Cambio de Tercio

The formal version of this little spanish restaurant chain offers very god and high standard food. Its not your typical tapas offering (that you get across the street at its sister restaurant) but serious high-quality food. Good service and cosy atmosphere, great wine list – all at a notch higher quality (and more elaborant) than their sister restaurant's offering, with the according slightly higher price point. Again also here be aware of their normal 2 setting policy for dinner which means you normally have to go either early or late

“Cambio” as it often referred to is an interesting case. It has grown into a little spanish empire there are three related bars of which Cambio is the most formal, and you guessed it priceiest. The food is good but you have to make the waiters understand that you know what you are doing and that you know what you are ordering otherwise you will end up with far too much on the table and logically the bill. However if you know your Spanish food and can stomach the bill it is O.K.. However prices are at the top end of even this part of London, so beware. And, given that Cambio has been around for so long, it is not quite up there with best Spanish food in London.

The food at this restaurant was completely ruined by the appalling atitude of the staff in particular the manager who provides the Fawlty Towers example of customer care. Such a shame for a potentially good restaurant to have no appreciation of how the importance of respect for the customer can be the difference between an excellent dining experience and a nightmare.

I returned here last week having had a delicious dinner there last summer. I was so disappointed to find that the quality of the food had taken a serious dive. While the tapa of pata negra was excellent (and so it should be for the price) some of the cooked dishes were accompanied by heavy, almost gloopy sauce, that were really horrible. The price was also way over the top for what we eat. I shall not be returning which is a pity as the atmosphere is fun.