Mar I Terra restaurant

Always a pleasure to eat at this tucked way tapas bar in South London. If the weather's good a meal in the small garden could easily leaving you feeling you've just been in Spain.

This restaurant is a real find. The food is authentic and the 'croquetas de pollo' were mouth watering! The service was faultless, the waiters were all friendly and attentive. We had a wonderful time and will be returning very soon.

Excellent service, convivial atmosphere and a fascinating wine list. I shall be returning.

Our first visit ( even though the restaurant has been going for 17 years!). Only a few tables occupied when we arrived just after 6pm on a Saturday for an early dinner after the theatre but soon filled up resulting in a lovely buzzy atmosphere. All the staff seem to be Spanish, friendly and efficient. Good selection of tapas and a couple of daily specials - all reasonably priced in our view. Not as upscale and 'trendy' as Brindisa and Barrafina ( of which we are big fans) but in a way all the more enjoyable for that. It genuinely felt like being in a Spanish tapas bar. This will definitely be on our regular list from now on.

Great location & building. Good atmosphere lively. Food excellent. Good wine list at reasonable prices. Very busy but service good friendly staff. Definitely going back

Delicious food as always. Especially love the octopus. The service was so quick friendly and efficient. Atmosphere was great. Only small issue would be portion sizes are a bit small. Can't wait to go again!

Had a great range of dishes .Friendly service. Really good house wine. The waiters kept on top of what my group of guests wanted. Lively music . Easy to find for us all, even though we came from 3 different directions.

Great food and service with an authentic Spanish atmosphere. That's the fourth time we've been in the last couple of months and shall continue to do so.

Love this place - been going for years and it's reliable tapas and decent wine. What's not to like, though the prices sneak up over time.

Nice, intimate place. The service was excellent and very attentive. And the food was excellent, I felt like I was really in Spain! Will go again!

We went lunchtime (1.30) on 15/9 - good food, service and atmosphere (we were in the courtyard at the back on a sunny autumn day)

Excellent food and friendly service. We have been here half a dozen times and enjoy the tapas. Some are slightly on the small side but excellent quality. Very friendly wait staff.

I was really disappointed. The tapas were nothing special and very small portions. I also thought they charged too much for some very ordinary sliced bread with a small dish of oil and balsamic vinegar (£1.90 each). I've eaten in top London Hotels and never been asked to pay £7.60 + 12.5 % service for the bread! I'm sorry to say this, but I wouldn't go back.

The restaurant has a very friendly atmosphere. There is an excellent choice of delicious food and wine, and the service was impeccable. This was my second visit and I would certainly recommend it.

No frills Spanish restaurant. We were greeted warmly by the host and the servers were attentive but unobtrusive. We preferred the slow cooked dishes. Nice relaxing restaurant with good value tapas.

The food took a while to arrive, but it was great. The garden outside is fantastic. Slightly expensive but worth it. Would definitely recommend. X

Hidden gem in Southwatk/Blackfriars area. Excellent quality tapas and very friendly attentive stuff. My family enjoyed the night very much. Child friendly. Little Spain. Highly tecommended.

I love the atmosphere here. I've been coming here for 8 years with my girlfriends, but not as often as we would like, but when we do come the service is perfect, as well as the food and ambiance. Also the house wine is extremely good too. I wonder why we leave it so long to go back? We are just disorganised, that's all...

The food was delicious- traditional Spanish tapas. We had sardines, which were incredibly fresh and tasty, ham, patatas bravas, prawns in garlic which were outstanding and a few more dishes. We shared a dessert and were both stuffed, and had a £30 bottle of delicious Rioja- came to £100 altogether. We thought that was actually fair for the quality of food and service.

I have had Tapas in many restaurants in Spain and outside of Spain. The taps here were excellent, interesting, with very attentive service. Really enjoyed the restaurant.

A nice little place that does genuine Spanish tapas, including my favourite, pulpo a la feira. There is also an interesting but affordable wine list, though some more sherry options would have been nice.

Lovely restaurant, excellent service and wonderful food. Thoroughly enjoyable experience and hopefully will be visiting them again soon. The Sangria was also a lovely experience.

Very accommodating and a brilliant place to spend an early Autumn evening. The food was appetizing and the price of the drinks modest by London-standards.

Excellent tapas in this lovely little restaurant, tucked away from the main road. Friendly, attentive service. Extremely good value, well worth a visit.

Lovely little restaurant, great food, great staff and atmosphere. Would definitely recommend it, we had a great time ! ... .. .. .. .. ..

Nice food but not very polite service! The waiter didn't seem to be in a rush to serve us although we told him we were going to the theatre and only had an hour. In fact I would say he was rude!

Consistently good. Enthusiastic waiter who showed with pride photos of his home-made paella. This can be ordered with 24 hours notice - worth the wait!

Wonderful selection of tapas including superb chorizo and specials. Great food and a great place. A firm favourite which has remained excellent over the years.

We had a lovely time. The tapas were delicious, all very authentic. Good wine list. The staff very friendly and the place was lively. I would highly recommend.

Nice atmosphere, sunny courtyard perfect for a summer evening, food was great especially the gambas, chorizo and boquerones - few things that let it down very slightly, didn't get the wine that we ordered until half way through eating our food and a 12.5% service charge was added to the bill, should be up to the customer not added on automatically. Overall would recommend :-)

Perfect lunch experience as always, helped on this occasion by beautiful weather and a table in the courtyard at the back! We had and heartily recommend the gambas al ajillo, pulpo a la feria, croquetas de pollo, Tortilla Española and habitas con jamon. And it would've been rude not to have had sherry and sangria alongside it! Decadent for a weekday lunch but worth it.

As ever, excellent service and good traditional tapas. we will be back! The specials were delicious, a baby broad bean with bacon and an egg on top, recommended.

A great tapas bar: we much enjoyed the beans and pata negra dish, the rabbit, the spinach with pine nuts and raisons, the octopus all preceded by a really good glass of Sherry, accompanied by a lovely bottles of the Galician house red and we finished with a slice of torta Santiago. Attentive service and well within our means.

Nice food in a Spanish atmosphere and a great service. All very good and very traditional. We will definitely come back soon and we will share the experience :-)

Great food as usual. One of my favourite places in London. Different waiting staff this time weren't up to the usual high standards but otherwise excellent.

Four of us enjoyed a lovely September evening in the garden at the back. The staff made us welcome without overdoing it. There was a succession of varied tapas dishes, each one delicious, and a very good value Sola Fred red wine. It has become my favourite tapas place in London.

Great selection of traditional Spanish tapas in this tucked away courtyard - which would benefit from white walls and some geraniums to complete the scene!

This is a hidden gem. Very close to Southwark tube station, it is worth seeking out. Friendly service, delicious tapas, interesting list of Spanish wines and a wonderful little courtyard garden made for a delightful dinner with my family.

The place was exceptional. Food was fantastic, fairly well priced, and the whole place felt authentic! Very attentive waiting staff, which really couldn't have been easy as the place was very busy!

I think Mar e Terra is as good a tapas place as there is in London. The decor is basic but the tapas has more flavour and substance than anywhere I have been in the UK (try the Rabbit or Octopus - fantastic )and the wine list is brilliant for Spanish reds. Given that the service is great and genuinely Spanish (from Valencia I believe) it gets my vote.

The food was delicious as always, especially the perfectly cooked octopus. There were some miscommunications with orders but everything was resolved easily. Will definitely go again soon

Great food and service! I'd recommend trying the lamb, the chicken livers and the chorizo! And the dark chocolate mousse with brandy sauce is really great!

It's the fifth time I've been there, but the first time I sat outside; at the back of the tracks and underneath the toilet window. It is where it is. Still a great experience though with the usual friendly service and delicious tapas. It's starting to feel like visiting family.

Fabulous food, great service. We always enjoy coming here and the atmosphere is lovely relaxed and friendly. They never rush you and even advised us when we were ordering too much food.

We've been here many times before, including in its previous incarnation in Piccadilly. The food is excellent and authentic and the staff are efficient without being intrusive. There is also an extensive wine list. All this is achieved at reasonable prices. I recommend it unreservedly.

Very nice, cosy and unpretentious place. Food was very good but I thought it was a bit steep charging £9.50 for 4 small garlic prawns.

Great food, friendly service and reasonably priced! A wonderful find not far from Southwark tube station - would most definitely recommend and eat here again.

I went two nights running and the food was excellent both times. However, the second night was busier and, because we chose a corner table, we were forgotten about and had to summon a waiter every time we needed anything.

Had a lovely evening with friends. They make lovely Sangria - not the nasty stuff that you get in some other places. And lovely tapas. It was busy and everyone enjoying themselves.

We were given a basket of bread as we sat down and noticed on the bill it was £7.60 as they charge per person. I have eaten at some of the most expensive restaurants in the world and have not been charged this for an average white sliced loaf (8 slices to be precise) before. When I challenged this, the owner was extremely rude. Fair enough he pointed out is in black and white on the menu had we been given time to see this. I suggested I would reduced the discretionary service charge. He said service charge is not discretionary in his restaurant. Good luck to this man because the rest of the food was very nice which will enable him to be so rude and arrogant. I suppose you cant have it all. Good food but whatever you do don't complain to the management if you wish to avoid aggression.