San Miguel (Greenwich)

Simply awful, grotty tapas consisting of mostly tinned and frozen ingredients reheated in a microwave. Although most of the seafood was fresh it was terribly cooked, the octopus was particularly bad. The paella, supposedly the restaurants "signature dish", was equally disappointing. The base of the dish was made with easy cook long grain rice with a bag of sloppy over cooked frozen vegetables added and not even a trace of paprika or saffron to be found. Despite the fact that the dish was served in a paella pan it was clearly not cooked in it, all elements of the meal were cooked separately and arranged in the pan making the result utterly bland and tasteless. ...  Read the complete review

I am always wary of restaurants saying they have authentic cuisine when often it is as authentic as Dick van Dyke's cockney accent, so when a native of a country praises a restaurant you know it is rather good. San Miguel is not only a terrible Spanish lager but also a rather good tapas bar and Spanish restaurant specialising in fish and seafood on Greenwich Church Street right in the hear of maritime Greenwich very near the Cutty Sark DLR station and Greenwich Market. I had been to San Miguel three times previously (once with a seafood loving fmember of the reviewing community) and have always had a good meal there. I went recently with a ...  Read the complete review

As a resident of Greenwich, I have tried many restaurants in the area but undoubtedly the San Miguel Tapas Restaurant has the worst customer service in Greenwich. A friend and I booked well ahead of time a table in this restaurant only to find ourselves waiting half an hour for our table. We stood waiting for our table with no notice from the staff to how long we were going to wait. The lack of hospitality made the wait long and tedious but we were determined to find out what the food was going to be like. Eventually we noticed that people who did not book a table were being seated before us and promptly asked why this was so. The rude Head of Service said that it “could ...  Read the complete review

Ola Senorita! - Tues es muy guappa! My feeble and unsuccessful attempt to chat up the gorgeous waitress didn't dampen my first dining experience at San Miguel. Armed with an empty stomach and a craving for a fish dish, my friend and I embarked on a desperate journey from New Eltham to Greenwich on the back of another friend's previous nights' recommendation. Ola Senor! Dous cerveza por favor! A couple of light ales (bottles of Sol avec lime) later and we were being dished up a fabolous range of Spanish Tapas. Jalapeno's stuffed with cheese, Mussels in Garlic, Chorizo rice, Octopus accompanied with a shared meal of the sea food ...  Read the complete review

I quite agree with 'Fabulous Girl' about San Miguel in Greenwich. We go there very often and are planning another visit ASAP.I am particularly craving their food having just spent 10 days in Andalucia - supposedly the 'home' of tapas - where the authentic versions of the dishes served at SM were bland and insipid by comparison. Make sure that you ask for a pitcher of Sangria, then marvel at the way that it doesn't seem to run out! The restaurant has a bubbly atmosphere and plays interesting background music - eg: flamenco versions of rock classics/ballads - not as bad as it sounds, honest. Prices are reasonable and the portions are generous - we rarely finish everything, ...  Read the complete review