Little Taperia Reviews Summary

Category: Tapas bar London

Address: 143 Tooting High St, London, SW17 0RU, United Kingdom

Phone: +442086823303

Rating: 4.7
based on 163 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food here is delicious - especially the chorizo!!"
  • "Amazing staff, food to die for at a price thats perfect."
  • "The food is delicious with just the right saltiness to compliment the drinks."
  • "Patatas bravas were perfectly crispy, sauce was a slight disappointment but all over very good dish."
  • "The dishes we ordered were all so tasty, fresh and well presented."
  • "Everything we had was fresh, perfectly cooked and tasted authentic."
  • "The food was amazing well presented right size portions."

Cons:

  • "For the money paid the quality of ingredients good have been better though, especially some of the meat dishes."
  • "Food underseasoned and average."
  • "Pretty average.. reheated dishes with some, like the meatball that were only luke-warm."
  • "The food. It might be good but it's hard to find under the mountain of salt they put on absolutely everything."
  • "Food was poorly seasoned and not as high quality as we would have liked."
  • "A soggy Pan con Tomate, a stodgy Black rice, not very nice textured Octopus."
  • "The tomatoes are very watery and lack taste on the tomato bread."

Service

Pros:

  • "Lovely and attentive staff."
  • "Very friendly staff, great service."
  • "Friendly service. Fun, social atmosphere."
  • "Fantastic service. Highly recommended."
  • "Service was attentive and the staff clearly love what they are doing."
  • "The staff were very attentive and happy to recommend."
  • "The service was great attentive but not over-bearing."

Cons:

  • "Appalling customer service. Alberto, the manager, really needs to learn how to deal with the customers."
  • "All the 120 minutes of our dinner there was waiter interrupting our conversation every 10 minutes and kept pushing us to drink quicker our bottle of wine."
  • "Was absolutely appalled at the unprofessional service and won't be returning again."
  • "They were a little short staffed for having a full house on Saturday afternoon so customer service wasn't 100%."
  • "Service was OK - we had to wait here and there, there were problems with getting our order and the bill was wrong, but they got sorted out quickly."
  • "We were treated badly and disrespectfully on account of their own mistake."
  • "Super-overcrowded so service is an hit and miss as the staff will have to cope with pressure."

Ambience

Pros:

  • "Really nice ambience. Decor rustic with soft music playing away on the background."
  • "Such a lovely escape, makes you feel like you're on holiday again."
  • "Great atmosphere!"
  • "Fun, social atmosphere."
  • "Vibrant atmosphere with friendly service."
  • "The cozy yet mildly frenetic atmosphere coupled with low level lighting creates the feeling that you're in some little joint in backstreet Barcelona."
  • "Lovely atmosphere, great drinks will definitely visit again the next time I'm in London."

Cons:

  • "Yet another of London worst, a super hyped average restaurant where people are flocking just because TimeOut says so."
  • "Nowhere to hang coats."
  • "Only slightly negative was how stuffy the restaurant got."
  • "It's a very small place... very hot. Me and my two friends were all sweltering."
  • "We were shoehorned in as a table of six on a table probably for four."
  • "Don't go there if you planning eat in peace!!!"
  • "The kind of nice place that you leave wondering how you paid as much as you did and are still rather hungry."

Value

Pros:

  • "Bearing in mind the portion size and quality, I would say it is more than reasonably priced."
  • "It's one of those places that you get what you pay for. And that's a GOOD thing these days."
  • "Amazing food, a bit small plates but prices so low you can order 3 different dishes and try lots of flavours in price of 1 big dinner somewhere else."
  • "Some of the best tapas outside of Spain and on our doorstep, what's not too love?"
  • "Extremely good value."
  • "Price was also reasonable."
  • "Price is mostly reasonable considering similar establishments."

Cons:

  • "Prices: medium range with a couple more pricey items like the octopus at 14 £ and the flat iron steak at 15£."
  • "Tip was automatically added to the bill for a party of just two which I don't agree with."
  • "Food was nice, found it overpriced for the portions though."
  • "Quantities are decent for a tapas portion, although did feel that some dishes were a bit overpriced."
  • "The food overpriced. Nothing special and very small portion."
  • "For four of us with two glasses of wine the bill came to just under £160."
  • "The kind of nice place that you leave wondering how you paid as much as you did and are still rather hungry."

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