones) and the 25% discount for ordering before 7pm and the service added came to just over £60. An absolute bargain!

Azucar

*Traditional, tasty tapas
*Great location
*Value for money

5 Brewery Place
Leeds
LS10 1NE
0113 2435761

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