Meson Don Felipe Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Atmosphere is very lively, staff is supernice, service is pretty quick and food is very very nice!"
• "Liked the atmosphere because it was quirky and unusual."
• "Spanish tapas in a traditional Spanish-feeling space that is always buzzing and busy."
• "The atmosphere is buzzy with chatter and there's a variety of classic tapas on offer with some excellent wine."
• "Lovely authentic atmosphere lots of friends eating lunch and laughing."
• "Great place with lovely atmosphere."
• "When you enter the restaurant the atmosphere moves you to Spain."

Cons:

• "Should be an old and legendary place. Unfortunately, the tapas is just not up to scratch these days."
• "There are no soft furnishings in this place - curtains, table cloths etc, so the noise level is really loud - 90 decibels according to the app on my phone."
• "There is a guy who plays guitar, which normally I love, but he appeared halfway through our meal and his amp was by our heads. Conversation gone!"
• "Also the old lady which I believe it was the manager had a very rude language and was swearing in front of the customers."
• "Horrendous experience, which left us without a dinner reservation at 8pm on a Friday evening."
• "However I found it loud, impersonal service and mediocre food."
• "The place itself was really loud, it was hard to speak in a normal tone."

Service

Pros:

• "Lots of waiting staff which made everything run incredibly smoothly."
• "The service is efficient and you leave feeling good."
• "I Had not reserved a table but they were very accommodating."
• "The staff are extremely friendly and take great pride in their restaurant."
• "The service was very attentive."
• "Staff were really nice despite having to serve a large group like us during the busy lunch hour."
• "The staff is really friendly and efficient. The food comes out fast."

Cons:

• "The service was horrible. We asked 3 times to our waiter that was called Kata to give us water and she refused."
• "Rarely experienced such poor service. One waitress was unbelievably rude."
• "The service was so poor this evening, we asked the ‘manager’ to take the automatic charge off our bill."
• "Dined here a with my family, great food and ambience however noticed a female manager being extremely rude to some of the waiters."
• "However, there was one older member of staff who was quite rude (looked really stressed out)."
• "Was not impressed by the service. Had to ask 3 times for chips to be brought to the table."
• "The staff are completely uninterested."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is always very nice."
• "Food is great, closer to traditional tapas."
• "It's good value, and if the tapas aren't the best in London, they're easily good enough, and better than many places you'd find in Madrid."
• "The food was amazing and filling as always."
• "The food was excellent and the service was magnificent."
• "Delicious food and lovely atmosphere."
• "The food especially seafood paella was perfect!"

Cons:

• "The food was bland."
• "The croquetas were quite far from the quality and flavour you normally get in Spain."
• "The paella was inedible, the eggplant dishes were cold and lacking flavour."
• "Just horrible. The food tasted mainly of salt."
• "The £10 squid was as chewy as rubber and the portion is tiny."
• "What a disappointment. We ate here last year and the food was good. This time: the ham was not jamon, probably Tesco cheap ham."
• "The 'tapas' portions are enormous. Everything we ordered came literally swimming in grease."

Value

Pros:

• "I'm usually a little disappointed with tapas in the UK which varies from terrible to decent with a heavy price tag. Was surprised that this restaurant was both reasonably priced, decent portion sizes and flavour similar to what you'll find on Spain."
• "Good value for London."
• "Good value, excellent taste."
• "Food is nice, not top quality but very good value especially for this part of London."
• "Value for money is good considering the quality of the food on offer."
• "Generous reasonably priced plates of food."
• "The prices were very reasonable, the whole experience very authentic."

Cons:

• "A little more pricey than I would have liked... and masses more pricey than in the Costa del Sol."
• "£73 quid for 5 dishes and a carafe of wine. Robbery."
• "The 'chef's special stew' was tiny, a starter sized portion (£12)."
• "But not really when you have to pay 60 or 70 quid w/ service charge -- giving you low value for money."
• "Prices are high for tapas/small plate experiences. In the area there are better places."
• "We did get some [mayonnaise] and were consequently charged £1.50 for. £1.50 for a teaspoon of mayo - bargain!"
• "This place used to be decent now is turning into a total disaster, the Paella they serve outside during the day is getting worst by the day, you either get the rice undercooked or an overly salted dish, or both."