Andalucía tapas bar leek in Staffordshire Moorlands

Don't usually post bad reviews but this place was a real disappointment. Not sure how long it's been open or who owns/runs it but the experience was a disgrace to Andalucia. The welcome we got was quite cold, the food seemed like frozen/packet/microwave, service non existent and atmosphere was frosty. Walked in to hear a blazing row going off somewhere, assume it was in the kitchen, waitress seemed very embarrassed by it. Only had San Miguel as a Spanish beer, no potatoes for patatas braves, but did have frozen chips (waitress admitted), meatballs, my fave Andalucian tapas dish were like rubber. Calamari were tasteless. We left.most of the food and left early. Upstairs decorated in shades of grey, not really any attempt at Spanish decor. Bar counter downstairs was decorated in copper 2p and 1p pieces!?!?!? After having the real thing in Spain on many occasions, this was a very poor attempt at bringing tapas to Leek. If this was a one off night, then good luck but my impression was that only the sign outside had anything Spanish about it.

Worst dining experience I have ever had! Food came out in dribs and drabs, it took two hours in total to get our food. We were smoked out upstairs the whole time (my new dress now smells like a smoke pit!!). The chef and his wife had an argument which we got to hear all about (very unprofessional)! If I could I would leave a zero star rating! If you like waiting for two hours for food in what can only be described as the middle of Benidorm this might be right up your street. Sorry to say that we will not be returning! No discount or even drinks offered for such a poor experience! Shame, the waitress was apologetic and it really wasn’t her fault, clearly very unprofessional to walk out and leave your staff in the lurch!

Lovely tasting food, good price, nice people. Will be going again

Lovely atmosphere, sat down stairs. Fantastic food, four of us shared 10 different tapas dishes between us. All dishes freshly prepared and well presented. Good sized portions and varied choices. Will definitely go back again and would highly recommend. Sorry forgot to take photos.

Food was excellent. Piping hot when bought to the table. Service was very good, very friendly. Nice cosy atmosphere. Would definitely recommend.

Great meal with family. Its a new place so staff just finding their feet so it was a bit hectic on the service but the staff are friendly so that's always a big plus & if things go wrong you don't mind if you are told. Food was great love tapas & each plate was hot & steaming 👍 I'm sure it will be a big hit & we will certainly be back. High five TEAM

Amazing food, cooked beautifully. Staff friendly, approachable and very accommodating. Nothing is too much trouble. We go as often as we can, thank you Andalucia.

Amazing food. Variety of Tapas dishes, veggie, meat and fish. Of course paella too.

Excellent, authentic Spanish food, friendly staff. Will definitely go again, loved it.

Absolutely great food. Very nice service. Thoroughly excellent quality all round

Excellent vegetarian choice of tapas. Highly recommended. Thanks Marco!

Lovely food, good service, friendly staff! Lovely evening,

Quite slow & not very welcoming service - not very attentive to take your order & didn’t really ask how our food was. Food was overall good - we had 7 plates to share & they were to a good standard.

The most amazing food and the hosts were so welcoming would definitely recommend

Got a Just Eat awhile back, it was ok

EXTREMELY Unhappy! This restaurant have ruined a 30th surprise birthday! Booked a table for 17 way in advance, asked for a deposit (understandable) however when trying to contact via facebook and calls unable to get through and no response recieved. Because of the owners incompetence we now have less than 24hours to find a venue for 17people.. when speaking with the owner he was un-helpfull and rude. Put the phone down on me. Extremely unprofessional, poor buisiness management, if i could give this place a 0 I would. Dont book for over 2 people as the owner cant seem to handle it. Really cant believe how this buisines have treated us and the situation they have put us in, and the attitude of the owner has been DISGUSTING, no sympathy at all! Awfull!

Lovely tapas, great service, friendly staff, excellent food. Definately going to return would recommend

We had lovely dinner today. Paella was cooked perfectly, all the vegetable were fresh, tomato sauce for meatballs and patatas bravas were beautiful, and we also enjoyed prawns in garlic. So nice to have this place now in centre of Leek!

Really looking forward to lunch here yesterday as the website says it's open 12 till 9pm on Tuesdays . Got there to find a sign on the door that said opens at 5pm . Please change the opening times on the website if they're not correct .

Love the food. Service excellent. One of our favourites.

Booked in for tapas as a change from the usual curry, steak etc. Seated downstairs near the kitchen door which wasn't great and the downstairs space is quite small, don't know if it's any better upstairs. Staff are pleasant enough, and took our order in a reasonable time. Prices are average for what you'd expect and the food was nice. Bottle of red wine that we had was about £15, which again is what you'd expect. Our service was reasonable considering its tapas, and they do say your food may be a bit random in the way it comes from the kitchen. That's fair enough as long as it tastes good and is cooked hot which is was. We did hear another couple say they had been waiting for a good while and weren't prepared to wait any longer. They paid up and left. We weren't offered a dessert menu, which was a little disappointing. We asked for it and were told they only had cheesecake and orange cake left. We took a punt on one of each and again these were nice. But should the customer need to ask for a dessert menu. Overall, the food was nice and came to us in a timely manner. The prices are reasonable, and the staff baring the dessert situation were OK. The restaurant layout is a bit tight, but some like that. Would we go again, yeah I think we probably would. It might be nice to see what the upstairs looks like.

Gorgeous food. Lovely sangria. Definitely worth a visit

Lovely food and reasonably priced, visited with 2 friends staff were very helpful and friendly. Would definitely visit again, oh and the orange cake is delicious.

Awesome food, great location in the town centre, service was fantastic and great value. Would highly recommend.

We had a lovely meal here last night, 6/7 plates of great tasting food to share, nice wine selection and great service from the staff. Nice hustle and bustle vibe that you want in a Tapas bar but always felt relaxing. Passionate chef cooking great food and a team to match. Thank you 😊

Visited on opening night. Great little tapas restaurant. Excellent food and drink and great service from the team. Highly recommended. 👍

Tasty, fresh food..... very professional, very friendly waiter..... well worth a visit!

Only been to a couple of tapas restaurant and I would definitely recommend la casona although they are moving in August to the market Square in leek under a new name I think , we shall definitely be going to his new restaurant . Every dish we had was so nice , just gutted we were talking and forgot to take pictures

Excellent and authentic tapas dishes. Highly recommended

Really lovely food full of flavour, good prices highly recommend

Had a fantastic family meal here, all the food was full of flavour and delicious would highly recommend.

What s fantastic tapas bar to visit everything was made to order and so fresh, well worth a visit and will be visiting again soon.

Excellent! Staff are SUPERB and food is excellent and great value! Highly recommended 👍

Absolutely lovely xx staff so nice food delicious can't wait to go back

if you think this is good tapas you haven't travelled much

Amazing food really tasty and high quality

Fantastic food, attentive staff, brilliant evening. I would highly recommend people visit La Casona.❤

Best tapas we have eaten in the UK. The food, service and setting……. fabulous. Will definitely be returning and telling friends and family about this little gem.

Great food and atmosphere! Definitely recommend.

Nice people and lovely food. Shall return.

Delicious food, highly recommended for tasty tapas.

Lovely atmosphere, good service from helpful staff, good selection of Tapas dishes at reasonable prices.

Very good food! I ate too much last night: patatas bravas, Mediterranean salad, garlic mushrooms, bread with aioli. All very rich. And a very good atmosphere too. Lovely food. I ate like a gannet last night: patatas bravas, Mediterranean salad, garlic mushrooms and bread with garlic dip. Everything was really nice and the atmosphere was good too. Thank you

Best Tapas we've had. Excellent food. Highly recommend!

Tasty food served with cheerful staff in a welcoming atmosphere. Nice to know the fire alarm works! 😀

Great Tapas First visit to La Casona, varied menu, reasonably priced and very tasty food, only thing that lets it down is the service.Recommend

Excellent food and service, paella is a must.

I went for my birthday and they made really nice Spanish food. 2/3 plates each is good for filling you up. We had stewed lamb, patatas bravas, omelette, garlic mushrooms in a tomato and cream sauce, croquettes, chorizo, salad and bread with garlic and oil dips. All really tasty and authentic. Lovely Bailey's coffee and cheese cake. Highly recommended. Very good food. The cook is Spanish and the boss is Chilean. Very friendly. Good price. 2 or 3 dishes per person is enough. We had chorizo, croquettes, Spanish omelette, garlic mushrooms, bravas, salad with feta. All very rich. I recommend it. Thank you 😘 until next time.

Very good food! Staff very friendly

Tried this place for the first time tonight and couldn't be more impressed. Service was excellent, as was the food. Can't wait for our next visit

My favourite restaurant in Leek. Delicious food and very friendly staff. Highly recommended.

Beautiful food been here a couple of time and food is spot on

Must be one of the nicest food I've tasted in a long time, everything from start to finish was superb, go on book up now

What a lovely evening spent at La Casona. The food was lovely, well presented and excellently put together menu. The staff were all very attentive, moreover welcoming and ensured that you felt were treated very well. We also had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with the owner. Such a passionate and enthusiastic person. Highly recommended 👌!

This restaurant is well worth a visit and highly recommended! Ate there last week with friends and thoroughly enjoyed the food. The owners and staff are very friendly and everything we ordered was delicious. Wish we lived closer!

Very slow 3/4 of hour for a drink. waiting 2 hours for food. never coming here again please avoid using this place

Great place to go for a family meal, highly recommended

Great place for a tapas meal highly recommended

Very nice atmosphere and food would recommend

Lovely food, thank you. Great service

We had a lovely meal here ,the food is consistently good and the young waiter was very charming and helpful and made the whole experience very enjoyable ,

We thoroughly enjoyed 4 tapas dishes on the terrace in a sunny evening. Very friendly service.

Such a lovely restaurant. Staff were great and food was amazing. Definitely worth a visit

Was away on holiday and drove past this place on a day out. We rang and booked in the next day, and wow we weren't disappointed. We had a selection of 6 tapas dishes to share between 2 of us and the dishes were amazing! Full of flavour, well presented and piping hot. The service isn't the fastest but I'm not bothered about that. To me it's just the same as a typical restaurant abroad. Staff were friendly and helpful I thought the prices were reasonable about £52 for 6 tapas dishes a basket of bread and a few beers. As this is tapas you won't get the dishes all at the same time but there was never more than a couple of mins between dishes coming out, and the menu does state if ordering tapas this will happen. If ever we are in the area again we will certainly make this our first choice to eat out.

Beautiful place, nice setting, but food nice but not the best, definitely not traditional tapas

Fantastic food. Lovely restaurant and great service.

We arrived at 7. We waited three quarters of an hour for a drink.. Then we waited another hour and a half for our food.. People who came in after us got there food before we did.. And then both my daughters food was cold. The waiting on staff were rolling there eyes at customers.. Not a good place..

We were staying at nearby Leek Edge Farm and walked past on our first evening. Walking back later, we called in to share a bottle of wine and mixed olives, bread, and a little tapas. Very nice sitting outside in the gloaming although the noise from the Buxton Road did intrude at times. Shame they're shut on Mondays as we'd've been back tonight... 👍

A bit expensive. But enjoyed the ribs. The sesame chicken with Jack Daniels sauce was lovely. Good staff.

Excellent food and service, will be going again 😊

We had a delightful relaxed Sunday lunch with my daughter and her family. Her husband's description of how good the food was going to be was met in full. The only dish not finished was my Med Salad and I had that put in a container and ate it later. We'll be back.

I can honestly say this is one of the best meals I have ever had ! We got a takeout due to COVID and sitting outside was a little on the cold side today, I would definitely recommend and can’t wait to return!

This is the best Spanish food I have ever had! We are near by on holiday and have 3 days left so will definitely be back! Incredible

Excellent food and service , best tapas we have had ,excellent value for money , well worth a visit 😊

Brill place excellent food great staff

Amazing food, amazing customer service. Tastiest takeaway I have had in months! Its so nice to have a takeaway that doesn’t make you feel really unhealthy and bloated! Will definitely be ordering again!

Very nice food cannot fault it. The decor could do with some work.

Really helpful staff lovely and clean and food fab

Really good food, had multiple dishes of tapas shared between 4 of us. had a great meal and the waiters were helpful. Only bad thing that happened was the owner/chef opened the log burner just as our food was coming out. Ash and smoke filled the room and the ash landed all over the table and some on the tapas. Not much of an apology either. But overall food was excellent 👌

Amazing Tapas. Thoroughly recommend

We enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. The waiter was very efficient but rushed off his feet. They need more staff.

Really enjoyed myself here. Quite a bit to choose from, staff couldn't do enough, food was fantastic

Amazing food service is excellent. Brilliant night. Thank you all at la casona

Food was delicious, very relaxed atmosphere, chef is a very decent man, not a long wait for food, prices are a bit on the high side, but the food is definitely worth it

food was lovely. waiter went out of his way to make us feel comfortable. staff in ppe. definitely come again

The tapas is tasty the pork belly was amazing, good food nice atmosphere.

Top, top place. Very attentive service and some great food. Love the way the tapas dishes are brought out randomly spreading out the whole experience.

Good food and drink. Service slow at busy times but acceptable when drinks brought to the table.

Fantastic food, several choices for vegetarian tapas and main meals, very friendly staff, beautiful premises. It’s a must visit restaurant. I have been 4 times and the only disappointing thing is that, although they have some lovely desserts, you can’t have a Creme Catalana. Please can you add it to the menu?

The food was nice but the service really poor and the waiting time for the food was bordering on the ridiculous.

Well worth the visit we promised in lockdown. Tapas excellent as was service and delicious desserts to round off our meal. Will be returning for sure!

Lovely tapas, very good price. Gorgeous glass of Cava to start with. Highly recommended.

Ok.. this was a visit during the Eat Out to Help Out.. so the meal was 50% off. It isn't cheap.. but if you want cheap go get a takeaway. The food is amazing. It is a Tapas restaurant.. make sure you look up the correct menu.. as there are many Casonas. They have Spanish beers and other drinks.. also not cheap. £5 for a Cruzcampo and £7 for a gin and tonic. The staff here are basically all kids and they are inexperienced. Everything was wrong. They said it was because they were busy so maybe I am being harsh. I will say no more. The decor is poor it is the same as it was when it was the pub. It needs improvement. All this said.. I still gave 4 stars... because the food is amazing. They also have offers on..outside of Eat Out to Help Out so try it. To the restaurant.. please help your staff..put up some more Spanish themed pictures and ornaments and for goodness sake fix the wallpaper.

Probably the nicest food I've ever had. Every dish was amazing.

Beautiful tapas! Great service! Will definitely visit again!

Lovely food, decent distancing for tables, great service.

Me and the missus have pretty much visited every restaurant in and around the surrounding area of leek and this place is hands down the best for you foodies out there. This is a traditional Spanish Tapas restaurant. We ordered six dishes and every dish were of the highest standard. Im sorry to say but no other restaurant comes close, and to top it off the place is stunning inside and the staff excellent, especially during these challenging times, we’ve never felt safer. Don’t even think about it, book a table and go now. Excellent in every aspect. La Casona, thank you for coming to Leek x

Absolutely loved it. Food was great and authentic. Everyone was very friendly. Covid precautions are very good. Will certainly be visiting again.

We came to La Casona tonight for dinner and we can honestly say we were not disappointed at all, the service was great, the food was amazing and came out quick. As stated cearly on the menu the food does come out at different times but with tapas this is no issue at all and perfectly normal. We were offered pudding as soon as we had finished our mains but also given the option to wait which was great, we were stuffed and didn't take the pudding option, this time! The only recommendation we would give was to serve the main plates that are on the table warm with the first round of tapas as we did find our sauce on the plate had gone cold very quickly however this no way detracts from the service or quality of food and therefore 5* are given. Highly recommended and will be back.

Awesome food. Highly recommend.