“Sophisticated but authentic dishes”, and “enthusiastic” service inspire fans of this “smart” and “buzzy” tapas bar, near Great Portland Street tube; it can seem “a bit pricey” for what it is, though, and critics find the setting a tad “soulless”; a Canary Wharf offshoot opens in late-2011.
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Something approaching a ‘rave’ review elsewhere drew us to this large but otherwise unremarked-on tapas bar-cum-restaurant. It opened six months ago, and sounded as if it might be a handy place...
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Press Reviews (2)
Andrew Neather (6th May 2009)
4/5 stars
Rather late in the day, the Standard – albeit not with one of the more regular food critics – gets around to reviewing this upmarket tapas bar, of which the only reviews we’ve so far seen have been in Time Out (very good) and Harden’s own (very unimpressed). Well, it’s now 2:1 to the supporters, as Mr Neather proclaims “tapas of an excellence to rival those at Fino, Dehesa or Brindisa”.
Jenni Muir (28th January 2009)
4/6 stars
The critic visits a Marylebone tapas bar, where the kitchen is overseen by “a Michelin-starred family restaurant in the Asturian Mountains”, and finds the food “very good”.
Andrew Neather (6th May 2009)
Jenni Muir (28th January 2009)
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