the best restaurant in Reading (Santa Fe)

Member Name: mrsbbq

Product:	Santa Fe
Date:	03/11/00 (660 review reads)
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Advantages: carefully prepared food, quiet upstairs, lively downstairs

Disadvantages: very, VERY busy at weekends

Situated near to Debenhams, the Santa Fe is jewel amonst the over-priced, over-cooked and over-crowded bars and eateries that are cashing in on the shopping sensation that is the Oracle in Reading. Its even worth NOT booking so that you can sip one of the various Margaritas at the bar while you wait for your table to be called. There must be about 20 different varieties, certainly enough to keep you going back to try "just one more".

The menu is a delight, enough variety to satisfy any palate and the waitress was more than happy to guide my partner through the less spicy delicacies. We started with shrimp, the cajun spiced version that had just the right amount of bite, my partner chose steak for his main course (delicious, he exclaimed, cuts like butter) and I chose a spicy Hoki (fish) dish from the specials board.

We shared a dessert, a huge brownie served with home-made ice cream. The coffee maker was playing up, our cappucinos arrived well after we had finished pudding, so the waitress deducted them, and the pudding, from the bill by way of an apology.

The bill, therefore, was a modest £47 for the two of us, which included two drinks each. Excellent food, efficient service, comfortable surroundings.

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