La Sangria - Table reservation

Eat here every 3 or so times a year on a Friday Evening, run by the Cerdan family their cous cous night, my mother in law lives nearby and we always take her to this family run restaurant each time. It has never let us down in 18 years. It has grown as our children have grown, they ask if we went and is it the same as we say yes, it has grown too extended because of its popularity.They have managed to keep a pretty garden at the back, there is no parking, everyone parks in the streets around it. It closes on a sunday.It takes me back to my youth when I used to holiday in Spain. They don't speak Spanish though. Some speak a bit of English. The waiting staff are a variety of French colonial if you pardon the expression nationalities. All smiling and helpful. The bar man sings along to the music which is either Spanish or European, the chef sings too we can see him in the kitchen, the head waiter's wife seems ageless and she greets you on arrival. The interior is old spain, drinking fountains, matadors, china plates, striped curtains and fans. The seating is a little hard but they will swap things around to accommodate you, at last it is non smoking. Many of the clientele go for the enormous fish platters kept hot with a candle under what I can only describe as a lampshade frame, We always go for the couscous as it is excellent value, sadly we can never finish it all, , Couscous Oranis comprises of lamb brochettes or kebabs, bullets or spicy meatballs, merguez = spicy sausages skewered, vegetable broth in a casserole, harissa sauce and the couscous. They start you off with very crunchy crust white bread and aioli, garlic butter which I avoid. My partner loves it though. Mum in law usually opts for the chicken brochette as she has a smaller appetite.Their drinks measures are Spanish not French or English so you get a double measure. They also serve the traditional sangria.We finish off with a sorbet usually, I like the Colonel, Lime sorbet laced with vodka, my partner usually plumps for coconut sorbet with malibu, I tried a manzanilla last time, thinking of the Opera Carmen, ad the do superb expressos which is a normal coffee to them. Hasta Luego!

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a 12-year-old absence but what a happiness to come back! the decor has changed without being common to all those restaurants that, under the pretext of renovation, lose their authenticity there is a bric to brac in the sangria that makes you feel good! The staff is kind and attentive. The dishes are hearty and very good, simple but effective.Bravo again I love!

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very friendly and very good paella staff. only small negative parking point on the outskirts of the restaurant. I still strongly recommend.

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Everything is perfect in this restaurant, reception, setting, music, dishes, in short it is without fault for a very good time

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Nice staff, hearty and very good dishes. Ambiance that gives us a little trip to Spain.

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