1 /5 Judy Tran: Appears to mostly attract corporate meetings.
Starters and initial dishes (burrata, lamb churrasco and octopus) were fantastic. Cocktail was smoky and delicious.
Unfortunately, the whole experience was marred by the other aspects of the evening. The main star and the reason we had eagerly anticipated this restaurant, the Mediterranean paella we had ordered, was extremely lacklustre and of poor quality. It lacked a crispy base and was excessively salty and honestly tasted as if it had been sitting out for a while and had been reheated. Having a price point of ÂŁ39pp was completely unjustified, I would rank this paella at the bottom of those I have had.
The fire alarm also went off multiple times and the entire restaurant began filling up with smoke that was coming from the kitchen. However, the staff continued acting as if nothing had happened while the kitchen was unable to serve any further dishes. My friend’s eyes started watering and I started coughing as the smoke took 30 mins to dissipate. I then returned home with all my belongings, hair and clothes stinking of smoke.
The waiter that had been assigned to our table also never returned to take our order (he was facing the wrong direction the entire time so we had to flag a different waiter) and our water was not topped up at all during the entire time we dined there.
The final straw was being charged a completely different, higher amount upon paying for the bill (it appeared to be a different table’s bill) and having to get this refunded to then pay the correct amount. I am still waiting for the refund to go through despite being told “it should be immediate”.
It was a truly appalling and abysmal experience for such an establishment.