La Regata Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "the staff being very friendly, attentive and, polite."
• "The staff are extremely friendly and welcoming."
• "Service was polite pleasant and efficient!"
• "The staff (all of them) were so friendly, helpful, accommodating and understanding."
• "Service was quick and friendly."
• "The staff were so lovely, warm and friendly."
• "Fast, attentive and polite service."

Cons:

• "The restaurant was hectically busy and a bit disorganized."
• "Staff did not write orders down. Consequence dishes arrived at wrong table. Drinks incorrect etc."
• "The staff were constantly rushing around, and the service felt a little cold."
• "Service was good but just super fast, not quite the traditional Spanish experience."
• "Service was disorganized and the food was below average."
• "The service was extremely slow, I was a solo diner as working in the area, waiters kept ignoring me, seems larger groups took priority."
• "Service was actually quite slow considering the time limit."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Paella (vegan) was nice with the extra veggie I asked for but lacked the real paella flavour."
• "We had, for starters, marinated anchovies (they absolutely amazing, the taste was perfect), grilled sardines and, for our daughter, Albondigas (beef meatballs in marinated sauce) with patatas fritas."
• "The fish tapas were all delicious (we had the octopus, fried cod fingers and the crab on avocado)!"
• "the food was great, it tasted much like any restaurant in Spain, 'croquetas' and 'boquerones' were delicious."
• "Food was wonderful. A little bit expensive, especially drinks prices."
• "Every dish we ordered was piping hot and beautifully presented it tasted yummy."
• "The food simply melted in our mouths."

Cons:

• "Every items tastes so wired! They are not real Spanish food. Too sour."
• "Spanish omelette more like fried potatoes.. where was the egg?!"
• "The food was below the standard I would expect for the price we paid."
• "Portions were really small, and the quality was just ok, except for the starter that was great."
• "nothing is fresh everything is frozen."
• "Bland food that needs seasoning and serving hot, not lukewarm."
• "The food was overcooked, the fish in the tapas and paella was most certainly frozen and not fresh."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Away from the food the interior is very nice and warming."
• "The interior is tastefully decorated with lots of period features."
• "Situated on the waterfront, opposite the Town Quay in a lovely old building."
• "The atmosphere in the restaurant was great."
• "The atmosphere is electric and the staff are great, especially Bense."
• "The atmosphere was great and it was quite busy."
• "Nice authentically Spanish tapas restaurant. Laid back, warm atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The restaurant and atmosphere is good. The tapas dishes were quite mediocre and bland."
• "Be ready for a lot of noise. Like, lots of noise."
• "Very busy and noisy - and so service was a bit slow."
• "Noisy which is also typical of a tapas bar, so conversation was a challenge."
• "The furniture is not the most comfortable."
• "Tables used to be quite nicely spaced in the restaurant but are now packed in."
• "This all wouldn't have been as much of an issue had it been sorted in a more prompt and professional manner; a very disappointing evening."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Overpriced food, but is something that you can expect in Spanish tapas restaurant in England."
• "When you consider the price for 4 dishes and 2 beers came to under £30, the food was outstanding and the staff fantastic this deserves nothing less than 5 stars."
• "Very good value."
• "Food however was lovely but it was a little over priced."
• "It's a little pricey but worth it."
• "The deserts were also very good and not too expensive."
• "The standard sharing platter is great value."

Cons:

• "I am not returning. Not coming back."
• "Never coming back again."
• "I don't think we will be revisiting unfortunately."
• "I don't think I'd come back, next time I want tapas I think it would be better to pick up a bunch of things in M&S."
• "Not coming back anymore."
• "OK, but probably won't go back."
• "Overrated food and very overpriced for such tiny portion."