Camino King's Cross

Well we started in Pepito, which was super. If only the Camino could live up to its little sister. We sat down, and immediately the waiter was onto us: what do you want, what doyouwant? We asked him to give us a couple of minutes to look at the menu, and 30 secs later he's back what doyouwant, etcetera. When no sign of food 20 mins later, try to raise a waiters attention is a bit like a trying to flag down a train. Turns out we have been forgotten. Food arrives 10 mins later - wrong order. When we finally get the right food, it's turns out to be very average indeed. Enormous bill for 4 plates of tapas, and get try the old 12.5% service trick, and when we ask for this to be removed, they get all rude and snotty. The very definition of Tapas is fast food, so they failed that test, a well as the charm test. Shouldn't have left Pepito. Won't go back.

Disgraceful. Food is supposed to be free of glass. My girlfriend ordered tapas and it had glass in it. She cut her tongue and spat out blood. Totally unacceptable.

I'd been to El Camino in Canary Wharf and enjoyed the food, so was surprised to read negative comments on this site. Since the location was perfect for a dinner before going to Scala for a gig, we opted for Camino despite of the reviews. I'm glad we did. Service was friendly but professional, and our waitress was very helpful with drinks recommendations. Food was tasty and arrived relatively quickly, which wasn't for granted since the restaurant was full. Really nice atmosphere with Spanish music in the background, all in all a very enjoyable experience. We'll definitely be dining at Camino again.

disappointing food quality

Wanted a quick lunch, popped ibto Camino. Good atmosphere, Ok food but so overpriced. Tiny side salad and equally small bowl of bean stew- bill almost £12.

What an awful restaurant! My friends and I decided to venture there as one of us if a vegan and from the online menu their vegan options were clearly marked. When we got to the restaurant we sat down for over 10 minutes before anybody informed us that their we no waiters that day and we had to order at the bar. Not a good start! A couple of the options on the menu were marked as vegan and were quite obviously not vegan. When i spoke to the gentleman behind the bar he had no idea what a vegan was and was barely able to understand what i was saying. We resulted to the pointing at menu ordering system. Our food took a long while to arrive and when it did half of our order was wrong, vegan items that we had ordered came covered in butter and one dish even an egg! As we began to tuck into our meal my friend found a piece of metal in one of his dishes. The incorrect food was taken back and return after another lengthy period. We were given a free round of drinks and a small amount of attitude for inconveniencing them......I will never return. AWFUL!

Places like Camino give Spanish food a bad name. A real peatty such a lobely place serving that awfull food. This place is an insult to Spanish food.

I am not quite sure if we went to the same place that the previous reviewers did. After reading those I was a bit apprehensive. Anyway it's Friday night and the place is bursting at the seams. We arrived with two big suitcases and the girl at the desk was charming and spend the next five minutes creating space in the closet to accommodate our stuff and all this with a smile. The waiter was brilliant and though clearly under a lot of pressure managed to be engaging throughout. Food was good, great patatas bravas, good rape, and the mixed grill was lovely and a good size portion. Mixed desserts were well presented with a special mention to almond tart, the pastel de chocolate and some free sherry on the side. It's not quite Barrafina quality but then again you actually can reserve here. Had a chat with the waiter about the reviews and he seemed genuinely surprised as he thought that the place was great to work and he seemed to enjoy being there. I'd definitely go back if I am in the area and given how busy the place was a lot of people seem to think so, too.

We went to Camino's for lunch last Monday, on our way out to the Olympic Park. I wish I'd read the comments on this site before doing so as I really wish we hadn't bothered. When we arrived we were told that the restaurant area was closed but that we could still order from the full menu at the bar. We were then vaguely directed towards a dirty table, which we had to clean ourselves (I know, we should've left at this point). I went to order food and a bottle of wine from the bar - the staff were barely interested and didn't know their own wine list so kept on insisting that the white wine they were trying to give me was the red wine I'd ordered. We had the vegetarian tapas platter and the cheese. The former contained a Spanish Omelette with a runny centre, a small portion of patas bravas, an artichoke bizarrely stuffed with humous and a handful of burnt padron peppers. The cheeses tasted of almost nothing, and were served with lots of quince paste and stale walnuts. Other people walked out, or expressed surprise at how bad the service was. I can only assume that things have taken a nose-dive since the Time Out review was published. All in all a pretty grim experience - my advice would be to avoid this place at all costs.

Myself and my partner went to Camino yesterday afternoon to meet some friends of his that he had not seen for a very long time. We received a phone call from the friends that had already arrived and told to becareful of an apparently rude waitress on the front entrance. We arrived to be greeted by a grumpy, greasy looking lady who told us that it was very inconvenient for us to just turn up without calling first and that the table had originally been booked for 4 people. I was shocked at her manner and appauling customer service skills. When I explained to her that I thought her approach to us had been uneccessary she turned to me and said: 'I don't think you are very nice'. Just shocking. We arrived to meet our friends to find that she had behaved in the same way towards them. On leaving the restaurant one of the party took her name and complained about her again. What followed was a barage of pointless statements about how we should have booked and organise ourselves!! To top it all, the restaurant was less then 20% full!!! Needless to say, we won't be going back.