Asia de Cuba at St Martins Lane Hotel

Great ambience, service and food !!

Excellent twist of cuisine. Amazing dã©cor and suburb hospitality.

Food excellent, service second to none, fantastic wine list, calm ambience, worth every penny.

Delicious food, nice decor and friendly service.

I had heard good things about Asia de Cuba. One thing that attracted me to this restaurant was the menu. It sounded unique. On arrival I was seated at the bar to wait for my friend and offered the drinks menu and was told about the offer on drinks which I took. As usual the cocktail was full of ice. Seated at our table and was given a few moments to order. We were told by our waiter that there was a large party on and that our starters would take longer so we were offered a complimentary red snapper ceviche which was okay. After that the service was pretty much non existent. We had to keep asking for drinks which we wanted to eat with our meal. I wouldn't say this place is value for money as the food was okay but not work paying what we did. The plantain fried rice was awful and tasted like something out of your local Chinese. The spicy Thai coconut lobster is not worth £39 at all. Black bean and plantain empanadas were about the only thing I enjoyed. Along with the shrimp churros which were very salty but tasted okay.

Disappointed with the service level. They did not have the white wine which I had preferred to order, and the waiter recommends the most expensive bottle on the wine list. Requested the waiter to help in ordering the starters for party of six thinking we had under ordered, and at his recommendation we ordered more which was just wasted. For the main meal we all individually ordered except for the two who had ordered to share a fish. The main course came to the table, but the waiter refused to split the shared order and instead told us that he cannot serve and we had to do it ourselves. He would not even bring the serving plate to enable us to serve ourselves. The problem was the table was too long and was not possible to serve ourselves. Finally one of our guests took it on his own to serve the fish. Ordered another bottle of white wine, which was brought to the table, but forgotten to serve. Had to request another waiter a couple of times to get served. After complaining to the manager, she took off the bill the wine, and the service charges but the night out was ruined by incompetent waiter. Positive side was that the kitchen had done a great job, however not served to its best.

The décor and ambiance here is really quite nice and the servers were surprisingly friendly and pleasant considering the restaurant's location within the too-cool-for-school St Martins Lane Hotel. The food is, as the name suggests, an interesting mix of Latin American and Pan Asian. We tried the oxtail dumplings and selection of ceviche to start, both of which were tasty and fresh followed by the Cuban chicken which is served with a delicious salsa and Thai sticky rice. Very good. The prices were reasonable all things considered and the wine list had some cheap but perfectly drinkable options. The cocktails also come recommended especially the Pico Sour, Mint & Mandarin and the Vanilla & Rhubarb. The only small downside was that our server seemed very keen to sell us more than we really wanted and there were a couple of occasions when the servers were nowhere to be seen. Otherwise, a fun experience which we will try again soon.

For the prices charged the service was very poor.

A by today's standards almost classical pioneer of modern Asian fusion food. While it no longer carries the hype it once had, it is still a good food destination in particular if you're in a larger group and able to share the dishes. Price tag still fairly heavy (in particular on the wine list over and above the food itself)

I went to Asia de Cuba for my Birthday with a group of 10 and it was amazing!!! We actually decided last minute to have drinks in Light Bar beforehand. This is an uber-cool bar inside St Martins Lane Hotel just next to the restaurant. I tried a cocktail with Fig (apparently this was part of an internal cocktail competition where the bartenders take on the bar manager… what fun) It was delicious! Straight away when we entered the restaurant the atmosphere was really buzzing. We had some more cocktails (of course) and followed the waiter's recommendations for the food. (seriously recommend the seared tuna with wasabi mash!) Just a wonderful night!! Thank you Asia de Cuba