Bar Gansa

Name: Bar Gansa
Address: Inverness Street Market, 2 Inverness Street, London, Camden, NW1 7HJ, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7267 8909
Rating: 5

Spanish Restaurant in Camden

Live flamenco performances! Every Sunday and Monday, Bar Gansa brings to the heart of Camden Town the very best from the electrifying world of flamenco.

Bar Gansa

5 / 10 from 1 review

Address
Inverness Street Market
2 Inverness Street
Camden
London
NW1 7HJ

Map

History

Telephone
020 7267 8909

Cuisine
Spanish

Region
Camden

Nearest Station
Camden Town
0.07 miles

Website
http://bargansa.co.uk

Opening Summary
Sun - Weds: 10:00 - 00:30
Thurs - Sat: 10:00 - 01:30

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Restaurant Facilities

Big Screen TV

Children Welcome

Credit Cards Accepted

Music Played

Live Music Played

Outdoor Area

Booking Advisable

For over 15 years, Bar Gansa, located in the very heart of Camden Town, offers visitors delicious food, impeccable service and vibrant yet cosy atmosphere. With an extensive variety of traditional tapas, a carefully selected list of Spanish wines and cocktails, and its signature sangria, Bar Gansa is the perfect place for you, whether you are planning a date, dinner with friends or a family gathering.

Every Sunday and Monday, Bar Gansa brings to the heart of Camden Town the very best from the electrifying world of flamenco.

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Bar Gansa

All In London Review

Bar Gansa’s tapas are not the real thing

It’s easy to please a crowd with tapas, so much so that the Spanish tradition of small plates for sharing has taken off in other cuisines too. But while they might be a straightforward choice for eating out, it’s also very easy to get them wrong if little effort is spent preparing them. This seems to be the case at Bar Gansa, a venue on Camden’s Inverness Street where the food is best suited to soaking up the booze after a stint at The Good Mixer a few doors down.

Battered calamari is chewy in parts and clearly from a packet, made slightly more palatable by a dollop of aioli. Breaded whitebait tastes of little other than having been deep fried, and a gloopy tomato sauce does little for it. Patatas bravas are the most disappointing, with a watery texture from defrosting there’s nothing ‘bravo’ about them.

But it’s not all bad. Garlicky mushrooms are nice and tender, and the tumbet, a layered dish of aubergine and tomato is coated in enough melted creamy cheese for it to be successful. The croquettes with ham are tasty too, but although we suspect they were once frozen there’s little to dislike about rich béchamel and smoky ham fingers coated in breadcrumbs. However this isn’t enough to rescue the meal – even the lunchtime deal where each dish is only £3 (almost half their usual price) doesn’t make this worthwhile, particularly given that Camden’s restaurant offering has really upped its game in recent months.

Reviewed by Leila
Published on May 7, 2014