La Tasca Covent Garden in City of London, Westminster

Went on a Saturday at 4pm with my partner as he likes his seafood. The service: A waitress took half of our drinks order and rushed away, then came back 5 minutes later to take our drinks order again. We ordered the food at the same time. There was a confused waiter who kept on bringing us things we hadn't ordered. The food: We ordered the Earl grey lemonade, the baby octopuses, mozzarella and tomato skewers, garlic bread and spaghetti & meatballs. My earl grey lemonade had no hints...

Entré en la tasca después de mirar travieso botas la semana pasada y no me impresionó. Mientras nos sentamos un camarero desagradable dijo que cerca de 45 minutos, no es un problema si se sirve comida rápida. Luego cuando pedimos nos dijeron que el pan con todo lo demás, ya que cerca de 40 minutos. Lo que en la tierra... por qué no sólo no me dejó entrar. Así que tuvimos nuestra comida que en realidad estaba bien, y el motivo de la extra point. La comida se servía de rápido, me dieron la para revivir todo el mundo quería dejar...

Have visited this La Tasca before and it is always consistent and my style of eating (little bits of everything) there were 2 of us and we ordered 6 Tapas dishes between us (see photo) the meatballs were delicious and the beetroot salad was too. I thoroughly enjoyed the meal and used my taste card which gives you 2 for 1 so was an absolute bargain at £25 for the 2 of us and I would recommend La Tasca and indeed Tastecard. I will be returning here again.

This is a little gem in Covent Garden great tapas food reminds me of my time in Spain will be going back again soon

Twice in two bookings have been told that our confirmation wasn't a confirmation, waits of 20 minutes and 45 minutes..but once you finally get in it's good food and at good value! If they could just realise what century we live in and stop using paper booking forms would be a 5 out of 5 for me!

An enjoyable meal. Good selection of tapas and everything was very tasty.

Good service and good food. Had a really good day out with friends. Only compliant is that I didn't get a complimentary glass of wine with my Loyalty card.

In fact it's ambience even makes you want to go there even though it is more on the commercial side

Mi hija y yo fuimos a este restaurante en una tarde de sábado la esperanza de tener asientos sin esperar demasiado tiempo. A pesar del lugar es bastante completo, nos dieron una acogedora mesa para 2 y rápido eficiente personal listo para tomar nuestros pedidos. Lo que hace de este lugar único es que tiene comida para picar, que nos da la oportunidad de probar una gran variedad de productos en una sola vez. Si se trata de calamares, gambas, pollo o carne o incluso otros platos vegetarianos, hemos probado todos con condimentos. Es muy difícil comparar cuál es mejor que otro, ya que todos los artículos son deliciosos. Estábamos demasiado lleno después de probar los postres. El personal era servicial y amable, siempre sonriente. Sin duda vale la pena una visita.

Reservamos antes de la mano y nos llevaron directamente a nuestra mesa designado, que era ideal ya que tenía entradas para el teatro. Sin embargo, los cócteles no tardan 15 minutos en llegar después de haberlo pedido. Pero la comida llegó en buen momento para compensar. Sin duda recomendaría tomar las típicas las albóndigas, y el pollo y el chorizo y salsa de vino blanco. El personal era muy amable, especialmente cuando salen del restaurante. Gran experiencia! Recomiendo 110%

Very friendly, helpful staff. The restaurant was atmospheric and charming. The paella was freshly cooked and delicious!

Siempre estoy cansado de cadenas, pero pensamos que el personal español haría una diferencia en el interior - no en todos - nada parecía recién preparado, y casi sin duda recalentadas, mala calidad - todo simplemente! ! Las albondigas, tomar las típicas y gambas pil pil era particularmente mala. Gambas debe sizzling en aceite!!

Primero de todo que nos timaron como han añadido un tesoro escondido de cargo por servicio cuando pedimos en el bar!

這餐廳感覺很溫馨好有西班牙鄉村風格⋯我好喜歡西班牙小食而這裡都有好多好多選擇⋯紅辣椒雞串⋯洋蔥炒薯仔，味道不過不失不是很突出！西班牙海鮮飯都是一個必點既食物之一！服務可以說是很好但食物質素可以有改善空間～

Turned up with my other half for his birthday, arrived an hour and a half earlier than expected and asked whether it would be at all possible to be seated earlier. One of the many very helpful staff told us that we could come back in half an hour, and when we did we didn't need to go up to her to ask as she came up to us straight away and took us to our table. Beautiful food and lovely waiters! Will definitely 100% visit again.

Could not fault the food or the service of this restaurant. Highly recommend, and I am very likely to return in the future.

The restaurant is tucked away in a side ally therefore we were able to find a seat in a very busy halfterm lunch time. The food were great and kids meal is very generous in portion. Deco is very trendy as well.

We loved the tapas here, a great selection to try. We also had a sharing dessert that was great. Great atsmosphere.

Be aware, the service was good until the restaurant got busy at 6.30. Then we waited over 20 minutes before cancelling our ice cream dessert. The waiter then bought the bill promptly, so we made it to the theatre in plenty of time.We had arrived before our booked time and were seated and served in good time.All our food choices were devoured with satisfaction.

Fantastisk mat og utmerket service! Anbefales på det sterkeste! Også til de med cøliaki og melkeallergi.

I love tapas restaurants. This was my first to a branch of La Tasca and I'm afraid I left being quite disappointed.The service was very friendly and attentive but the food was not good. Prawns were large but only lukewarm (nearly cold), garlic mushrooms were overcooked, chicken tasted processed, and the meatballs were undercooked.I think i'll be sticking to independent tapas restaurants in future.

We came here after a hard day at work and was pretty hungry. We ordered 6 tapas and we're still hungry after! My fiancée was also sick after our visit not blaming la tasca but it could have been something we ate? Overall good ok just small and not worth 35 pounds.

Absolutely shocking service. Cancelled our starter after an hours wait. Tapas was good but then waited another hour for paella which was so bland we had to ask for condiments and I never add salt to food! We had empty glasses when the main arrived so asked for more wine. It didn't arrive so asked again. It then arrived after we had eaten what we could of the awful food served to us. Basically we ate without drinks. We would have had better service and food if we'd stayed at home. Something for restaurants to consider if people choose to eat out. When we asked for the bill and also when the table was cleared not one member of staff asked if we'd enjoyed our meal. Perhaps they know what they are serving.With so many great places to go don't waste your time going here.

We visited as an after theatre restaurant. I have eaten in La Tasca before so knew kind of what to expect. We ordered the Cava Sangria, not sure where the Cava was but plenty of ice! The food was lukewarm, some cold which we sent back only to be replaced with more cold. The ladies toilets were in a terrible state, no seats on some toilets and the others dirty and blocked, only one clean enough to use. A really dissapointing experience, would not return.

We had to ask so we could order our main course. They also brought out the wrong dessert .The food was average

great place to eat the sangria is to die for in a great location for pre post theatre

great food and service just unhappy when service charge added was not removed but sorted by mutual agreementrestaraunt is clean and tidy but just looks a little tired but i guess thats how the spanish theme works, nice simple menu to choose from as well will return but will clarify i do not want service charge added

If you like tapas, the typical Spanish food, you are on the right spot. Everything seems to be original at this restaurant. Good food, nice service.

Order wrong (including quite a dangerous good allergy), didn't get our ordered drinks at all, and really slow service. We said we had to be at the theatre at 7.30, and they wouldn't take our payment for 20 mins! That said, food is delicious... almost enough to make me go back... almost....

Have been to La Tasca many times in different locations. Staff always friendly and helpful, service is great. The food is amazing, freshly cooked and so tasty! Always choose this restaurant if going uptown.

Very salty mushrooms but they were immediately changed when we asked. Pimientos de Padron were on the menu - in May? - I was not surprised though when told they had 'just sold out yesterday'. Calamares were warm rather than piping hot, but overall the service was generous and friendly.

We booked La Tasca for dinner after a days shopping in Convent Garden. As it was a Sunday there was really good offer on which meant 40% off food if you downloaded the app. We were a party of 6 and ordered good selection of tapas to share, meatballs, padron peppers, grilled asparagus, calamari, chicken breast in white wine and then all the usual dishes you always go for; olives, patatas bravas and garlic bread etc. Another nice offer was bottle of prosecco for anyone in the party having a birthday, I did luckily enough so the waiter appeared with a bottle of Cordoniu, all really rather nice. Apart from fact the restaurant was little bit chilly, all round good food and drink and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it.

They have a good range of tapasFish meat vegetables All were very goodGood beer toVill be back an other time

Having been to other La Tasca restaurants in the past and thoroughly enjoying my experience I decided to visit this one and my word I was so disappointed. Seated no problem, food order was taken no problem and that's about it... starters arrived at different times whilst mine was fine my girlfriend left most of hers due to the gluten free bread being solid. Our paella arrived before our starters had been cleared and even having left most of her starter we weren't asked if everything had been ok with the food - a question that you would ask if someone had left most of their food surely?? The paella was really not great compared to other La Tasca restaurants I've visited, it was really rather bland and while the chicken, prawns and squid tasted alright the mussels had definitely seen better days and weren't great. Again we weren't asked during or after our meal if everything was alright otherwise I would've let one of the team members know! All in all I unfortunately won't be returning to this particular La Tasca again and judging by some of the recent reviews neither will a few people. Shame as it's in a lovely area of London!

We visited this La Tasca in Covent Garden prior to a show in London. The service, staff and food was very good. The only issue was they had several draft beer pumps and not one of them was working, so we had to have bottles which are more expensive and not as cold, and it was a very hot day on Saturday.

Me and my partner visited la tasca for dinner after spending the day in London. Although he had been previously to this establishment It was my first time here. We both ordered breads, mine- garlic bread served with oil ( gluten free) and my partner- bread with oil and sherry. When I saw our waitress coming towards us with two lots of bread I was pleased as I was quite hungry. However she placed one plate in front of my partner and then placed the other plate on another table. Confused I thought maybe our waitress had forgotten my order. When we did get the attention of another waitress and asked where my breads were she apologised and said that she didn't realise that the other waitress had put through garlic bread and would be bringing it out shortly. When it finally came out, it was rock hard!! It tasted like stale bread slightly warmed up. I serve gluten free bread where I work and never is it served rock hard. I ended up leaving most as it was hurting my teeth to eat. We ordered the valenciana paella to share. Having never had paella before I have nothing to compare it to but if that's what paella tastes like then I'll be giving it a miss next time. It was bland, had no chorizo that I could see or taste, max 6 little bit of chicken and 2 of the muscles were grey- not the usual orange colour they should be. We never had a check back although the table next to us did. Even when clearing the plates away, we did not get asked how everything was. We asked for the bill. We both found it quite rude to see that service charge was added to the bill. We did ask the waitress to remove this as We didn't feel it was deserved. 95% of the time when dining out I will leave 10% service charge once the bill has been paid- more if the service and food has been great. Unfortunately on this occasion neither the food or service was good enough. Not sure I'll be returning

I came here with my two sisters on a friday night, it was very busy so we had a 30minute wait for a table - no biggy as we had time to grab a drink in the Porterhouse next door! Our waiter was so friendly and casual, he sat down with is while he took the order and made plenty of reccomendations to help us choose! Everything was incredible we chose two dishes each plus some bread and cured meat, which was all in all plenty for the three of us. The jug of sangria tasted so good, just like being in Spain! We opted for espresso martinis instead of a dessert to perk ourselves up and what a fab decision it was - they were amazing! Lovely service and fantastic food, would definitely reccommend.

Excellent food, friendly and professional staff. Would certainly recommend pre booking to avoid having to wait. Right in the middle of atmospheric Covent Garden

As a regular of La Tasca for many years, I was generally quite disappointed.The menu had reduced quite significantly missing quite a few personal favourites, printed on an A3 sheet of paper, we had to ask for the little A5 page of chef specials as 'there wasn't enough to go around for each table'.The food that did arrive, arrived at an average time, and was good, however we did have to keep asking where a few of the dishes we ordered were.Even though it was a Friday evening (around 7pm) the restaurant was not at full capacity, so there's no real reason why our dishes didn't all come at the same time. Each time we asked about a missing dish, it arrived in under 1 minute later.For sure the standards all around have dropped, even their classic mayonnaise mix was not up to scratch.Such a shame really.Staff we're very friendly

We have been to La Tasca Restaurants many times and had great experiences in them especially the one near London Victoria in addition to other locations.So what better place to take friends from overseas when we took them to London for the day or so I thought.On entering the restaurant we were met by this lady in black who could easily have been someone that started work that day as had no uniform, connection to La Tasca, no smile or any customer service at all.Shown to our table we were then left for quite a while and had to catch the eye of a waiter - again not in any uniform - could have been another customer albeit he was carrying a tray!!After a further period a waitress in uniform came and took our order although she wasn't sure if the menus ingredients when questioned - but this could have been her lack of English?The food came and it was as expected and was readily eaten due to our wait to be served.One of our party had mobility issues and the main toilets were down a number of stairs so asked to use the disabled toilets - only up a few stairs!!! One member of staff told us it was out of order and another just broken - we were eventually told that it had been out of order for quite a period of time - not acceptable with the Equality Act - how has La Tasca allowed this?We went to pay and use our 40% Sunday discount but the staff could not accept it as no wifi in the Restuarant (even though they have their own App) - they told me I had to go out of the restaurant and go down the street to get a connection to get the code and the discount !! A Farce for sure!!Any restaurant like this should have wifi as standard but especially so that customers can use their App.The bill came back after this debacle with a tapas included that we hadn't even had - gambas! So they tried again and printed another receipt and another wait!! The next table also had problems with 20 % discount and not 40% discount given as it should - the tills should be set for 40% on a Sunday surely and not 20%?!No customer service or Las Tasca style service here - is this really part of the La Tasca chain - I would question it!Please Go to Victoria but I wouldn't recommend here - have emailed head office re these issues but no reply to date

Nice restaurant with lovely food but the service was awful. It took far to long to take our order, remove our plates, bring our pudding etc. In the end we had to ask to cancel the desert because we had we waiting so long. Really ruined the experience.

Restaurant is a good size, staff are friendly BUT ur new menu has taken a lot of decent dishes off the menu which is a big shame. Also as its a new menu some of the dishes werent not available! Why!? Its a new menu! Also you have changed your happy hour in that cocktails are now not part of the happy hour which as someone who uses your restauants i found strange as i hadnt been told of this even on the emails which you sent me

Thanks for the Vip sampling evening...the food was great and so was the service!!! We went to the Covent Garden venue and loved the food and drinks!! I would recommend this restaurant to families and friends.

Not great - first time to try and although the two staff (understaffed) were very kind and friendly, the food was dreadful - all tapas items were warm/cold and when we enquired if it should be hot were told yes - sent back the meatballs and i think they just warmed them up in the microwave and gave them back as one was half eaten! disappointed

Excellent variety and taste with the new menu. Would be nice to taste larger portions in future . Thank you for a nice evening. Could have more staff as the restaurant was busy (which is a good sign for the restaurant).

We busted at the end of a busy day in London. The San Miguel was cold and good. We had six tapas dishes all of which were good. I would say the portions were a little small for the price but they tasted ok. I think with a chain type restaurant you lose that touch that you get in a one off but we expected this. There could have been more flavour in the dishes. We are fortunate enough to have a taste card so the meal did not cost too much. Service was brilliant I have to say.

we were invited to taste some new items on the menu. we arrived as booked 6pm. we didn.t get any food before 6.45pm. Other table who arrived after us and seems to be known had already drinks and food before us. I ordered on the top of the complimentary drinks ( cava warm and bad red wine) a bottle gran reserve Rioja and got the reserve instead. Then the food arrived most of it cold and not really well presented. first gorgonzola and tomato not really nice and not Spanish at all. Chorizo with spinach , I was lucky to have some chorizo my partner had just the spinach . Too salty and b low quality chorizo made this dish horrible. the small north Atlantic prawns used for the dish were absolutely tasteless as most of the dishes on that evening. still being hungry after this tasting we decided to leave to get a meal somewhere else.what a waste of time

I go to this restaurant quite often (4-5 times a year), because I love the food and because the Tastecard makes it a great value. However today the service was extremely disappointing (the food was still nice). It took ages to get the menus, ages for the order to be taken. Then it took ages for the drinks to be served and even longer for the food. 3 of the 24 dishes we ordered never arrived and we had to cancel them. The bill was brought before we asked for it and they forgot to ask for our tastecards even though we had told them we had them on arriving so we had to send the bill back to be re-done. The restaurnat wasn't even busy. The waiters were absent most the time. It was a bit embarassing too because we were entertaining a business guest.

Good food and very friendly staff. Our waiters were attentive and pleasantly chatty.The meal arrived in a timely way...not to quick and had a great evening.

Unfortunately, we had a less than stellar experience at La Tasca Covent Garden. After being seated, we waited 25 minutes before we were even approached to order a drink. As we were here for a birthday before later going to meet another reservation in East London, it wasn't ideal! I'd booked the restaurant specially for friends visiting from the North East so this was an especially disappointing evening. We were also only able to order drinks after I walked across the restaurant to ask for someone to serve us. They were very busy and looked clearly understaffed. The food was lukewarm and not the best I've had from La Tasca. I doubt I'll go back to this restaurant which is a shame as it'd previously been a firm favourite of mine.

We had a great set of tapas, all of them good. Service was friendly, although we had to wait a little long for additional order. We were seated in the lowest level, which in my opinion was the most cozy part of the restaurant. If you are looking for a nice tapas dinner with family or friends, this place can be recommended.

We were seated at 8 pm and it was 40 minutes before anyone even came to take our drinks order and another ten until the food order was taken, then the food and drinks arrived within two minutes of each other meaning we had had to wait about 20-30 mins for a bottle of coke and two tap waters. The food when it came though was excellent, but the service was non existent. As such I wasn't particularly happy about the non optional service charge, just hope the kitchen gets a fair share of it

Confusion over our booking should have been a warning for the dining experience ahead. The concept of tap water was alien to our server who brought soda water instead. That issue rectified leads us to the food. Tasteless and bland would be a generous review for what we were served but we had the delight of having lukewarm dishes pleased in front of us. Our daughters meal arrived 15mins before our did but as we were on our way to a theatre show did not have enough to time to go elsewhere. 2 attempts to get the bill right with additional items and Childs drink charged incorrectly has me delighted to leave a tourist trap. Looking at the receipt later I noticed the 'service charge' had been added back on after I'd requested it removed. While I can't prove it, my daughter was physically sick 2 hours later, in the theatre, and I blame the lukewarm chicken she was served! A lesson learned and I'll never us this chain again!

Quirky interior and nice food, you get exactly what you would expect from a Spanish Tapas restaurant in terms of items on the menu.

We had a wonderful Sunday lunch at La Tasca Covent Garden. Such an array of delicious food. From the Garlic and chilli prawns to the small steak served with a potato ,spinach and blue cheese. The Calamari and crispy pieces of lightly battered fish, all our favs. and much more. Well worth a visit.

We've not visited a La Tasca for a while and decided to stop by before heading to a concert over Hammersmith. The service was a little slow due to a big party on the lower ground floor, but over all the food was great. It would be good to get better value being a Love Loyalty customer over the other discounts available through Taste Card, etc.

Dined here with our two grandchildren ,good sharing starters and excellent paella! service friendly and efficient good wine list child friendly highly recommend this restaurant,will gladly return.Food authentically Spanish but with enough of a twist to suit the English palette.

Visited at relatives suggestion. The premises is deceptively large and we were made to feel at home. The food was very tasty and the service fast and efficient. We were very impressed

Service was slow and the food was greasy and salty, couldn't taste anything else! For £5 per plate, I would expect a burst of flavour.

I have visited la tasca across the country and was upset to find out that two of the best, Harrogate and York have closed down. I was also disappointed to find out that then menu has been drastically slimmed down! Visited Covent Garden with my daughter and was extremely disappointed it is the worst la tasca I have been to, the canvas pil pil had no flavour, the ribs had no sauce which they normally do, the chicken was bland, pollo Marbella was very salty. The paella was awful and far too salty. Generally the food was over salty or bland. Awful experience and I would never visit again! La tasca has gone drastically downhill in my opinion! The waiter was very attentive!

I was looking forward to eating paella at this restaurant, there aren't enough Spanish chains where I live, and this restaurant looked the part with quirky decor and rustic features as we entered. We visited on a Friday and had booked a table for 4pm but there was no need, the restaurant wasn't busy but started to fill up by about 5.30 when we had finished eating. The food was tasty, we ordered the flatbread for a starter (be warned, this is basically a pizza! I was very confused when it arrived thinking it was going to be like a flat garlic bread but it came with loads of tomato sauce and chorizo on top.) - it was tasty but I had to check what I'd ordered.The paella was a large portion, we had one to share, and it was great tasting. We ordered the Carne version which was chicken and chorizo. We also ordered a tapas as a side dish, one of the new pork Meatbombs on the menu which was delicious and in a tasty balsamic sauce. If you're looking at menus online be warned the one in the restaurant was very different to the one I'd been looking at on the website - not everything was on there. Service was good, a little slow for how quiet the restaurant was but the waitresses were friendly and helpful. I'd definitely go back, but recommend perhaps visiting when the restaurant is busier to enjoy more of an atmosphere!

We visited La Tasca at Covent Garden after a day of sight seeing. We arrived at 6.30 and was seated promptly. We were served by very friendly and helpful staff. The food arrived quickly and was delicious - and thankfully our kids (8 & 11) loved all the dishes chosen. Would recommend for a family pre-theatre dinner.

Myself and my wife went to this branch of La Tasca for our 3rd wedding anniversary. We were given a lovely booth to enjoy our meal and all the staff were friendly and welcoming. The manager brought us a free bottle of cava to help us celebrate our anniversary which was a great touch. Food arrived quickly and was very tasty. Would highly recommend going, restaurant was great, all staff were brilliant and food was excellent. They helped make our anniversary special, thank you.

Me and my family (total of 3) decided to go here as it worked with our Gourmet Card (25% off!!). We loved our starter which consisted of traditional Spanish hams! We then had a mixed paella for 3 and it was lovely! For deserts we had a chocolate/caramel cake with a strawberry sorbet. My only complaint was about the _slower_ service. We had to wait a long time for our deserts - but to be fair it was getting busy.Finally, the waitresses were absolutely lovely and very helpful. They helped to make the experience enjoyable before we went to see Thriller !Give it a visit!

Meal ok not great and definitley not true Spanish but fine enough. Service was really good though we had Polish waiter Kalim and he was wonderful and nothing was too much trouble and service was quick and effortless.Would recommend to a friend and would go again but don't set too high expectation.

Part of a chain offering a range of Spanish Tapas. Seating on multiple levels with only a small area accessible without steps.Staff where cheerful and approachable but service was very, very slow. A number of items weren't available on visit as the menu is being updated.Food was pretty good, the tapas dishes where delicious although the paella was a little bland. Drinks menu was varies but soft drinks are only server in the trendy glass bottles at significant mark up.Probably wouldn't visit again, there are better locations in the chain and when in the centre of Covent Garden a lot of other places to choose from.

Service was generally good but food was on the whole quite coldThe pudding (sharing cheesecake) was very small portion and not worth the money

The service was quick, efficient and very personal. Nothing was too much trouble. Lovely tasty food.

Travl fredag aften. Efter 5 minutter fik vi anvist bord. Der var en hyggelig stemning. Tjeneren, Kamil, var venlig og hjælpsom. Maden kom hurtigt. Maden smagte dejligt.

We have used this chain before and although never as good as independent tapas restaurants, this one made us less likely to return! We ordered bread while waiting and got four minuscule slices between three people for £3! My daughter ordered paella and we asked for our tapas to arrive at the same time as it takes quite a while to prepare. The paella was piping hot and tasty. The tapas were barely luke warm! Whilst the manager / supervisor apologised, he failed to offer a refund, replacement, complimentary drink or anything. This was the most expensive meal we had in London and was our most disappointing. It was our second visit. Whilst willing to give it a second chance, we won't give it a third!

The five of us had a delicious meal. It was nice to able to choose a variety of dishes and to share them. That's why tapas is such a good choice. The wines and service were excellent. Our waiter, Ruben, was very helpful, efficient & welcoming.

It was our first time at this restaurant and the staff were very friendly, especially Patricia, who served us. The food was excellent and the portions were very good. Would definitely recommend this to anyone and I would love to come back again!

Overall great，but the service seems a little bit slow.

Ganz nettes Lokal mit guten Tapas. Das Ambiente ist leider zu künstlich V.a. empfehlenswert sind die Schweinebäckchen. Dazu Weine zu fairen Preisen und eine Top Bedienung.

I had a wonderful tapas meal here last night with 3 friends. The restaurant is very conveniently located in Covent Garden, the food was delicious and the staff were fantastic. Our waitress Patricia was excellent, she was very friendly, we asked for her advice on different dishes and she was super helpful, she suggested which wine would go well with our meal and by the end of our meal she had even taught us some Spanish phrases! Overall a wonderful experience. I will definitely go back.

We dined as a large group before the theatre and ate from the party menu. It was such great value! All of the food was really tasty and portions very generous for the price of the menu. Staff were very helpful and friendly throughout and it was great that we were sitting in our own separate area. A great experience and we'll come back again!

I will review only the fact that after getting my email address through the reservation system this restaurant has decided to write to me without giving me a chance to unsubscribe. They took the trouble to put a line indicating how to ensure emails reach me, but no option to unsubscribe. This is my way to pay back... I just cannot accept this behaviour.

It was my first time having Tapas, and I absolutely loved it! I had garlic mushrooms + meat balls with gorgonzola, and king prawns, all very tasty! Also enjoyed the great service by our waiter, and the friendly environment.

It was a busy evening but a wait of over 20 minutes before a drinks order was taken seemed rather excessive. When drinks were eventually served the glasses were red hot which was not how I wanted to drink my sangria - warm - and not the best way to enjoy what is normally a rather refreshing drink. I'm also not to convinced about how the rstuarant served a liqueur coffee at the end of the meal, certainly not what I expected and not something I would recommend to others.

For starter I had the tortilla espanola which was very good. However, the paella lacked any real flavour. The waffle for dessert were overcooked (I couldn't cut through it, so hard) and the plate it was served on was not properly clean. Nice cappucino to finish.

It's strange as when we arrived, it was all very welcoming from both bar staff and the female hostess (in grey top - Fri 18th Mar) and everyone was very welcoming and smily. No tables were ready so we stood about while they set the table up in front of us.It's a big place, all black and red and very comfortable too. It was fairly busy for a Friday early evening, but not packed out, so had a nice buzz.We ordered and food service was pretty quick and the food was very good indeed. Chorizo was lovely as were the padron pimento, bit easy simple dishes though. The chorizo and sausage dish was our favourite though. Really tasty.Portion sizes are a little meagre for the price you pay.Trying to get more drinks or attention of any waitresses from then though proved impossible. We waited for ages to get drinks, ended up ordering at the bar. Although they were still friendly, it was just a little poor service.When trying to pay for the bill (after waiting an age for table to be cleared) the original Hostess that net us earlier said 'your waitress will be with you soon' but she wasn't and hadn't been that's why I asked. I thought it was an odd response to be honest. We waited for ages to pay to be honest and felt ignored after food arrived, hence the 3 star review.Started well, went a little downhill after, let down due to poor attentiveness and a curt response when we had already been left waiting for a long time.

We arrived at the restaurant in what must be a rare quiet moment, the place soon filled up. Waiting staff attentive, made good recommendations when we couldn't decide. Food was excellent,portions generous. Cocktails were strong. Will definitely return

We took advantage of our Tesco clipboard vouchers and booked a table for Sunday lunch time. The restaurant wasn't particularly busy when we called. The vouchers were only valid for about half of the menu - so be aware.The service wasn't particularly swift but it was polite. We went for a tapas selection. Unfortunately when the food arrived half of it was hot, the rest not. We asked for this to be replaced and in time it was. When we did get our food cooked and hot it was great. The best dish was baked bake with a chilli jam topping.

We had a lovely meal here, service was way above usual La tasca standard. Food and wine ( Torres rose highly recommended) was lovely and service was great. Wonderful branch!

We would have enjoyed the meal more if the food was hotter. However, all dishes came to our table lukewarm.

I came here for a birthday lunch and was v pleasantly surprised at how good it was. Absolutely lovely waitress who had already put my free bottle of birthday on ice, ready for us. Paella was juicy and delicious and everything was top notch. I will come again.

I don't know where to start - Awful! Visited here on a Wednesday night, the service was shocking, food was disgusting, when it eventually arrived. Salad (4 lettuce leaves between 6!) - Black hair in one of the dishes, hard garlic bread again 4 small slices between 6! I honestly was so shocked at this place, came to dine in London and wish we had just gone to KFC. If it wasn't for being with other family I would have walked out. The manager said nothing but 'sorry' and 'I only have one out of hands' to everything, never any explanation. If you're visiting London for one night only don't waste your time here!!

We've been to this La Tasca several times before, but it suited us on the way back from Shaftesbury Avenue to Charing Cross.Not busy when we arrived (5:45) but heaving when we left.Main course followed starter (bread and olives) rather too quickly, but quality of food and service was as good as expected.

Place is infested with mice. Was having a very nice dinner with my husband when out of the blue a mouse was among us. The worst experience ever. The manager did not even come see us. I crossed her on the way out. all she had to say was that she was sorry and that they spray weekly! i've been going to this restaurant regularly when in London over 10 years, this was our last.

Came here in a busy Friday night and would not return to this branch. Afters ordering it took 20+ mins to receive our drinks. The waitress had no idea what drinks were on offer and was genuinely confused the whole time we were there. We had to wait around half an hour for our food. We ordered 3 tapas dishes and a sharing paella. Whilst we were waiting for our food we noticed the table next to us go a paella dish, however after a coupe of minutes the waitress went over took the dish off thier table and placed it in ours, hoping we wouldn't notice it had been on a different table before ours. It didn't look like the other table had touched the dish, however it out us off our food majorly. We would have asked for it to be replaced Hiwever we were not sure the waitress would understand our request and we did not want to wait another half an hour! The only good thing about this trip was that one of our party had a la tasca card which got us 20% off.

Fantastic time, great food and good atmosphere. Only down side was the timing of the courses got starters and tapas mains at the same time that fully loaded table.

We have been to La Tasca in different locations in the UK but this was unfortunately the worst. We has booked a table for a Birthday celebration and was looking forward to introduce 2 of our guests to the Spanish Tapas . However, we ordered our starters and our main tapas dishes and they arrived quickly.....maybe a little too quickly. Our main dishes arrived in abundance and when we questioned the waitress she then proceeded to bring along our starters.......this was not a good start. Eating tapas is about taking your time over sharing food and we felt rushed and over loaded with tepid food. There was so much of it at once you couldn't eat any of it at an enjoyable temperature. An issue I have had which has caused me concern is I ordered bread and oil to start(gluten free as I am intolerant) I was expecting small pieces of rustic bread and oil, not a shop bought bread roll which unfortunately was not gluten free! I won't go into details! This really disappointed me as did the quality of the food, the potato bratas was cold and the chorizo just swimming in oil all the other dishes were just mediocre

Atmosphere was awful & we were packed in like cattle. The service was poor & our main courses were brought out 15 minutes apart. The food itself was absolutely diabolical & extremely overpriced for the quality of it! We eat better tapas from a supermarket for a quarter of the price. I would not recommend eating at this La Tasca!

If you're looking for authentic tapas or anything with flavour - do not visit! I already knew La Tasca wasn't an authentic Spanish restaurant, so I already lowered my expectations upon visiting. We were seated promptly and the food arrived very quick, but this is where it all went down hill. Most of the tapas dishes I ordered were all very bland. Nothing had any flavour, it tasted like it was a budget frozen ready meal. Also, I ordered a Long Island Iced Tea and this was basically watered-down coke - barely any trace of alcohol in it. I will definitely not be visiting again.

A little bit difficult to understand the menu but food was nice and staff very friendly, gave us a lot of good attention and didn't give us any pressure when we stayed a little bit longer, after they closed.

The place is huge but the staff, extremely kind, are efficient and quick. I would kill for their "Gambas Pil Pil"!

My worst night ever. We went to have a nice meal and when they served the food a mouse was close to my feet!!! Unacceptable!!! This restaurant should be closed!

I am not going even go to details... Bad experience, slow service at all points of the dinner family and friends hungry and thirsty and 30 min to take and order and so on... And service charge on the bill? After a complaint or a disaster service? And now reading the reviews, it was quite poor of me not checking here before... But wonders me the most is that I wrote before to the head office, didn't want to come to trip advisor... All they said was the manager would contact me and that never happened... Shame shame shame... Looks like the company in general doesn't really care!

Food was good, but service wasn't. We ordered food together but paella came out 15 mins after Tapas.

Reserved a table online for a pre-theatre meal. Shocked to be taken downstairs to an empty and very cold room. To be fair the Waitress managed to produce a fan heater but there was a cold draft each time a door opened. The room slowly filled with other customers. The staff were slow to take the order and generally unattentive. The starters never arrived and a tapas dish that we didn't order did. The tapas were lukewarm and not psrtucularly tasty. The rose sangria was like drinking diluting juice with little awareness of any alcohol content. Inevitably the bill included the starters we never received plus the tapas we didn't order and one tapas billed twice. Twice we sent the bill back for correction. The thing that annoyed me most was that despite all the errors, the cold room, and the lukewarm food the staff had the cheek to automatically add a service charge which we had to explain why we were not will to pay. Very poor and would not visit any la tasca again.