La Barra Colombian Restaurant & Cafe
Colombian restaurant · Walworth ·
Dominican fried chicken and Colombian cuisine served
Dominican fried chicken and Colombian cuisine served
"An order of Dominican fried chicken at La Barra is a glorious celebration of the fact that you will be doing absolutely nothing for the foreseeable. The Elephant and Castle restaurant underplays its humbly named five-piece plate of chicken considering it also comes with plantain and a pile of chicharrónes, which makes it look like it could feed you through the apocalypse. The chicken, coated in a thick vortex of swirling deep-fried crunch, is superb. Just don’t forget to drizzle it with lemon, get some homemade chilli sauce on the side, and cancel all plans." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, daisy meager
"Under the arches off Walworth Road you’ll find La Barra, a basement Colombian spot that’s best known for a plate of fried chicken that has Colonel Sanders looking for the nearest job centre. The pica pollo is made up of crunching pieces of chicken (drumsticks, thighs, wings—the lot) that only need a drizzle of lemon and a dip of homemade chilli sauce, if you’re that way inclined. Breakfasts of rice, fried egg, pork belly, and chorizo are served from 9am and, given it's open daily, there’s plenty of time to work through La Barra’s extensive menu." - jake missing, sinead cranna
"Dominican fried chicken “The fried chicken at La Barra comes in three sizes, the smallest of which caused O Fortuna from Carmina Burana to play, max volume, in my head as I saw it approaching my table. What the largest would do, I do not know. What I do know is that this is the best fried chicken I’ve ever eaten. The batter is otherworldly-looking, swirled, jagged, golden brown crunch that’s come from another dimension, while the chicken inside remains improbably and perfectly moist. A squeeze of lemon and a drizzle of homemade chilli sauce is preferable, but you don’t even need that. The fact it comes with green plantain chips and a pile of chicharrones and bofes bigger than every portion at every London small plates restaurant put together is almost laughable. Almost. But laughter is a filling activity. And you want to save all the room you can for chicken”. - JM" - oliver feldman, heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak
"Peerless pica pollo, Dominican fried chicken, is available from La Barra, under the arch in Eagles Yard, Elephant and Castle for takeaway." - Adam Coghlan, James Hansen
"Few plates of food are as unashamedly fried or as genuinely fear-inducing to the weak stomached as La Barra’s fried chicken. It comes in three sizes, the smallest of which could tide you over for a week. The batter created in the kitchen of this basement Colombian spot in Elephant & Castle is otherworldly-looking: swirled and jagged, with a golden brown crunch that looks like it’s come from another dimension, while the chicken inside remains perfectly moist. A side of chicharrónes and plantain is totally welcome." - jake missing
