Maya x Electric Diner

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   LAURA

   London

   11 reviews

   3.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Over priced and a discretionary 14.5 per cent service charge added to the bill !!!!! 4 tacos, guacamole, 3 drinks and 1 desert £100 wow
   

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   Tom

   London

   23 reviews

   3.0

   23 reviews

   Dined on 20 December 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Wanted Maya to be great after it replaced the Electric Diner but it fell short. Good Paloma but far too much salt in the chicken taco and too much chilli in everything else. Bring back the cheeseburgers!!
   

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3. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   London

   4 reviews

   4.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 15 December 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Churros were excellent. Food was just okay.
   

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   Willemijn

   London

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 14 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great atmosphere, very friendly staff, delicious food!
   

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   maud

   VIP

   Washington DC

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 12 December 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   I prefered the atmosphere and menu of the old electric. I dont think mexican food goes with the diner experience and the electric was such an icon in the neighbourhood. People go there for the burgers and the sunday brunch. Mexican food just doesnt do it for me there. The food was good, but just what I wanted at the Electric. Shame they changed it.
   

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   Samantha

   London

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 12 December 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Delicious food - relaxed atmosphere. Lovely staff.
   

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   Polat

   London

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 7 December 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   They should have not changed the diner menu. It was a classic! And unfortunately the food was not good at all, except the guacamole… Sorry to say!
   

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   jonni

   VIP

   London

   11 reviews

   5.0

   11 reviews

   Dined on 1 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Very cool and authentic Mexican diner vibes. Reminded me of a NYC style restaurant…. All the food was incredible and tasty and so fresh! The churros were to die for. And the cod tacos simply amazing! The ceviche was well tasty! Will defo be back!
   

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   John

   VIP

   London

   5 reviews

   1.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on 22 November 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 1

   They redecorated and it looks awful. Soho house basically killed the electric diner …
   

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    Ben

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on 22 November 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 1

    I'm not averse to change, so long as it's positive. Maya was dead out, vibeless, empty, overpriced and just bad all round (apart from the service, which was bright and jolly) - a pale appropriation of Mexican cooking if ever there was one (I lived there once), where the person in charge of music had clearly just put "hispanic" in the search bar judging by the Brazilian Forró music that inexplicably came on halfway through our meal. We were a table of 4, 2 aduts, 2 kids, and we went through a large chunk of the menu. To be fair, the guacamole and the Masa fried chicken from the smalls plate were good, but the tacos were not in the slightest bit authentic, not a hint of maiz (try going to Tacos al Pastor for genuine Mexican flavour), the chicken was a sloppy mess that made no mention of its meal ruiningly strong chilli. On the main, the pork shoulder was like chewing gristle and still haunts me, the Diablo chicken was chewy too, underseasoned and marginally underdone, and the sirloin asado was swimming in a pool of liquid and also chewy. Chewy = wrong. The choice of sides is limited and the menu just doesn't really add up. We skipped pudding and got a donut round the corner to be safe, and judging by the bill, wise. It was whopping - over £260. Admittedly we ate a lot, but so did we the next night at Cecconi's, for 2 this time but with cocktails and a bottle of Ruinart Blanc de Blanc on top, but it wasn't much more. The thing is we went away happy. My girlfriend isn't one to complain and I didn't want to in front of her kids, but if it was a different scene I would've, although I probably would've walked out way before to find a diner that did burgers, mac and cheese, fries, milkshakes, played good music and had a vibe, like the Electric Diner used to. Cut your losses or do it better.
    

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