ORFORD ROAD TAPAS Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is good, maybe a bit pricey."
• "Food was delicious and seafood especially cooked to perfection."
• "Some of the dishes tend towards a British interpretation of tapas, but the quality is really high, and the prices are very reasonable."
• "The food is definitely good value for money. And the portions generous when sharing."
• "Food was delicious (we were 4 people and had a feast of different tapas)."
• "The food is absolutely fantastic! The flavours are amazing."
• "Food was all freshly made and very tasty, especially good croquetas de bacalao and a chorizo dish with lentils."

Cons:

• "All of the seafood was overcooked and chewy, with little to no seasoning."
• "The food lacks flavour and I suspect this is due to the lower quality of the ingredients used."
• "The food was absolutely shocking."
• "Everything tasted of salt and the bill was surprisingly hefty for a very mediocre lunch."
• "The calamari and praws fritto is tasteless, the cod croquette has no flavour at all of cod."
• "We had some croquettes, which were bland, cold and mainly potato."
• "The food just wasn't good like it usually is."

Service

Pros:

• "Service is attentive and friendly."
• "Service very good so we will revisit and hopefully it will be back to normal high standard."
• "A member of my party requested to try the wine before ordering and the staff happily obliged."
• "Service was spot on and fast! Staff is very friendly."
• "We are always well looked after by the staff and attended to quickly."
• "The service was good and fast!"
• "Always a lovely meal and atmosphere!"

Cons:

• "The lack of attention, interest and courtesy was staggering."
• "Service terrible."
• "Very badly managed."
• "The service was slow, we were left without drinks for long periods."
• "Service is not attentive enough."
• "Service is so poor, really slow and staff so moody to the point of rude."
• "Whilst the food was fine this was some of the worst service I have ever experienced."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Staff and vibe of the restaurant is lovely."
• "Walthamstow village is really nice and peaceful."
• "Loved the vibe specially the outdoor area!"
• "It's a nice space that opens up as you walk in and unravels into the restaurant area."
• "With a beautiful garden that you wouldn't expect out that back."
• "The place looked clean, the atmosphere was calm and pleasant."
• "It's a lovely place and well worth crossing north London for!"

Cons:

• "The restaurant was quite dirty."
• "Being continually reminded (including finger pointing at watch) as to time left on table made the dining experience rushed and us as a group uneasy."
• "The part of the restaurant where they sat us had a toilet smell."
• "Bright lights."
• "Coldest and most unfriendly welcome to a restaurant for a long time; staff clearly didn't want to work there."
• "Additionally they were having a management meeting and so we spent our entire time there listening to the inside scoop on the business which wasn't the most relaxing!"
• "The customer service in this place was awful!"

Value

Pros:

• "The food is definitely good value for money."
• "The pricing is a lot lower than what you would expect for an experience of this standard."
• "Had a set menu of bread, 2 tapas and a glass of very good wine for £13.95."
• "Price-wise, we paid £95 for 3 people: a lot of bread, 8 filling tapas."
• "Delicious tapas, nice atmosphere and good wine!"
• "Quality authentic tapas, great family atmosphere, good value."
• "We regularly visit for the fantastic selection of Spanish wines and great chorizo and jamon in the deli."

Cons:

• "Really overpriced place for poor value of food."
• "The food was not worth the price."
• "Expensive for what it is."
• "Everything tasted of salt and the bill was surprisingly hefty for a very mediocre lunch."
• "Overall, very disappointed and most definitely over priced."
• "It is just not value for money."
• "The food is just not good."