Salvador & Amanda Covent Garden Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Very attentive staff and very reasonable prices."
• "Brilliant staff and excellent value for money! 2 cocktails for £12 on a London high street is unheard of, but they have them here!"
• "The service was brilliant and the sangria is a must have really nice."
• "Friendly service and reasonably priced."
• "The staff are lovely, from the service team to the security, all were friendly, welcoming and frankly amazing."
• "Great service, all waiters were very friendly."
• "Attentive staff, couldn't fault them."

Cons:

• "Extremely poor service! We ordered our food at 7pm, after waiting nearly an hour the waitress comes and asks if we would like anything else?"
• "Awful for large parties and I mean the worst… probably good in a small group if given individual non brunch dishes to be fair."
• "The service was terrible apart that we spent almost £500 they were kicking us out from the table and they didn’t even allowed us to finish our drinks."
• "Very bad service. Booked a table for 26 people for a Christmas party. They managed to disappoint all of us with no exception."
• "Service was quite unfriendly. We were rushed and pushed out even though the restaurant was empty!"
• "Nobody came to our table to take drinks orders. We went to the bar to order drinks ALL NIGHT."
• "Service was horrible as well it took us an hour to order food and the bar was not even that busy."

Food

Pros:

• "The food was probably the best tapas I've ever had."
• "The food was incredible as well."
• "The potato bravas were a pleasant surprise, such a simple dish but delicious."
• "The food was actually pretty good. It was the first time i had batatas bravas in the uk that were actually pretty decent compared to the real deal from spain!"
• "The food is just soooo good and really reasonably priced, lots of variety, loved the decor theme."
• "The food was delicious as was the Sangria."
• "Very typical tapas to eat over here and I think they tasted great."

Cons:

• "The tapas were ok but nothing special and vastly overpriced at £21 for two."
• "The food had potential but we were handed a load of starters and charged for a 3 course meal."
• "The food: frozen average tapas."
• "The dishes are very small and, besides, they forgot to bring us some dishes."
• "Genuinely awful, everything is clearly cooked from frozen and not well, we left half our food."
• "The food was below average and we were all really annoyed and disappointed."
• "The food lacked flavour and freshness."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Fantastic little tapas restaurant right in the heart of Leicester Square. Great food and great vibe."
• "Fantastic cosy vibe and great music add to a vibrant experience."
• "It is a fun and nice place, cool decoration."
• "First of all the atmosphere and decor inside is quirky, it doesn't look like a lot from the outside but it's a different ball game inside!"
• "I completely love the atmosphere here and the layout of the place."
• "The place it’s beautiful! The atmosphere is nice with Spanish music and delicious food."
• "Atmospheric tapas bar in Soho area."

Cons:

• "Was a bit disappointed as there was no live entertainment as stated on the Friday night we arrived."
• "Firstly, we were put in a corner table right under a speaker blaring out awful reggaeton music. We could hardly hear each other talk."
• "The music so loud we couldn’t hear each other talk, defeated the purpose of a catch up lunch."
• "The ambience is loud, dark and suffocating."
• "It's very dark inside, which created more of a nightclub atmosphere than restaurant."
• "No atmosphere, quite disappointing."
• "The music is so loud that you can’t even speak."

Price

Pros:

• "Nice decor and very reasonable price."
• "We found a Groupon offer for 6 tapas plates, plus bread, olives and a charcuterie board all for a very reasonable price."
• "The food is quite good for that price in Central London."
• "Sometimes tapas can be overpriced for very little but we had plenty of food and didn't pay too much at all."
• "You can also get 4 beers for £12 another bargain!"
• "Used taste card to get 50% off with no hassle."
• "These are both amazing value for money!"

Cons:

• "Drinks were way too expensive."
• "Food and drinks were alright but a little overpriced considering the quality and portion size."
• "Cocktails are good but overpriced even at happy hour."
• "The cocktails very simple nothing special and expensive."
• "Not worth the £90 odd each we paid for 2."
• "If you want to pay £40+ for a few olives and a bit of meat then this is your place."
• "Expensive non-tapas, possibly good value with one of their offers, otherwise overpriced."