La Farola Restaurant Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "The atmosphere for this place was lovely and it had a great selection to choose from on the menu."
• "Lovely atmosphere and service."
• "It's so lovely, incredibly friendly fast service."
• "Really great atmosphere and location."
• "The atmosphere of the cafe is great, nice interior details and lightning, very cute."
• "Great atmosphere, the selection of tapas dishes is perfect & there's dishes that caters for all needs."
• "Fabulous & high quality Spanish food and great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The music was on the loud side which made conversation a bit difficult."
• "But honestly, the music is SO loud that you can’t talk to your partner or your friends."
• "Also we found it a bit loud, even though this was a minor thing."
• "The only downside was the music which was really loud and a bit incongruous with the otherwise relaxed vibe."
• "We were looking for a chill restaurant but we ended up in a trash disco music place with food provided."
• "Sadly the quality of the food went significantly down and the disco club atmosphere was not what we were looking for and it doesn't definitely suit this place."
• "Chairs were extremely uncomfortable old wooden backed and just a little tightly packed together inside the restaurant."

Food Quality & Selection

Pros:

• "Once eaten altogether you can see why I love this place."
• "The brownie and turron and crema Catalans are to die for!"
• "Love the honey and goat cheese courgette flowers and the asparagus along with all other great tapas dishes."
• "Absolutely delicious food. 10/10 would come back again, highly recommend outside seating."
• "Excellent food. Most of the tapas come in generous portions and really quickly."
• "Every dish was perfectly cooked, full of flavour."
• "The food at La Farola Cafe is delicious from start to end."

Cons:

• "Visited again after a year as i had a lovely experience last time. Unfortunately...Tapas seemed too adjust to British cuisine which did not highlight the authenticity and vibe I got before."
• "The Spanish omelette it’s ok, however the octopus is far from what it supposed to be."
• "Food wasn’t amazing - overpriced for the quality."
• "The calamari was really chewy and we left a lot of it."
• "Food itself was well made but not WOW or memorable by any means."
• "Very disappointed: the food had no taste."
• "The food had no taste. We ordered chicken wings they were very small and were microwaved before being fried: tasteless."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "The staff couldn't do enough for us. Really made our day!"
• "The staff were helpful, welcoming."
• "Service was quick and staff were helpful in recommendations."
• "Really like this tapas place... the service is excellent! Really friendly, warm and with plenty of advice."
• "The service was warm, friendly, and fairly quick."
• "Really enjoyed the speed of the service and friendliest of staff."
• "Very friendly staff, fast cooking and a great atmosphere!"

Cons:

• "They charge 4 pounds and it is just four lettuce leaves, four slices of onion and a bit of lemon."
• "They forgot our orders multiple times."
• "We had our plates cleared before the last dish arrived, no real apology."
• "Terrible service - very rude staff."
• "Service was adequate, not unfriendly but not particularly helpful."
• "Bad service. It took forever to get a glass of wine."
• "Terrible service. We arrived at 8pm for our 8pm reservation. We were not seated until 8:40pm!"

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "It is reasonably priced too."
• "All quite reasonably priced. Recommend."
• "I am always so satisfied and often actually full after a decently priced variety of dishes here!"
• "Good value for money."
• "It's quite reasonably priced I feel, two of us spent £50 with a jug of sangria!"
• "We had quite a few dishes and a drink each and it was about £40 without tip, so pretty standard prices."
• "An absolute gem on upper street. I visited in the summer and it was wonderful."

Cons:

• "The portions were rather small and expensive considering both quality and quantity."
• "Between the two of us we ordered four plates and two drinks and paid around £85."
• "Food generally good but prices need to be looked at. Too expensive for size of portions."
• "Thé gambas were basically 5 prawns for 12£: ridiculously expensive."
• "This is sooo overpriced, it’s borderline funny."
• "Really expensive and quality really low fish was not fresh and low quality crazy expensive."
• "The portions really are tiny, so much so that if you have a decent appetite you’ll want to be ordering four or five plates each to leave satisfied, but your bill will be well into three figures by then…"