La Cubanita

I was reading reviews for this place on here and from other sites after my partner said he wanted to go here for our anniversary, there were mixed reviews so I wasn't expecting much, and what a good job I wasn't.

We got there and I was impressed, such a lovely place nice decor, sadly that's where the positives end, (maybe I should have done it last). We got a drink from the bar, eventually after watching the bar man make them for 5 minutes from "fresh" ingredients, we got 2 mojito's(£12), in 1/2 pint glasses with mint leaves that were brown around the edges, this didn't inspire me with confidence but this is where my partner wanted to take me for our anniversary.

I put this behind us as we sat down for our meal, the menu sounded great and we ordered, our starters arrived and I had ordered the costillas asada and my partner the croquetas de pollo, (ribs and chicken croquettes) we were not impressed, the ribs were tough well very tough and the chicken croquettes didn't taste or look very homemade but our mains sounded great and still hoping for some of that Cuban magic we received our mains, the skewered drunken prawns and the salmon del atlantico. Both our mains were cold, we couldn't find our waiter to let him know so we tucked in, the salmon was overcooked and both our mains were tasteless and the rice that accompanied them was as tasteless as plain rice. Eventually our waiter returned as we had eaten as much as we dared too and we let him know about the problems, he smiled and cleared our plates, we got the bill and wow how expensive was that, 2 people 2 courses a bottle of wine, 2 coffee's and 2 baileys and well it was way overpriced. I asked the waiter if I could speak to the manager, again he smiled and walked away, after finishing our drinks and chatting 10 minutes must have passed and the manager had not come to see us so we left.

I am sorry to say my partner really wanted to come here and now neither of us would recommend the place, if my partner had brought me here on our first date we would not have been celebrating our anniversary! Very disappointing. I hope the management read this review and can actually do something about it because, to be honest I really wanted it to be good, the idea and the concept is there but the execution is terrible. The decor is nice, did i mention that?
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david
Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Saturday, April 18, 2009