La Barca Spanish Tapas & Wine Bar — Restaurant in Scotland

Food was very tasty, sauces that came on the food were lovely. Could've been hotter when served.

To start we had the sharing board. Felt this was a bit cheese heavy and lacked olives. Bread was really good with the vinaigrette and selection of meats were tasty. Felt this was a little bit expensive at £12.

My partner had meatballs, chorizo and calamari. I tasted the meatballs and chorizo which both were lovely. The calamari looked a bit pale, he said it could've been a bit 'crisper' and it was cold so probably led to the soft batter.

I had the chicken/ chorizo in white sauce, monkfish with pancetta and the veggie paella. Paid a supplement for the monkfish and I did enjoy it, was sweet can't remember though what it was served with.

I felt the 3 tapas plates were very well priced at £10.95 pp and I'm definitely full. Will visit again but stick with the tapas only. We were swithering between 3/4 star as we both feel the food wasn't hot, but it was tasty, hence the 4 stars.

Our bill came to £50, for 2 people eating 3 plate tapas, the sharing board and 2 drinks each. We paid a supplement for the special dishes like the monkfish.

Staff were very friendly and covid procedures were...

I was so looking forward to this meal with my family. And then on Saturday night we sat down to look at the menu. £14.95 for three tapas it proclaimed - great we thought. Then we looked at the VERY small print next to each dish. Almost every dish had a supplement cost attached to it bringing the cost of each tapas between £7 and £10 - expensive! Compare and contrast with Cafe Andaluz or Tinto Tapas menu prices which has better value and tastier food. And dont scam your customers with a 3 for 14.95 deal that doesnt exist. So noticing this little scam we ordered two tapas each instead of the three and almost everything we ate was greasy and stodgy. The meatballs in particular were cold and tasted like the frozen ones you get out the supermarket. Everything was out in record time so no way was it freshly cooked. You want tasty Spanish tapas go to Cafe Andaluz West End or Tinto in Shawlands. Avoid this place. Although the place was busy so if the locals keep paying for this average food La Barca will keep...

Been twice before and enjoyed it. Back again after a couple of years, and found it extremely disappointing. The chicken was dry and stale. The ox cheeks and mash sounded particularly tasty, but was virtually tasteless, and the mash was like liquid. We were surprised that even the mussels were disappointing, with a very watery sauce. The steak strips were delicious, but it was £12 for what was the equivalent of no more than half a standard steak. As trivial as it sounds, the disappointing cherry on top was the sparkling water. We asked for a bottle of sparkling water, but the waiter took the initiative to already pour most of the bottle in a glass with ice. We tend to avoid ice as they are often made in moldy ice machines (not implying this was the case). Explained our disappointment to the waiter, who apologised. It is what it is. Won't be back,...