Tapas Brindisa South Kensington in Kensington and Chelsea

The service was friendly and the indoor dining room is large and comfortable (there are also tables outside the restaurant). However, the food was disappointing and rather expensive: the Pan Con Tomate had no garlic flavor and was soaking in oil (which took away the crispiness of the bread...).

I recently had the displeasure to visit this ‘bank heist’ of a restaurant. While the food was above average, I found the portions absolutely shocking, and the prices would give an old man a heart attack. The service was underwhelming and the restaurant was near empty. I would honestly not come back if these problems aren’t fixed, and don’t recommend you come unless you want a very very light lunch for the price of your mortgage, then this place is ok at best.

Terrible management. I was sat at a table for two by the staff there. Placed my order for food and later some lady manager with an American accent arrived asking me to sit at the bar because this table was reserved. I told her I cannot sit at the bar with so much food on a stool but she wouldn't budge. I ended up leaving the place altogether. Real shame. This happened at 5:50 pm on 29th of March Saturday. I have no idea whether this is some kind of prejudice or racial profiling or simply because I was 1 person but I will definitely not return to this establishment.

We were kindly squeezed in for a very enjoyable late dinner on a Sunday. Much appreciated.

I had the pleasure of dining at this wonderful restaurant last night. Everything about the experience was wonderful. The food was absolutely delicious and the service second to none. I send a special thanks to the young lady who served me. Her name is Saakshi. Polite, friendly and hugely attentive, she adeptly took care of all of my needs thus making the whole experience a very positive one. Go and check out this restaurant and its brilliant team, you won't regret it!

We had a lovely lunch! Though the price was a little steep! Our friends who have been before commented that the menu is alot smaller than previously, too!

I recently visited a charming Spanish restaurant and had an incredible dining experience, largely thanks to the excellent service provided by our waitress, Sakshi. From the moment we sat down, she was attentive, friendly, and knowledgeable about the menu. She offered great recommendations and made sure we had everything we needed throughout the meal. Sakshi's warm and welcoming demeanor truly made our visit memorable. The food was fantastic, and the service, particularly from her, elevated the experience even further. Highly recommend this place, especially if you're lucky enough to have Sakshi as your server!

Saakshi made our dining experience very well. Thank you Tapas Bridisha. We will definitely come back soon.

Place to avoid like the plague, bad smell as soon as you enter, terrible staff, pre-cooked food

Even tho I booked we were sat down in the kitchen area which had no atmosphere and was really hard to get service. The food was greasy. I really didn't enjoy it. Wont be coming back here again sadly. Always used to love brindisia too....

Food is excellent, I ordered 3 dishes: croquette truffle, King Prawns and Spanish Omellette. All are best. Service is great especially Saakshi recomended good choices of the house. Bravo!

Food's nice, service is ok. As being someone who doesn’t live in London, it amazes me the amount of tip that is “discretionary” added (here 13%). It's obviously not fault of this restaurant, but price in ticket should NOT be globalised with the tip.

I went there after visiting the museum with my two daughters, they did not inform us that there was a children's menu and the girls left with almost nothing to eat. Super small portions. £14 for a 1/8 of an omelette and it's still salty on top. The lentils were hard and spicy, the eggs were not broken nor could you dip them, and I don't know why they add parsley to all the dishes... In short, it is not a tapas place.

Delicious food and lovely friendly service. Good selection of veggie tapas.

It was a great time and thank you to Genesis for making our evening even better.

Enjoyed our time. Loved our server Genesis.

Popped in for a quick drink and bite to eat, completely unexpectedly, service and food was both superb. Beatriz was friendly and helpful and gave exceptional service! Absolute treat of a find and we will definitely be back when we’re next in that area of London!

Be careful with this site when paying. Apart from docking you with the usual 13.50% Service Charge, as you may not realize, they charge you 25% Gratuity on the dataphone before proceeding with the payment. You have to check before passing the card.

Amazing service by Saakshi, the food was great and came in good time. Bea made the BEST espresso martinis! Thank you, would definitely recommend :)

The food and service at Brindisa in South Kensington are of top quality. During our visit, my sister became unwell. The service from our waitress, Saakshi, was incredible. She took water to my sister whilst she was outside, she ensured our food was served quickly and even brought over some ice cream for my sister, which really helped. Saakshi’s kindness and empathy were beyond anything we could have hoped for. Thank you

Great food and service from Saakshi was top tier! Definitely will come back soon

Bit sad as have been coming here for 10 years - last 3 times have been really below par. Just churning out food for the crowd now. Ordered food half of it arrived looking like a toddler had plated it, then the rest of the courses just did not show up. Waited… politely asked twice and ignored, only to find out it had not been placed…. Decided it best to cancel the rest of our order, get the bill and leave. Waitress was a bit out of her depth. I asked for the service to be taken off which completely puzzled her.

Saakshi was an unbelievable server for us. Gave me great recommendations when I was unsure or some of the food and drinks. Great place to dine

Had lovely food with great recommendation and friendly service by SAAKSHI! 👍🏻

I was having lunch with my Parents who are visiting London and not speaking English. They are not used to Spanish food either. But they loved it and Saakshi service helped make the lunch perfect. Thank you

Buzzy atmosphere , service started off great and then just dissapeared. Food was super slow and poorly executed , abit hit and miss with flavours and quality. Forgot one of our dishes unfortunately

Honestly very mediocre. Confused by the 4 star rating - but I guess because of the kind of guests that it caters to. If you actually know anything about tapas / quality food this place will disappoint you. Can’t even get padron peppers or Patatas bravas right I mean 😭

Saakshi’s service was excellent! The food itself was amazing - certainly the right choice for a date night!

Fantastic and delicious Spanish tapas the menu is extensive and has great Spanish staple dishes. Everything we ate was very flavourful. Located in the heart of South Kensington. Great menu and good friendly service.

Great place. Good food & wine, attentive service; what else is there.

Only had drinks , at Kensington prices :)

Everything was delicious! Saakshi menu recommendations were spot on. She was delightful!

The Croquetas de Setas were absolutely delicious—crispy on the outside and perfectly creamy inside. Pairing them with a refreshing drink made for a delightful experience. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend trying the Croquetas de Setas with a drink to make your day. Thanks and Jemmie

Fabulous restaurant....Great food, great service and lovely buzzy atmosphere.

Very good food and service First

I went to dinner at this restaurant looking for something easy and close to our hotel on New Year's Eve and it was a disappointment. I found the portions very small for what is charged for them and the quality of the food, quite questionable. £86 for an egg with potatoes called "huevos rotos", homemade bread, a leg of octopus (I excuse this due to the normal price of the octopus and because it was correct in flavour, but not the potatoes that accompanied it, harder than a stone) and some cannelloni (3) of mushrooms with a very thick and greasy kind of béchamel. A shame... I don't recommend it at all.

Delicious tapas. Enjoyed patatas bravas, pollo el limon, and mushroom croquettes. Friendly service for saashki and the food was ready quickly.

Really good place to eat some spanish food. We had the patatas bravas, the octopus and croquetes. Everything was really good and tasty.

My wife and I are Spanish food lovers and every time we travel to a different city we look for a good Spanish restaurant. Tapas Brindisa had good reviews and it didn't disappoint. Their tapas are pretty eclectic and very delicious! Saakshi was our waitress and she took care of us. Since my wife and were celebrating our anniversary, she was kind enough to take our picture and treat us to dessert. Next time we are in town, we will be sure to stop by to enjoy more of their tapas. We highly recommend Tapas Brindisa in South Kensington.

Not only was the food so good, Jose at the bar was a complete legend. Chatty, funny, excellent service and made our night! Thank you

Great and well served authentic Spanish food (said by Spaniard), intense and delicious flavours. Fast service and a good choice for a Sunday night when there are few places to dine in around.

An obligatory stop in this 'tapas toast', characteristic foods

For Spaniards, a discovery…it is right outside the Natural History Museum and they are super friendly and the food is very good.

Incredibly flavorful Spanish food, highly recommend

South Kensington must ! I went by myself for a quiet meal and I must say that my lovely hostess Saakshi made it so relaxing and comfortable. She is an asset to your restaurant. Very pleasant well informed young lady with amazing recommendations. She basically recommended my entire meal rioja red gorgeous gambas and yummy patatas bravas. I will definitely return. What a great place to come by yourself or with friends. Would highly recommend exceptional service and great good at a good value. Thank you to saakshi and her team ❤️

The food is good. And SAALSHI is so nice.

The waitress Saakshi was very nice! We had a great time. The food was so good.

Saakshi fantastic waitress, really helpful, brilliant food and wine would definitely come again!

Saakshi was very attractive. The food was amazing.

Enjoyed the meal. Saakshi was super helpful with the menu.

Sakshi was a fantastic host, she was very helpful. The ambience was average. However the food tasted good and the drinks were made really well.

Saakshi was super helpful and the food recommended by her was delicious. Broccoli was just amazing loved it.

Great food - croquettes were favourite. excellent customer service from Saakshi, lovely wine recommendation and warm hospitality

An exceptional find! Service was excellent from Saakshi! Amazing food!!!.

Nice food here! We had a lovely lunch. Saakshi is really warm. She introduced us a lot of nice dishes.

We had the most amazing wonderful with the family. The wine kept flowing. The food just blows all your senses. And then we had the best guide in Sakshi who took such good care of us. Beautiful ❤️

Saakshi was amazing, she took us around the menu and we tasted some amazing dishes as well as the new Christmas cocktails 👍 We are leaving after a delicious herbaceous digestif she suggested, scallop shell in hand. What a happy day. Thank you for looking after us 💃✨

Food was awful, service was worse.

thank you saakshi’s service! The food here is amazing too

Great place! Great waiter! Saakshi was top !!

Absolutely loved the food and service. Saakshi was super helpful and recommended dishes that we really enjoyed. The Gambas in particular was a favourite. Will definitely visit again!

I'm not a fan of very tight spaced seating in restaurants or open kitchens unfortunately (some people don't mind). Service was very slow, difficult to get waiter/waitress attention. We had a bottle of wine and the glasses smelt awful, we had to ask for them to be changed.. that's never happened to us before. Food was nice. But I personally wouldn't return. It's a shame.

We often dine here and we are happy to recommend the venue to anyone,good tapas , pleasant staff

some food was okay, but it was very expensive for what it was , a bowl of beans £20 with no taste of truffle !! 150ml of sangria at £7.5 and the fruit tasted off !! no taste in some of the food, bland! ridiculous

A place where......you never come back.

It never disappoints! Good choice for tapas! Especially the prawns aioli are insane!! We also tried patatas bravas, pork cheeks, tortilla, that were well prepared and tasty. Good selection of wines! Staff is friendly. There was very intense fish smell in the restaurant, maybe something to work on.

SAAKSHI is a very find person and very good service comment this restaurant

I sometimes find this Brindisa a bit too noisy as it’s usually very full and everyone is having such a good time. This week we came on a Monday night so things were a bit calmer and we also had a quieter table in the window so it was more relaxing. Our server Saakshi was great - attentive but not too intrusive and did everything perfectly. The food is good but the potatoes bravas weren’t very « brave ». But I am a repeat customer so that must say something. I think this is a great place for a drink with quality tapas. If you want a big dinner, be prepared to spend.

We enjoyed the restaurant. No English menu available.

Restaurant in a pleasant location with friendly staff. The interior is cozy

Great food and service. Would recommend

Highly recommended the Gambas al ajillo! We loved our prawn, it was perfectly cooked. We enjoy the hot chile oil with bread until the last bit. The smell was nice and tastes great. Everybody who comes here always order the prawn, some table order it over and over again😋 Yum!

Tasty food, nice atmosphere but the price could be better!

I'm sorry I didn't took pictures of the foods it's the same in the IG and in the menu on Google app ... The view was incredible.. The staff and the service were great.. The fooood was amazing OMG 😭😭😭😭😭... We took the shrimp and the stake ... It was really good...

5 vegan plates on the menu. I tried the calliflower, it was delicious

What a pleasant experience!! We walked in and had an amazing lunch. Service was fantastic and the sangria was amazing

The food was very good and the service was great, Tania gave it all. Unfortunately our next door table had their ipad pumping at max a kids movie and it was a big turn off. And the restaurant staff did nothing about it.

"Typical" Spanish food. It's not bad, but in Spain it doesn't work like that, that is, I would give it 5 stars if it were real, with Real I mean that a tapa in Spain is very cheap. 9 Pounds 3 croquettes seems exaggerated to me, It is very expensive, and it is a shame, 80 pounds between two people, they charge you for the service, the bread and the very expensive drink. I wouldn't recommend it for that reason. With €90 in Spain you can eat in a tapas place, and try every last tapa until you are full. Very expensive, I insist, not worth what they ask for.

We visited with 6 adults & a toddler. The staff were extremely caring and attentive to our toddler, bringing her food first & bringing crayons and interacting with her. The food and drinks were fantastic & it was enjoyed by adults and toddler alike. Thank you!

A Spanish restaurant with many branches, today we're looking at four dishes. Starting with grilled chili peppers sprinkled with salt. It's a simple dish but has a good starting flavor. The grilled peppers are soft like eating young chilies, the baked mussels are fragrant with the heavy and salty venega, but the mussels are very fresh. It was considered well done, the squid noodles with sweet sauce were grilled just right and not too tough. Crunchy tentacles mixed with a sauce similar to pork satay combined with the oiliness of beef tallow. This dish of Spanish fried rice and squid was a bit disappointing. The squid was overcooked and hard, but the fried rice was soft and kneaded, very rich. There is service 13.5%

A great place on the better end of Exhibition Road. Easy to S Kensington ststion

The food was terrible. We felt sick. Clearly coming from a refrigerator and overpriced.

They have a Galicia and 1906 star.

Great food, great service. The waitresses and particularly Saakshi were extremely kind to us.

my disappointment regarding my recent visit to Tapas Brindisa in South Kensington. Regrettably, the overall experience fell significantly short of the standards I had anticipated. Service: Upon arrival, I encountered unprofessional behavior from the host. Despite requesting a particular table, it was given to another group, which gave the impression of biased treatment. Additionally, the manager present, dressed in a black suit, appeared indifferent to her role. There was no sign of engagement, courtesy, or hospitality throughout the visit, making us feel unwelcome. Food: The quality of the food was underwhelming. Several dishes were served lukewarm, and the excessive use of olive oil made them overly greasy, which compromised the taste. The food did not meet the expectations of a restaurant in this price range. Value for Money: The pricing of the dishes, ranging from £18-£24, was disproportionate to both the portion sizes and the quality. On top of that, the 13.5% service charge felt unwarranted given the lack of satisfactory service. In conclusion, the experience was disappointing, and I do not believe it was worth the price paid. I hope you will take this feedback into consideration to improve both the service and the quality of the food offered.

Great food and great service, the staff is friendly and the food came quickly. Nice, calm atmosphere, I definitely recommend it!

I visited this restaurant for dinner and saw a rat, so I left immediately. I have reported the incident to the council and hope they will investigate the matter.

my recent experience at your restaurant, Tapas Brindisa South Kensington, which was deeply disappointing. I hope you will take this feedback seriously as it reflects several areas that need urgent improvement: 1. Service & Hospitality: • The host was unwelcoming, and I perceived discriminatory behavior. Despite requesting a specific table, it was given to another group who arrived after us. This felt unfair and unprofessional. • The manager, who was wearing a black suit, did not exhibit any hospitality. She was unfriendly and did not seem engaged in creating a welcoming atmosphere. There was no acknowledgment, no smile, and no thanks when handing over the bill or the change. This left a negative impression on our overall dining experience. 2. Food Quality: • The food itself was underwhelming. Many of the dishes were lukewarm, and overly oily with an excessive amount of olive oil. There was nothing particularly special or memorable about the dishes, considering the price. 3. Value for Money: • The prices of the dishes were much too high for the portion sizes and the quality. Paying £18-£24 per dish felt unreasonable. Adding a 13.5% service charge on top of that, despite the poor service, made the overall experience feel overpriced and not worth the visit. Overall, this experience has left a very negative impression, and I would not recommend this restaurant to others. I hope you can address these issues to improve both your service and food quality for future customers.

Came here as a walk in with my partner, and we didn't reserve a table. The maitre d' took a long time to invite us in, leaving us hanging out in the doorway for what seemed like an incredibly long time, and ignored us. We were about to call it a day and leave, when she finally gave us some of her time. She wasn't friendly, and she said they were full, but after a bit of persuasion sat us at the bar. I was pretty close to leaving, and then the waitress at the bar was a bit more hospitable so we decided to stay. I'm glad we did as the food was fantastic, we had the roasted cauliflower, ink squid risotto and gambas. It was a real feast, just a shame that the front of house service was pretty shoddy. I'm sure the kitchen staff wouldn't be that impressed.

Don’t bother eating here if you’re vegetarian/vegan - poor options, and ridiculously overpriced. Only redeeming feature was the lovely staff.

Small chain tapas restaurant that punches above its weight. We ate a wide range of tapas and the quality was consistently good across the board. Good service, the atmosphere was a bit more busy than buzzy but no complaints given the location and we were there before heading to a concert. Thoughtful wine list, I ordered one of the more pricey bottles, they offered me a different vintage but older and better than the one on the menu so happy days.

This lovely spot, a block off of the Natural History Museum, was just wonderful. Tapa and Iberico ham were high quality and delicious. The hidden gems here: croquetas and gazpacho.

Very nice place to eat delicious tapas, fast service which makes you understand most of it is microwaved but I believe that’s the only think you can do when you have a lot of potatoes in the menu (wouldn’t be possible to cook it a la minute). Fair price co suffering the portions and the location, we have paied an average of 20£per person with 8 tapas plus service charge which I consider fair

Special delicious, unmissable Spanish and ole food

Very well done Spanish food. Reasonable price for the area where it is.

Had delicious tapas and wonderful wine. Excellent service, letting us try 2 different wines before choosing bottle! The menu and wine list are exceptional, always try the specials and go with the waitress recommendations- they know!! Ok, so it's not the cheapest meal you're going to get but it will be one of the best. Lovely atmosphere too.

You ask for tables outside and they tell you that everything is reserved, they have 12 tables, they do give you service but inside, 9 of the 12, were never used. They are very friendly and the food is good. I don't understand the practice of pretending that everything is reserved.

One of my favorite Spanish spots in London! I've been here several times, and it never disappoints. The gambas al ajillo are always a highlight – juicy, garlicky, and full of flavor. The croquetas are crispy perfection, and the Spanish tortilla hits the spot every time. Also, the chorizo is a must-try – smoky, rich, and pairs wonderfully with the rest of the dishes. Good selection of wines. The cozy atmosphere and friendly service make it a great place to relax and enjoy some authentic tapas. Definitely recommend for anyone craving a taste of Spain in London!

Had a lovely early light dinner with a friend on 24th August around 6pm after the V&A closed. The food was delicious as was the wine and we wanted to mention the great service we received, the waitresses name started with a G but I can't remember the rest. She was FAB. We were in the middle section near where the stairs go down. Anyway wanted to give a positive review I know I'm a bit late but it was delicious and perfect and was not the first time I have had such a positive experience here.

Very friendly and knowledgeable staff on food sensitivities.