Jamon Jamon Camden

Very average, bordering on disappointing, meal this. It began with a jug of sangria aptly described by the previous sentence. It was overly sweet with the suspicious fizziness of ample amounts of soda thrown in, despite coming highly recommended by the server. I would stick to a bottle of wine here.
We had a variety of tapas, of which the gambas al ajillo were the best. Others, including pulpo and pimientos de padrón, were okay, but by no means memorable. The octopus was slightly over cooked and came on a bed of clearly reheated potato-​cake, which I have never seen before in Spain. The patatas bravas was also pretty bland, and mushy in texture. The worst was the grilled lamb chop special. The meat itself had been cooked far too long, and had then been smothered in a dull and unappetising greenish ‘sauce’. It tasted like a version of a moorish dish, but gone wrong.
On the upside, service was quick, and polite, and the ambiance was nice and boisterous. It’s too bad the food was disappointing. There are too many other great tapas bars in the city to return here.

Been there three times, and great food and service each time. Nice ambiance, good selection on the menu, and decent price. The paella portions are big. You’ve been warned.

I like it! It’s a nice and unassuming place with great tapas. We went there on a Monday night so got 30% off food — which is great news! The atmosphere can suit for catch up with friends (even a large group), a date or anything else you like. Service was very quick and friendly.
The only thing that I didn’t like is grilled sardines — way too many big bones and doesn’t taste nice but the rest of the food — patatas bravas, chorizo, grilled peppers with cheese and pork medallions were delicious!

Nice food! A bit small a portion though. But you can always order a lot and try more!

As far as tapas goes, this place is great! The service is typical spanish, a bit delayed but its ok. The paella is amazing, and this coming from someone who doesn’t even like paella.
Really freaking good stuff!
They have 30−50% off on mondays, or something like that. Totally totally worth it. especially with a bargain like that.
We had the seafood paella and the patas bravas, and the goat cheese salad, the shrimp with garlic, and all sorts of other stuff. It was really good.

We walked in here quite late at night, as our restaurant of choice had a long wait still. However, we were pleasantly surprised and quite happy with our accidental choice. Although the fried tapas were a bit on the oily side, the sautéed ones were fantastic. The Jamon portion was generous and quite tasty as well. We will certainly be back!

Great atmosphere in this restaurant, and very good service. The paella for 2 was generously sized and very delicious. Tapas were basic for anyone who has tried the tapas at Caminos, but tasty. A big cheese and ham platter kicked it off and then we ordered tonnes. The patatas bravas were a little simple, but the calamares, croquetas and chorizo dishes delicious. And very reasonably priced. Good place for a large group of people.

I really enjoyed several of my experiences dining here.
Service was attentive on all occasions. I’ve dined during lunch, dinner and an inbetween time.
DIshes I enjoy–
Gazpacho — Really delicious!
Fried Goat Cheese with honey – worth it
Fried Chicken and cheese croquettes
Shrimp and garlic
Potatoes with garlic mayonnaise
I can’t wait til I’m back in London so I can enjoy dining here again.
Side note– Jamon Jamon was frequented by Amy Winehouse and she was often seen and filmed dining here…

Headed over here after going to the Jazz café. Tasty food, nice atmosphere — and most importantly, great Sangria! Also, it’s quite big with lots of tables so I’d imagine it’s fine if you turn up in a big-​ish group after having had a drink and you haven’t booked (which is what we did).

The food was nice. Although served as platas so it should say exactly that on the menue. There were some food rather overpriced, but mostly if you know what you are ordering it’s alright. There could be a deal offered if you are coming with a group of friends and want to share platas. Despite that, pretty well. The venue it’s alright too, although at times a bit overcrowded. I do understand the owner though, the place is popular so they are trying to do their best. Service very good, everyone was very helpful or at least tried to help to explain the features of some dishes that were new to some of us.

Spot on, this place is! (as master Yoda would put it)
You like good food without gimmicks and you are in Camden Town, then this is the place.
YUM!
p. s. It’s not ‘like being in spain’ it IS being in a great tapas restaurant in Camden!

Found this place by luck. And was really happy afterwards.
Nice service and great tapas. The garlic bread and alioli was just smashing. Will surely be back.

I cannot fault the food I had at this restaurant, the paella was really, really tasty as was the sangria. However, instead of waiting 30 – 40 minutes for our main course we had to wait an hour and 15 minutes. It really wasn’t acceptable and they were lucky we didn’t walk out. The waiter tried to keep us sweet by giving us a free order of olives but alas, no one in our party liked them.
It’s a shame because I quite liked the restaurant. It feels quite authentic and the staff are very nice. Just avoid going if there are lots of large parties in there because chances are, you will be sat waiting a while.

It was early when we arrived at Jamon Jamon, so there were still quite a few open tables when we were sat. It quickly became obvious that we had chosen a popular restaurant though, as it got really busy in there over the course of our meal.
Our friendly server (who sported a cool partly shaved, partly dreaded hairstyle) was most helpful with making suggestions when ordering, checking up on us throughout the meal, and even taking our photo for us.
The food hit the spot that night, but on the scale of good food, was only okay. The garlic bread resembled crudely torn halves of overly-​soft miniature hot dog buns which were only saved by the garlicky butter. The pot of mussels that arrived half-​submerged in decadently rich and flavourful white wine cream sauce contained far too many closed (i.e. dead) shells which must have contributed to weight but not quantity. It would have also been nice if some bread or crostini was served alongside (or if not included, it would have been nice if the server had suggested that we order bread to arrive at the same time for dipping. It was too late by the time the tapas arrived and we realized that we had ordered way too much food already). The saucy mixed vegetable dish featuring aubergine had an extremely mushy texture, which was better when paired with a bite of another dish. The whole grilled sardines were plump and shiny, but a tad dry from having been overcooked. The octopus slices, although well flavoured, lacked any chewy resistance and were too creepily similar in texture to the starchy potato slices that it was served with.
We didn’t think twice to resist the full page endorsement for two-​for-​one sangria, but had no idea that it was referring to jugs and not glasses. I, for one, have never been called a light weight when it comes to alcoholic intake, but should it really not strike a server as something you should double check upon ordering, whether two people who are ordering five dishes already could finish two pitchers of sangria? I’m not saying she should have assumed we couldn’t have, but her asking to doublecheck would have been nice. For the record, we were not able to finish half of the second pitcher.

Honestly, i am not sure if the food really is as good as i remember,
as the cocktails served at Jamon Jamon are much more than a treat they are dangerous.
However, i have had a lot of meals at this Tapas restaurant and i enjoyed myself everytime. The food is fresh and delicious, prices are alright too, therefore nothing to complain about.
I love the quite trance music in the background and the palmtrees at the end of the restaurant.
The waitresses are lovely, they once opend their doors for us 15 min before closing and we got everything we asked for on the menu.
so overall great place obviously best visited in a big group so that it gets cheaper and you get to try everything of the menu
(there are a lot of choices)
they also have a good deal on Paella for two for 18 (if i remember right) which is good, although i havent tried it yet it so i am not promising anything on the quality.
You should definately go for the cocktails tho.

A proper tapas bar run by two enthusiastic Spanish women.
The food was solid, we were famished and split the Jamon Croquettas, the shrimp (not deveined), some chicken skewers manchego cheese and a bunch of other stuff.
3 of us ate and drank well for 100 pounds, and I would go back anytime.

Well, I had better tapas… but then i was in Spain at the time!
Jamon Jamon impressed me from the « Unilocal» sticker on their front window to their tolerance of my pigeon Spanish to their lovely and authentically priced coffee.
Lamb chops good.
Calamari gooooood!
Croquettes amaaaazing!
Go there, tapas it up. Take your phrase book and fumble your way through your date before you. erm. fumble your date (not sure where i’m going with this). You could go to town at this place and gorge yourself and a friend for about £50.
I had lunch for 2 (minus the fumbling) for £25.
Viva Espana! Bring on the rioja!

Jamon Jamon could be effectively renamed Rijoa Rijoa in my book, considering I skipped the cured meats and went straight for the fermented grapes… but what’s new?
After a long day at the Camden Crawl, this tiny tapas bar was a lifesaver to four starving Unilocalers, and we blinded the servers with our tapas-​eating science. To be honest, it was more like an all out carnage, I personally destroyed a few baskets of bread, and Lizzie nearly Unilocaled her pants when a bowl of finger fish appeared on the table.
(I called it bait and kept drinking, but the others seemed equally pleased.)
With an abundant selection of authentic dishes and a rioja list that would make baby jesus proud, I would happily recommend Jamon Jamon to anyone passing through Camden.

«I’m gonna eat you little fishy!» is what I was singing in Red Dwarf style to my dinner here. Granted I think that the several glasses of the cheapest red wine probably reduced my performance level but over all I gave a good show!
Okay the tapas here is divine, I repeat divine. They even have a better than average select of veggie dishes, which is rare for Tapas. The food was tasty, the cheapest wine was worth every penny, the service was helpful and fast. Apart from the late night drunk revelers who end up in here and can ruin the atmosphere this has to be one of my top London eats. Still gets 5 stars as I ate little fish and felt like a giant for a few fleeting moments!

I hadn’t heard about Jamon Jamon but my friend and I had some time to kill one night before heading off to The Jazz Café, and we were both hungry, and that was that! I think it was a Thursday night that we went, about 7pm and the place was quite empty which was a shame because it is quite a large restaurant and it looks like it has the potential to get quite lively.
We shared a bottle of house rioja (they have plenty of riojas on the menu, which made me happy). The house was only about £13.00 and it was really good, better than most house wines. I also liked the fact that there was a Spanish guitar player noodling away in the corner, although I wish it hadn’t been just me who was clapping after he finished!
The food that we had was pleasant enough. I have since seen bad reviews of this place on other websites, but I enjoyed my food. I didn’t exactly feel like I was eating from a back street tapas bar in Madrid, but I certainly wouldn’t complain. The portions were quite substantial for tapas sizes — I had a tortilla, some chicken and rice, and vegetables in a tomato sauce, and it only came to about £15.00 a head, including our wine.