This recently refurbished part of the La Tasca chain is in Xscape Milton Keynes near the SNO!zone, a large car park is nearby: but you need to pay to park during the day. The menu and decor are the same as the rest of the chain, Spanish in style and reasonably authentic.
In case you haven't eaten there, you can just order a main meal each, but the most fun way is to order a series of 3 or 4 Tapas dishes, plus a bread or potato dish each, and then everyone just dives in.
We started with some olives and bread, then ordered a selection including prawns in a tempura style batter, chicken skewers, pork ribs, chorizo sautéed in red wine, chicken croquettes and Spanish omelette. Normally most of the tapas are around £4-5 each, but we took advantage of a recession-busting 50% off deal which made it great value.
Normally the atmosphere is very good here, the place gets quite busy and you can have to queue to get in, but we called early one mid-week evening so it was quiet.
The service was a little slow (considering the place was empty), the tempura prawns were a little greasy, and the mayonnaise wasn't very garlicky: but overall it was very good and we would definitely go again - recommended. read more