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54 Frith Street
London W1D 4SL
+44 (0) 20 7813 8016
The second restaurant from Sam and Eddie Hart (owners of Fino in Charlotte Street), Barrafina is a Spanish Tapas bar with a counter seating 25 people and a few tables and chairs outside during the summer - the Tapas is of the highest quality and the atmosphere busy.
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May 10, 2008
Barrafina is a nice place. It was too busy to eat when I went so I just had some good red wine and a few starters... stuffed olives and ham (the famous jamòn serrano).
The bill said £31 for the 2 of us... I wouldn't call it cheap but you can't demand too much if you go in a pretty trendy place in the heart of Soho, can you?
December 12, 2007
I have to say that I was very shocked last night when attending Barrafina in Soho. My partner and I sat in the window area near the end wall next to two people furiously completing paperwork. It took several minutes to figure out that both of them were members of staff and several more minutes to figure out that they were retrospectively completing the fridge temperature monitoring charts.
I actually sat there and saw them complete the whole of Octobers chart before they cottoned on to the fact that they had an audiance. They weren't embarrassed (as they should be) but were brazen in the fact that they said to me, "We didn't have time!". What sort of establishment was I eating in?
Apart from failing to comply with every environmental health instruction on fridge temperature controls they are also committing an act of fraud! The temperature control charts are a legal requirement and anyone who puts there name to a falsely completed chart deserves the full force of the law.
I am not exagerating or wrong in what I saw. I am disgusted that an apparently 'good' establishment cannot comply with BASIC environmental health requirements and then blatently falsifies records in full public view.
I am astounded!
September 15, 2007
We finally made it to Barrrafina in Soho. Suprisingly for a Friday night it wasn't too busy. We got seated within 15 minutes and the queue never grew longer than 6 people. The food was fabulous. The portions are small (well it is tapas!) but the ingredients are of a very high quality. And great if you love seafood! We had langoustines, gambas, sardines and clams. Plus a lovely platter of spanish meats. Yummy yummy. Definitely worth the money and fun watching the buzz of the kitchen and fellow diners at the bar. It's been added to my favourites.
