I eat here last night as I had bought a Groupon voucher for tapas for 2 plus glass of cava. The food was very, very poor - close to diabolical. For most of it I was not sure whether what we were served as meant to be hot or cold as much of it was tepid. The toast with tomatoes was cold and soggy and the strips of char-grilled chicken were stone cold, dry and chewy. Our waiter was very nice though so perhaps they have addressed their service issue. There was no atmosphere 8-9pm when we were there but I appreciate that Spanish eat much later on. I cannot believe that a Spaniard would serve up that food without being very ashamed. Go to Nuevo Costa Dorada instead.

I was really concerned about going here when my friend told me this is where she'd picked for our monthly "ladies what dine" night - the reviews on here were terrible and elsewhere on tinterweb too.
I was pleasantly surprised!

We had soooo many different plates, let me see if I can remember them...
1. Chorizo - very nice, well cooked, not too fatty, hot
2. Prawns in garlic - well cooked, enough garlic but not too much
3. Pork rib - oh my gosh. These were amazing. So incredibly tender - the meat fell off the bone, enough sauce - delicious.
4. Patatas Bravas - yeah, ok, standard patatas bravas, but what more can you do?!
5. Mushrooms in garlic - nice variety of mushrooms, enough garlic
6. Stuffed peppers - luuussshhh - really really tasty! Good stuffing, nicely cooked.
7. Potatoes with chorizo and egg - random but super nice and tasty!

And.... wine was nice, good Argentinian Malbec, it wasn't too noisy but not dead at all, quick service, friendly staff, I had three glasses of wine with dinner shoo wassshhh a bit tippsshhhyy by the end but the menu came to £25 each including service.

Recommended!! Only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is because, well, if I give this place 5 then what happens when I get whisked off to Le Manoir?!

Laura

Overpriced with lazy unatentive service. I know it's meant to have a quirky atmosphere but it really could do better. How on earth our meal came to £37 i'll never know and 12.5% for service which was either forgetfull or none existant defies belief.

The highlight? probably the humour of trying to figure why they's brought us a bowl of chrisps with a chilli on top and charged us £3.

There are much better Tapas bars in London so i'd say this one is best avoided, i'd even think you'd get a better experience going to La Tasca and that's saying something...

Went for dinner last night for a company do and the food was absolutely shocking.

The chicken was rubbery and came in a gravy type sauce whilst the calamari was like chewing on rubber.

Very disappointing.

I took spanish girlfriend to the restaurant for valetines dinner & was very disapointed with the sloppy service. The portions of food were terrible & the food was way over priced. My spanish girlfriend noticed the quality of the food straight away, we refused to pay the service charge because of the hole experiene of the evening & i would safely say i wouldn't reconmend this restaurant to anyone.

By far, the worst experience I've ever had in a tapas bar.
I went there on Saturday with South African and English friends and as a Spaniard I was embarrassed about the quality of the food (one of the paellas was sent back to the kitchen almost untouched and the patatas bravas had nothing that stale tendencies washed with own brand supermarket tomato sauce).

The worst part was actually having the person responsible for the floor telling me that I didn't know what i was talking about when I complained about the food and accusing me of doing it in order to get some money off.

I person in question get some training in how to deal with complaints as well as some manners.

I have been down to Salvador and Amanda a few times now. Went with a group of about 20 the first time and the tapas were perfect to share and to taste a little bit of everything. After that, my friends and I have gone back because it is a nice place to sit down and have some sangria. Whether you go in a big group, after work with some friends, or are looking for a romantic dinner, Salvador and Amanda is the perfect place to go.

Terrible: a tourist hell-hole for people with more money than taste-buds. Very over-priced, revolting, oily food - even the bread costs money (£2.90), surely a sign of a tacky restaurant if ever I saw one. I understand, given its location, that it has massive rents to pay hence hoiking up the price of dishes but if you actually want genuine spanish food in a central location go to Cafe Espana on Old Compton St (for cheap) or Barrafina on Frith St (for high quality at the same prices as Salvador). I can only imagine the reason it stays afloat is because of the tourists pouring out of the tube with little inkling of where else to go or misguided office workers too tipsy to stumble any further. Warning: after happy hour, the restaurant turns into a disco... need I say more?