La Boca Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Risotto di Mare for my wife, which she felt was the best seafood risotto she'd had."
• "The steak just melts, the lamb as soft as you like."
• "Rib Eye Steak was beautiful and perfectly cooked."
• "Had the Mixed Grill. It was cooked to perfection and tasted really good."
• "The food was cooked and presented perfectly!"
• "Steak cooked to absolute perfection served with 'real' chips that tasted divine."
• "The steaks were all cooked perfectly for our 7 person party."
• "Steak cooked to perfection with a delicious sauce to accompany it."

Cons:

• "Hadn't booked but still got a table even though it was busy. [...] I wasn't happy with the quality of some of the meat, found it fatty and gristly."
• "The presentation of the food was nice, [...] however, I was horrendously unwell that evening and the next day, which ended up with me being bedridden and vomiting profusely."
• "Super expensive for what it is. Quality of steak was really subpar for an Argentine steak house."
• "I had the pork and chicken mixed grill. The chicken was not cooked fully."
• "The food was fine but the service was appalling. [...] My mum has a capsicum allergy [...] she dipped a chip in [chimichurri] and ate it. Luckily she didn't have very much and noticed the symptoms of a reaction immediately."
• "Food tasted a bit burnt on top even tho I asked for it rare sneaks super fatty and had a hard time cutting it even with the steak knife."

Service

Pros:

• "Service great throughout, on it and not overbearing."
• "Brilliant service from all the staff, all very attentive & professional."
• "The staff were friendly and met our needs."
• "We booked an hour before dining and no detail was spared! Super impressed."
• "Fantastic steak and halloumi. Service was very good."
• "The service from every member of staff was fantastic. All smiles, polite and very helpful."
• "We had starters main, and desert 😁 The steaks were cooked to perfection! Hubby had t bone and I had fillet. Staff have always been so pleasant and on the ball without feeling rushed."
• "The whole dining experience was excellent from attentive service to the quality of the food."

Cons:

• "Sometime the waitresses were a little too attentive, [...] after a couple too many visits it got a little too much."
• "We were offered a table in the bar area at 8.45pm, but declined it due the proximity and large number of people amassed around the table."
• "Firstly told we had 11/2hrs to sit, order and eat our meal as they were very busy, we agreed to this as our former visit had been good. [...] after over forty minutes our starters arrived although we asked for it all to come together, they were taken out and waitress returned to say they were just starting our meals."
• "We were looking forward to visiting, however we felt disappointed at the end. We were unknowingly charged an additional £8 for two small pots of sauce which we were led to believe was included in our brunch cost."
• "Sorry, but disappointed. The 'empanadas' had a filling of an English pie: no eggs, no olives, no capsicum, no onions... on a bigger Samosa dough."
• "The food was fine but the service was appalling. Considering it was a Monday night it was unbelievably chaotic."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The staff were friendly and met our needs, the at no was peaceful and perfect for the setting!"
• "The whole experience was superb, friendly professional staff, wonderful atmosphere."
• "We were on a trip back to Scotland and decided to stop here for a dinner, on my booking I noted that we were travelling for my other half’s birthday."
• "Lively atmosphere on a Friday night which is nice."
• "The restaurant itself is attractive and the staff are attentive and eager to please without being overbearing."
• "Attentive staff, soft lighting and good decor to boot."
• "Food is amazing too, you definitely get what you pay for! Great atmosphere with a holiday feel 🍷."
• "Nice cosy atmosphere. Staff were polite and service wonderful."

Cons:

• "The restaurant is a bit cramped and the fries could have been a bit better, but these are minor grumbles."
• "Very crowded and noisy. Our table was in the middle of restaurant about 2 feet from other tables."
• "was really nice the food from here. would have stayed and had more but there was a lady who had far too much to drink and was still being served more."
• "Keeping this at a 4 star as the food was good, would have topped the best place if little more on the plate as Steak can be bland if nothing on top."