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Summary
“Creative and interesting chef” Gerald Maguire is behind this idiosyncratic townhouse indie, whose website baldly announces that its “aim is to improve your life, not f*** it up” via surprise Spanish food; there’s “no menu, you just eat the six courses he puts in front of you and relax and enjoy with a glass of one of his recommended wines... bliss”.
Summary
“Gerald never disappoints. No menu, just great food chosen and cooked the way he likes it and always fresh and filling”. That’s the surprise-menu formula at Gerald Maguire’s small independent, whose menu is described on its website as follows: ‘Some soup, Some Fish, Some Meat, Some Rice, Bread, Coffee…Something Sweet!’
Summary
A visit to this small, “friendly” indie in a townhouse is “great fun”: there’s “no menu, just what the chef (Gerald Maguire) feels like cooking, and cook he does!” (right next to diners). The “amazing food” takes in “small tapas-like dishes” and – as described on their website – might include ‘Some Soup, Some Fish, Some Meat, Some Rice, Bread, Coffee and Something Sweet’.
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5b Old Square, Warwick, CV34 4RA
La Mesa Restaurant Diner Reviews

"This was our second visit the last being in 2017. The food was excellent 5 courses and at a very reasonable price. A go to for foodies visiting Warwick. Gerald had to cope with a visit from the local Food Hygiene folk but he took it in his stride."
5b Old Square, Warwick, CV34 4RA
Opening hours
Monday | CLOSED |
Tuesday | CLOSED |
Wednesday | 7 pm‑11 pm |
Thursday | 7 pm‑11 pm |
Friday | 7 pm‑11 pm |
Saturday | 7 pm‑11 pm |
Sunday | CLOSED |