La Plancha Spanish Tapas & Cocktail Bar

Carlos (29 August 2007)

I'm an old Moseley-ite so I was pleasantly surprised when we saw La Plancha on a visit to Brum. Unfortunately, it was a huge disappointment. It is a perfectly good bar but if you are going to sell yourself as a restaurant then it is essential to get the food right and La Plancha doesn't. The hot dishes (meatballs and chicken in red wine) tasted as if they'd come from a can. The peppers in vinegar certainly had come from a jar which is OK but not at £5 a throw. On the upside the feta salad and tortilla were OK but again overpriced for the size/quality. As lovers of Spanish tapas we were extremely disappointed. It irks me to think that we would have had better food and at a lower price at somewhere like the La Tasca chain (which we are no great fans of either).

Matt Beard (31 March 2007)

Have just visited La Plancha in Moseley for dinner and I have to say it was a major disappointment. The service was slow and in one particular case downright rude, food very, very average, lukewarm and the order was wrong. We had scallops (overcooked), meatballs and patatas bravas (both cold), 'Spanish stew' (inedible) and garlic mushrooms (ok). We also had cold garlic bread and a salad (they would have done well to mess that up). Dessert was profiteroles that were clearly out of a packet (evidence in the fridge actually in the restaurant!) and I had a cold Irish coffee. The whole meal was also accompanied by loud building work going on above the restaurant. The bill, when it did arrive after asking for it twice, was wrong and when queried the waitress was incredibly rude. Do not visit this place would be my advice.

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