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Compañero

Bar Tapas bar

😠 I'm Spanish and while me and my family were walking along the shopping center the owner of the restaurant stopped us and started talking about his "incredible" restaurant. We obviously went away but, as I am from Barcelona, I can assure you that the food didn't look familiar to me. Another thing tha... People often mention restaurant, service, fresh, owner, good, delicious,


Address

255 Finchley Rd, London NW3 6LU, United Kingdom

Contact

+44 7894 433754

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (48 reviews)

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Working Hours

Permanently closed.

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  • 5/5 Antonio F. 4 years ago on Google • 364 reviews
    Chef Nicholas has been cooking for some 30 years and decided to open a restaurant inside a mall which clashes with the chain restaurants around. The food is savoury and wholesome, made from trully fresh and mostly organic ingredients sourced locally. It takes a while to cook and it tastes like that home made food your mama from Spain used to make (ok, maybe you have to use your imagination a little here if your mom wasn't Spanish). You have to cheer for the little guy, trying to compete with all the major chains and their efficient methods, also the food is worth it.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Adina Bernstein V. 5 years ago on Google • 33 reviews
    The food is delicious and beautifully presented. The portions are extremely generous for tapas. We came in as we met Nick, the owner, and we will definitely be coming back. Much better than the rest!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Hansjan K. 4 years ago on Google • 28 reviews
    Excellent service. Delicious original food, and the wine is really good value. Do go and skip the chains and visit this restaurant, I truly recommend it!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rebecca C. 4 years ago on Google • 24 reviews
    Great food and service. A chef that clearly enjoys what he does and sharing it with others :)
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gunjan A. 4 years ago on Google • 13 reviews
    The food here is excellent! Fresh, delicious! The chef Nick puts his heart into cooking the food and Tim the restaurant manager has great sense of humour and impeccable service! Definitely recommend! And I found my fav wine!! 😊
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vanessa T. 4 years ago on Google • 5 reviews
    We have now been back 3 times after trying by chance the first time. The food is exceptional and prices are very reasonable. Great choice and cooked fresh each time. Nik is a friendly and great host. This is what eating out should always be. Great service, great food and leaving knowing you just had a special experience.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Daniel T. 4 years ago on Google • 56 reviews
    Really nice little place surrounded by generic chain food restaurants. A good variety of dishes although I am not quite sure it is "fusion" but this term is open to interpretation. Slightly bigger than tapas size portions so three mains between two plus bread and olives was filling. The Morrocan lamb sausages and olive dishes were delicious. Very reasonably priced and service was very attentive. The Portuguese custard dessert was also excellent. If your at the O2 go here instead of a chain.

  • 5/5 Anuj G. 5 years ago on Google • 45 reviews
    An incredible restaurant! Came to the O2 centre just for an impromptu quick meal. The owner Nik was incredibly friendly and easily convinced us to take a seat. He is super passionate about the food and as a vegetarian he really catered well for me with some great selection but I'm sure the fish and meat is equally as good! We started with the olives which were gorgeous and lemony and yummy. Then we had the halloumi, patata bravas and tomato salad which was so delicious I easily could have had two more portions. Finally we decided on the churros for dessert but Nik mentioned the pastelas de natas (custard tart) was particularly good and I love these so couldn't say no. Ive been to Portugal but I can hand on heart say this was one of the best I've ever eaten. All in all I can't fault this place at all. Great food, attentive service and really decent prices. I'm a big believer in supporting independent businesses especially if it's this good.. Definitely coming back! :)

  • 5/5 Karina K. 4 years ago on Google • 36 reviews
    Great food and service. High quality ingredients, beautiful presentation and high care with food allergies.

  • 4/5 Marco R. 4 years ago on Google • 32 reviews
    Independent restaurant . Very good selection of fusion dishes from Spain middle east and Asia. I really enjoyed the Gambas al ajillo..will definitely come back

  • 5/5 Katherine F. 4 years ago on Google • 26 reviews
    Gorgeous and tasty Spanish fusion food that is made fresh right in front of you. The owner is very friendly and talkative and is very accommodating for dietary requirements. We had the North African Sausage dish and the Teriyaki Salmon, which were both so fresh and delicious. This small independent restaurant is a hidden gem surrounded by big chain restaurants in the O2 Centre and I would really recommend it. When we visit this area again, we will definitely come back here to eat.

  • 5/5 Chloe Anne H. 4 years ago on Google • 20 reviews
    If you want exceptionally cooked food which has been personally made fresh for you, look no further. The sea bass is cooked to perfection and every ingredient is quality and presented so well. The chef and owner is the friendliest down to Earth guy you can find who caught us on our way to another food establishment, and honestly we were so glad. Can't say one bad thing! We will be back very soon :)

  • 5/5 Mantas M. 4 years ago on Google • 4 reviews
    That’s a great little independent place in the O2 centre. The quality of food is amazing! And the prices are very reasonable making it an excellent value for money. Btw, Nick (the owner and chef) is such a lovely guy! We will be back.

  • 5/5 Tina T. 4 years ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Had home delivery . Thought we give it try food was well presented, fresh ingredients, Hot , good service , amazing food . Would highly recommend. I even order meatball meal for my 6 year old he loved it . So very happy thank you .

  • 5/5 Simona H. 4 years ago on Google
    The food was very delicious and the staff was very friendly. We can highly recommend this restaurant. The food was cooked right in front of us so everything is fresh. The dessert was very yummy. We ordered the vegetarian noodles and the chicken with chickpeas.

  • 1/5 Alex J. 4 years ago on Google • 2 reviews
    I'm Spanish and while me and my family were walking along the shopping center the owner of the restaurant stopped us and started talking about his "incredible" restaurant. We obviously went away but, as I am from Barcelona, I can assure you that the food didn't look familiar to me. Another thing that I can assure you is that the owner won't stop talking until you enter the restaurant, even if he has to lie in you face. For example, he said that he spent 10 years in Spain and (what a surprise) he didn't know anything about Spanish. Anyways, my opinion is that some comments here are not real cause I can't barely imagine those situations happening.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 C H. 4 years ago on Google • 2 reviews
    Should have gone for pizza instead
    2 people found this review helpful 👍


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