El Meson Restaurant / Cafe National

El Meson

 
Description: SPANISH. 6 Northern Builldings, Northern Rd, Portsmouth. Tel: +44 (0)23 9237 6163.

Newest Review: ... dishes have their own menu section. You have to like garlic if you come to El Meson. It wafts across the roundabout to Cosham police station and masks the diesel smell from the BP garage. If your friends don't like second-hand garlic, forget them, treat yourself to the sea-sweet prawns drenched in garlic butter, and get new friends! Spanish wines were somewhat derided back in the ... more

 ... '80's but they have enjoyed a deserved revival. El Meson has the best of them on its list, and some of the prices might even frighten you. Leave room for dessert, and coffee with a glass of old Marsala rather than port. You will not make just ...more

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jennysue
Premium Review El Meson: Eat Spanish in North Portsmouth (348 words)
by - written on 05/09/00 (Very useful, 116 readings)
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El Meson I tried to remember who first recommended this restaurant and when I first went there. Goes back at least 15 years anyway. Authentic Spanish restaurants were then a rarity even in London, let alone in the provinces. After a long gap caused by a divorce followed by chronic lack of cash, I went back there for a meal with my new partner. The owner remembered me, even down to the fact I liked dry sherry as an aperitif and which red wine I liked. The quality of the food had not changed, and the menu only a little. The speciality of the house is the paella. Even though I quizzed the chef on his ingredients and method, and can concoct a ...  Read the complete review

 

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