Barrafina Adelaide Street Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Prob amongst the best Spanish Tapas places in London."
• "Fantastic place for tapas with fresh ingredients."
• "Food was delicious - we enjoyed every item we ordered with the pork cheeks, croquetas and chipirones being some of the standouts."
• "The food is fantastic. We like to order from the specials and usually order staff recommendations."
• "The classic tapas like croquetas, tortilla and patatas bravas were delicious."
• "Every dish was done to perfection but the favourite were the chipirones and the langoustines."
• "The food was amazing, you must go here for tapas! It is delicious!"

Cons:

• "The food was nothing exceptional for the amount we paid for Tapas."
• "All in all, a very expensive and disappointing meal, where I paid £85+ for three small, run of the mill tapas and a plate of rice they got wrong twice."
• "Even with the discount I didn’t think that the price reflects the taste."
• "The 'big dish' of the monkfish tail was extremely bland."
• "The croquetas in particular were lukewarm and had no salt."
• "The croquettes was salty, prawns and artichoke average and the pork cheek served with celeriac pure was unbalanced."
• "The arroz de mariscos was a little too fishy for my personal preference."

Service

Pros:

• "The chef was very nice and friendly."
• "The service was also great very attentive."
• "The place is bustling, the staff is great, very attentive and always smiling!"
• "The service is also excellent but be aware that most of the seats are stools - it’s very much typical casual tapas style."
• "Special mention to our server. She was a delight. Perfect timings with everything."
• "The staff are very warm and friendly."
• "The staff members are attentive, friendly, and knowledgeable, ensuring that every guest feels welcomed and well taken care of."

Cons:

• "Extremely rude and unhelpful staff."
• "The service was rushed and disorganized with many waiters rotating and not a single waiter throughout the experience."
• "The Usher - a middle-aged female staff gave us cold attitude or should I said simply rude to us."
• "When asked for the bill, her eye didn’t even look at us and doesn't even want to talk to us."
• "The waitress getting our orders was in a rush taking our orders, left the table TWICE while we were still ordering."
• "AVOID THIS ADELAIDE ST BRANCH. WORST SERVICE I’VE HAD IN LONDON."
• "We had different staff and the waiter was awful, he was unfriendly, sarcastic and unenthusiastic."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Much quieter downstairs."
• "Sitting on barstools overlooking the chefs at their work is fun."
• "The ambience is warm and inviting, with a touch of sophistication."
• "Love being sat at counter and watch the food being made."
• "You seat at the bar and you enjoy the chefs cooking in front of you."
• "Most seats are placed around the bar/kitchen so you’re actually sat next to others on stools but it creates quite a nice feel."
• "The seating arrangement resembles that of a diner, creating a casual yet stylish atmosphere."

Cons:

• "We were sat downstairs which was quite dark and the airconditioning was at full blast."
• "The bar seat space was a little bit small."
• "We left there with an unpleasant, fast food like taste in the mouth."
• "The very cold young lady at front of house decided to sit me sandwiched in between two couples at the only end of the bar that was busy when I arrived."
• "be warned - came here as a group of three and ended up being seated at the bar which was slightly weird."
• "We booked for a group of 4 and we were put in a basement without much decoration and another group who was very loud and the acoustics were horrendous."
• "The dining room on the lower floor was incredibly noisy - you should not sit here if you want to hear anyone else speaking."

Value

Pros:

• "Overall completely satisfied and happy with the price point as well."
• "Tbh, for a One Michelin Star restaurant it is reasonably well priced."
• "In light of the quality and location surprisingly affordable."
• "The portions are small but well priced, so you can try many small bites."
• "Not cheap but it is central London after all and you get what you pay for."
• "Outstanding value for money: fresh and seasonal ingredients, all cooked right on the spot."
• "Great fresh food and value for money."

Cons:

• "I feel there are better tapas restaurants locally at a better price."
• "For the price they are charging you are better off taking a Ryanair to Valencia or Barcelona and eating there."
• "Honestly it's very overpriced for what you get."
• "The food was great, but it ended up being very expensive - almost prohibitively so."
• "We were shocked at how expensive the bill came."
• "For 6 tapas dishes and two glasses of wine we paid £80, which I found to be a bit excessive."
• "The food just not good enough to charge £35 for the cheapest wine bottle."