Costa Dorada - Flamenco Restaurant

Unbelievably bad. My Spanish friends were embarrassed. We left 30 minutes after arriving.
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Konrad Turner
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Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Thursday, August 07, 2008

Oh my god, I am sorry but this place is absolutely dire! I have never experienced anything so bad in my whole eating life. There was half-frozen fish served up with a "citrus jus" which was actually just marmalade. Cauliflower that was burnt to charcoal. How does anyone charcoal cauliflower? Is this possible?

It was so appaulling I asked to speak to the manager but couldn't because he was the dance act. I said to the waiter the food was terrible and cited examples and also the short-comings in the service. They had the cheek to try wacking on a high percentage service charge. That was rapidly removed when I pointed it out.

This place if extremely over-priced for the quality of service and food. The entire experience could be described as somewhere between nausea and vomit.
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Michael Buffham
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Thursday, August 07, 2008

The worst dining experience I have had for a long time. Everything was wrong, from the surly doorman to the waiter forgetting to bring some of the drinks. Our order was brought sporadically at irregular intervals. Two and a half hours after sitting down we were still waiting for most of the order, and eventually we had to cancel it and leave. Well overpriced, and the final insult was adding a "service" charge to the bill. Never again.
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Friday, February 08, 2008

We went to this place the other weekend and it was great.

Lets face it if your're in the centre of town and wan't things under one roof for a good night out its hard to find somewhere as good.

The decor was had trendy dark brown and deep Spanish red interior and thankfully quite big as so many places you are crammed in.

It has very trendy dark brown and deep Spanish red interior making it feel very cosy. The food was fine but the best bit was the flamenco show with disco after. Their late licence means the party just goes on.

Strongly recommended!
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Rich
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Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Monday, January 21, 2008

Long time ago it was a rare spanish place in Central London, recently refurbished with a mediocre taste decoration (the previous was more then authenntic)today is a very commercial-turistic restaurant, poor food, unfriendly service, warm beer, OVERPRICED BILL, I will not go back again.
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Manolo
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Food 1 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The place run down, not very clean and the toilets were freezing cold. The service not friendly, the food not tasty, not good quality and too expensive. Flamenco show very good but we were sitting to the side of the stage and could only see the dancers' backs; they should have faced the side tables occasionally. VEGETARIANS, WATCH OUT! We told the waiter at the beginning that we were vegetairans and ordered some vegetarian tapas but one of them had MEAT in it!
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Bedia Cetin
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Food 1 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 1
Sunday, June 10, 2007

WON I cant believe now costa dorada spanish again whith plenty new menus and fantastic tapas.I am spanish and i wen to costa dorada last year and the atmosphere wasnt spanish.Now you have all the waiters spanish and frendly .And what can i said about the flamenco show.you will never goint to be able to see a show like that on the country.They are all native flamenco dancers from spain.I will be a regular customer again and i recomended to anyone who whant to feel the realy spain in london.
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pepi casada
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, May 18, 2007

Very bad experience, the food was diabolical and expensive, the ambience was non existent and as for the deco... what deco? go there if you don't mind eating on your own.

The waiters on the floor were about the very best of the night but as for the rest just forget it, don't waste your money there.
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Jason Davis
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Food 0 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Saturday, April 28, 2007

Spanish Restaurant? it certainly didn't look like it to me, the deco is non existent and gives the feeling of being in an old warehouse with a very distinctive "south american" accent, what a pity.

The food is mediocre and overpriced, the lack of a non-smoking area for such a normally empty venue is laughable.

Never again.
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Linda Whelan
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Food 3 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Saturday, March 10, 2007

Do not eat here! We spent a good deal of money on the food and drink and I wish I hadn't wasted my time and money. The food was poor, the choice very limited but worse of all the service was absolutly appauling. It took us 15 minutes to get a drink after being seated, and the reseveration was mixed up so that 6 people were without seats and had to somehow squeese in - luckly we were with a large group as the restaurant remained unhelpful!!!

I would strongly recommend you choose somewhere else to eat, this place was very poor, the food discusting and the service even worse - I will not be going back!!
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David Ward
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Sunday, October 08, 2006