La Fiesta in Barnet

I’ve been to this restaurant on multiple occasions in the past six months. Sure of those visits have been with friends, some with family. Some have been from the menu and others special meals off-menu. When they get it right the food is out of this world. I’ve had his steaks and lamb that have been insanely good. Meat as good as the best meat restaurants I’ve frequented over the years. He clearly knows how to cook meat. However on other occasions the food has been bad including overcooked and on one occasion the meat was off. Waiters are generally clueless kids. Service is very slow even when the food is good. They make no allowances for allergies. The wine menu isn’t great but thankfully they permit BYOB (sometimes with / without corkage fee). The chef has always been nice to me personally…

Probably the worst Kosher restaurant in North London. Bad atmosphere and clearly the chef doesn't even know what he is doing.

I have been at some Kosher restaurants in Golders Green. And this one is the worst so far. I had to return my streak several times because they didn't understand how I wanted. Why do they ask how you like the meat if they don't even know how to do it.

I gave this place the benefit of the doubt. If someone tells you that this place is not worthy, believe them. Go somewhere else.

This place is a joke, overpriced and the food is not that good. DON’T GO to waste your money in a place like that, they don’t care about their employees.

I wish I could give 0 stars. This place is the worst. I wish they could bring back the days were is was worthy eating here. Don't come to this place.

I went to this restaurant by recommendation of a friend. Clearly She hasn't been in this place for a long time. When I told her my experience, she was shocked. DON'T EAT AT THIS PLACE. There are many kosher restaurants around where it is worthy to spend your money.

I give 5 stars to the service. The only thing decent at this place. You can even see the owner mistreating the only waiter he has. Don't go eat to this place unless you want to have the worst steak ever. If you are gonna call it steakhouse, make sure you know what you're cooking and how to do it.

Don't come to this place. The food is not worth the money you are paying for.👎🏻

The food was delicious 😋. The steak was made to perfection. The appetizers were delicious 😋. Daniel was a very friendly and professional waiter he helped us decide what to order. He enjoys his job very much. I highly recommend this place.

Excellent food accompanied by exceptional flavours. Highly recommended.

Kosher steaks are well presented and cooked. The place was a not busy as it was in the past, but definitely more comfortable and well heated now. Prices on the high side.

Very good food nicely presented and service with a smile

Thank you to Jacque and his staff for s great dining experience last night. We arrived from Israel after the kitchen was already closed with hungry little kids. He reopened the kitchen to bring us delicious food. Much appreciated !

Good atmosphere good service. And very tasty food. Expensive prices but worth every penny You have to check which kosher is this and which is not as religious.

האוכל היה מציון חיכיתי יותר מ40 דקות לא מובן למה

Waited over 45 minutes for starters

Food was really good, we took the mix grill for two, the stake was out of this world and this restaurant has been remodelled beautifully, its so nice to seat there. highly recommended

Absolutely awful experience. Stay away from this restaurant. Terrible food over priced and worst of all the owner got into a violent physical fight in the store infront of us eating there.

Great pizza good atmosphere too. 👌

ממש ממש מעולים מנות גדולות שפע גדול ורמה גבוהה במחיר הוגן ואיכות נדירה

היה מצויין השף החדש יענקי פינק והביא אוכל טרי ומצויין השירות מעולה נפתלי נתן שירות מצויין מומלץ מאד להגיע

Overpriced, overcooked, over this place. Food as awful as the owner. All food was terrible and according to staff, you have to catch the owner on a good day for any sort of refund or new food. Would give no stars if I could, stay away!

The absolute worst dining experience of my life and I've had food poisoning from other restaurants. Food is terrible, overcooked and dry. Owner/'chef' will blame YOU for this. Laughable. Food is served on a gimmicky disposable bbq with half a piece of coal in it. The grill was not hot (I touched it) and lifted it up to see the measly piece of coal. Was in yhe restaurant for 2 and a half hours. 10 minutes eating, the rest all waiting for the one server (no blame on him, he was put in a very bad place) to serve a full restaurant. The owner shouts abusively and his food is nothing short of terrible. When I asked if we could have a replacement on the poorly cooked items, we were denied. When asked if we could have a discount as half the food was an absolute disaster, we had to fight tooth and nail for only the service charge to be waived. Do not eat here.

Food took a very long time and chips arrived after we had finished eating steak. Delicious steak but otherwise va bit dissapointing as the food was really good. Waiter was really good too.

המקום ההגיוני היחיד לאכול סטייק טוב בגולדרס גרין. התוספות די משעממות. אבל הסטייק מעולה

Poor service. Poor hygiene. The owner exploits his worker and fails to pay them their salary. systematically. despite repeated requests. stay away from a thief who earns his money at the expanse of his poor workers.

The food and service Is very good

Try their foie gras (off menu) incredible!

The waiting time is very long, an hour and a half, half an hour until a waitress came to take an order, a large and beautiful restaurant, with two waitresses for the entire restaurant, and the owner himself who works on the grill, after we had already eaten the last dish, the waitress brought us a steak that was also in the order, after we had already finished Everything, we gave her back. The blame is not on the waitresses but on the owner who opened after renovations, and brought in two waitresses who do not understand anything about the menu, and are unable to take control of the entire restaurant, the worst level of service we have seen to date

Newly renovated, beautiful decor, food was great. Staff were very helpful and friendly. New menu, refreshing choices.

Please don’t visit this restaurant. There are more restaurants and steak worth your money. The food is also terrible.

Rotten ribs delivered twice in the same year so it’s with regret this will be the last order we will ever place from La Fiesta. Only because this problem has now happened to us twice We cannot give them the benefit of doubt anymore as it cannot be a coincidence. I’m really not happy because I liked the beef asado ribs from this place and I will miss them. I have a kosher flat mate and he can only eat meat that is kosher at home so every week we get a kosher deliveroo together. Ribs used to be good here but around a few months ago we ordered ribs and upon opening the aluminium container it smelt different than it usually does, actually it stank, but it’s expensive so I tried a few bites hoping it was ok but my flat mate too smelt the same from the other side of the table and two of the ribs in there were rotten, they tasted disgusting and were clearly off, I know what rotten meat smells like and it ruined the rest of our meal. I felt so sick I couldn’t even eat the good ribs and the steak and both of us ended up throwing the rest of the meat into the bin and wasting around £70 worth of food between us. To make matters worse I had a bad stomach from just these 5 bites or so for the next 2 days taking off work costing me another £500 in lost earnings as I’m self employed now. We assumed that this incident was a one off, maybe an old rib or two were accidentally overaged so we let it be. Because it’s our favourite meat we gave them another few chance a month ago and it was ok again and we were happy. Unfortunately, we ordered once again and once again disgusting smell upon opening. Same thing, rotten ribs again. Why did they do this? Why? Twice is not a coincidence. I’m sorry but while they do seem to age their meat, there is a complete difference between aged and old. Don’t they have someone checking and smelling the meat daily to make sure it’s ok or do they mix new batches with with the old letting some go rotten? Do they have a bad fridge and not fix it, or at worse do they do this to save money and not throw away rotten ribs? I really hope the owners see this review and either change their procedures, their fridges or their penny pinching ways, whatever their reasons it’s happened twice so something is seriously wrong at La Fiesta sometimes, and this should not happen ever again to anyone else. It’s not a small issue, it’s also dangerous.

There is no below than 1 star option. So, i clicked for it. There is nothing hygienic in that restaurant, in the plate it may look like hygienic and the Owner is wowww, the worst person. I heard that he is not even paying for the people who was once worked with him. I would recommend not to go to this restaurant because i feel so sorry for employees who was worked and working with him. Though he sets that much price for the food and the people trusted him that they will paid for what he asked to do. There are so many restaurants with good hearted people. Please spend your valuable money there.

Really good food with a good environment

Why should I train the owner to be better? I'm not getting paid by him. I had a lousy experience. Doesn't matter. There are other restaurants to choose from.

OH this was awesome, a meat lovers Paradise. The real deal, any Argentine or Brazilian would be delighted to eat here. All the meat was delicious, in my opinion the best kosher meat meal in NW London. The chips were perfect. The burger was a masterpiece of culinary work. A word of caution though the sharing platter for 2 could easily fill 4 people, so be prepared to take some home and enjoy again.

Owner did not pay my brother his wages and was confrontational when we followed up on this.

The boss is rude and didn't pay me or my brother for the shifts we worked with him . I’ve heard many of the other waiters didn’t get paid too . He threatened to hit me with a pan after I asked for my pay, then proceeded to call the police on me? I was completely shocked and stunned after the incident, but I was soon relaxed to find out that many other people in the community, feel threatened by this man’s narcissism . I’d advise against working or eating here.

I know kosher food is expensive but La Fiesta is totally overpriced for what it is. I don't mind paying for a smart restaurant, good food and good service but you don't get that at La Fiesta. The furnishings are very basic, the servers struggled to understand what we wanted. and service was incredibly slow (surprising as the restaurant was very quiet). We paid a lot of money and received a slab of meat that had just been grilled, with no sauce or vegetables. The price of side orders was excessive. Everyone's order was piled up in the middle of the table and we were given plates and told to help ourselves. There was a small side salad and when we asked for sauce we got a very small dish of mustard and ketchup. The steak was pretty tasteless and needed mustard to make it edible. We paid £50 a head and came away hungry. I struggle to understand why diners are prepared to pay this much for such poor standards.

OMG ! and they call this a steak restaurant, the worst steak I've ever had , even third time lucky they got it wrong, fatty , cold tasteless and badly cooked, as for the lamb cutlets ,possibly the smallest they could buy to serve you...... never again !!!

Whenever I used to be asked where i want to go to dinner for a family birthday or any occasion that me and my family were going out for dinner for, I'd always say la fiesta. It was the best restaurant. Asado ribs were my favourite. However I went there recently and was very much underwhelmed. Im not sure if it was that the usual chefs weren't there that day or what but it was the most disappointing meal I've had in a long time! The way i remember it, it was pricy but at least you got what you payed for. Recently however i went with my family, ordered ribs and got 3 tiny ribs for £27. The worst part is they didn't taste anywhere near as good as they used to. Its sad that my favourite kosher restaurant has gone downhill like this but i guess thats life. Not the place it used to be. Don't think ill be asking the family to go there again anytime soon :(

בעל הבית נחמד, שירות מעולה, אוכל פצצה ומחירים טובים

Food was delicious! Place was clean & staff were absolutely amazing.

We were a table of 10 in an otherwise empty restaurant. A variety of starters all arrived at different times. There was NO coordination by management and kitchen staff (in sight of the diners) to serve everyone at the same time. Some of the starters were cold so there was no excuse. The cost of Hummus was £7.00 per portion and over large. They could reduce the portion size substantially and charge half the price and no one would complain. Some starters that were warm arrived cold. They were very disorganized. At no time during the evening did Management engage with us to ask how things were (almost a given in any eating establishment nowadays). No apologies for their poor service. We were basically the only diners there so they couldn't say they were too busy. The very young waiter was completely out of his depth failing to appreciate how disappointed we all were. The main courses which were naturally expensive because of the Kosher requirement were so slow in being brought to us it was painful. Burgers were only being grilled MEDIUM but arrived very undercooked in the middle and had to be sent back. A couple of dishes were served at the correct temperature and tasted fine. All mediocre desserts were £7.00 each. Well overpriced considering the type of restaurant which has no modern decor or specific redeeming features. No one ordered a dessert from our group. Coffee was served badly. Two filter coffees were served in espresso cups and had to be sent back for a correct serving size. They were just prepared from a push button machine. When they arrived they were lukewarm. We had to order extra hour water to make them drinkable. Again nothing from management - really poor service. The owners ought to seriously reconsider their approach to customers. It's not enough to serve Kosher meat at very high prices and think that's all there is to running a restaurant. Staff need retraining and management need to listen to customers. I will not be recommending this restaurant to anyone and will be suggesting they go anywhere else.

Spacial service and very good food!!

We had to wait a long time for our starters, when it came with no pita bread asked for some and was charged should have come with it. Main meal very good. Coffee served in tiny cups. My lamb chops were excellent as was my wife's duck. That is why we gave it 4 stars

שירות די גרוע,לקח הרבה זמן עד קבלת האוכל. הצלעות היו גומי והבשרים מלאים שומן. מסעדה יקרה ביחס לאוכל המוגש.

Ordered a burger with vegetables. Wow! Everything was excellent including the service. Although, I did have to wait a while, it was worth every minute. I have to say, this was without any doubt the best and tastiest burger I have ever eaten! My only question to the chef is, "How did you do it?!" This was actually my birthday treat and I'm delighted I chose to celebrate it here in la fiesta. My recommendation to everyone is this; don't bother with any of the other kosher meat restaurants locally. This is the best. I am proud that I can honestly say that here in London there's a great kosher meat restaurant. If I may add, and worthy of all that it represents.

Excellent food. Not just on the grill - which is their specialty! The appetizers and confit duck salad were delicious! So glad we came here!

Meat dont look fresh .!!! Far to far expensive for the service they give .and serve chicken pink!!!!

I have just collected my order in Passover - there was a delay but the steaks were delicous and cooked as ordered. Looking forward to booking a table when both Passover and lockdown is over.

Due to lockdown they have stepped up their takeaway menu you and we had superb food as you can see from my pictures

My old post. Date 2017 "Used to be a phenomenal Steak 🥩 House 🏡 unfortunately in recent years the standard has dropped" BUT something has NOW changed. I just ordered take away 02-02-2021 the food was outstanding, La Fiesta is BACK to its glorious standard as London Premier Kosher Steak House. Highly recommend the Beef Burger and Steak Club sandwich.

disrespectful owner, exploiter, does not pay whoever hires, the food is really bad! don't go there hideous!

A manipulator of this place. They tell you that they wanna make a contract job, which they will never come. PEOPLE IF YOU WANT TO GO THERE TO WORK, STAY AWAY.

The owner j Ibgui is a sly, manipulative peace of work. He’s verbally abusive towards his workers and doesn’t pay them properly if they get paid at all! I worked hear for a month, wasn’t paid in full and mistreated. Don’t support this shambolic restaurant!

The food is mediocre at best and comes out of the freezer. Everything gets put in the microwave before leaving the kitchen as well. The owner j Ibgui is a sly, manipulative peace of work. He’s verbally abusive towards his workers and doesn’t pay them properly if they get paid at all! I worked hear for a month, wasn’t paid in full and mistreated. Don’t support this shambolic restaurant!

The owner is a sly, manipulative peace of work. He’s verbally abusive towards his workers and doesn’t pay them properly if they get paid at all! Hence why there’s such a huge staff turnover. The food comes out of the freezer and is mediocre at best. Everything gets put in the microwave before leaving the kitchen as well. Stay away from this restaurant!

Highly priced, bad food and poor service. The bun of the burger I ordered was frozen! Disgraceful! Don’t recommend.

We have been here several times over the last year and are never disappointed. The food is consistently good and cooked as ordered and the staff is pleasant and efficient. It is always money well spent. Wanting to support this excellent restaurant during Covid lockdown, we ordered a meal for two for delivery on 29 November. It was excellent. De.ivered on time, expertly wrapped, fresh, piping hot and just absolutely delicious. Fove stars! Thank you La Fiesta!

Food prepared with quality ingredients and lots of care. Jsck the owner is passionate of what he does. I visit frequently and never let me down. Great customer service and highly recommended!

Very good food but expensive a little bit

My favorite place in London. Great food. Great service.

Excellent food and great service. All the staff are very helpful and friendly.

Could do with another waiter or 2. Great food nevertheless!

My favourite restaurant in London

Refurbished and relaunched this traditionally good barbeque grill. The food is lovely. The meat is very well cooked and tasty. Salads are disappointing - basically a bowl of lettuce with a tomato and onion and a ridiculous shaving of carrot. Chip portions are very small. A shame to cut corners on these sides when the meat is reliably excellent.

he's VERY rude to the staff and doesnt pay them we shouldnt support him

Amazing food and staff very helpful

Do not support them, the boss doesn’t pay their workers and is not even explaining why. Avoid!

Avoid this place!!! Doesn’t not pay staff! Horrible owner! Think about it when choosing where to eat!

visited this restaurant recently with my father. unfortunately the meat was not as perfect as usual, however the chef offered to prepare another one on the spot with zero fuss. Very impressive service and of course the meal did not at all disapoint.

אכלנו סטייק אנטריקוט 350 גרם ונקניקיות צ'וריסו. הבשר היה מצויין. הבעלים של המסעדה שוחח עימנו. בחור חביב ביותר. יומיים לאחר מכן באנו שוב. מסעדה טובה כשרה. נהנינו.

Was nice, food is good but not amazing 😉

Cant beat steak and chips, potions sizes a bit small considering the prices, but food was nice

The food was served well and it was nice service as well as the food was brilliant.

This is a nice and accommodating meat only restaurant. It is a casual and woody environment. Locals are interesting.

Excellent food relaxed atmosphere a bit pricey but you definitely get your money's worth

Great meal and great service. Meat was delicious.

We were very impressed by the meal - great meat, service and environment. We went twice within a couple of days.

The food here is excellent. The meat is juicy and tender and cooked to perfection. For high quality kosher meat, the price was great and i would definitely recommend. Overall, great food and service and great value for money.

My favourite kosher stakehouse in London

The owner is a terrible terrible person, who doesn’t respect the workers and doesn’t pay either on time or not at all! Don’t support this place.

The food took a while to come out but came out in stages starting with some dips, then starter and finally followed by the mains. Food was mostly good. Cooked to order but was mostly lacking seasoning. Which resulted in some of the food being bland. Service was great. Little overpriced and portion control was a little off. Mixed grill for two is enough for four. But all meat of good quality which is a plus.

Pedimos el plato mixto de carne a la parrilla para cuatro. Fue suficiente para seis y nos llevamos mucho a casa. La carne era perfectamente mediana, como pedimos, y el servicio fue amable y eficiente.Ah, y no te olvides de comenzar con los huevos escoceses, que estaban perfectamente crujientes y sabrosos con una yema líquida en el interior, ¡un raro regalo en un restaurante kosher!

Kosher restaurants used to have a reputation for terrible service, average food and being expensive. This has changed quite a lot but not at La Fiesta. Having not been here for years and recently heard good things we tried it. The service was non-existent - including having to clean our own table when we sat down because it was sticky! The menu is boring and was missing a few of the nicer sounding items (despite being there early in the evening), there was no atmosphere aside from the occasional blasting of happy birthday through the speakers and somehow they managed to make a steak tasteless. My advice - go somewhere / anywhere else!

American style, steak house and its kosher

Very good. Well done food. A bit on the pricey, but good evening out. Good beefy portions. Will open for passover, after 21st april

Servicio muy atento pero esoeraba una carne más tierna

Mi esposa y yo cenamos en La Fiesta esta noche. Fue la primera vez que estuvimos allí desde que se reformó, lo que, por cierto, parece haberse hecho con mucho cuidado.El dueño era extremadamente hospitalario y acogedor. El personal fue muy atento. Y la comida era estupenda. ¿Qué más se puede pedir? ! Definitivamente iremos otra vez - y otra vez.

Top food Top quality Renovations are AMAZING Lovely atmosphere and friendly waitresses Service is a bit slow but definitely not a deal breaker Recommend : sausages, steak, burger, sweet potato fries

The best meat I came across in London. Good sized portions, great selection of wines and tasty starters.

We always enjoy our meals here. The dishes and well prepared and good quality.

La Fiesta is the go-to café in Kingston. We go for lunch almost everyday and it doesn't get boring because there is so much variety. Win.

We came all the way specially to this restaurant but it was close due to renovation.

הגענו והמקום היה סגור נראה שאפילו נסגר לגמרי

Food was amazing, and the staff are great.

Steaks were great! Good wine selection and good single malt scotch from £3 per shot - unheard of in North America! Enjoy!

No para vegetarianos Kosher, carne al estilo argentino - restaurante fest. No es barato, pero grandes porciones. La parrilla mixta para tres generalmente alimenta a cuatro personas normales. ¡Puedes pedir un bistec de 1 kg si tienes mucha hambre! !La comida es de buena calidad, cocinada como usted especifique y el plato principal viene con una gran ensalada de hojas variadas, aparte de cualquier otra cosa que desee.