Floridita

Mothers Birthday

Once again this is my second time here and i had a wonderful evening food was fantastic and the service outstanding – my mother dance the whole night…

Nice Venue, loved the live band feel, we were here for a great night out with close friends. we had read that the food was not great but the place & atmosphere was meant to be excellent.

Not Great Food, you could get better burgers and steaks at TGI Fridays. Not really Cuban either more just latin?

Service was friendly enough but very amateur for the cost, for over £300 for 4 people you expect better, the waitress pouring bottled water into my friends white wine wasn't great. I had a different sweet menus to my friends and when I ordered the Raspberry tart I had selected it was not available of course.

The lighting was shocking, I understand you want the dark, secluded atmosphere but it should have been designed better, moving from your seat almost trying to find a light to read the menu of bill was not great.

The thing that really spoiled our enjoyment was the fact that when we all got up to go and dance to the great band, we were asked for a credit card as security for our table, despite leaving our jackets and my wife's bag on the chair. we were told one of us could stay at the table? so we just paid the extortionate bill, had a dance on the very tiny dance floor and left. Not really dance the night away as billed is it!
Never again.

This place is fun! Some friends and I went for a few drinks and ended up drinking and dancing the night away. The bar downstairs resembles the inside of a cruise ship and is swanky in a chilled laid back way. Drinks are reasonably priced, nibbles are tasty and it feels like you're a world away from Soho!

Simply superb evening of fine food, top notch cocktails and dancing. It was my husband's 32nd birthday (he's much younger than me, I suspect he married me for my money) and as a treat I decided to take him to Floridita. The last time I came was with my previous husband (who incidentally was much older than me) and we'd had a blast, despite the fact that by that time our marriage was dead. My memories were good and I worried that they would be hard to beat.

However, I was not disappointed. My husband (new, younger version) is Cuban and was delighted with the Cuban Band, and we had a super evening. I particularly enjoyed the mojitos. I had five, which on reflection was probably one too many. I heartily recommend Floridita to everyone!

A friend of mine told me that they had been to this amazing restaurant, and they were so excited by it that I felt I had to check it out, and now having see it, I will definately be telling all my other friends about it! It was an absolutely brilliant evening. We were running half an hour late, and I worried that this would cause a problem, but when I phoned ahead, a very nice lady told me that it would be no problem, and when we arrived we were greetd by a lovely girl on the door and taken straight to our table. The food was outstanding. As a vegetarian I often find ordering in restaurants a bit of a bore, but was delighted with the options available. My quesadilla was to die for, as was our hunky waiter! To top it all, a live band played throughout the evening which was a really great addition to an already wonderful evening.

To sum up, great staff, great service and great food. I'll definatly be back!

birthday dinner for a friend, booked a table for 9 – an hour wait, rude seating hostess, incompetent waiting staff (topping up different types of wine and thinking that mistake is funny, not getting order right several times, some side orders not delivered, steak well done instead of medium rare etc, overall very slow and clueless,- , once we sat down at the table it took them another hour to take the food order, finally got my main course at midnight. Music is ok but service appalling. Wont be going back

10 of us went to Floridita on Friday for a friends birthday and I have to say my views of the place are somewhat mixed…

We had a deal from the Daily Mail for 3 courses and a glass of bubbly for £26. From what l have seen this is a very good deal as it is quite pricey there normally.

My first thoughts were lovely setting – the place is large, there are a lot of tables but they are all quite spread out. It's decorated nicely and the tables are spacious with comfy chairs and there is soft lighting [l hate bright lights] but perhaps a bit too dim as it was hard to read the menu at times!

The waiting staff were initially very polite and helpful in answering questions about the menu and attentively pouring drinks and suchlike.

The food was pretty good, l had the ceviche to start which was light with a nice kick and the picanta [rump steak] for the main. It was cooked beautifully but lacked any sauce which it really could have done with. Sides were not included which l always think is damned cheeky but c'est la vie. My other half had the seabass which was nice but again could have done with some sauce. The food itself took absolutely forever to arrive – with no apologies made – by the time we got to pudding no one wanted any so we asked the waiter if we could all have coffee instead of pudding and he said it would not be a problem.

When the bill came of course they had charged us the set price for the 3 courses as well as the coffee and when we questioned it the waiters suddenly got nasty. My friend whose birthday it was got quite upset about this and was left to argue with the waiter over it while everyone sat feeling awkward. The bill came to £44 each in the end which was rather a lot considering we didn't drink that much and the menu was set.They also charged us an obscene amount for bottled water – when we had sat down at the start of the meal the waiters had appeared over each of our shoulders with already opened bottles of still and sparkling and asked what we would like. We were never asked if we would like to buy bottled water as if we were we would have opted for jugs of tap water. More so since they kept filling up your glass when you weren't looking so you could quaff your way through a lot more of it!

We eventually left after a good 15 minutes of arguing and with a sour taste in our mouths that the seemingly nice waiters could turn nasty so quickly.

floridita was great for a night out with friends!! Really enjoyed the music,mojitos and even got to dance salsa!!! Even if you dont know how to do it you will find someone who does!! Great evening, lots of fun,will return for sure!!:-)

First time going to Floridita and I will be back soon! The menu was well priced and presentation of food beautiful!

Had lovely birthday dinner there! The band was great and their new menu is impressive!