Floridita

i have been twice to floridita and wouldnt have gone back if i didnt have a great time. it really has a great atmosphere but the food and drinks are really good, though hey are pricey. i took some poeple who had read the reviews some of which are not great, but i love this place for a rocking night out. it was busy both times but the service was great. you must try the mojitos!!
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gary field
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 6
Friday, April 11, 2008

I just have to recommend Floridita as an experience not to be missed. We initially went for dinner but ended up dancing the night away and soaking up that Cuban atmosphere that Floridita have managed to recreate perfectly. The food is tasty and well-presented, not too pricey and served with a smile. The live music is a real treat and I have yet to visit a restaurant in London with this kind of energy and buzz. We will definitely be back for one of their passionfruit Mojitos....or 3!
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Stella
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Thursday, April 10, 2008

hi went with friends for my birthday, it was excellent , food, staff, music could not have been better will go again for sure.

only downside toilets werent that clean.
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steve playford
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Sunday, February 24, 2008

We went to Floriditas on Valentines day a set meal was £138 for two. We arrived early to have a drink upstairs. There was a good variety of cocktails which weren't bad. Then we moved downstairs to find that there was a cue of people for a 9.30pm table reservation also. We waited and cued and listened to the band and watched people dancing until 10.30 when we finally go to sit down. Then we ordered our food and drinks. We finally got our food at 11pm after booking for 9.30. The food was delicious, albeit not very big portions.

I went to the toilet and there seemed to be a moody toilet attendant in there waiting for tips. I hate this in toilets and never tip, why you need someone to mother you and turn on and off a tap annoys me.

After dessert we were not given our coffee's as it had turned into a club and they needed the tables empty. We were simply presented with a bill for £220 pounds.

IT SEEMS YOU HAVE TO PAY £12 EXTRA FOR LISTENING TO THE MUSIC. Which we were not told about and had no choice about whilst eating unless you stuff your ears with cheese or your deaf.

We refused to pay for that and the drinks due to our 1 1/2 hour wait and they wouldn't let it rest. finally we had to pay our set meal price + £20 service charge. If I hadn't of given them my card details I would have refused outright,

They had bad people management and were far to busy to pay attention to their customers. And after and full house all night very tight to not let a few free drinks

make up for a Very long wait. We won't be returning or recommending it. It put a dampner on our Valentine night.
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Food 6 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

I ate in Floridta on 16th Feb 08, and will not be going back! The food is poor quality for the price and my main dish was cold. Some main courses did not arrive until we chased. The waitress was surly, and took away drinks before they were finished with, and mixed red and white wine the the same glasses etc. Frankly it was so bad it was funny! That was until the bill came and the 12.5% service was already included as well as a charge for live music of £6pp.

Whilst Floritidta may be fun for cocktails and atmosphere do not eat there. You will feel ripped off!
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Food 2 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 3
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

I have been to Floridita a few times now and love the atmosphere there, however last night was my first time dining. Between 2 of us, three courses and coffee, bearing in mind I was driving and only had 2 drinks, came to £230.

We ordered vegetarian which was nice but not what you'd expect for the price but all would have been forgiven and this review never have written had we not waited 30 minutes past our booking for a table and and over 3 hours for our meals to be served.

We had a nine O'clock booking and at 12.30am when they finally served dessert I was simply bored of sitting at the table.

Not an apology from anyone simply an excuse that the kitchen is slow.
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Richard
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Food 3 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 1
Friday, February 15, 2008

Well, there are already some dire reviews of Floridita but I must say I don't feel too bad about adding to them!

Like many of the other reviewers below I visited as part of a large group on a Saturday night.

The "Floridita experience" as they call it on their website is hugely overpriced and you don't have to be a gastronaut to notice that the food is awful.

Maybe if you just went for drinks it would be good fun. The decor is lovely and the atmosphere okay. The real let down is the food.

We paid £53 per head excluding drinks for 3 courses, side dishes and coffee.

Including tip this is £60 per head (plus water for the table and wine that works out at £70 - £80 per head). Now for that kind of money I expect some damn fine food....After all that's £20 per course - even the starters!

However, what we got was a choice of soup, avocado salad or crab cakes to start. I went for the crab cakes which turned out to be potato croquettes on a few bits of old looking rocket with some dodgy mayo.

All the main courses looked ropey. The vege option was some mushroom mush, the swordfish came with barely any dressing or accompaniment and the suckling pig looked like it had been re-warmed in a microwave.

At least the dessert was nice!

I cannot work out why we ended up paying more for the dishes overall than they quote in their standard menu. Perhaps we were paying for the privilege of the being a big group. Or maybe the cheesy doughballs and vinegar soaked olives they served up as "a delicious selection of Cuban accompaniments".

There have been a number of bad reviews of Floriditas now. Perhaps it's time their Executive Head Chef Andrew Rose pulled his socks up!
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Food 1 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 0
Sunday, February 03, 2008

A party of five on a Saturday night - table booked for 9.30. I booked in advance on the telephone and their office called on the day to check. We arrived at 9.25 and the table was ready. I thought the meet and greet staff were very helpful. The service was good and quite attentive considering the number of people there. Despite the place being full, waiting time to take the order and deliver the food was quite acceptable. The food was OK - not wonderful, but you go to this type of place for the experience rather than gastronomic delights. We had two bottles of wine between us and didn't get hustled for any cocktails. If you do three courses and hit the wine and the cocktails then it could get up to £70/80 a head with the music charge.

My only complaint was the noise. Of course you expect live music to be loud, and that’s why we went. But between the sets from the band music at the same volume was piped throughout the room though the ceiling speakers, so there was no escape. We had a round table in a corner and it was impossible to hear what the person opposite was saying. The place is jumping with lots of people to look at and the live band was pretty good. But don’t go there if you want to talk.
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Steve
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Food 5 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
Sunday, January 27, 2008

I organised an evening here on Saturday 19 January for a staff party of 26. We booked to arrive at 2030 with dinner in a private dining area at 2100. On arrival at 2040, I asked to see where we would be sitting for dinner and discovered our tables were still in use and that the diners were just being served their main course. Depsite constantly keeping the pressure on the service team to deal with this, we eventually sat down to dinner at 2200.

The food which we had expected to be average only, was, surprisingly, better than that, although the 'delicious selection of side dishes' (served with all group menus) turned out to be a bowl of black beans and a bowl of rice! We never did get the chocolates on offer with the coffee but were past caring at that point. To give credit, we were offered 4 complimentary bottles of wine. (cheap compared to the extra amount we spent on cocktails for the one hour and 20 minutes of drinking waiting for our table)!

We really went there for the atmosphere and live music, both of which turned out to be the biggest disappointments of the evening. The music was so loud (even in the private dining area) that any conversation, even with the person alongside you, was impossible. This is a glorified nightclub full of teenagers with no Cuban atmosphere whatsoever, run by people who have no idea about service or standards. Stay away.
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Food 6 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Monday, January 21, 2008

Given the choice between having dinner at this place or something that you'd need a healthy shot of penicillin for, after Friday night's experience, I would be tempted to punt for the latter.

I will give them some credit. My vanilla and passion fruit mojito was the highlight of the night and the music was a laugh. Drink and dance here by all means but NEVER be tempted to eat.

Having seen some of the ghastly reviews on Floridita, I was seriously considering bailing out after one of my colleagues organised a night out here. And I would have done so if it hadn't been the leaving do of one of my friends.

We were sat down for nearly an hour before any food hit our table. Crab croquettes were mainly potato, and my suckling pig was not just dry but arid. Dessert was passable but barely memorable. Coffee was lukewarm and did not come with chocolates as described. For this we were charged an exorbitant £45 per head + service.

Good company should have made it a good evening but a dampener was put on the whole evening when the bill arrived. £62 per head for a very mediocre meal and the equivalent of 2 glasses of wine per person. Beware if you are thinking of booking a party here. Our table was booked for fifteen and we were charged full price for the 3 who didn't turn up. I would be more understanding if this had been around Christmas time but not on a wet weekday in January. If I had been on my own I would have argued strongly for knocking the service charge off given that it had been pretty dire all night, but didn't want to further embarrass and ruin what was left of my friend's leaving do.

So be warned that this place is not kind to either your stomach or your wallet. Run for the hills if anyone you know suggests going here.
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Cat - View all reviews by this user
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Food 1 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 2
Thursday, January 10, 2008