La Rioja London

Had my birthday at this venue recently. Perfect size for a big group and we had the place to ourselves. Great experience from beginning to end. Spent time agreeing a menu with me and offered thoughtful suggestions. Food was delicious, mixed starters including tender calamari, paella arrived steaming hot and tasty, huge desert of churros and chocolate sauce that people managed to fit. Service was wonderful, I felt really special.

Everything I ordered here was nice, and the service was good. If you want to eat a good meal it does get expensive. Some of the plates are good value, the tortilla for example is large well worth ordering. But other plates such as garlic mushrooms are a similar price and absolutely not worth it. I just can't get over how expensive it was for us to eat here vs other local restaurants.

I can't believe I didn't take any pictures of the amazing dishes we just had at La Rioja. We were two mums with our teenage kids and everyone thought the food was absolutely scrumptious. On this occasion we had most of the vegan and a few vegeterian dishes, and were blown away. So great to have such an amazing new restaurant on our doorstep. We are already used to the great service by this welcoming team. Hope they get lots of support both from our local area and afar.

I'm fortunate enough to live opposite and a regular customer of Dolce Patisserie (its a saviour when we have vegan friends visiting)! The bread is out of this world and can seriously rival Gails and E5 Bakehouse - and the cakes are gorgeous (the cinammon buns that are made with croissant pastry are a serious threat to my waistline...but I cant resist). I love that at special times of the year as well they share their native treats - and the ladies behind the counter as always the friendliest. Just one of the small local shops making this area what it is!

Lovely little place! I found them on Instagram and after seeing the daily cakes etc posted on there I had to check them out. I went on a Saturday morning, sat outside and had a lovely brunch (Eggs Benedict) and chatted to a couple of ladies outside whilst we all had coffee too. I then treated myself to an amazing cake that I took home for later! Service and food was great. I plan to go back tomorrow morning :)