El Pirata De Tapas

The first good tapas restaurant I have eaten at in London! I have yet to try Fino and Barrafina that I am told are contenders, but this place has alot to offer!

A lovely atmosphere, with friendly staff, and a bustling lively atmosphere that still holds an element of sophistication. The food was very very good on our visit, and they were happy to accomodate a large group easily. Not too pricey for the deliciousness and it is in a good location to boot. Nothing to complain about at all – get out there and experience some real tapas!

We ate here last night after seeing it compete on Ramsays show for best restaurant. The restaurant, the food and the staff were amazing. How this did not end up in the final of his show I don’t know!

We had the chefs tasting menu which was just £25 a head and there was so much food – and all of great quality and packed with flavour.

I cannot recommend this place highly enough!

Had a very enjoyable lunch here – with far more tapas hits than misses. However, it's not your typical Spanish tapas – more modern european small plates, though with an undeniably Spanish core.

The broken eggs were great but the highlights for us were the fantastic wood pigeon and pork cheeks. The wood pigeon in particular would not have been out of place at one of the more lauded city restaurants – real melt in the mouth stuff. We felt the portions were actually on the generous side of normal (remembering this is tapas) and the prices pretty much spot on (though beware – it all adds up). The only real disappointment was the paprika squid which really was quite poor – no sign of the paprika and the molars got a real work out getting through the rubbery squid. Having said that, that was a rarity in what was otherwise consistently good food.

Atmosphere and service was ok without being anything to write home about – so I won't.

I'd happily go back – plenty on that menu to warrant a second visit.

The menu is fairly short, so as there were 4 of us each ordering 2-3 dishes we had most things from it. The grill chorizo lovely and spicy, just a shame the first one came burnt on one side (the underside oddly enough). The other tapas dishes all very good, rib eye steak skewers, scallops, charcuterie, crushed potatoes and eggs and others I now forget. We also had a chicken paella, which was very good.

The service was a lot of a let down though, it was over ten minutes before we could flag down a waiter to take a drinks orders, a quarter of the tapas dishes we ordered we simply didn’t get and had to ask again for them again, the burnt chorizo was claimed that is the way it is like, it took at least four asks to get the water we wanted and the waitress positively seemed quite irked when we had the audacity to order coffee at the same time as deserts.

The bill cam in at a little over £200 for four of us, including a couple of beers, couple bottles of wine and a few cocktails, so thought pretty good value for money.

A cosy little restaurant with some good tapas dishes, if I was local I’d consider going again, but the dire service is enough to keep me away.

We came in relatively late on a Friday evening without a reservation with my husband. Were guided to wait at the bar, got our glasses of white as per a recommendation by the bartender when requesting a particular type of white. Very nice. Not even half way through our glasses we were guided to our table.

Ordered the full menu, requested to recommend a wine to go with it as per our taste; perfect recommendation, velvety Temperanillo but not from Rioja. Every plate that was served was explained to us in detail. Very helpful, prompt service with a smile, even time to explain us one of the decorations on the wall during such a busy night. The interior is modern, sophisticated but with a warm touch with nice lights and other decoration. The black dresscode of the waiters is matching perfectly the interior and most of the waiters seemed Spanish adding on to the authenticity of the place.

The plates were delicious with a lot of attention to detail. The pork on red wine so tender that you need no cuttlery. Finished the dinner with a slide of chocolate cake combined with chocolate mousse. Just devine. The prices were okay, neither cheap, nor overly expensive. Would recommend warmly!!!

There is no bar area to meet people prior to eating. We were a table of 10 arriving at different times.Drinks took an exceptionally long time to be delivered to the table and the waiters had to be reminded we had ordered. The desserts arrived at different times with a gap of 10 minutes between 6 orders. The food was ok and it's relatively good value for money but we won't be going back…

We just been with a party of 6. We have ordered 4 £25 menu and 2 £18 sample menu.
Service was prompt, good atmosphere but food was not good value for money. The portions were too small for 2 people and it was not spanish at all. I was very disappointed.
Overall I will not reccomanded.