BLACK RICE PAELLA (Squid Ink Paella) The main event! This dish had me and my friends laughing for a solid 30 minutes because of the post-meal black teeth. The seafood flavor is rich and umami, like a savory ocean explosion. Warning: Do NOT order on a first date unless you want to test your partner's sense of humor.
DULCE DE LECHE CHEESECAKE HOLY. GRAIL. This is the "Hao Li Lai" semi-baked cheesecake PRO MAX edition - silky, caramelized, melt-in-your-mouth perfection. Worth visiting just for this.
Drinks Roundup Lavender Soda: Pretty to look at, tastes like unsweetened Coke + soap water. Instagrammable but... why? Mojito Soda: Sweet, refreshing, Jay Chou-approved (if you know, you know).
HERB-CRUSTED LAMB RACK Gamey warning! But if you can handle the lamb funk, it's juicy, crispy, and elevated by a mysterious nutty sauce. (If you hate gaminess, just get the steak instead.)
ARTICHOKES & ROMESCO Meh. I don't get the hype. The weird nut sauce is... fine? But as a Chinese person, I still think cilantro wins. (Why do Brits love this so much?)
Final Tips: Bring mouthwash (unless you want zombie teeth all day). Check your teeth before leaving - trust me. Skip the lavender soda, go for the cheesecake + paella combo.
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Would I come back? YES, but only for the cheesecake...
Read moreVisited this place yesterday...very rushed and chaotic service, didn't even take my jacket off before we were approached and asked if we were ready to order!! A few staff members had poor communication and spoke very softly in a loud environment, thus not saying the dishes, caused a mix up.
Very stingy portions, especially for the tourist trap prices £££££, drinks waaaay overpriced sangria glass was tiny for nearly £10 and wine £7 for less than 125ml.
I admit the flavours were tasty, agreed croquetas were best on menu, just maybe be abit more generous on portions or at least drop price a little, walking out still hungry and not tipsy between 4 people cost us £320!!!! And if I wanted to walk out feeling full up would have easily cost me another £100
Definitely some better tapas restaurants around London, Camden being one of them.
Appreciate covid-19 maybe has increased prices due to supply and demand, but that takes the biscuit....and how busy they were definitely in profit, also charged us for things we never got and had to ask several times for it before being told they were stopping service and kitchen was closing so couldn't receive them, but still charged us so asked to remove them from our bill.
Getting two stars only because flavours were there, otherwise...
Read moreOne star from start to finish
To begin my poor experience I was somewhat warned of how bad my experience would be when my booking was being confirmed by a confrontational member of staff over the phone who was split between asking me cancel or confirm my booking.
Once seated a menu was passed to my partner and I and then nothing it seemed as though we had been placed in a corner which was invisible to the waiting staff. After asking several staff members to order eventually one did generously take our order for drinks which took another lockdown coming and going to arrive.
The food was mediocre at best once we were lucky enough to be able to order for the money I was truly expecting to be eating something new rather than eating food you would expect in a cheap Spanish seaside hotel buffet.
To say I was disappointed with this experience isn't truly enough which is why I have had to write a review.
The experience was so bad that we actually cancelled our mains paid the bill and left after one drink each and a selection of starters.
I see many reviews on here showing 5 stars which is why I booked but wow I have never been let down by google reviews...
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