La Bodega - Auch

Great search just a few minutes from the central square in a paved street. uber efficient waitress and clever table set up where nothing is too much annoying. I am with a janette (previous review) on the Catalan salate, super fresh and hit the mark.

A beautiful place for lunch and quite different from everything close. large selection of tapas as well as 'full main meal times also. the children have less choice to connect to the tapas or have a small steak and chips that are a first. for our children, but they loved it. also friendly staff and a quirky vibe overall.

I was very surprised when I get my vegetarian plate: nudels, kartoffels, tomatoes, wobbles, mushrooms and fennel. on the top there were discs of cheese easy to take for vegan. it is not easy to get veggy food in gascony and close to the region...in restaurants so I was really excited to eat something really good.

We had a salad with local produce (gizzards and lettuce . The salad was large enough as a meal and well balanced except for the dressing that was a bit greasy. The tables were small but the service was fast. A well located restaurant for a...quick meal before or after the visit to the old streets of Auch. To recommend if you need a quick decent local meal :

I suppose that if you want to eat tapas, you should go to Spain. We tried La Bodega on a Monday lunchtime in October, the place was about half full, and as they advertised tapas prominently, we thought that would be safe enough first...mistake. Moules persillade were not the fresh mussels you get everywhere in France, they were frozen greenlip mussels that were cold and chewy to the point of being tough. Tortilla, which should be the staple of any Spanish style restaurant was cold, chopped up and clearly had not been cooked that day ghastly! A plate of mixed charcuterie tasted good enough, but did not have either the quantity or quality to justify a 13 Euro price tag. A few thin slices of jamon, lomo, chorizo and manchego cheese was simply not good enough. If the food was poor, the service was catastrophic. The patron effected an air of Spanish eccentricity, but in fact was simply dashing from one table to another in a totally random manner. He was assisted by a young lady who appeared to feel that serving tables was beneath her, didn 't seem to know what was on the menu, and trudged around with a sullen look on her face. She would appear to have made a wrong career choice. Some of our meal came instantly, other parts came after 30 minutes wait. Three groups of customers gave up in despair of ever getting served, two others returned food that should have been hot to the kitchen because it was stone cold. I am always reluctant to give a stinker of a review where the other reviews are good, but we either hit La Bodega on a bad day, or other contributors are more easily pleased. For me, this is a place I will actively avoid in future.