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Galicia Restaurant - review by Claire

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:47:22 +0000

Galicia Restaurant - review by Claire

Rating: 2.7

Location: 323 Portobello Road, W10 5SY, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 8969 3539

Tags: spanish, family & home feel, good value

I have eaten here a number of times now, and still think it's brilliant. The food is good quality and the portions are huge, unlike many restaurants out there where you pay a fortune and get very little for your money.

There is a large selection of tapas as well as the main menu. There is also a decent selection of wines, where like in most places some may be better than others, but overall very good spanish wines.

The place is always really busy, and the atmosphere is buzzing.

I would definately recommend it to anyone. It's true spanish and not pretentious in any way.

Galicia Restaurant - review by miranda

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:58:34 +0000

Galicia Restaurant - review by miranda

Rating: 2.7

Location: 323 Portobello Road, W10 5SY, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 8969 3539

I ate here with my boyfriend about 3 weeks ago. I was violently sick afterwards; I had 2 glasses of disgusting wine and some fish. I do not think they intended to make me ill - but I was poisoned there nonetheless. The food (and wine) was noticeably bad. The fish was not fresh. The waiter was unhelpful and very rude. Basically, it rates as one of the worst restaurants I have ever had the misfortune to visit. My boyfriend suggested that I should sue them. I decided to leave this review instead.

Galicia Restaurant - review by Mez

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:03:09 +0000

Galicia Restaurant - review by Mez

Rating: 2.7

Location: 323 Portobello Road, W10 5SY, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 8969 3539

Tags: spanish tapas paella tavern cosy homely friendly authentic porto

One way of measuring the quality of a restaurant is by how much it makes you forget which city you're in. It's one of my favourite tests, and Galicia passed it with flying colours. This Spanish restaurant not only offers great food (the Paella Marinera was really good - that's the other acid test for a spanish restaurant), but what really makes it special is its atmosphere. It's cosy, homely, and very Mediterranean. Its clientelle is largely Spanish (yes, you guessed, yet another telling test :) and its waiters also (male, middle-aged, barely speak a word of english and rather grumpy and slow-moving, but no one hold it against them.. they added character to the place).

The tapas were of varied quality (although when they were good, they were very good) and the sangria was an absolute delight.

The only downside to the place if you're a non-smoker is, well you guessed it, the smoking.. but again, that's all part of the Mediterranean atmosphere, and not long to go til the smoking ban anyway right..

To sum it up, if you miss Espana, head straight to Galicia and you'll feel like you're there in no time..