Restaurant La Tortue I Tapas Köln — Restaurant in Cologne

I have visited this restaurant with a group of friends on a Friday.

Taking a reservation for 10 to people wasn't a problem. The service was friendly but not very attentive. The food also didn't convince us. For bread and ailoi you need to pay extra but the portions are not very big. The restaurant was rather empty, so waiting time for the food wasn't that long

The worst part was the wine. We ordered a wine and they just brought us another one with out letting us know that the wine we ordered is actually not available anymore. Also it wasn't possible to order a jar of sangria only glasses. The wines we had were rather cheap wines sold at way to high price.

At least the invoice was correct but it wasn't possible to split the bill.

Overall we wouldn't recommend this restaurant, there are way better tapas...

We waited 45 minutes for our food before deciding to leave. We had only ordered a couple of tapas, but the staff seemed entirely focused on a large table that must have ordered over 50 dishes. All the waiters were busy serving that group, completely ignoring other guests-including us. Not even a single tapa was brought out during that time. Even the bread we ordered arrived late, and when we requested a second portion (still waiting for the actual food), they charged us for it instead of offering it as a courtesy given the excessive wait. To make matters worse, the ventilation in the restaurant is terrible. The place reeks of greasy smoke, and you'll walk out smelling like you've just worked a shift at a burger joint. Definitely not...

I fear the reviews are bought. All food comes from frozen bags.

The tiger prawns are no tiger prawns. They don't even use fresh potatoes. Instead, potatoes wadges from the bag.

I am very disappointed that I spend 100€ for two people and simply weren't even to finish most dishes because of the low quality.

When speaking to the owner about the fact that it was not good, she did not offer neither a discount or sheer curiosity to find out what the issue was.

Instead, she nodded and agreed, "Of course it wasn't the same as in Spain".

And now looking onto the reviews, finding out that most people have pointed these things out throughout the last 4 years, and still, they didn't...