La Tasca
- Food served: Sun 12.30–10.30pm; Mon noon–10.30pm; Tue–Thu noon–11pm; Fri/Sat noon–11.30pm
- Pre-theatre times: Sun–Wed 5–9pm
- Bar open: Mon–Sat noon–midnight; Sun 12.30–11pm
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 19
- Private dining: Up to 33 covers
- Also offers: Vegetarian options (at least ¼ main courses), Gluten-free options, Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Wheelchair access
- Music on stereo: Latin pop
- Opening times: Mon–Sat noon–midnight; Sun 12.30–11pm
- Capacity: 120
- Largest group: 120
- Open since: 1999
- House wine: £12.95 per bottle
- BYOB:
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La Tasca must be doing something right. The flamenco guitars being piped through the PA are competing with boisterous chatter and the relentless tattoo of cutlery on plates. The place is packed. A cursory glance at the menu reveals what may be attracting such footfall. Served from 5–9pm, Sunday to Wednesday, you can eat as much tapas as humanly possible for £10. Yes, the menu is pared down, but it is hard for many to resist such a cheap feed. There is a similarly minimalist lunch menu, running the same dishes as the aforementioned cazuela bonanza, where two people can share five tapas for a tenner. With 70 restaurants in the UK, La Tasca provides a dining experience that for many will be their first taste of Spanish tapas. Understandably, there is a degree of safety first in a menu studded with pass-mark paellas, battered seafood and aioli. The patatas bravas and grilled aubergines are a bit nondescript. But the Moorish lamb casserole would draw an olé from the crowd, the pork spare ribs fall off the bone into a sweet, bordering on candied sauce, while the house salad, scattered with pine nuts, is a pleasing heap of verdure.
- High point: Friendly service, good menu deals.
- Low point: Menu lacks ambition, homogenous dining experience.
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