Bomba

We ordered set menu- $65/pp. Great food & good portion (4/5 ⭐️). We found it quiet interesting(?) that sourdough bread was part of the starters and fried potatoes were in the mains. We underestimated the portion by looking at the first two rounds of dishes coming in!! We were so full! We wished that desserts were included in the set menu. Anyway we ordered it and it was amazing! Great ambiance as well, music was not too loud and service was friendly. I felt really comfortable eating there. Sparkling water was free.

A friend recommended this place so I booked it for my lil sisters birthday dinner and it was absolutely amazing! Had a great view, great food and cocktails, and the staff were so lovely! We ordered the first tapas menu (changed to cater to vegan) and it was SO DELICIOUS. Would love to go back and try the other tapas option soon!

From the team behind Añada, Bomba was born. Serving also tapas-style Spanish cuisine, Bomba felt a lot more casual. We ordered the chargrilled quail, baked Hervey Bay scallops, Leek and Manchego croqueta, Crab, Lamb ribs, and a couple of desserts. None of the dishes disappointed us, but my favourites were the croqueta and Lamb ribs; the croqueta was so cheesily creamy on the inside with a thin crispy shell, and the Lamb ribs were very succulent. Despite being a very busy night, service was prompt and friendly.

Dimly lit during night time, Bombabar was a good place to catch up with friends, bustling with laughter and loud conversation. We had an early booking and started off with cocktails, which were delicious, refreshing, and hard to fault. The red wine sangria was too easy to drink with just the right amount of sweetness and spice to purvey a great meal with friends. Although some of the food was hit-and-miss, they were mostly delicious. The standouts for the montaditos were the “bone marrow, Wagyu cecina”, which was sweet and savoury at once --we’ll be dreaming of this for days to come! The “escalivada of eggplant, capsicum & shallot” had a smoky flavour we loved. Of the mains, the vegetarian dish was the star: we really loved the “cauliflower, saffron, paprika & sorrel,” which had a thin char enhanced by a creamy sauce. These went extremely well with the “heirloom tomato, burrata, pickled onions” verduras. The bits we didn’t like were the “paella of barramundi, pipis, calamari, scampi” and the tapas of “charcoal grilled pork belly, Pedro Ximenez, apple, fennel chicharrones”. Although they cooked the seafood well, I didn’t get as much flavour in the rice; we would have picked another dish from the raciones instead. As for the pork, I couldn’t get a hint of the sherry, apple, or fennel. It tasted a lot like other, middling pork belly in Melbourne. The "patatas bravas" were too salty but filled us up nicely. The staff seated us quickly and the time between tapas and the mains was long enough for hearty conversation. Our server was attentive and efficient --our drink orders arrived quickly, too, and kept us occupied for the wait for paella, which was well within the expected 30 minutes. There are no specials here, but the server explained the menu clearly, and kept our water glasses full. In all, we had a wonderful experience, and our only regret was the pricey but not impressive paella. This is a bustling bar with delicious cocktails and good food, lively for a night of catching up, and would be a great choice while on this end of Lonsdale St.

🧀 Ricotta Chive Montadito, Goats Cheese and Garlic Croquette, 7+ Score De Palma Wagyu Cecina 🐙 WA Octopus, Eggplant, Charcoal Grilled Pork Belly 🥔 Lamb Chillindron, Moreton Bay Bug, Potatoes, Grilled Asparagus 🍫 Churros Bomba Restaurant and Rooftop has been a front runner for Spanish food in Melbourne for years and have recently undergone a million dollar renovation. It is unpretentious and cosy, with intimate seating and moody lighting downstairs, and amazing views of the city from the rooftop terrace upstairs. 🏙 The restaurant menu is tapas style designed to be shared. At the time of dining they were only doing two set menu options $65 or $85 however their A La Carte menu is now back on offer. As I had a @payo_australia voucher to spend we went with the $85 which had 10 dishes. 🇪🇸 Their Garlic and Chive Croquettes were some of the softest and lightest I’ve ever had and the Octopus had that amazing, strong BBQ flavour to it. The Pork Belly was rendered well and complimented beautifully with the peperonata. The potatoes were super crispy and the additional churros with gooey chocolate sauce we ordered for dessert was perfection. 🍫 Unfortunately the Lamb was really fatty, the small pieces of meat we did get though tasted really nice. The Asparagus, Eggplant and Moreton Bay bugs were quite average. The 10 dishes averaged at around $17 each which in the end seemed abit pricey considering they were all very small. I think the value could have been improved by even just including dessert. My score may have been higher if it wasn’t a set menu because there were some dishes on there i wouldn’t have ordered. I would definitely return again for the A La Carte or to check out the rooftop snack menu. ⭐️ 4/5 (Great)