El Molino

i have just had the best tapas in a long time. el molino so far is at the top of my tapas restaurant i went in with my family and service was wonderful and food was great, atmosphere was great and the music was nice.

The price was good for 8 people and wine i was happy as a local restaurant i will tell all my friends and i would also go back with more people.

i dont want to give to much away about the place but its a family place go

thanks el molino for a great evening.
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ricardo miranda
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, June 08, 2010

My name is Sergio Garcia and i live in holloway road for the previous 5 years and my father had journied down from spain to stay with me for a week and what better place to take him but El Molino's, he loved every bit he even said it felt like home because of the atmosphere. We had a paella for two for the main course and for starters i ordered gambas pil pil and chorizzo and it was simply delicious.

It was worth the money all in all El Molinos is a great resturant.

Lastly i would just like to say i totally disagree with the writer below me she is obsurd for writing such a poor evalutation of the resturant. As you can see from all the other previous evaluations something just doesn't add up with hers.
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Sergio Garcia
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Just had a dinner with my friend in El Molino and what a disaster , no atmosphere , food just not right what a deception ok its on holloway road north london may be not the favourites place to go out but as a local I can tell you there is many place in north london where you can have a proper meal we paid 50.07 pounds ??? don't know where they found the 07 but whatever , dried albondigas, over cooked prawns, tasteless ambutidos and a flan instead of the crema catalana !! the wine was ok, when I ask to waitress if she knew what was a crema catalana and a flan she said to me she was not the cook !!! nice ! I'm not fussy at all but I expect something nice when I go out for a meal and this was really dissapointing !a shame because that restaurant was quite nice before !
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Stephane martin-guerrero
1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Monday, May 31, 2010

This is an extremely friendly, reliable local restaurant serving authentic, traditional spanish food. It is not the best spanish food in London, it probably isn't the best spanish food in Islington but it is just as good as many places you could eat at in Madrid for the same price. Choose wisely and you will not be dissappointed - the chorizo and butter bean stew is perfect. But really, the food is not the point of El Molino - this is the Holloway Road so to those who were dissappointed with the food I would say: "what did you expect, in this location, at that price?".

Don't travel across town to El Molino but if you are in the area looking for a charming, relaxing evening out you could do a lot worse than visit El Molino.
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Leo B
9 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, January 29, 2010

I have been dining at this fine restaurant for the past 5 or so years and i come here before every arsenal home game and the food is so delightful and the atmosphere is welcoming, plus i feel at home because on game days the place is full of arsenal fans or as i like to say "Gunners". The second you walk in you are greeted by one of the waitress' and they will escort you to a free table.

They then return within a moments wait with your menu, and you then you can pick from the wide variety of Spanish tapas as well as full courses.

Definitely one of my favourite dining places.
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Alexander - View all reviews by this user
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

I have been eating at this restaurant for the last four years with friends family and my partner. We have held many parties in Molinos and had a fantastic time every time. Me and my friends always meet up for dinner at christmas time. This year as always we went back to molinos, the atmosphere was buzzing, the service is unquestionable and the food was delicious as always. We ordered 22 tapas, all of different varieities and 2 bottles of Rioja Bordon Crianza, we had desserts and coffees and could find no fault in any. It is great value for money considering what me and my 7 friends ate and drunk, which for me also proves that El Molinos caters for everyone. The gentleman and his wife, as always, made me and my friends feel so welcome and they even put christmas crackers on everybodies table, for me its the little things that show how much your custom is appreciated time and time again whether you have been going there for years or as a passer by.
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Victoria
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, December 21, 2009

I was sad to have such tasteless spanish food,not a hint of garlic or even good olive oil. the blandest food I have had for a long time and totally disappointing. having read the excellent reviews we could not believe the reality of very tasteless food. Nice atmosphere however but go to jamon jamon or pradera for authentic food.give this place a miss.
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ginny perkins
3 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 1
Saturday, December 05, 2009