Cambio de Tercio

i ate here for an anniversary recently. it was a monday night and the place was packed!! people were still coming in when we left at 11.30 and i can see why because the food was amazing!!

we had an array of tapas dishes and shared the suckling pig main. the tapas dishes were sensational, in particular the patatas bravas. i love good patas bravas at the best of time but here it is something else it is to die for! the suckling pig was also very good although if i ate there again i would probably just stick to the tapas dishes rather than sacrificing one for a main.

when ordering our wine, the waiter suggested/presumed that we would agree to go for a bottle which was £5 more expensive than the one we had initially gone for which i thought was a bit cheeky but it was one of the nicest bottles of red wine i had had for a long time so we didn't complain (i just wonder whether the one we initially wanted would have been as good). other than that service was faultless, brilliant polite and charming staff who are also attentive, we didn't have to wait for anything.

we also had a couple of sherries and a beautiful chocolate dessert. would definitely recommend going back it is expensive but worth it especially for a special occasion
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Annie - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Fantastic - second to none. Food is impeccable - staff excellent and tend to your every need & atmosphere is immense. I really look forward to my next visit to this excellent restaurant.
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

YUM, YUM, YUM, YUM! We stuck to the tapas menu for lunch (which was more than enough - 3 dishes each). I cannot rave about this place enough. The staff were very nice and professional. The food was out of this world, especially their bean soup which had so much flavour and don't get me started on their veal cheeks.

Very, very, very happy and shall DEFINITELY be going back.
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 7
Sunday, June 08, 2008

After weeks of trying to get a table at this famous Spanish restaurant, m boyfriend and I finally got a table. The evening didn't start very well as we had to wait at the bar for 15 minutes. After this everything turned out fantastic. All our friends who are regulars at this restaurant had told us that the food here had nothing to do with any other spanish restaurant in london. even my boyfriend who lived in madrid for 2 years was impressed. we told our waiter that it was our first time and he offered to prepare for us a small selection of tiny dishes of all their specialities. Flame grilled octopus, suckling pig, ox tail, hake and the most incredible dessert i had in my life, an eatable ''Carolina Herrera'' perfume and a Pina Colada cocktail on a plate. Amazing! The service was fantastic, the wine list better than most in Spain according to my boyfriend and the ambience even better than Sketch.

It's worth every penny.
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sarah Thomas - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, February 18, 2008

After weeks of trying to get a table at this famous Spanish restaurant, m boyfriend and I finally got a table. The evening didn't start very well as we had to wait at the bar for 15 minutes. After this everything turned out fantastic. All our friends who are regulars at this restaurant had told us that the food here had nothing to do with any other spanish restaurant in london. even my boyfriend who lived in madrid for 2 years was impressed. we told our waiter that it was our first time and he offered to prepare for us a small selection of tiny dishes of all their specialities. Flame grilled octopus, suckling pig, ox tail, hake and the most incredible dessert i had in my life, an eatable ''Carolina Herrera'' perfume and a Pina Colada cocktail on a plate. Amazing! The service was fantastic, the wine list better than most in Spain according to my boyfriend and the ambience even better than Sketch.

It's worth every penny.
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Sarah Thomas
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Friday, February 15, 2008

Food in this place is amazing!!! I would highly recommend OX TAIL for mains.

Is not cheap, but you pay for what you get.

If you want to try a really good spanish restaurant go to this restaurant.
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SUPERMAN
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, December 21, 2007

I took some clients to this restaurant yesterday for lunch, and perhaps foolishly only managed to read some of the reviews contained on this site a couple of hours beforehand. I was suitably worried after what some people had written and thought that I had made the wrong choice.

I shouldn't have worried - we were seated near the wonderful fire at the back of the restaurant and from arrival to departure (very much later in the afternoon!), the staff could not have done more for us - including many free liquors to round off our lunch.

The food was excellent and plentiful and the whole experience certainly lived up to expectations and as for the wine list well...............

I would certainly recommend this restaurant.
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Graham
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Thursday, December 20, 2007

If you like meat, there is very few places in London that can match the offering of this restaurant. Not a long list, but of hghest quality, very well prepared, with portions a bit on the small side. Pata negra and suckling pig are outstanding - I haven't tried the whole menu. The wine list is long and distinguished, strong on top Spanish reds; they really are outstanding, go well with the food and cost appropriately plus a bit extra. Be prepared to spend £50-£120 per bottle and you won't be dissappointed. If you are on a budget do not eat here; however, if £75+ per head including drink is not a problem for you, this is one of the better Spanish places in the Capital. Service can be erratic, but my experience was generally good.
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Sile Strasni
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Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 6
Thursday, June 21, 2007

We are Spanish and we really wanted to try this restaurant. Unfortunately it's not worth it. Pretty close to be a rip off. It didn't live to our expectations at all. Prices are in line with the area but the portions are ridiculous. Moreover, part of the staff is rude and pretentious. We were offered a table at 22:45 and had to wait for over 15 minutes. They closed the kitchen without warning so we didn't have the chance to order desserts. Frankly, the combination of noise, average food and service does not deserve your custom.
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Ramon
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Food 5 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Saturday, May 12, 2007

We went to this restaurant on Saturday evening and I felt compelled to write a review. Although the food is delicious and well presented every other aspect of this restaurant really lets it down. The portion sizes are laughable- I have no idea how you are supposed to share a tapas portion which consists of 2 cherry tomatoes and 3 tiny pieces of chargrilled pepper, we thought we'd mistakenly ordered starter-sized main courses of beef but no, that was it. The staff were very rude, when we asked our waiter to recommend a bottle of merlot he recommended a £90 bottle but when we said we'd choose something else he said 'Why, is that too expensive?' and the service continued in that kind of arrogant, unprofessional fashion.

We eat out in this area all the time and are happy to pay top prices for a good meal and good service but this is just a blatant rip off and they know it.

We had to find something else to eat when we got home.
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Lisa, Chelsea
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Food 8 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Monday, April 30, 2007