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Besa

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Besa. (2026, October 26). The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/nsw-good-food-guide/besa-bondi-beach-20260429-p5zs8y.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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Quick Summary

Besa is an intimate Spanish tapas bar in Sydney, known for its flexible dining options ranging from snacks to full meals. The restaurant offers a variety of small plates such as gilda skewers and tortilla with confit potato, along with drinks like apricot spritz and Michelada. Its interior features deep-red colors and shaggy surfaces, adding to the cozy atmosphere enhanced by weekend DJs. Besa also provides special lunch deals on weekends including bottomless options for banquets.

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Story summary

Besa, a new Spanish tapas bar in Sydney's CBD, has opened to acclaim from food critics for its small plates of refined Spanish cuisine. Part of the Esca group, which also runs Aalia and Joji in the city centre and Nour and Henrietta in Surry Hills, Besa offers flexible dining options ranging from snacks to full meals. The 65-seat venue features a cozy atmosphere with deep-red interiors and live DJs on weekends. Menu highlights include a gilda skewer, tortilla with confit potato, pan con tomate, patatas bravas, and a Valencian-style paella. Besa appeals to diners looking for an intimate setting with deeply flavorful dishes.

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Topics

Aalia Besa Esca Nour, Spanish

Subjects

Besa ORG · 3× Spanish NORP · 2× Aalia ORG · 1× Esca ORG · 1× Joji PERSON · 1× Nour, ORG · 1× Surry Hills GPE · 1× Valencian NORP · 1×

Narrative

Brought to you by Esca – the group behind Aalia and Joji in the CBD and Nour, Henrietta and Ito in Surry Hills – Besa specialises in small plates of deeply flavourful, refined Spanish food.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-26

2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Besa · assertive framing

Claims (9 extracted, 0 hedged)

It’s all possible at this intimate, moodily lit tapas bar. asserted

It → ’ → bar

Brought to you by Esca – the group behind Aalia and Joji in the CBD and Nour, Henrietta and Ito in Surry Hills – Besa specialises in small plates of deeply flavourful, refined Spanish food. asserted

Besa → bring → food

Its appeal, in part, lies in its flexibility. asserted

appeal → lie → flexibility

Drop in for a gilda (today’s one-bite skewer is sweet red pepper, anchovy, green olive and gherkin, punctuated with a guindilla) and an apricot spritz. asserted

skewer → drop → guindilla

There’s no denying the energy in this dinky 65-seat space; it’s tightly packed, with deep-red colouring, shaggy surfaces and a chrome pillar at the centre, plus DJs on weekends. asserted

it → deny → weekends

Like we said, it’s all possible. asserted

it → say → ?

Good to know: Besa offers bottomless lunch with a banquet on weekends. asserted

Besa → know → weekends

Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. asserted

reviews → book → ?

A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide. asserted

restaurant → pay → Guide