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Sala

344 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
at Great Jones St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-979-6606 Send to Phone
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  • Reader Rating:

    6.5 out of 10

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    2 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Spanish/Tapas
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Official Website

salanyc.com

Hours

Sun-Thu, noon-11pm; Fri-Sat, noon-midnight

Nearby Subway Stops

6 at Bleecker St.

Prices

$17-$24

Payment Methods

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Delivery
  • Good for Groups
  • Lunch
  • Romantic
  • Singles Scene
  • Take-Out
  • Online Ordering

Alcohol

  • Full Bar

Reservations

Recommended

Delivery Area

Prince St. and Rivington St. to 10th St., Ave. B to University Pl. and LaGuardia Pl.

Profile

Big, dark, and warm, Sala is the East Village tapas joint smart downtowners cherish—for both its hip, low-key atmosphere (you won’t see any drunken Wall Streeters reliving their JYAs in San Sebastian) and its well-executed little Spanish dishes. A sampler platter of tostas includes almond-stuffed, bacon-wrapped dates and pan tumaca (tomato, garlic, and Serrano ham on bread), and the slightly larger raciones gets more inventive, with dishes like fried goat cheese dabbed with honey. If you’ve still got room, lamb chops, and a paella await, not to mention Sala’s Spanish wines and sherries, most available by the glass. — Matt Gross

6.5 "Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
50% Would you go back?
50% Would you take a date?
50% Would you take kids?
50% Would you go on business?
50% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 6.5
Service: 8.0
Décor: 7.0
Value: 6.5

Disappointed ....

touring_local from 10128 | Posted on 8/21/08

Overall Rating: 4 (Not Recommended)
Food: 4
Service: 6
Décor: 6
Value: 4

Went for a birthday party and there was nothing special on the menu. Paella was served with the rice barely cooked and lacking of ingredients. Some of the tapas were over cooked and seemed like they had been sitting under a heat lamp a bit too long. Would not recommend.

A very pleasant surprise at first, but love at second sight

NYCitizen from 90210 | Posted on 3/1/08

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 9
Service: 10
Décor: 8
Value: 9

I had the pleasure of returning to Sala a 2nd time around, for a birthday party that I threw for a friend along with 6 coworkers. I chose this location after having been there once for my own birthday party. However, I never gave Sala much thought after that 1 outing. And I regret having done so. Last night at Sala made me reevaluate the great value of this restaurant. The décor, with its rich outside of Barcelona-esque look, and the lively contemporary music of Nelly Furtado and Amy Winehouse set the scene. The service was beyond 5 star, with the manager even fetching our coats for us. The pleasant & beautiful waitress never missed a beat & was right there when we needed her. We came there after going to another bar with only a small appetite. But once the vibrant perfume of garlic, thyme and rosemary perked up our senses, we found it irresistible to refuse the delicacy that greeted us. But when a restaurant such as Sala compels this patron to subscribe to online news magazine to write his very first ever praise for a restaurant, then that truly sets the mark for how amazing Sala is.

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