Advantages: Outer London prices, West End location Disadvantages: Can get cramped, but if that's your thing.........
(OK, I'll come clean - I originally wrote this in the dim and distant past when 90-words in a sort of English was all that was required. Since I revisited the restaurant last night, it's only fair that I revisit what I wrote.)
And now.....
Want to relive your latest gastronomic blowout from your Spanish holiday?
Want a recommendation for a West End restaurant with suburban prices?
Want a pre- or post-theatre venue?
Well if you can answer, "Yes" to any of the above, have I got the place for you!
Café España, situated at the western end of Soho's Old Compton Street doesn't look much, just a shop-front width with a single door and a menu outside. The pedestrian traffic in the evening does not really encourage leisurely perusal of the menu in the window, but that doesn't worry me. Now that I've been there several times ...
BNibbles 11.10.2000 (30.09.2002)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Cafe Espana, London
Advantages: Cheap Disadvantages: Busy = bad service
I have to admit that I was immensely disappointed by Café Espana, having read the reviews I was expecting a lot more.
It was a Friday night, and I was prepared for a wait, and 45 minutes later we were given a seat. The fact that we had to wait reassured me that the quality of the food would be second to none.
I was also prepared for hustle and bustle and quirky Spanish waiters to add to the whole evenings atmosphere.
There were four of us, and on having heard that the tapas was great we decided to feast ourselves on lots of the different dishes rather than having a typical three course meal.
We chose about nine in total and two breadbaskets
The slices of cheese arrived with no bread.
The clams in wine arrived next, but the bread didn?t so there was nothing to soak up the juices, they were tepid when they arrived ...
