Tapanco

My partner and I have always enjoyed going to Tapanco. Even now we no longer live in Wimbledon, we still make the effort to go because the atmosphere, food and service is always good. The tapas is excellent and cooked fresh. It's perfect for a big group and for smaller dinners with friends - particulary recommend Saturday nights with the live music!
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, September 21, 2008

Last night I went to Tapanca with a few girl friends for some drinks and dinner having passed it a couple times to and from the cinema and thinking it looked pretty fun! How wrong I was. The place was virtually empty and at times even the staff seemed to have left.... We had a pitcher cocktail to start the evening which was very pleasant however having been told it served 6 glasses we struggled to fill our glasses once (there were four of us)

We then ordered the vegetable platter for 4 which sounded appetising although quite expensive at over £20. When it arrived it was huge however primarily made up of plain tortilla crisps. These were topped with an array of fried items, some of which were hard to identify. This platter was accompanied by 3 small pots of dip which we asked to be re-filled and which later appearted on our bill at £1.65. The fact that our final cocktails took 15 minutes to arrive was just another thing to put us off.

The final straw came with the inclusion of service on the bill - which had been non-existant... at times no staff were to be seen and minimal verbal contact was had between us and them throughout our meal - and which should only have been added for parties of 5 or more. The 'not' in 'service not included' had also been tipexed out on the receipt.

We chose not to pay the tip and were confronted with one of the rudest waiters I've ever met who demanded 'didn't like our service then?' before walking off muttering 'I'l remember that next time..'

Needless to say, there won't be one.
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Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The staff are always friendly and when we go my sister and I look forward to seeing the staff because they treat us so well, this is shared to other guest aswell but you can see that some guest do not appreciate this, the food is just out of this world everything they have is delicious best food i have ever tasted in a restaurant better than these so called top restaurants in london.

The atmosphere is always good brilliant music and they also have a live singer which is very good and they sing good songs english, italian and spanish etc.
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Vincenzo Rosellina
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, September 01, 2008

i regularly visit tapanco i live local the staff is always friendly and attentive my kids look forward to visit the restaurant so we always been looked after and i can also say i'm not the only one from the time i spend there, i see that treatment is the same to every body but some people don't even know they are about to be served .i observe people i cant help. if people want to be treated as guests they need to behave like such ignorance and good manners don't fall from the sky you learn.
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zizzy
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Fantastiic Time, They done an excellent job for my birthday two years in a row. Service was great.. and Food was amazing.
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Food 7 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
Monday, April 14, 2008

Well Done......Tapanco !

My birthday party ?

Superb.

Well done again to all of you in Tapanco.
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Tom
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, January 28, 2008

Terrible food. Terrible service. Would bet my life on the pizzas being frozen. Slow service doesnt even come close. A mistake only to be made once. Positives....? One; the staff have a great time chatting away to eachother in the corner and dont go home tired out.
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 2
Friday, December 28, 2007

Not sure about all the poor reviews, I regularly visit Tapanco being a native of Wimbledon most of my life, and before the Tapanaco arrived I cannot remember any other place worth visiting. I have taken friends/family and work colleagues there for lunch and dinner and I am always pleased by the level of service, quality of food and the variety available (Tex-Mex to Pizza’s). I definitely would recommend Tapanco for anyone looking for a place with atmosphere with some music on the weekends – by the way great paintings, where can I buy those!
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Eddy
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

After reading the mixed comments from other people we decided to visit the restaurant and get a first hand experience of the place for ourselves last Thursday.

Restaurant was almost full when we arrived. The menu was very extensive and there were plenty to choose from. The quality of food was good, staffs were very friendly and attentive and live Latin music was very nice (although a bit too loud). Over all we enjoyed the evening and would recommend this restaurant to any of our friends, or to anyone for that matter
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Andy
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Food 7 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Monday, November 19, 2007

I agree will all the poor reviews of this place.

We visited Tapanco last night, for something to eat after the cinema. Food very poor. Music too loud - you cannot have a reasonable conversation - the cavernous layout of the place does not help. This is not so much a restaurant but a re-fuelling point for large birthday groups before they go on somewhere else. It that's what you like fine, if you want to eat in a restaurant, don't visit for the atmopshere or the food.
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Food 1 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Sunday, November 04, 2007