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Tía Pol

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205 Tenth Ave., New York, NY 10011
nr. 22nd St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-675-8805 Send to Phone

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    Key to Prices and ratings

    Upscale
    • Almost Perfect
    • Exceptional
    • Generally Excellent
    • Very Good
    • Good
    Cheap Eats
    • Best in Category
    • Excellent
    • Delicious
    • Very Good
    • Noteworthy
    • Very Expensive
    • Expensive
    • Moderate
    • Cheap
  • Reader Rating:

    6.6 out of 10

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    11 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Spanish/Tapas
Photo by Mike Rogers

Official Website

tiapol.com

Hours

Mon, 5:30pm-11pm; Tue-Thu, noon-3pm and 5:30pm-11pm; Fri, noon-3pm and 5:30pm-midnight; Sat, 11am-3pm and 6pm-midnight; Sun, 11am-3pm and 6pm-10:30.

Nearby Subway Stops

C, E at 23rd St.

Prices

$3.50-$15

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Bar Scene
  • Brunch - Weekend
  • Dine at the Bar
  • Hot Spot
  • Open Kitchens / Watch the Chef
  • Private Dining/Party Space
  • Singles Scene
  • Reservations Not Required

Alcohol

  • Beer and Wine Only

Reservations

Not Accepted

Profile

This diminutive Chelsea tapas bar is possibly the best traditional Spanish restaurant in a town curiously devoid of such things. The food is Basque, to be precise, and includes crunchy, creamy croquettes (which change daily), skewers of lamb marinated in garlic, little pyramids of batter-fried shark, and endless varieties of cod. Everything is modestly priced and modestly sized, so if you don’t like one dish, do what the tapeadores do and order three others.

Extra

Note
Tía Pol accepts reservations only for parties of 6-8, but eating at the bar is as comfortable and spacious as eating at a table.

Recommended Dishes

Green peppers, $8; lamb skewers, $6/$12; chorizo al jerez, $7; patatas bravas, $6; squid in ink with rice, $13; carpaccio of king oyster mushrooms, $11

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Average Reader Rating
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81% Would you go back?
81% Would you take a date?
0% Would you take kids?
10% Would you go on business?
36% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 7.3
Service: 6.7
Décor: 6.5
Value: 6.9

Excellent!

ralves from K1S 2A1 | Posted on 8/22/08

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

Great little place for wine & tapas! Would highly recommend - far better than casa mono & bar jamon which we sampled the night before. Staff was very pleasant - would go back in a New York second!

Don't go if you are hungry! or like to eat!

waynezinho from 07430 | Posted on 6/6/08

Overall Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)
Food: 1
Service: 4
Décor: 6
Value: 1

I don't see what the fuss was all about, but then I realized ... no one was eating. Small, cramped and uncomfortable, the real disappointment was the food. I know Tapas. I am Catalan/Portuguese and practically grew up sampling Tapas in the Tri-state area. This was by far the worst! I ordered a few plates and as the shark triangles came out, I was absolutely HORRIFIED! There were 5 pieces of shark about half the size of a chicken McNuggets [which I would have preferred]. The Clams were tiny and not special [my mother makes the same thing at home] as was everything else. The almonds were greasy and unappealing. The Pepers Gernika were unappealing, just fried. Overall the portions were terrible. The food was average. There was ZERO value, and the service pretty much sucked. All of the 6 plates I ordered could fit with room left over on one plate and I dropped around 55$, AND HAD TO EAT SOMEWHERE ELSE AFTER. There are plenty of better places to try in the city as well as Newark, NJ. I wanted to like this place but It ended up being a waist of money.

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