La Marina - Menu

Blessed by a beautiful sunny day made the walk from Cardiff bay to Penarth. A touch of Spanish welcome at the fantastic la Marina greeted us. Authentic tapa, fresh seafood on display and cooked as you like. For us a la plancha. Wonderful meal and staff so attentive. All topped off with a romantic stroll back. Would recommend you take this walk and drop in.

Food was lovely, staff attentive. Major drawback is the web site says lunch is 14.95 per person, we did not see the lunch price on display when we queried the lunch we were told 'its OK ' and to order off the day menu. But when the bill came we were charged 26.95 per person and were told the lunch price is not available during December. At best, a breakdown in communication ...

Another excellent lunch for a party of 17 today at La Marina. The food was all pre-ordered but was not served until we had all arrived and had ordered our drinks, thus all the hot starters were piping hot when served to us. Everybody was extremely happy with their main courses, and those that had lamb said it was the best they had ever had. The set price for 2 courses was good value for money. The waiting staff were excellent, happy to help and very attentive. We will visit again.

Of all the places I have been to in the last few weeks, this was the one that seemed to be following all the rules. We sat with more than 2m between us and others. The rules were explained clearly. The staff wore masks which must be difficult to cope with over a long shift yet they were friendly and helpful. We were asked to wear masks whilst moving around the restaurant which seems very sensible. There were sanitiser units outside and in front of the loo door. And the fish we ordered was perfectly cooked and tasty. If you need a treat but want to comply with the rules to do it safely, this is the place.

Great venue, great location, great service front of house-waiting staff were very attentive and great with the family/kids. Food was good, but a few points to raise, butter for the bread was rock solid (albeit the waiting staff were great to resolve) chips were a bit anaemic and a few undercooked ones, definitely room for improvement. Also the sauce for the peppercorn sauce was basically a Demi-glace that was used for other dishes (I had the beef mediations with pepper sauce and my wife had the chicken) apart from a few minor points the food was good, boys enjoyed their steak and chicken. Overall great place, great front of house, just a few little pointers to improve the food, seems picky b...

The idea of picking your own produce is great. Beautiful quality goods on show with a full menu to match. Unfortunately the scallops looked gorgeous but once served they were cloggy and undercooked. Asparagus amazing King prawns looked beautiful but for £10 they were underwhelming. Had to ask for a finger bowl which wasn't overly an issue but was then offered just 1 wipe so had to ask again for more as we shared the starters. Mains were rack of Lamb. Looked amazing on display but as you can see very rare in the middle (ends over cooked) and reeked of Garlic. The fat not rendered but the flavour was great. Shame. Jue was yummy but luke warm. Potatoes were ok. The sea bass was quite simply the...

The food was ok, but unfortunately just ok. Steak was overcooked, jacket potato was undercooked, hake was bland. The salmon starter was really good and the sea bass tasty. We were expecting much more. The weirdest thing though was the service. I can only think that it is set out to be like a kind of fish market experience. So you have to queue to chose your fish no at table service (which I thought was kind of obligatory at the moment). As there were five of us and there were significant un spaced queues to order food, we sent two of the table up so as not to add to the Covid mix. As no paper menus we took photos of the menu boards, only to find loads of stuff on the board wasn't on offer. S...

My review is based on the La marina which is the first floor. On arrival we sat at the bar downstairs) where there were lots of flies. We were told to wait until 6.30pm as we had reservations at La marina which is upstairs. We had to ask someone if it was ready. We weren’t even taken up. The food- bland but the fish and meat is good quality. Our scallops and mussels arrived really cold so we asked to change them and they did. The seasonal veg was ok. The chips were nice. The service: very poor, the staff were hard to reach and get attention of. There was a nice waiter but the rest came across a little cold. Ironically the nice waiter was the youngest and it was his first job. You can’t have...

Not one to complain when trying to enjoy a birthday. Visiting Cardiff for my friends birthday and booked what appeared a nice restaurant. After a trip out of the city centre we arrived at La Marina. It’s was like arriving at something from the 1970’s. Old fashioned carpets, cheap blackboards kebab shop ice counters with different types of meat in contact with each other. No table service, yet premium prices. Cheap napkins. Ordered at 19:30 and our friends that arrived late ordered at 20:00 whislt our friends that arrived later received their food at 20:20, the earlier customers received their food at 20:40, 1.40mins later after reminding THREE of the waiters of our order (very unacceptable u...