Address: Riverside, The Oracle, Reading RG1 2AG, United Kingdom
Phone: +441189071980
Rating: 4.1
based on 306 reviews.
Atmosphere & Decor
Pros:
"First time coming to this cosy, amazing restaurant. Lighting is warm, layout was really nice."
"Decor inside was nice, varied seating options are scattered through the interior and the place has a modern vibe."
"Chill vibes, nice lively music, super colourful restaurant and I found it to be particularly popular for parties or for birthdays."
"The place had a good vibe."
"The restaurant was clean and had a lovely feel about the place."
"The general layout and decor is also really nice."
"Still is a good place to go, with friendly staff and nice atmosphere."
Cons:
"Packed. Had to sit outside which was ok but they couldn't be bothered to bring cutlery and I had to walk inside and ask."
"The minus was it was cold inside even the people table next to us made the same comment."
"Having been popped on a table near the main entrance which was the most coldest place in building we asked for a different table."
Service
Pros:
"Really good service and the food was well cooked and generous."
"We were served by Marta and were thrilled by the quick service and quality food."
"We were served by Joe and he was super friendly and hospitable, checking in on us regularly and providing overall amazing service!"
"The server Joel was great and catering to your needs well especially as a member of the party is a celiac."
"Service at the Reading Las Iguanas restaurant was excellent."
"Service was exceptional! Personal service with a smile."
"Quick service, staff very friendly."
Cons:
"Both waitresses behaviors weren't professional at all."
"Staff didn’t seem like they wanted to serve us and questioned us when we ordered our drinks."
"Mediocre at best today. Understaffed so slow service for food and slower for drinks."
"Was also far too busy with hardly any staff hence the waiting around to be served and they took preference in people who wasn't bottomless brunch."
"The only thing I can fault is the music being too loud - I quite struggled to hear those at the table around me."
"The staff only intervene when I had to get off my chair to the other side of the restaurant to get staff’s attention."
"Very slow staff. Had to call someone out to serve us and male bar staff had a very bad attitude."
Food Quality
Pros:
"Well cooked food, thoughtfully presented."
"The food was delicious."
"The food was to die for and came out piping hot and quickly."
"Our food came out quickly and was totally delicious! Really good portion sizes, you won't leave hungry!"
"Very good food and authentic Brazilian curry."
"The food was delicious and the atmosphere was warm."
"Food was Very good, Enchilada was Good but the Bahian Coconut Chicken was an Absolute Banger, an absolute Must Try Magic you don't want to miss."
Cons:
"The food is tiny and hardly worth it really a burger could add chips but for £4."
"And the burger/chip portions were quite small and disappointing for £16.50."
"Terrible. If you haven’t had anything resembling Latin American food, I suppose you might be fooled into thinking this was similar."
"The jerk barbecue sauce was excessive on the half chicken but the Argentinian style burger was lovely."
"Nice local place, the nachos are bad so dodge them. Main meals are microwaved but cheap."
"The food didn't have much flavouring or seasoning unfortunately."
"Visited for dinner one evening and after perusing the menu before hand en route to the restaurant we were looking forward to it... however the food was pretty mediocre and that’s being generous."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Went for the bottomless brunch and it's well worth it."
"For £35 pp, it was definitely worth it! Great drinks, tasty food and a tremendous host, you can't really go wrong."
"Good place for drinks specially mocktails as you get 1 free pitcher when you buy 1."
"We had the Cuban sandwich, a Copacabana burger and a children's meal, a couple of drinks and dessert for under £70."
"The quantity you get makes it well worth it."
"Price for one is roughly £10-£12."
"Yummy food and drinks, but our food came out separately quite far apart as we ordered at the same time but via the website as we were on a bar table.update-this time everything came out promptly the waiter was lovely and the food and drinks were fabulous 👌"
Cons:
"The food is tiny and hardly worth it really a burger could add chips but for £4."
"And the burger/chip portions were quite small and disappointing for £16.50."
"Used to love this place and always recommended it but since the refurb the prices have risen way too much."
"Don't think it'd worth £20 seemed a bit basic, service was so so we were waiting a while to get cleared."
"Cocktails were good and they do 241 but bit expensive."
"We paid £60 for a meal for 2 people were I couldn't finish my burrito because it was too spicy."
"So basically I need to pay almost £4 for a pint with ice, what is that?"