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Where To Go For Tapas & Small Plates In Derbyshire


Where To Go For Tapas & Small Plates In Derbyshire | The Sticky Beak Blog

For tapas, small plates and sharing-style dining experiences, this guide brings together our recommended venues from across Derbyshire. From authentic Spanish tapas bars and Mediterranean-inspired restaurants to modern kitchens serving creative small plates designed for sharing, every venue featured has been personally visited by The Sticky Beak Blog and is somewhere we would happily return to ourselves.


Belong Bar, Derby

Award-winning city centre bar serving Mediterranean-inspired small plates, loaded flatbreads, creative cocktails and bottomless brunches in the Old Blacksmiths Yard.

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Limas, Long Eaton

Award-winning restaurant specialising in creative sharing plates, combining global influences, seasonal ingredients and contemporary cooking in a relaxed setting. AA RosetteAA Rosette

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The Bottle Bank, Belper

Independent bar and restaurant serving tapas-style small plates and smokehouse dishes, alongside wines, cocktails, beers and spirits in a relaxed setting, ideal for sharing.

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Compamigos, Mercia Marina

Inspired by sharing with friends, this venue brings people together over tapas, cocktails and coffee, creating moments, memories and a relaxed atmosphere.

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Mustard Cafe, Heanor

Popular local café serving quality breakfasts and lunches by day, then small plates and tapas-style dishes on the evening menu, with a relaxed, friendly atmosphere

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Tapas Madrid, Ashbourne

Authentic Spanish tapas are served, blending traditional and modern dishes in a vibrant, welcoming setting, offering flavours that transport diners to Spain.

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Lorentes, Darley Abbey

Modern Spanish dining with refined small plates, bold flavours and elegant presentation, offering a relaxed yet polished setting for meals, gatherings and special occasions.

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Lorentes Tapas Bar

Authentic Spanish tapas served in a relaxed and welcoming setting, with traditional flavours, freshly prepared dishes and a genuine taste of Spain throughout.

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Lotus Indian Kitchen, Willington

A vibrant Indian street-food kitchen at Mercia Marina, serving grills, curries and other flavoursome dishes inspired by Indian cuisine in a relaxed, casual setting.

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This article includes venues we have visited and would recommend to friends and family, if a venue is not included in this collection then, most likely, we just haven't had the chance to visit them yet.

If you are a venue owner, manager or look after the PR / Marketing for a venue and are interested in being included in this collection then please get in touch