The executive summary: nasty tourist trap to avoid like the plagueI have lived in London my whole life and I go out to eat regularly; Salvador and Amanda is probably the worst dining experience I have had. We were seated at 8.15pm and by 10pm we still hadn't been brought our food. We were forced to go with the set menu because we were a group of over ten, and that was the classic group rip-off that tapas dives do: not bringing anything like enough food for what we were paying. We had about four patatas bravas each, one piece of chorizo, two mini bell peppers, etc.

All for an extortionate £18.50/head! We complained to the manager, who, rather than apologise for the fact that two hours into the meal everyone was angry and hungry, started disputing how long we had actually been waiting. It was Fawlty Towers without the humour. He then lied and said that he'd bring some calamares on the house; which then appeared on our bill! To top off this awful experience, naff techno is blaring out over the speakers to create the "fiesta" atmosphere. Utterly, utterly horrendous.

Often go here after work for sangria and tapas and although they do make you vacate your table at a certain time i have always been told this when making my booking. They do a happy hour Mon - Fri too which makes the Sangria £9.00 a jug! I think this is a great place to go in Leicester Square, its not too touristy and its got a really great atmosphere.

Booked a table for my birthday bash for 7.30 which I assumed was for the whole evening, was told when I arrived that I had to vacate the table by 9.00! Don't let them offer to pre-order for you "to make it less stressful" as the amount of food they ordered per person was ridiculous - far too much and obviously more to pay. We actually had to leave two large paellas untouched!

Check out the Rose Sangria - £20.00 a jug so roughly £5 a glass! Total rip off! Staff are rude and look out for the waiter who our entire table overheard saying "get rid of them" to another waiter ready for the next sitting. The "authentic" tapas taste as though they are deep fried and microwaved - the tapas at La Tasca are even better than here! Would never go there again.

Hi, can anyone confirm what type of music is played on a Saturday night? Thanks.

I recently went to Salvador and Amanda for my birthday with a group of friends. We had a brilliant night. The food was delicious and the jugs of cocktails really hit the spot! The staff couldn't have been friendlier. The great music made us all want to dance. All in all a really fun night with a great party atmosphere. I would highly recommend it

I went to Salvador for my birthday meal with a large group of friends.
We had a great time. Loved the sangria and food was delicious. I reccomend the chicken drumsticks yum yum!!
The bar staff were lovely and cute :-) When the music changed to more dance floor style we were all up dancing off our meal - smiles all around.
If you like your tapas GO THERE

The atmosphere and friendly staff make this bar an absolute joy to visit. I recently visited on a girls night out and found the staff at the bar extremely accomodating. The food was excellent too a taste of Spain right in the heart of London.

Salvador and Armada is the worst bar I have ever been to. I went last night for a friends 30th and had never been before. Before we even got in the bouncer tried to charge us and had no idea that my friend had arranged free entry.



Once in, the bar staff, some of whom could hardly speak English, turned off the draught beer at 10pm, forcing you to buy more expensive bottles. Then as if to completely disrespect their clientele, I found that when ordering drinks with a card with a total less than £10, the staff simply rounded my bill to £10 without telling me.



Bearing in mind it costs no more to process a transaction under £10, this behaviour is simply arrogant and rude. Oh and the food at Salvador and Armada was an hour and half late - and pretty bland. Finally the actual atmosphere was pretty grim as the clientele seemed to be a mix of wide eyed tourists and fresh faced teenagers - interspersed with some regulars who seem to be under the false impression that this was a trendy hangout simply because of its central London location. I will never go back.