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Compliment charlieboy81 (09-10-2008) •••••

What an experience. The venue is stunning if a little imposing as you enter the St Martins hotel. Once you are at your table you feel comfortable and almost homely (if only I had service like this at home).

The food was fantastic, very original fusion food but all worked very well. We had tuna with wasabi mash - deeeelish, and slow roast pork belly - melt in the mouth.

Very good wine and superb deserts. And they made us espresso martinis even though they weren’t on the menu and they were the best espresso martinis I’ve ever had.

I have no idea how much it was as I was being taken out so wasn’t allowed to see the bill. But anywhere that doesn’t put the prices on the menu worries me. As they say, if you have to ask, you can’t afford it. I would imagine that to be true of Asis de Cuba, but if I could afford it, I’d go there all the time.

Oh, and if you do go, make sure to check out the loos. I don’t want to give it away but once you find them you may not be able to leave…

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Compliment Gourmet-Chick (02-10-2008) •••••

For the price I was not wowed by Asia de Cuba. The design is cool but the food is merely average (and the prices are not). That said, I do like the style of sharing big plates of food such as their salt and pepper squid. On the downside, we had a booking at the restaurant for dinner and tried to organise to go to the bar next door for a pre dinner drink (bear in mind that the bar was practically empty) and you would think they were doing us the biggest favour and performing the most impossible task in the world by allowing us to have a drink there.

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Compliment ahunter (29-02-2008) •••••

Expensive but worth it. The food, service and ambience here is spot on. This place gets 5*s without even trying. Try the chicken skewers or the prawns to begin with. Both were delicious. For main course, you've got to go for the signature pork dish. Really delicious. I didn't have room for dessert, but i'm told they are really, really good.

Bring money and big appetite, and you won't be disappointed.

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Compliment MissGood (26-01-2008) •••••

Asia de Cuba is an unusually marvellous and striking place to dine in and it is full of interesting themes which manage to be outrageous but nevertheless tasteful at the same time.

The atmosphere was great, very modern, young and trendy. The food was edible and service was attentive and at times a bit too friendly and bill, however, was completely out of proportion.

The food is fusion and generally very inventive but the quality was average. It was tasty and nice, but, in all fairness, not especially outstanding. The squid and artichoke salad was delicious a but it tasted like the chef shopped at Sainsbury's rather than spent time on selecting the freshest and best ingredients to get the best flavours.

Service was very helpful and friendly. The waiters were very good at advising us on the wine and the courses. They were a bit overly friendly for my taste, as they were obviously required to act as if they were our life long best friend rather than waiters. I also did not like the fact that they felt like reinforcing this impression by touchingmy escort for the evening and patting him on the back as often as possible. Apart from that (and that is a matter of taste), they were extremely good and efficient.

The bill was also a disappointment, coming at 70 pounds for 2 taking into account that we only had a glass of wine each, and shared desert).

In total , a fun place to go to, but the food department needs a lot of work and really over-priced.

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Compliment gourmande (27-02-2007) •••••

Hip fusion restaurant that fails to deliver consistently; the food can vary from excellent to average (which is not good enough for the price). Service is a bit surly, especially on busy nights and unfortunately the noise level in the restaurant is too high for regular conversation. Lovely surroundings, beautiful people but overall over-hyped.
Good place for coffee during the day.

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