Barcelona Tapas Bar & Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was delicious and service was amazing."
• "The food was good, they had many vegetarian options!"
• "Very tasty and reasonable price."
• "Ham and manchego cheese: delicious."
• "Delicious Spanish Tapas."
• "Fantastic tapas. Authentic and reasonably priced."
• "The food was absolutely delicious, and probably the best tapas I've had in London."

Cons:

• "However, the food is pretty mediocre for the price and 4 out of the 6 people in our group got food poisoning."
• "Food was expensive and very average."
• "Food significantly over priced, tasteless and service is just disgusting to infinity."
• "They're a tapas restaurant and can't even get patatas bravas right - the most boring ones I have ever consumed."
• "We spent more than 60 pounds. Tapas too hot,strong smell and I had a bad digestion."
• "Tapas: generally disappointing, particularly large slabs of chorizo, probably microwaved in a bowl of oil and paprika."
• "The tapas dishes however were nothing special."

Service

Pros:

• "Food delicious and service great."
• "The staff were nice and there was a fun atmosphere in the restaurant."
• "Excellent atmosphere."
• "The staff are so friendly and accommodating making sure we were complementing the food with the right sides like bread etc."
• "The owner David was very kind and nice, and it was a lovely place to have lunch/dinner with friends."
• "Amazing food and excellent service!!"
• "Fantastic service, very kind and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Recent experience was not great. Food is still delicious, but the service was very, VERY poor."
• "It is clear from your responses that you are a man of excuses and refuse to accept responsibility for anything negative said about your restaurant."
• "Awful service, messed up our order, never apologised, overcharged us even after we flagged some food never arrived."
• "Unfortunately the service poor and very unprofessional."
• "Service slow and 'chippy', considering we were one of only 4/5 tables on a Friday lunchtime."
• "Service appalling. Manager arrogant and downright rude to customers."
• "Terrible experience. We had to wait well over 1.5 hours for our dinner as they lost our order."

Ambience

Pros:

• "As a venue, it's great! The decor is lovely and it's spacious."
• "And of course the Barcelona like interiors make it fantastic."
• "The place has an authentic Spanish vibe."
• "Authentic Catalonian restaurant in the hearth of East London."
• "The atmosphere is always really fun and lively (just how the Spanish really are)."
• "Live music adds to the Iberian atmosphere."
• "Authentic Spanish food with awesome ambience."

Cons:

• "The only down side it that it's a little cramped."
• "It did feel a little 'souless' for want of a better word."
• "The restaurant smells like old garlic. Would not eat in again. Very sad"
• "The owner/manager sat and the bar and loudly video called his family with no respect for paying customers."
• "Portuguese concert in a Spanish tapas bar? How?"
• "As a true spaniard, all I can say about this place is that it is a shame for my country."
• "They false advertise."

Value

Pros:

• "Very tasty and reasonable price."
• "Fantastic tapas. Authentic and reasonably priced."
• "The food is excellent, and is priced very reasonably, you won't find better tapas food in central London."
• "Definitely worth a visit as it’s excellent value for money."
• "We had 10 different tapas dishes for £54. What a bargain."
• "Great little tapas spot! Could not fault the food at all. Very reasonably priced for London!"
• "Good service, great food, good prices."

Cons:

• "A bit expensive tho, and they charged me twice by mistake but I was at home already when I found out."
• "Food was expensive and very average."
• "Food significantly over priced, tasteless and service is just disgusting to infinity."
• "We spent more than 60 pounds. Tapas too hot,strong smell and I had a bad digestion."
• "I had 3 glasses of wine, no desert and I paid 90£."
• "As a Spanish I can say that the food wasn’t good."
• "Food wasn't anything special and the mains portions were small."