What Happened to El Pirata Detapas After Best Restaurant? (London, UK)
Current status
As of October 2026, El Pirata Detapas has closed per the business's own notice (October 19, 2026), reviewed by our team on October 19, 2026 and cross-checked against elpirata.co.uk; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.
Last verified
What the source shows: Time Out's listing, read on 2026-10-19, is headed closed for the Westbourne Grove restaurant, and the Mayfair El Pirata's website mentions no Notting Hill branch.
- Season / episode Season 1, Episode 8
- Original air date
- Address 115 Westbourne Grove, London W2 4UP
Address
115 Westbourne Grove, London W2 4UP
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What happened after Ramsay's Best Restaurant?
El Pirata Detapas, at 115 Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill, London, faced Fino in the Spanish category of Ramsay's Best Restaurant (Channel 4), in the episode "Spanish Restaurants & The Semi Finals, Pt. 1" aired 2010-11-02. Time Out's review, dated 2013-09-25, described it as the Notting Hill sibling of Mayfair's El Pirata, with a set lunch under 10 pounds and a 21-pound tasting menu. Andy Hayler's site carries a review of the Spanish tapas restaurant dated February 2011. Time Out's page, read on 2026-10-19, is headed closed and gives no closure date. The website of the Mayfair El Pirata, read the same day, lists 5-6 Down Street, says the restaurant has run since 1994, and mentions no Notting Hill branch.
Featured on Ramsay's Best Restaurant
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Spanish Restaurants & The Semi Finals, Pt. 1
- What was featured
- Spanish tapas in the Spanish category heat against Fino
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- El Pirata Detapas
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Visit info
- Address
- 115 Westbourne Grove, London W2 4UP
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- elpirata.co.uk
- State hub
- TV restaurants in London
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Sources
- timeout.com — https://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/el-pirata-detapas-closed
- andyhayler.com — https://www.andyhayler.com/restaurant/el-pirata-detapas
- hot-dinners.com — https://www.hot-dinners.com/Restaurant-Reviews/West-London/el-pirata-detapas
- elpirata.co.uk — https://www.elpirata.co.uk/
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