El Cantara

Difficult to say anything nice about the food or sloppy service here. The tapas was at best reasonable, but the mains were pathetic. Everything was dry, over cooked and devoid of any attention or even effort.

Frankly makes me wonder why anyone would open and run a "restaurant" like this. No wonder tourists leave London feeling we know nothing about food.

More fool us for going.
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2 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 1
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Depressingly awful. Incredibly bland food and sloppy service. Soho is full of great restaurants, so don't torture yourself by going here.
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Wendy
1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Food: Bland, not at all spicy, caters way too much to English fondness of non-spicy food and is nothing like traditional food in Spain.

Service: Poor. The ticket machine communicating the orders from the waiter to the kitchen was out of service and it took them a while to realise this. Food took at least 45 minutes to arrive with barely an apology. I was expecting to be offered free drinks as a goodwill token, but instead they charged the drinks and slapped on a 12.5% service charge to the bill.

Price: Way too expensive for the quality of food on offer.
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Ian
3 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 3
Thursday, December 01, 2011

Food and service was poor. Our food was being sprayed all over which what they claimed to be coming from a leakage from their kitchen pipes but upon investigation, we discovered that the toilets upstairs were above our table and one of the cubicles were leaking and the floor was soaking wet and there were cracks on the floor. Not sure if the water being sprayed all over our food were coming from the toilets! they didn't ofer any apology or discount whatsoever and was adamant about where the leakages were actually coming from. We waited a whole hour for our main course and it was cold and tasteless. The service was very poor and set menu was overpriced. Portions were too small for a big group and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who wants to have a good night out!!!
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0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Monday, October 17, 2011

This place is very nice. the way u are looked after iIn here is so great. I cant believe that other restaurants write bad reviews on here. Coz it can't be true iv been here on 6 diferent times and each time was very nice. I've been all over Europe to restaurants and i will remember this one for champers service food and for decent pricing
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James
10 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Thursday, December 09, 2010

We had our work's Christmas Party last night, and El Cantara were so accommodating! We requested a larger menu and a belly dancer and was very nicely surprised when we were given our own room as there were nearly 30 of us!

The food was amazing and the waiting staff were very attentive

I would definitely recommend this restaurant, especially for a party!
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Emily
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Wow, is all I can say. From beginning to end, the attention to every detail was exceptional. All the staff were lovely and very polite. The manager really looked after us. The food was first class.

Of all the places I have ever dined, this was probably the finest.
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Alexis
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Lovely restaurant - very attentive staff and great atmosphere. The menu is authentic, well cooked and well presented. The place overall immpressed me, I was really surprised about decour and I loved the shisha terrace!
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Kate
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, August 05, 2010