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A Local’s Review Of The Blitz Café & Tapas in Whitby

Sara Harland visited The Blitz Café & Tapas Restaurant on Church Street to review the wonderful food and drinks on offer at this unique venue.

Along the cobbles of Church Street between the Jet shops and age-old Whitby architecture, you will find a 40’s themed café called the Blitz. The Blitz is very inviting with its diamond-patterned windows. This is just the start of the World War Two theme. Stepping through the door you are transported into a time of air raids. With vintage china cups making you feel like you are in the 1990’s British comedy ‘Goodnight Sweetheart’.

The Blitz Bistro in Whitby

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During the day you can sample a daily rations menu, a Blitz breakfast and sandwiches with a proper cup of tea served with tea leaves. The whole look and theme of this place are very detailed from the furniture to the numerous lampshades that cover the ceiling. This feature is the ultimate definition of a Yorkshire person asking to put the “big light on” in the living room! There is a feature wall of London being bombarded during the war, a reminder of the harsh history of the Blitz.

The Blitz Ceiling

A modern twist that happens to The Blitz after 6 pm is that this café becomes a tapas restaurant with a full A La Carte menu plus a gin bar. I left my husband and kids at home for this review as this place is ideal to share food with friends.

On arrival we were shown to our table in the back area of the café where the wallpaper has a blue budgerigar design, how could you not enjoy looking at some budgies on the wallpaper, just fabulous. Our waitress for the night advised us on how many tapas dishes to order and she recommended between five and six dishes. So, while we both made a very important joint decision on what dishes to order, we enjoyed our refreshments.

The Blitz Cocktail

I picked the classic G & Tea with a Blitz twist to it. It was gin, chamomile tea and elderflower cordial served in a teapot with of course a china teacup complete with a saucer. 

The Blitz Cocktail Tea Cup

The setting of the place is charming with age-old decorative pieces of furniture filling every corner and contemporary influences. The music added to the ambience with a swing version of modern songs playing in the background.

We had decided on our tapas dishes which were, ‘Gambas Al Chef’ tiger prawns in a tomato, garlic and white wine sauce, ‘Aceitunas’ marinated mixed olives, ‘Patatas Bravas’ deep-fried potatoes in chilli and garlic, ‘Halloumi Fritas’  halloumi fries with mango and chilli sauce, ‘Chorizo Al Vino’ slow-cooked Spanish sausage in red wine and ‘Jerez Glaseado Castillas’ pork ribs in a sherry glaze. We had some mixed bread with oils to start whilst we were waiting for our dishes.

The Blitz Tapas Dishes

The tapas dishes came presented on boards with generous portions of garnish. I do love a good garnish, it is like unexpected food, a nice surprise! Each dish was delicious, you could tell the chorizo had been slow-cooked as it melted in your mouth. The potatoes and the halloumi fries were outstanding, and the flavours just hit the palate. The pork ribs fell apart and the tiger prawns were covered in a rich tomato sauce.

Tapas is great social food and the place was filling up with more and more customers. We then went onto our second course of cocktails as it would have been rude not to. My friend ordered a ‘Ramble’ this is a double gin with lemon juice and raspberries served in a rock glass, crushed ice with a fresh raspberry to finish.

The Blitz Ramble Drink

I picked my favourite cocktail, ‘Pornstar Martini’ which is vodka, Passoa, passion fruit juice and vanilla syrup. It also came with a little jam jar filled with Prosecco on the side. The finishing touches make this place so unique.

If nature is calling you to use the lavatory whilst in The Blitz, you will have to enter the bunker to access the toilets. You will have to take the steps down to the toilet with sandbags on the walls and there is wartime graffiti in the toilets. The whole style of the place is just right with great food and atmosphere. From cocktails to gin in teapots and tapas dishes that just melt in your mouth.

The Blitz Black and White

You will experience a great evening with welcoming staff. The place has so much personality and you can tell a lot of love goes into the place from the collection of antiques that adorn the establishment. In the style of Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again,’’ this will definitely be happening as it was all just amazing.

Visiting information

Address: The Blitz Whitby, 97-98 Church Street, Whitby, YO22 4DE

Website: www.theblitzwhitby.co.uk

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