Review

El Pirata Detapas

Spanish
115 Westbourne Grove, London W2 4UP
Latest critic review: February 26, 2010

Spanish tapas in West London

El Pirata Detapas is a younger offshoot of a long-established Mayfair tapas restaurant. Reviews so far have been good, but best of all is their set lunch menu deal - with two tapas, bread, alioli and a glass of wine or sherry for just £9. Now that's a bargain.

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Nick Harman Foodepedia

Reviewed on February 26, 2010

"I like El Piratas’ desire to create modern tapas in a non-clichéd setting." READ REVIEW

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Dos Hermanos Dos Hermanos

Reviewed by April 15, 2009

"...for this to be a real player the execution needs to improve drastically or it will be cast adrift in the ever more ferocious London tapas wars" READ REVIEW

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"Richard & Peter" Harden's

Reviewed on April 07, 2009

"Ultimately, then, we left feeling that we’d had a bit of culinary adventure..." READ REVIEW

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Marina O'Loughlin Metro

Reviewed on March 24, 2009

"The baby of the family is more relaxed and, like its Westbourne Grove location, much funkier. " READ REVIEW

Rowan Moore Evening Standard

Reviewed on March 11, 2009

"The combination of people, place, ambience and decent-if-not-world-beating food, makes this a very nice spot for a leisurely meal." READ REVIEW

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Reviewed by Becky
May 19, 2010

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We were due to go to a party that was allegedly laying on food - not being the trusting types we popped in for a bite to eat at about 8pm on a Saturday night.
We chose the £21 per head tasting menu x 2 plus some vegetarian add-ons for our vegetarian friend. We decided it needed to be accompanied by quite a lot of Cava, this is probably why I cannot remember every dish. What I can remember is that we really loved it, there were no duff dishes and we would happily go back. The real stand out dish was a plate of croquette potatoes filled with creamy cheese and ham - little balls of heaven with which we tried to tempt our vegetarian friend. Not as good as Fino but a fabulous tapas place all the same.