El Toro Bawtry

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   Julie

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   Overall we were disappointed with our dining experience at El Toro. We were seated upstairs where the atmosphere was a little flat with lights that were too bright. Service was variable, one waitress was attentive but the other was inexperienced and would benefit from some customer service training - not smiling, asked to remove plates when we hadn’t finished, then left the plates for a good 20 mins after we had finished. When serving dishes to customers it’s better to say the name of the dish from the menu rather than ‘chorizo and chips’ for picadillo or ‘chips and garlic sauce’ for patatas aioli (neither dish has any chips).. We ordered 5 tapas between 2 of us. The food was average and not as authentic as hoped, with small servings, The estofado was tender but a mix of Spanish and Greek flavours with cinnamon and chickpeas (not authentic Spanish), and not a lot of meat. The alioli potatoes didn’t have homemade sauce and the calamari was chewy with coating that looked like it was cooked before, or not at the right temperature. We really wanted to enjoy this but at £9 or £10 per tapas it really wasn’t good value.
   

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   Stephanie

   Yorkshire

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on February 16, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Went on Sunday. Amazing food great service Highly recommend
   

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   Kristopher

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had a table for 2 saturday 15th feb, upstairs is best, the food is authentic and good, we are actually going back this Saturday 😀
   

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   Jeff

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 14, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   We went for valentine date night and the service and food was first class
   

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   Tom

   London

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 14, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   It’s ok, quality isn’t great - lots of frozen-fryer stuff (beige cheese squares etc) and very low quality bread that made me sad.. Music and lighting pretty weird for a tapas restaurant. Not a Spaniard in sight. Won’t be returning. Plus side is it’s in a nice location…
   

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   ian

   Oxford

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on February 14, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Great place . Just go there . The food is delicious, recommend the chicken skewers. Amazing flavour good service .
   

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   Jennifer

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 1, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely food and great service! We will definitely be coming back.
   

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   Kerry

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 7, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Delicious food and great service will definitely be going back.
   

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   Erika

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 1, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Really delicious food and kind helpful staff. Very nice atmosphere. Only the prices high for me.
   

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    Samantha

    Yorkshire

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 31, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3

    Lovely friendly staff. Would be nice to see some new dishes .
    

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