Reigate and Banstead
Venture And Tapas

Venture And Tapas

11 Lesbourne Road, Reigate And Banstead, United Kingdom, RH2 7JP, Reigate and Banstead

Beer • Tapas • Spanish • Fast Food


"Myself and my boyfriend have eaten Tapas here a number of times and absolutely loved it, so much so we both raved about it to other people and I was suggesting it for a work night out. Unfortunately our last visit did not live up to the previous high standard and quality of tapas food we had come to expect... The Octopus was an absolute favourite of ours and even at £12 a plate we still thought it was well worth it. I can 't stress how wrong we were this last visit! The plate full of Octopus was actually 6 small slices served on top of greasy sliced potato. Not only had the portion size reduced but the actual taste of the dish was nowhere near the standards previously. Unfortunately the other 5 dishes, including meatballs, ribs, asparagus and chicken we 'd ordered all proved to dissappoint us even further. The portions were small, the theme of greasy potatoes ran through the whole meal and the previously smokey and delicious sauces and seasoning were now extremely bland and lacking. The only dish we enjoyed was the side salad that we 'd asked for despite it not being on the menu. The side salad was a bowl full and was really needed and appreciated to cut through the grease of the other dishes! We cancelled the last dish we were still waiting for and gave our feedback to the waitress who proceeded to explain the feedback was appreciated and would we take the time to fill in a feedback form. We gladly agreed as thought it was valuable feedback as we 'd really loved the food so much before the obvious change in chef that we hoped it might be taken on board and something done to improve the standards again. I left my phone number and email address hoping we would hear something back.... I 've waited 2 weeks before leaving this review... ..still no contact from The Venture to apologise or even acknowledged our comments. So so dissappointed this used to be one of our favourites but unlikely to return now. I 've made sure everyone I recommended it to previous has been told the food quality and standard has dropped and I certainly don 't feel it is value for money anymore with the Octopus being massively overpriced for what you actually get served."