Reviews for Zambra in Asheville, NC
One of my top five favorite restaurants in Asheville North Carolina. Charming and romantic atmosphere and everything on the menu... is delicious. If you haven?t dined at Zambra?.What are you waiting for? Read more
Visited and made reservations here after seeing a few YouTube reviews speaking highly of this restaurant. It was amazing! The... atmosphere was quiet, and romantic. The food is memorable and savory. Can't wait to come and visit again. Read more
Great service, great wine list with selections to not break the bank. The gnocchi and pork spring rolls were top! The food came... out quite quickly and water was always filled. The mussels were to be desired, great flavor but still... Read more
This is a cool tapas restaurant in downtown Asheville. A perfect place for an intimate dinner and the wine list is deep and... stellar. The standout tapas was the Sunburst Farms Trout with garlic chili sauce, serrano ham and Oranges Supreme. The softsavory flavor of the trout contrasted with the salty crispness of the ham. The cheese plate, featuring an assortment of Spanishcheeses, spiced honey and quince jelly was also wonderful. Highly recommended. Read more
I really want to like this place but the food is sub par. Cute concept and ambience, ok service, seemed pretty dirty inside and... in bathrooms, but the food....Lots of technical flaws, flavor was not good, and difficult to even get recommendations from staffas it felt like they knew. Gave it a couple chances but every visit was worse than the previous one. Had previously beendisappointed with the pork belly on another occasion and asked about the new set up and was told not to order it by staff.Cool--thanks for looking out but very concerning! Some comments regarding specifics for management: Brussels were really greasyand the oil tasted old (maybe your fryers need new oil and aren't holding temp?), the sweet breads sauce really tasted likeketchup, and the trout crudo was tough/chewy and needed to be sliced thin plus it needed more acid than the kumquats provided.Not pictured was the chicken liver mousse which was the most disappointing dish of them all- super gelatinous and hard, so muchso that I could barely get out out of the ramekin, let alone spread it on anything. The crostini served with it was stale andthen toasted so it was hard as a rock. I asked for new bread and got some type of lightly warmed, par-sliced wheat loaf thatdidn't go with the dish. It was honestly the worse liver mousse I've ever seen or tasted. Luckily my friend doesn't really careabout food quality and she ate everything so I didn't have to feel bad for not eating more than 1 bite of anything. Was sohungry I asked for some butter and ate a piece of the wheat bread while I waited for my friend. Left hungry and thankfully wentfor a slice after we left. Definitely not the post birthday meal I was hoping for while my friend was in town visiting. Webounced back the next day at Nine Mile though, that place is legit! I realize the impact Covid has had on the hospitalityindustry as a whole and staffing is a big problem, however, it's important to make the necessary changes to adapt. Cu Read more
Excellent food. Tapas style. Tried basically ordered 10 or more of their plates. All very good and out together well. The... atmosphere is really nice and scenic. Very unique. Highly suggest Read more
Zambra is one of the most romantic restaurants in Asheville. It?s dark, but not too much. The design transports you to another... world. Cozy up in one of corner tables and enjoy some exotic food and wine. The thing I love about tapas is they?re fun toshare. Start slow and go from there. Tapas are great for couples like my husband and I who don?t eat much. We enjoyed thecheese plate a salad and the meatballs. It was plenty for us. All delicious. I loved my wine as well. We like to coincide ourvisit to Zambra around Valentine?s making it extra special. Read more
Was looking forward to this place for my birthday dinner. Walked in and it had a great vibe and ambiance. Mediterranean tapas... style. We had to change our reservation last minute which they were nice enough to accommodate. Arrived 15mins prior and werepromptly sat down. That?s where the night changed. Our waiter approached after 10mins and chatted some. He seemed a littlestand off-ish and that continued thru the night. If I?m being honest his attitude and persona alone ruined the night. We triedto look past it and order a few tapas dishes. The carrot dish was odd. Various levels of cooked carrots. Nice flavor but thedifference in doneness was a bit off putting. Next up the patatas bravas, a staple tapas were alright in flavor but not allthat saucy. The mushroom dish came out next which we enjoyed but still was texturally a bit all over the place. The shrimpchimmichurri dish came next. No sense of acidity of even any ability to taste the chimmichurri at all. The shrimp was overcooked and flavorless. Seasoning was lacking throughout every dish. We didn?t really enjoy the majority of the dishes, which isfine, this sort of thing is very subjective and restaurants have off night. The thing that ruined our experience and our nightwas our waiter Patrick. He was a bit of a soul sucker, passive aggressive and just seemed like he didn?t want to even be there.I can look past the mediocre food but the energy that dude gave off really just ruined the dining experience and my birthday. Hewas kind enough, although reluctantly offered to apply his discount. But even then he seemed to have hated his life and theexperience. We tried to look past it and continue my birthday and our experience. My gf convinced me to keep our night going andrediscover some sense of fun and enjoyment. Ymmv but this was our experience. Read more