We booked a table for 7pm as we know it can get busy here, especially on a weekend. When we arrived 5 minutes before the hour, our table wasn't ready, understandable as we were early. This wasn’t a huge issue as we got a drink and sat in the bar area, however, we had still not been seated by 7:30. We asked a member of staff how much longer we would be waiting, and conveniently the table was ready straight after asking, with no apology for the delay. There was a live singer which was a nice addition to our experience, however, we were unfortunately seated in the small side room (with around 5 tables) near the entrance, away from the main restaurant and the better atmosphere. We could hear the singer, but would have preferred to be in the main restaurant. We love that this place offers both spanish and cuban tapas as well as other main dish options. To eat, we opted for some tapas dishes so that we could share them. We ordered; the hummus, chorizo lollipops, roja vieja, seabass, verdura jambalaya, belly pork and patatas bravas. The portions were of a good size and nicely presented. Most of the food was really tasty as well, although we did feel that the batter covering the chorizo lollipops was very soggy and quite bland. The hummus definitely needed another slice of bread for the amount of hummus. The roja vieja tasted absolutely amazing, the beef was cooked to perfection with so much flavour, however, this was only served with one small taco, which meant as we were sharing (which is what most people do with tapas) we had to half the taco meaning there was loads of meat for only half a taco. All of the other dishes were up to a great standard. This visit wasn't our first to Qubana and it won't be our last, but we hope that next time we will be in the main restaurant.

Friendly happy service, lovely surroundings, great use of historic building. Open kitchen. Good variety of dishes on tapas menu. Curried goat was lovely, very tender and tastey. Why not a 5 across the board? 1 - Tried at 8.15 to book table by phone to be told none available and last orders 9pm, found plenty available online up to 10pm, and booked for 8.45. Were plenty of tables on arrival and walk-ins were seated after 9.30. Took quite a while for someone to greet on arrival, despite two staff noticing quickly they didn't tell front of house. 2 - music just too loud. Hard to order, one item wrong as a result but rectified quickly and taken off bill. Had work to have a conversation and everyone shouting as a result making it even louder. 3 - salmon dish quite small (cold item) Good overall, with a few tweaks could be very good. Personal preference; crisp the Bravas, make mussel sauce less fishy, swap wrap for bread. Check out the dining room at left of bar, through the old safe door. Great private dining area!