Cigala

Excellent food and buzzy atmosphere with a great location! We tried the Menu del Dia for the first time - a great success = will return again soon for tapsa!

Great food and lovely staff - really made us feel welcome on a cold wet March night.Also the restaurant is good value for money. Will certainly visit again

Excellent tapas & amazing desserts, with great sherry accompaniment but really expensive... The service however was really good ... Sunday seems to be a bit of a quiet day, no need to book - so best day to go!

Great food with s broad selection of dishes. Wine was good and we chose a 500 ml carafe of Rioja. The service was friendly and relaxed . Has the atmosphere and bustle of a backstreet local restaurant in Valencia.

I think Cigala is a great restaurant, but on this occasuion it failed. Service was unattentive, waiting staff avoided all eye contact, and miss-recorded orders. We had to wait 55 mins for a paella (30 mins on the menu), it was burnt and for two people, we ordered one. No apology offered.

What initially seemed like a quiet little understated venue turned out to be an excellent Spanish restaurant with a cool buzzy feel. Steeped in an overall authenticity to the cuisine and the surroundings, it was my first visit to Cigala but not my companions who were very happy to return when I told them of my booking it. We shared a number of tapas plates with Sherry and Red Wine accompaniments. After devouring everything we moved on to a heavenly mixed platter of deserts. I am sure I'm late to discovering Cigala on one of London's coolest streets - Lamb Conduit, but I'm glad I've found it now.

The starter is ok. The main course is too large. we asked one person's portion. But they gave two person's portion. Easy booking, and comfortable environment!

Really delicious food and lovely, relaxed atmosphere. Friendly staff and just around the corner from work, so will definitely be visiting again! Highly recommended as offer something for everyone.

Fun and very good food. Lively atmosphere; pleasant service ; excellent value set lunch. On the down side: very noisy and the ginger ice cream was disappointing.

The staff shoud watch customers more carefully whether they need some help or not. When I would like to order something, I had to walk to around the kitchen.

Nice people, good atmosphere, delicious food. We spent a very good time there. I strongly recommend to book a table in advance. I would like to go there again soon.

Excellent service. Saturday lunchtime. A bit quiet. Generous portions, wish I'd gone for the sea bass rather than the paella as it was huge .

With a pleasant atmosphere and eclectically good Mediterranean Spanish food, this restaurant offers a rustic and provincial Spanish cuisine that few other places provide. Decor is plain and you'll look hard to find any of the usual Iberian kitsch. Combined with a striking wine list that reaches beyond the usual rioja-a-go-go, you're in for a culinary delight. All that keeps it short of perfection is that the service could be a bit sharper.

Food was great, service was just right. The arroz negro was amazing, as was the sea bream. Vermouth was very good. A great find, I'll be returning.

Wonderful food. Delightful services and atmosphere. In reverse order, aromatic coffee, evocative leche fritta, perfect lentils, fragrant stuffed artichokes, toothsome deep-fried fennel ... you get the picture; the kind of Tapas, where every dish is a world to itself. This is one of the great London restaurants. But don't go if you want glitz, glamour, or some kind of pretentious eating experience. This is pure food, and it's like being at home .

Really nice food and the atmosphere was good but getting served initially was slow. I would go back again and hopefully there will be more staff !

Wonderful food, friendly service, gorgeous restaurant in a great location, have been here a few times and it's always lovely. Their set lunch menu is a great deal...but you just have to order extra padron peppers!

great food and great location thank you would recommend for business and social and I am looking forward to going back again soon food and service were both top class thanks

The food was amazing but we had a rather moody waitress. She spilled wine twice while pouring it and didn't even think of apologising. I'd give top marks to everything except the service of this particular waitress.

This place has great wine and food, both the set menu and the long list of tapas are great. lovely location with table at the window. Would highly recommend this place.

Cigala offered fresh authentic tapas in a lovely setting with a good choice of seafood - the service was very friendly. Overall, a lovely time!

Fast and efficient service, upmarket spanish food, good wine list, own baker; some tapas are a must to try; good atmosphere, busy with doctors from nearby hospitals and institutes.

As ever, a really good meal and atmosphere! We come here quite often and have always enjoyed the innovative food and excellent service. We will be back!

Great venue and location for a business lunch. The staff were friendly. The food was reasonably priced and our party left extremely satisfied. I would definitely recommend.

The starters are generous and very delicious. You could almost just order a selection of them and feel full but then you would be missing the astounding paella. On this occasion we were too full for pudding which was a shame but there is always next time! Lovely service too.

Bit disappointed when compared with other visits. I was a little bit late arriving (20:40) but several of the main course dishes were already off the menu. I ended up with my third choice. None of the wonderful homemade bread either

Excellent service, attentive, good recommendations. Have the whiskey cake, it is superb. Great food, good range of veggie and non veggie. Very good cheese plate.

We went to La Cigala to celebrate our daughter's birthday and all four of us really enjoyed the evening: great and unpretentious atmosphere, fantastic food, friendly and unfussy service. Highly recommended.

Good, friendly service and great food. Would definitely recommend it to others. The paella was great but next time might opt for several tapas plates instead.

Relaxed atmosphere was perfect for a lunchtime catch up with a friend. Enjoyed the set menu, and ease of choosing and price. Love that you offer carafe's of wine. Food was delicious.

I love food here but service today unbelievably and unexplainedly slow, so it took 1 1/2 hours for starter to arrive. Not good for a business lunch

Cigala is always an excellent place for lunch - the tapas or set lunch is perfectly sized, meaning that you eat well (and very authentically) but emerge well-set for the afternoon. Good, straightforward Spanish cooking.

this destination has a great lively and informal atmosphere serving you up with classic Spanish dishes to savour. the service is attentive but discreet in nature.

As ever, we had a lovely evening at Cigala. A really comfortable, relaxed environment, with excellent, attentive (but not overbearing) service and consistently great food.

Food was good. Not brilliant like some other tapas places I've been to. The ambience was ok too. Couldn't sit outside as there was scaffolding on the outside area and was about 25 degrees. However, would go back for a business lunch. I do think that the prices were a little OTT for the size of the dishes especially comparing to some places in and around Charlotte St.

Lovely tapas - just wish it were my local. Great, traditional food and delicious selection of sherries! Also very pleasant and attentive service = perfect evening with friends.

The tapas was excellent, as was the paella. Would thouroughly recommend the Tarta Whisky for dessert. Waiting staff were very attentive and pleasant and the restaurant has a nice atmosphere. Would recommend.

Great food, service and ambience. Nice menu that features both tapas and good range of main courses. Perfectly cooked superb ingredients. Seating both inside and out.

The food and wine is very good and reasonably priced. The restaurant is located in an interesting and pleasant area and service is always excellent.

Great food and Great service. Authentic Spanish tapas in a lovely location