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  • 103 Newington Butts, SE1 6SF
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El Paisita is a Latin American restaurant on Newington Butts at Elephant and Castle. It is underneath one of the blocks on the southernmost roundabout, near Castle House.

It is small with wooden tables and seats. There was a television in the background playing Latin American music. There were also people sitting outside, and there were stairs going up which may have been extra seating.

secretlondon went in at 6pm on a Friday to see what they had. The menu was half only Spanish, and half in Spanish with English underneath which meant that it was hard to identify what things were. She was only the only non Spanish speaker in the building. Some tables had cards on advertising roast chicken and breakfasts - these were only in Spanish!

secretlondon's first choice they didn't have, nor did they apparently have any tea. She then chose the special meal (available from Monday to Friday) which was soup and a choice of three main courses for £5. The soup was made from kidney beans but had an unidentified cut of meat (offal?) in it. The main course was a choice of chopped liver, pork belly or roast chicken. She chose the fried pork belly which came with plantain, rice, salad and a potato. (photo)

It was good value and filling. The atmosphere made secretlondon think this was authentic Latin American food for the local Latin American community.

secretlondon would certainly come back but maybe with some research and a dictionary. This may not be good for vegetarians though.

They may do takeouts and delivery - the cards had "servicio a domicilio local" on.

Last visited by secretlondon, August 2008.

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