Was looking forward to go there for my Birthday, but it was a big disappointment, although my friends highly recommended this restaurant. Starter was delicious (duck &prawns). Service was slow, waited for more than half an hour just for the main course. The Plantain Fried Rice was cold, tasteless and rubbery, the steam vegetables tasteless as well and bad presentation and the cod taste alright but not worth for the price that we paid for it. We was shock when they change our side plate while we waiting for our main course, the plate was dirty with a lot of stains although it has been change 3 time in the end I still get the dirty plate. Spoke to the manager but he seems to be not taking it seriously. The decoration is nice but music a bit too loud for a dinning place, hardly can have conversations. For me it look like a canteen rather than a restaurant.

This was recommended by one of my colleagues, so we though we would give it a try and take a customer there.


We arrived at 5.20pm and as our table was booked for 6pm we headed for the empty Light Bar to sample one of their cocktails while we waited for our customer to arrive. Unfortunately, we were informed that in order to gain entry to the empty bar either we had to have a reservation or be a hotel guest and a dinner reservation in the restaurant did not count. With an embarrassed colleague and after a discussion with a senior member of staff, eventually they agreed to make an exception and let us in. I was happy to go back to the pub across the road for a good pint of beer and good old fashioned service, which in this case was missing. My view of the Light Bar? Expensive, as you would expect, lots of ice, no atmosphere, won't go back again.


At 6pm, we went to Asia de Cuba and were told that we were late! One of our party was not coming, that also appeared to be a problem and we were rewarded with a smaller table.
On to the food. As starters we had the Calamari Salad, Lemongrass Skewered Chicken and Tunapica. The chicken was very tasty, Tunapica was small and fussy and the Calamari Salad adequate.
As a main course, the Wagyu Beef was disappointing with a poor taste. The potato with it was nothing special. The sea bass was very nice and cooked well, not too dry. The grilled salmon was a delight and had a great taste.


Overall, it was very expensive for what it was. You can charge these prices if you have excellent service and food to go with it, but it was not justified here.
The waiters and waitresses were however good, polite and efficient. However, the front desk in both the restaurant and bar let it down. We felt unwanted.



I have often found that first impressions count and maybe Asia de Cuba can learn from this.

I am now a regular guest at Asia de Cuba and the food and service is absolutely fantastic every time I go there with my friends. It is a sharing concept so you get to try all the food on the table and no dish is the same. I recommend the Thai Beef salad, full of flavour and will leave the tastebuds wanting more.



The light bar is a guest list and members only bar so one should remember that if they would like to go there for drinks they need to book before hand, so as to avoid the disappointment of being turned away because it is too full.



In one sentence, worth every penny.

Asia De Cuba is so over rated and snobbish!



My friend and I made our first visit there last week and since we have not been to St Martins Lane hotel before, nor was the restaurant name clearly displayed (it must think it is hip), I walked up to the restaurant reception and politely enquired whether I have found the right place.



The gentleman at the reception told us we found the wrong place and had to walk out of the hotel and turn left and walk for 5 more mins. There was no reason for us to believe that he was simply playing a joke on us. We were later stopped by someone else who worked in the hotel (or the restaurant) and said that it was all a joke. We walked back towards the restaurant and found that both the guy, and a waitress who has joined him at the door were beyond control with giggles to the extent that the waitress was wiping tears from her eyes.



This was simply disgraceful. My tip : do not go. The food itself was only worth a third of the price max, it really is nothing special.

We often take our clients to Asia de Cuba as the food is wonderful. Therefore I decided to book our Christmas lunch here. Our waitress was rude, we were overcharged for wine, although this was not acknowledged, and we were then refused entry to the nightclub within the same hotel.


We were billed over £2000 for our dinner, which, although very nice, does not justify the overall price, the rude waitress, or the very snobby attitude of the club staff and the management. We will not be eating at Asia de Cuba again....

I have been to Asia De Cuba a couple of times and thought it was outstanding on both occasions! The service was excellent, the energy vibrant and the food inspired. Never have I had such an enjoyable meal as at Asia De Cuba.

Asia De Cuba is all style and no substance. The food at Asia De Cuba is good, but vastly overpriced.

I’ve been to Asia De Cuba a couple of times. Not my choice either time (it’s a bit expensive for me) but it’s ok. Not so keen on the odd décor but Asia De Cuba’s cakes are massive, especially the banana split. Yum.