I took my boyfriend for dinner for our 1st anniversary, I wanted to show him a completely different experience about Latin American restaurants and here we go... the place: beautiful very sparkly, very good decoration, modern, nothing to extravagant. We walked in and a very nice hostess welcomed us in, we had some drinks at the bar and then the music started, great band, perfect music, a bit loud but hey! They are playing live!! We had a few beers to start and some cocktails, must say, to be a Cuban restaurant I have had better mojitos, but not bad. We went to our table on time, the menu was exciting, we order 1 starter to share, a bottle of red wine, bottle of water, Argentinean steak for main, and a sharing dessert, the food: was absolutely fantastic!! There was a few couples dancing, making a great atmosphere. The service: good, but could be much better, we have a friendly waitress but very busy, probably they where short of staff, but still they can improve more. And then the bill £150 with service included (12%) and £6 for the band (which in my opinion should be more, they were brilliant!) if I will go back?, definitely yes. We had a night to remember, was amazing.

I made a Guest list for my birthday party for a Friday night and I did this a week in advance. Turned up with at least 10 friends and my name was not on the guest list! I had it confirmed but they none of it and was not allowed into Floridita! Not a good evening, we walked in and it had an air of pretentiousness. Thank god I had a backup plan for a Jazz bar which we had a good time. Just to confirm you need a guest list just to drink at the bar!

My meal was tasty and authentic, if slightly overpriced, service was friendly and knowledgable and cocktails excellent. I do object though to having £6.00 per person added to by bill for music. When I queried it, I was told it was discretionary (although this wasn't apparent) and so I asked for it to be removed. They're obviously not used to this as it took ages because it had to be authorised by a manager. I wonder how many people, particularly groups, don't check the bill and therefore end up paying for it without realising.

I have just seen some of the reviews on Floridita.
We must have gone to different restaurants.

I had a reservation for 6 people on a Saturday night at 9.30 which is the later reservation (much better) it was for my Husbands birthday.
It’s a high end restaurant in a nice, young, bustling, trendy part of London.. Of course it's not going to be as cheap as chips but it was worth every penny.

This place is not short of Incredible!!!...

We had the best table in the place and this place is Huge and chic.. The table right at the front of the stage had a clear view of the Band.. and it was a perfect spot to people watch. It was great to see the other diners enjoying themselves partying the night away to the sounds of Salsa at its BEST!

It feels like being on holiday that’s how good the feel of the place is... Exciting!

Yes the music is loud.. but it’s supposed to create a Cuban atmosphere after all it’s a Cuban Restaurant. Obviously some of you diners have never been to Cuba if you have you would know that music fills the air everywhere you go and its LOUD and busy and colourful..

The food was delicious one thing about South American / Cuban people is they can make a meal out of little or nothing and the Menu at Floridita was authentic and fresh.
It does take a while to cook as its started from scratch and prepared table by table you have to wait your turn but the atmosphere, cocktails, and entertainment make it worth the wait.
If you want fast food go to McDonalds.
If you want a quiet restaurant don’t go Cuban.
Simple as that..

for 6 of us including a birthday cake and 2 - 3 cocktails each it came to £280 we put a £20 tip in for our lovely waitress who was fab all evening.

So £300 split 6 ways worked out £50 a pop.

Its hardly extortionate now is it?

My husband loved it so did our friends I would recommend it to anyone.

Very disappointing. Had a table for 4 on Saturday night which came to £350, for only 4 starters and main courses, one dessert, one of the "cheaper" bottles of wine and 2 mojitos. no coffees, no other extras. the asparagus and goats cheese tart could have come out of a supermarket. other food was so so. Very slow to take our order so we did not eat a thing for an hour. The band were very goodnbut it was so loud we had to shout at each other and it really killed any hope of conversation - we were not even particularly near to the stage either. Our wine was not brought for an hour either and it was similarly slow to get the bill. Looks a great atmosphere for dancing and partying but I was expecting really top notch food and a better dining experience for that kind of money.

This place is awful. such a disappointment. 20 of us went for dinner for a friend's birthday and the service was appalling, the meal was overpriced and then they added an extra £500 to the bill. This included a charge for the music (??) and an extra £13 per head extra than we were quoted for dinner. When we disputed the bill the manager was useless and the bouncers got heavy. It is a huge rip off, the staff are rude and for the price you could go somewhere far better.

Floridita was a complete disappointment, offering London prices in place of Cuban charm. Floridita just takes your money and treats you like dirt. Staff let too many people in and then spent the night shoving people around obnoxiously. We also got ripped off. Having been told that entry was free at 7pm, our party of 10 was subsequently charged £8 a head on top of our already overpriced meal for music, because one of our group arrived at 7.20pm. When we complained that it didn't make any sense because the music didn't even start till 8pm, the waiter was rude.



The icing on the cake was that having checked the dress code and been told no jeans, no trainers, two of my friends were refused entry because one of them was wearing combats. Meanwhile, loads of people in jeans were enjoying the night downstairs while I was forced to spend half the night on the Floridita stairs arguing with the incredibly rude manager on my birthday. Never again.

Sorry guys, but Floridita is a horrible place to go - unless you like awful restaurants. Expensive and tasteless. Save your money for other ones because Floridita is a shame!