1884 Wine & Tapas plays its cards right with new offer

Chef De Partie Simon Slade (left) and Junior Sous Chef Chris Wingfield playing their cards right at 1884 Wine & Tapas Bar.

1884 Wine & Tapas Bar has revived its hugely popular green card deal as an April special and has completed an overhaul of its waterside outdoor dining area.

The restaurant was inundated with bookings when it first unveiled its green card deal only six months after opening in 2015 and Deborah Spicer, Director of the restaurant, said heavy demand is again expected for an offer which will only run during April.

She said: “It is a really good deal and after viewing the price and the menu a few people have said we must be proper April Fools! But it’s a great way of introducing people to our food and to the tapas style of eating.

“Hopefully we’ll get some fine weather to go with it and we can build on the rush of business from recent weeks by expanding to the outdoor area on the quayside. The beginning of the year can be a difficult time for restaurants but we’ve recently hosted a business supper club, charity events for the Impact Appeal and the Viola Trust and a Mother’s Day celebration for around 100 people.”

The green card menu is being launched alongside a revamp of the main menu and offers an initial order of a dozen dishes for £40, which then includes additional plates served two at a time until diners decide they’ve had enough and signal a stop by turning their cards from green to red.

Meat dishes include hanging skewers of marinated chicken wings and 1884 sausages or chorizo, paella, pork belly and meatballs. Seafood options include mussels and a special catch of the day, and the vegetarian variety embraces potato scallops with red peppers, green chillies and smoked paprika with pesto aioli, pan-fried chickpeas in a tomato sauce and chestnut mushrooms in a cream sauce with a red onion glaze.

Deborah said: “It demonstrates our unhurried approach to dining – it’s not about all you can eat, it’s about taking as long as you like to savour as many of our dishes as you want while relaxing with views of the Humber Riviera.”

Booking is advisable so please call the restaurant on 01482 216306 or visit the website at www.1884wineandtapasbar.co.uk