Las Iguanas Reviews 

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

2.8

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Evaluating 62 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Customers frequently praise the friendly and attentive staff, highlighting their helpfulness and positive attitude. Many people also enjoy the food, describing it as delicious, fresh, tasty, and full of flavor. Superb cocktails are often a highlight for consumers. However, some customers also noted significant dissatisfaction with service. Reviewers frequently experienced slow service, being ignored, or encountering rude and unprofessional staff, leading to long waits. A few other people also felt that the food quality could be inconsistent, with issues like blandness, being overcooked or undercooked, or served cold. Some people were dissatisfied with the drinks, mentioning poor quality cocktails, limited selections, or missing ingredients.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Me and my partner came to las iguanas for a meal out as a treat. Firstly the service is terrible, ordered our drinks and 20 mins later a server hadn’t arrived to take our food order. Online... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Slow service you can expect in a busy restaurant, it was practically empty. Cold and burnt food and not cheap either. How can you burn a steak and still have it raw? Impressive. Bland food with... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Have visited Las Iguanas in Lakeside many times with friends. Was sad to see the menu had changed and they no longer offered the deal of 4 cocktails and two small sides. I know menus change but there... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

We visited this restaurant in Chinatown in Birmingham. When we arrived, we hadn't booked, so we had to eat in the bar area of the restaurant. All not a problem, we were told food would be 40 minutes... See more


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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great service by our server Arijon

What made our experience great was the 18 year old Arijon at the Canterbury branch, he was always smiling, great with a large group, very attentive. Great service for someone so young, great job and made our day, we didn’t have to wait too long between drinks at all, especially on a busy Saturday.
I had the chilli which had a nice kick but the portions are on the slightly small side especially the sides!

17 May 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Management Team AWFUL

Lovely food and lovely team (waiting team and bar team) all amazing and always smiling.
Manager however is a disgrace! Stop leaving for a cigarette every 10 minutes and be there for your team. I've read several reviews where they've claimed this happened a lot. Also saw a review from an ex-colleague at LI Southampton. He's absolutely right! Manager walks out and points the fingers whenever something goes wrong. Maybe if you're actually there you could actually play your role too...Las Iguanas Souhampton needs some new managers and ASAP.

3 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Will not be returning

Food is not like it used to be. Tasteless, small portions the tortillas were a pathetic size, very disappointing. Will not be returning which is very disappointing as this used to be a good place for Mexican food.

9 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A very disappointing experience – wouldn’t return

I visited Las Iguanas with a friend, along with our children – a total of 9 kids between us. What was meant to be a fun family meal quickly turned into one of the worst dining experiences I’ve had.

When I queried the menu regarding safe food options for my autistic daughter, I was met with criticism from the server for not disclosing her allergy upfront. As far as I’m aware, it is standard (and legally required) for staff to ask about allergies when taking orders – not blame customers for not declaring them immediately. I explained that my daughter is autistic and has specific safe foods she sticks to, but instead of showing understanding or empathy, he dismissed me and called a manager – not out of concern, but seemingly because he just didn’t want to deal with it.

Thankfully, the manager was more understanding and took the time to listen and help. However, the damage was already done – it felt as though my daughter’s needs were seen as an inconvenience, and the attitude of the server made me feel like we were being discriminated against.

To top it off, when it came time to pay the bill, we were met with further unpleasantness. An extremely rude woman, who appeared annoyed that we were using the “Kids Eat Free” offer, seemed to be in a strop about it – despite the fact we were only redeeming one free kids’ meal per adult, as per the offer terms. Her attitude was unprofessional and left a sour taste at the end of an already upsetting visit.

We came with good intentions, excited for a fun family meal – and left feeling judged, uncomfortable, and unwelcome. I won’t be returning.

21 April 2025
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Need to work on customer service

Went for the unlimited tapas for 90 minutes. Food was very slow coming out. Only 3 tables in the restaurant, yet staff very slow and forgot part of the orders, which we ended up chasing. Only some items on the already limited menu were available. Staff refuse to give us a paper bag to take away the leftover food on the table (that the child didnt eat), as they may have needed them for others... would not recommend for children.

20 April 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Visited to have cocktails for partners birthda

Visited to have cocktails for partners birthday ordered 4 cocktails thinking it was 241 ordered at 2:55 charged full price by barmaid knowing 241 started at 3, didn’t show any courtesy to say “in 5mins it’s 241”. Shame on you 😡

18 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I wanted to put less than star

I wanted to put less than star, I went to Las Iguanas in Leeds with a group of about 8-10 of us, at 18:30 relatively quick to take our order, the starter arrived in a reasonable time, not everyone had a starter, the main meals took about 2 hours, my food was cooked but I think the loaded chicken , I physically struggled to cut with the knife, I think it may have been easier to snap the pieces to eat them.Poor Food, very poor service

11 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Las Iguanas Torquay!

Made an order for food from Kick ass Burritos based in Las Iguanas Torquay. Had loaded chilli fries, sweet potato fries and a very very large Burrito. Honestly, it all tasted epic! The food was hot and delicious. Delivery was pretty quick as well. Will definitely use again.

10 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful Experience in Cambridge

We went to the one in Cambridge today. We waited over an hour for the food and then they failed to bring one of the children’s meals and one side. When ordering the meal at the bar I asked the barman to check he had 6 meals as it was very loud near the bar and I wanted to check he had got all meals. He said he had all 6. He told us there was a slight delay on food and said it would be approx 30 mins. He told us this after we had ordered and paid. We were not concerned by this amount of time.

When the food came out after an hour and 5 minutes. And after asking about it twice. One of the kids meals was missing and one side. We explained this to the waiter and that we had doubled checked our order when ordering.. The waiter was extremely rude to us blaming us. There was no apology just rudeness. We asked to speak to the manager and then had to wait a while before he came to us. He took the order for the missing items and promised to cook them quickly for us. We left without the kids having their desserts which were included in the price as we did not want to stay any longer. The food was lovely but took far too long to be served.

We should have been told the correct wait time BEFORE we ordered and not treated so rudely by the waiter. We were not the only people complaining. It was the Cambridge half marathon so they must have known they were going to be busy.

It was the utter rudeness we were met with that completely ruined this experience. The waiter was extremely rude to us and showed no customer skills.

9 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Cheshire Oaks branch - excellent service + lovely food

We went to the branch at a Cheshire Oaks, it was a Friday so most places were already packed and we thought we’d try Las Iguanas for a change.
The menu was varied and the lady and two young men who waited on us were lovely and friendly. The food came out really quickly and was delicious and very reasonably priced compared to other restaurants.
All in all a great and pleasant experience and we’ll be visiting again.

28 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lucian

Lucian - canterbury las iguanas provided amazing service that boy deserves a raise

15 February 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible

Leicester restaurant has really gone downhill - I wouldn’t visit here again for food. Lukewarm food and rat traps.

14 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor Customer Servixe, Limited and Expensive

Waiter rolled eyes when we asked to leave as menu was limited for our dietary requirements and when we asked to get a coke to go. In general the menu is limited and expensive. I advise others to review the menu before heading here.

8 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Cheshire Oaks - Nice food totally let down by…

Nice food totally let down by lacklustre and uninterested staff.

Had to ask twice for cutlery and was waiting for five minutes before we had some after the main course had arrived. The fella who brought the food was way too busy to get some cutlery so asked a girl who was dealing with other customers and then walked away.

The food was nice but after the mains we left as had no interest in staying for more.

8 February 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor service

My husband and I weren't even in the restaurant in Liverpool1 for more than 5 minutes before wanting to leave. When I asked for a table the guy on the waiting desk looked use up and down before asking if I had booked, which fair enough I hadn't.
The waitress then took me to a table squashed between 2 other couples (I literally could have eaten off their plates we were so close) whilst telling me I had an hour to eat as the table was booked at 2pm.
The restaurant was 2 thirds empty so why they wanted to squash us in I don't know.
We decided to leave as we were made to feel as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit, needless to say we won't be back.

8 February 2025
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