Opera Tavern

Booked this place for a works Christmas party. The food was sensational and the atmosphere was busy but not loud. Only thing I would recommend was increasing the bar to serve sangria or margarita as we were pretty disappointed we could complete our spanish styled dinner

I went for dinner here on my birthday. The staff were very pushy about booking/ waiting for a table (we were 10 mins late and they gave our table away without even calling us!) but the food was delicious and once we were seated the service was lovely. I'd recommend their tomato, mozzarella and peach salad or their scallops. Wine was exceptional too. This is a sexy, sophis place to dine - if you can get past the sulky staff on the door...

We chose to go here based on the reviews on this site. We did not book and were a family party of four. We were seated at the bar by the tight lipped, terse woman at the door after she spent some time studying her reservations sheet and informed us that all tables were booked. She still did not get it right as we had our entire meal and left whilst tables lay empty behind us. The male bar staff were ok rather genial but it was rather chaotic. As for the food, the portions are tiny. Am not sure why the chef felt he could improve on patatas braves by turning them into chips. The tortilla is good. The octtupus was ok as was the crab salad. The lamb was succulent but only one cutlet per protion.More fresh items woud be good as there is a heavy emphasis on fried or grilled items. Don't have the bread with olive oil as it is chargrilled which means burnt stripes. As we were paying another terse unsmling female member of staff cleared our plates and laid fresh ones for the next clients before we had got up! There is a charity charge of £1 added to the bill.As a bar it works for drinks but not for tapas. It is too uptight.

Loved this place. Ok, so it's not the cheapest tapas in the world but the food was fanastic especially the pork pressa and the service just the right level of attentiveness. Lovely atmosphere. Next time I'd like to try the downstairs bar for a glass or two and some charcuterie. Would definitely recommend!

Very impressive. On a recent trip to London I tried a few of the current hot restaurants and this was by far my favourite. The mini iberico pork and foie gras burgers are simply outstanding, one of the best things I have ever eaten. Lamb cutlets also excellent the pork pressa, the jamon, the classic tortilla, the list goes on. Also great rioja. I need to visit again very soon. Truly excellent.

Celebrated a very special birthday lunch with family & friends. Had set menu for 8 covs in upstairs restaurant. Food,wine,welcome,service,pricing,staff product knowlewdge fautless. Cannot recommend Opera Tavern enough. Look forward to our next visit.

Simply excellent in every department, on a par with Barrafina and simply one of the best tapas restaurants in London

I had a brilliant time at Opera Tavern! I had the pleasure to meet a few days ago two members of staff and I was really looking for to having a meal there. As appetizers, I had a glass of Proseco, the Crispy Iberico Pigs Ears, the Padron Peppers, the Venitian Style Sardines. To follow, I had the Octopus and Chorizo with Cucumber and Pomegranate, the Mini Iberico Pork and Foie Gras Burger and the Grilled Iberico Pressa with Capers. I even had a second Mini Burger as it was so delicious! To go with that I had a glass of Selva Capuzza, from the Lake Garda in Italy. Perfect. I had a warm welcome and I have been very well looked after by the owner and all the members of staff. It is good to know that there is a wonderful place in the middle of Covent Garden area where you can have really tasty Spanish and Italian food in a pleasant atmosphere! I will be back soon with friends! Thank you guys! Francois F

Went to this restaurant last night... Would I go back.. No.. There were 4 of us and the tapas meals we ordered would not feed 2 or even 1. Don't buy the champagne, it's a very cheap bottle, for a very expensive price, it was bought for a surprise for my sister and bro in law wedding anniversary... Also check your bill, you could get charged for items you did not receive ... very disappointing

My friends and I met here for lunch (I chose the restaurant based on the reviews on TimeOut.). We were met by friendly staff and shown to our table. It's not particulary roomy upstairs and we were very cramped next to each table. In fact the tables were so close I had to breath in and squeeze through a small gap virtually sitting on their plates and I'm not a big lady!! Once sat at our table we idly chose from the Tapas menu being advised that 2-3 dishes per person was usually ample. We chose pigs ears, cheese, salad, fried potatoes, chicken and chorizo, duck and salmon. Tapas it was not. We literallly got 2 small fork fulls (and only 1 mouthful of duck) each!!! What we had ordered would have been fantastic for 1 person, maybe stretch to 2 people if neither of you were that hungry but sharing dishes, I think not. They were delicious but we went elsewhere for pudding, we needed filling up! I would go back again but only on the understanding that I didn't have to share a thing and we a purse full of money. It wasn't a cheap place.