Poco Tapas Bar Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was absolutely fantastic and a real journey through flavour and texture."
• "Amazing food. So special and unique flavors we never had before."
• "The food is divine, I had hake and rainbow chard and roasted new potatoes, followed by a friand with clotted cream ice cream."
• "Every dish was interesting, full of flavour and absolutely delicious."
• "The food tasted incredible too, probably the best we have had in a long time."
• "Absolutely blown away by the food! Super creative and thoughtful combinations of flavours and ingredients."
• "Every dish was so tasty! Great flavours, sauces and super creative use of ingredients."

Cons:

• "Some dishes massively overpriced like a few salad leaves for £4 or so."
• "The quality of food is very good, but the quantity very little!! Its ridiculous!!"
• "The portions were tiny and the items described as part of the dish were laughable."
• "Some of the food choices were a little underwhelming."
• "The pork belly seemed not fresh, and potatoes greasy."
• "Some of the dishes are a rip off!!!"
• "Allergy Alert! ...which makes me believe, that they forgot that the main dish shouldn’t have the oyster jus… I started to flare and fell really really unwell."

Service

Pros:

• "Straight away we were greeted by really lovely staff and some prosecco."
• "Staff are all fab, friendly and couldn't be more helpful."
• "Both waitresses were brilliant as well and it was so busy you’d assume maybe the service would suffer but absolutely not!"
• "The service was attentive and the food exceptional."
• "Staff are efficient, friendly and super knowledgeable."
• "Staff were welcoming, friendly and gave us a fantastic service."
• "Waiting staff are great and attentive."

Cons:

• "Lastly, the service is REALLY slow."
• "Wine taking longer than it needed to get to us."
• "When we asked for some more time to consider options we were left for some time."
• "Drinks didn't come which defeats the objective of a tapas bar."
• "Nice inside, food was ok but service wasn't great, took ages to serve us, got orders wrong, over charged us."
• "Unfortunately the service was terrible on this occasion which really let the place down."
• "Terrible service and long wait times - waitress avoided us and after 45 minutes of waiting we decided to leave."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere is great, the evenings is always busy and can get a little noisy but that's like a true spanish tapas bar right?"
• "Great atmosphere in a cozy setting."
• "Really lovely little restaurant."
• "Excellent atmosphere in there. Small but doesn't feel claustrophobic."
• "Good relaxed atmosphere in great location for later bars and clubs."
• "The atmosphere is warm casual and intimate with friendly helpful service."
• "A really great chilled atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The noise does reverberate around a bit too much."
• "And due to the kitchen being in the middle of the restaurant, it was very warm inside and our clothing and jackets smelled like food the next morning."
• "The atmosphere could have had a little more identity to it."
• "Tables are tiny and it's all a bit cramped."
• "Placed in a cramped corner spot looking at the walls."
• "Tables and chairs aren't as comfortable as they might be."
• "We were violently ill after eating there."

Value

Pros:

• "A great value meal."
• "And at a very reasonable price."
• "The food is very special at an affordable price."
• "It was so reasonable and we only paid £50 each for a tasting menu, shared bottle of wine, espresso martini and a shared pudding!"
• "Prices are fair for reliably tasty food and high-quality ingredients."
• "The bill was very reasonable."
• "Absolutely DELICIOUS food, beautifully prepared and presented and at a very reasonable price."

Cons:

• "Very nice food but wow expensive."
• "With 2 glasses of Prosecco and a pudding paying £60 per person is very overpriced."
• "The whole menu seems to be very tasty, and I love that a lot of it is locally sourced (maybe all of it?) but man is it pricey!!"
• "I'm sorry, but the food isn't really tapas, the set menu is OK, but for the money I expected better."
• "I just don’t think it’s in any way worth the price."
• "Definitely overpriced."
• "Like most tapas places, you end up paying more than you want to."

Sustainability and Sourcing

Pros:

• "Sustainable and locally sourced products dominate the menu."
• "They have great respect and care of their locally sourced and sustainable ingredients and it shows plate after plate of wonderful flavoursome dishes."
• "Well known for its strong ethical policy (as much food as possible is locally or regionally sourced making great use of local businesses like severn project and the Bristol loaf, and organic and responsible farming practices are prioritised)."
• "All the ingredients are locally produced in close contact with the farmers and bakers and so on."
• "Independent and they source locally."
• "The food is locally sourced and masterfully cooked."
• "Great tasting and creative dishes with a great focus on sustainability."

Cons:

• "Sadly disappointing and dangerous to allergy sufferers."
• "Allergy warning! Gluten free allergy ignored....."
• "We both came down with food poisoning."
• "The so called seasonal and vegan menu they had ala carte when I went, was lacking in options that excited me or would fill me up."
• "I was a bit let down today: they did not have the lamb nor the orange wine."
• "Only thing is, I would say that 4 dishes I had were what you describe as small plates/tapas but the main didn't work."
• "The potatoes were too much to handle, very oily and greasy."