This place has good food, but it is far from the usual casual Spanish restaurants. Resembles more a casualFrench bistro serving Spanish food.My main issue is that prices are way too high for the place: one easily pays £80-90/pop and for that kind of money one would expect a very different setting and service.Won’t be coming back.
Sarah Shaw
The amazing fresh seafood was something… but the service was second to none…. The manager overheard that I found it a little noisy downstairs and very swiftly found us a tableUpstairs without us asking…. ! Just wonderful staff whose main aim was to make the experience perfect! Bravo!
Willy Diego
If you care about your customers, you’d at least update your google maps opening hours. Waste of my time.
Val B
The staff are wonderful and the food is just delicious. We have been here twice and loved it both times :) I had the fish of the day which was very flavourful and the basque cheesecake was
Chao Zhang
Wanted to try out this place for a while. The pictures from the reviews seem very tempting anyway. We ordered gambas and octopus for starters, flavour-wise not much surprise and the prawns don’t taste fresh. For mains, we got seafood rice and guinea, quite mediocre dishes for the price. In all, the chef pays more attention to plating than flavour.
Alison Garratt
My husband and I recently booked dinner at this restaurant and we were very impressed by the quality of the food. It was the first day of their new menu. I had the Iberico Pork from Salamanca and my husband had the Seafood Rice with Wild Cornish Monkfish. Both of us enjoyed our meals. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend this restaurant and I am already looking forward to our next visit.
A Dob
A very cozy place, excellent service and spectacular food. We will go again, we recommend 100%.
Sacha Stöckli
good food, nice staffbut unfortunately no coffee machine. would have loved to have a cortado at the end of my
Federica
Food was ok but the quality of the dishes was not sufficient for the price, was an attempt at Spanish food but badly executed. Shrimps were basically boiled, the seafood arroz was significantly lacking salt and the flavours were just about ok. The quality of the fish and meat was good but just really badly executed. The service was very good and attentive. The restaurant was well decorated but very loud, especially because the kitchen is downstairs, next to the tables with guests and we had to shout to be able to have a conversation. The tables were crammed. Anyone that has had genuine Spanish food (or any other mediterranean country) knows they can get a better meal in Spain for under 15€. Sadly disappointing.
Alex Taylor (ParrotChild)
Underwhelming food at idiotic prices and a seriously inconsiderate situation with staff left this as a very unfortunate experience.The restaurant seems content to float by on the dedication to sourcing authentic Spanish ingredients which not only must be terrible for their carbon footprint but also allows them to serve expensive and disappointing plates.Without much additional thought beyond the imported produce, the kitchen appeared disastrous in navigating our table who declined much of the starters offered.Having been served a plate of ruby red meat and breadsticks (alright, nothing exciting), we then had a forty minute wait for mains as the kitchen struggled with an endless outpouring of small sharing plates for other tables.No apologies, no explanation. Just a long wait.Mains arrived and lacked enough of a wallop to justify the price tags or delay, again justifying themselves with the ingredients apparently used (iberico pork, locally source fresh fish...) rather than the way in which the kitchen uses them.Mains were undeniably underseasoned, unless you like olive oil and lots of it.Staff were friendly enough until a final reveal of their lame selves, perhaps the end of the lunch rush was getting to them.Professional tip however: if you're going to make an unjustifiable jibe about any customer/s, do it out of the eyeline or earshot of any other patrons, it was embarrassing and only served to make you look bad.Floor space is tiny, acoustics awful, so anyone prone to anxiety or headaches will have a mare here. Frankly, it's a hugely avoidable place that seems destined only as a repeat visit for those who link good food with a high price tag alone.Pay more and get proper grub at Restaurant Twenty-Two.Pay less and get a grand feast at Zonghua Traditional.Pay little and get honest grub at Shelley and Sarah's.Left a lacklustre taste in the mouth in more ways than one.
Great Spanish restaurant but more than just tapas. Do try the Bierzo desert wine a
Matthew Myers
Great food! Would go back for sure. Only minor point of improvement- the waitrons could have been slightly more attentive.
Kevin D
The food is fine, but too expensive compared with other Spanish restaurants, seafood paella cost 34 pounds and quite tiny portion.Also really lacking service, our water bottle is empty and until the end no one care about it.
PerfectFootprint
High quality food with a focus on the best ingredients to elevate dishes. Sumptuous arroz negro with huge crispy prawns, rich manchego cheese in rosemary, creamy basque cheesecake. Delicious. Great wine and sherries, fab service and lovely touches for surprise birthday celebration. Thank you Mark and team we loved it and will be back!
James Elcock
Starters and mains excellent, desserts less so but possibly only because the others had been so fantastic. A little pricey but I think the quality of the ingredients and their sourcing makes it worth it as a treat.
This place has good food, but it is far from the usual casual Spanish restaurants. Resembles more a casualFrench bistro serving Spanish food.My main issue is that prices are way too high for the place: one easily pays £80-90/pop and for that kind of money one would expect a very different setting and service.Won’t be coming back.
The amazing fresh seafood was something… but the service was second to none…. The manager overheard that I found it a little noisy downstairs and very swiftly found us a tableUpstairs without us asking…. ! Just wonderful staff whose main aim was to make the experience perfect! Bravo!
If you care about your customers, you’d at least update your google maps opening hours. Waste of my time.
The staff are wonderful and the food is just delicious. We have been here twice and loved it both times :) I had the fish of the day which was very flavourful and the basque cheesecake was
Wanted to try out this place for a while. The pictures from the reviews seem very tempting anyway. We ordered gambas and octopus for starters, flavour-wise not much surprise and the prawns don’t taste fresh. For mains, we got seafood rice and guinea, quite mediocre dishes for the price. In all, the chef pays more attention to plating than flavour.
My husband and I recently booked dinner at this restaurant and we were very impressed by the quality of the food. It was the first day of their new menu. I had the Iberico Pork from Salamanca and my husband had the Seafood Rice with Wild Cornish Monkfish. Both of us enjoyed our meals. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend this restaurant and I am already looking forward to our next visit.
A very cozy place, excellent service and spectacular food. We will go again, we recommend 100%.
good food, nice staffbut unfortunately no coffee machine. would have loved to have a cortado at the end of my
Food was ok but the quality of the dishes was not sufficient for the price, was an attempt at Spanish food but badly executed. Shrimps were basically boiled, the seafood arroz was significantly lacking salt and the flavours were just about ok. The quality of the fish and meat was good but just really badly executed. The service was very good and attentive. The restaurant was well decorated but very loud, especially because the kitchen is downstairs, next to the tables with guests and we had to shout to be able to have a conversation. The tables were crammed. Anyone that has had genuine Spanish food (or any other mediterranean country) knows they can get a better meal in Spain for under 15€. Sadly disappointing.
Underwhelming food at idiotic prices and a seriously inconsiderate situation with staff left this as a very unfortunate experience.The restaurant seems content to float by on the dedication to sourcing authentic Spanish ingredients which not only must be terrible for their carbon footprint but also allows them to serve expensive and disappointing plates.Without much additional thought beyond the imported produce, the kitchen appeared disastrous in navigating our table who declined much of the starters offered.Having been served a plate of ruby red meat and breadsticks (alright, nothing exciting), we then had a forty minute wait for mains as the kitchen struggled with an endless outpouring of small sharing plates for other tables.No apologies, no explanation. Just a long wait.Mains arrived and lacked enough of a wallop to justify the price tags or delay, again justifying themselves with the ingredients apparently used (iberico pork, locally source fresh fish...) rather than the way in which the kitchen uses them.Mains were undeniably underseasoned, unless you like olive oil and lots of it.Staff were friendly enough until a final reveal of their lame selves, perhaps the end of the lunch rush was getting to them.Professional tip however: if you're going to make an unjustifiable jibe about any customer/s, do it out of the eyeline or earshot of any other patrons, it was embarrassing and only served to make you look bad.Floor space is tiny, acoustics awful, so anyone prone to anxiety or headaches will have a mare here. Frankly, it's a hugely avoidable place that seems destined only as a repeat visit for those who link good food with a high price tag alone.Pay more and get proper grub at Restaurant Twenty-Two.Pay less and get a grand feast at Zonghua Traditional.Pay little and get honest grub at Shelley and Sarah's.Left a lacklustre taste in the mouth in more ways than one.
Restaurantji Recommends
Great Spanish restaurant but more than just tapas. Do try the Bierzo desert wine a
Great food! Would go back for sure. Only minor point of improvement- the waitrons could have been slightly more attentive.
The food is fine, but too expensive compared with other Spanish restaurants, seafood paella cost 34 pounds and quite tiny portion.Also really lacking service, our water bottle is empty and until the end no one care about it.
High quality food with a focus on the best ingredients to elevate dishes. Sumptuous arroz negro with huge crispy prawns, rich manchego cheese in rosemary, creamy basque cheesecake. Delicious. Great wine and sherries, fab service and lovely touches for surprise birthday celebration. Thank you Mark and team we loved it and will be back!
Starters and mains excellent, desserts less so but possibly only because the others had been so fantastic. A little pricey but I think the quality of the ingredients and their sourcing makes it worth it as a treat.