Welcome

We are a small, yet warm and welcoming Spanish Tapas Restaurant, with the aim of providing an enjoyable authentic Tapas dining experience for our customers.

With a love of Spanish foods, our dedicated team are passionate about creating a tasty selection of Spain's most loved traditional and modern Tapas dishes using quality, freshly cooked ingredients, sourced locally, from Spanish suppliers and the Rye and Hythe fishermen. This enables us to support local suppliers and in turn, reduce our carbon footprint.

What Are People Saying About Us?

  • “I always worry that Tapas won't satisfy my appetite, but after eating at Sol Y Sombra I was stuffed and the food was gorgeous!”

    Nick

  • “The service was great, really friendly place to eat. The food was incredible!”

    David

  • “Beautiful little restaurant in the heart of Rochester selling authentic Iberian tapas. Food is delicious, well seasoned and presented well. ”

    Frank

  • “The service along with the food is spectacular. A real taste of Spain. Great portion size and price, only issue you'll have is choosing what to have. Totally recommended a place to dine.”

    Beth

  • "We had an amazing meal here last night. Best tapas I’ve had, staff where very friendly and attentive. Would highly recommend."

    Hayley

  • "Highly recommend, beautiful food, freshly prepared, and really tasty. The service was delightful and the atmosphere was lovely. Will definitely be coming back. ❤️"

    Bonnie

  • "The food here is really full of flavour it's unpretentious and really well done. Genuine Spanish chefs . I can't decide whether the best thing is the food or the really attentive staff. 5* would recommend."

    Liam