La Bandera Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Wonderful polite staff."
• "Lovely staff to compliment the food."
• "All of the staff were fantastic and unbelievably helpful!"
• "Came here for my girlfriends last meal of her birthday trip and was served by Thomas who was very attentive and helped us with some great suggestions."
• "The staff are incredibly good and the food just has the perfect taste of Spain."
• "Staff were lovely and gave very good service!"
• "The staff (especially the manager) very attentive and friendly."

Cons:

• "Far too expensive for what they serve (Tapas of 4 single prawns is £9) and slow service."
• "Some staff are a bit pushy towards more expensive menu items."
• "The duty manager was very rude and condescending."
• "After 15 minutes waiting to order dessert we decided to leave without any pudding."
• "Waited over an hour and the booking and ordering through the phone was not explained to us."
• "The service is slow, we ordered bread and it was the last thing to arrive to the table."
• "Service was terrible, spent most of the time on our phones as we had to order."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Brilliant spanish food and the service was great."
• "Excellent Spanish food, really authentic!"
• "Absolutely amazing food and the staff make it even better(and that’s a difficult one as the food is that good)."
• "The food is absolutely delicious, the wine is awesome."
• "The Patatas Bravas (a staple of Tapas cuisine), was amazing, but the sauces paired were a highlight."
• "Delicious food, croquettes were a real surprise."
• "The prawns are incredible and the star of the show, you won't taste anything like them anywhere else."

Cons:

• "This is a below average city centre eatery."
• "Overpriced and not worth it."
• "Felt over valued for the quality of food and ambience (table for 2 was cramped up)."
• "Food was hardly edible."
• "The food at La Bandera is really bland."
• "Having a sharing paella and jug of red sangria we were disappointed with both."
• "The food was run of the mill tapas nothing to shout about!"

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "Great value too with good size portions."
• "This place I consider one of the hidden gems in town. Great food, wonderful service."
• "A great selection of delicious food at reasonable prices."
• "Great offer from Travel zoo helped to balance the food/ cost ratio."
• "Their express lunch is very affordable at £15/person for 3 tapas and a drink."
• "Totally recommended, tasty and quality food, decent tapas portions."
• "Good value for money too."

Cons:

• "Quite expensive for what it is."
• "The jug cost £22 and to pay more for what should have been a main ingredient was an insult."
• "Some of the tables and chairs are cheap feeling and uncomfortable."
• "The house wine was expensive for a house offering."
• "The red wine was major overpriced at £23 when the bottle is actually only £3.50 to buy online."
• "Tiny portion size! You get such a small amount of food it is definitely way overpriced."
• "The food and drinks were great! Good value £42 for a starter and 3 tapas and bottomless drinks, including cocktails for 90 mins."

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

• "The clean bright yellow decor will surely cheer anyone up."
• "Relaxing atmosphere, well decorated."
• "Bright and beautiful design."
• "Modern decor clean."
• "The cozy and rustic ambiance added to the experience, and the menu featured vibrant and fresh Spanish dishes."
• "The atmosphere and decor here was initially really inviting and made us feel very comfortable."
• "The friendless of all the staff plus the quirky decor (yellow seating etc) in makes this a gem within Manchester."

Cons:

• "The overpowering chemical smell when you walk in is really off-putting."
• "Rather disappointed as it's a Spanish Restaurant than they didn't have Paella on the menu."
• "The decor and general upkeep in the place were a little worn, and I felt like some things needed a bit of TLC and maybe some items replaced."
• "The actual decor seems to be needing an update the leather sofas looked used/had cracks on them not so upmarket!"
• "Like a lot of places, they add a (discretionary!?) 10% service charge onto the bill."
• "Bathroom smelt of mould with sink out of order, really badly looked after."
• "We were forced to have two house wines at £3.75 each... nobody would pay £8 for two £3.75 drinks if they knew they weren't allowed what the voucher actually offered!"