La Tasca, Fitzrovia, London

La tasca is a big chain of so called Spanish tapas. Well, if you've been to spain you know the food here is not very nice nor authentic. Cheesy Spanish decor and expensive English take on Spanish tapas

They have a great lunchtime deal that made me so stuffed I struggled to get back to work!

I've never really been a fan of La Tasca and nothing really changed when I visited La Tasca by Oxford Circus tube station. The service was quick and friendly, but I'm always disappointed by the quality of food here. Greasy chorizo, skinny chicken legs and bland patatas bravas. The best part of the meal was my diet coke. I won't be back.

great little restaurant, perfect for a few drinks and some tapas. And really close to the Qype office too :)

When dining at La Tasca I shared a meat tapas selction for 2. The quality of the food was very good, every dish on the table was cleared! However, the service was dismal & this had a negative impact on our evening. Our waitress was most un-helpful, leaving the wine to get warm with no ice bucket and meeting our polite request at how long our food would be with a grumbled “don’t know”. All in our our food took 50 mins to arrive - we couldn’t help but wonder how long it would take if there were more of us?? We spoke with the manager regarding our issues and by way of apology she discounted our bill by 25%.

I will come back as the food is fab however service really must improve to make an all round good dining experience.

Maybe I just caught this place on a bad night as I am sad to say that I was extremely disappointed. For a cold Wednesday evening the restaurant was fairly busy but surely that was no excuse for having to wait nearly 50 minutes for tapas for 2! To add to our pain the bottle of white wine we ordered was left on the table to warm up nicely and when I asked for ice and a bucket I was met with a look of disdain. When I asked the same waitress how long my food would take she responded 'I don’t know’ and I had to push her to go and find our how long it would take…... oh how I love great british service!

Just as I was about to leave our food arrived and the shameful thing is it was really tasty.

Eventually the manager came over to talk to me and to her credit was very apologetic and gave me 25% off the bill, so all was not lost.

Maybe it deserves a second chance?

We had a fab evening here in June. Had wanted somewhere with a great atmosphere and we found it! Had a nice table, candle lit and central. Our waiter was great, welcoming, friendly and offered great advice. My husband has coeliacs so we have to be careful what we order as he can’t eat gluten. Their menu is fab as it states what is gluten free and anything we were unsure of the waiter readily found out for us. The food we ordered was great, nicely cooked and really lovely, we enjoyed all of it. the wine list is reasonably extensive offering a good choice for all budgets and they also offer sangria, cocktails, liquers etc which we tried a different spanish liquer each…both lovely!
Our daughter also loved the atmosphere here and it was all round a fantastic evening and we would definately go there again.

Enjoy the Spanish delicacies served all day at this restaurant.
It has a nice snack bar alongside the true Spanish hospitality.
Italian dishes are also served with Spanish food. Decked and ready for candle-lit dinner mode, this is truly a place to come and enjoy tranquil with soft and mellow music and true Spanish-style music. It adds to the beauty of the Wes End as it becomes incredible having to choose from so much variety.

Excellent food and very nice staff. Great service and great atmosphere. I love the lighting of the restaurant and the downstairs dining area. Even though it is quite big they manage to make it cosy with dark wood and red colours, and of course - burning candles! It's not rip-off expensive either, which is a great plus.