I recently moved here from Sydney and this place has become my favourite local restaurant. Fantastic wine list by the glass and bottle. Polite and fast service. But the best thing about this place is the food – absolute 5 star tapas. With traditional selections such as patatas bravas and chorizo to chose from as well as more contemporary duck pancakes or wild boar meatballs – all are excellent quality. I’ve taken visitors from o/s here several times and they’ve been equally impressed.

The service was appalling, on arrival the only acknowledgement we got from the bald bar tender was him sliding over the menu’s. We were not greeted, or asked if we wanted to be seated at a table. All the waiters looked, and acted like they had just come from a funeral. Such a shame as the food is quite good, and so was the wine, but the terrible service overrides this.

On a recent Saturday had a thoroughly pleasant lunch there. Good selection of really tasty tapas and a wide range of wines by the glass to select from. Great ambiance both inside with the leather couches and outside with tables on the pavement where with good food, wine and company you can watch the world go by. Service perhaps needs to be a little more outgoing and able to anticipate your needs more – you tend to have to go looking for the staff. Overall, very warmly recommend Dida’s to others seeking a relaxed and civilised watering hole.

It’s horrible when the staff just aren’t up to scratch. Especially the chef. The waiter ‘thought’ it was a new chef. That was his excuse for the incredibly bland and poor tasting food. We ate it, because we were hungry. And i was polite in complaining. Merely pointing out, that i had eaten there numerous times before and it has been great. But this time, it really wasn’t up to it’s usual standards. We waited for a while before being seen to. It was cold, and one of the staff was very un-attentive, offering us nothing for the poor quality of the meal.

After parting with over $100 and a great deal of dissatisfaction, it’ll be a while before i go back. And when i do, lets hope there’s a ‘new’ chef.

Fantastic food, incredible selection of wine. Great atmosphere. We’re definately coming back. Highly recommended

The food is excellent, although, I wouldn’t want to be a strapping bloke on a fish and chip budget. Wine selection – probably one of the best in Auckland. Shame about the line up of the European zimmer frames for the old dudes of Herne Bay…. Parking: Congested.

What a fantastic place.
This is ‘foodies’ heaven!
I certainly hope that Dida’s manages to keep their seating on the pavement against the Council’s controversial attempt to remove it, as it creates a really relaxing cafe scene in this little block on Jervois Rd.