Tokova Restaurant

Yessssss. Incredible food. Lovely owner. Impossible to dislike.

Amazing food with service to match , staff respectful of Covid restrictions which kept the meal relaxed and highly enjoyable.

I submit to you, dear reader, that this is not only the best restaurant in Tooting but among the best in London. The food is imaginative, well presented and most importantly, delicious. Quality ingredients are used, many sourced from Spain, and there is a mixture of quite elaborate dishes and simple ones. This week my wife and I had 6 dishes, but my favourite was a fried duck egg with morcilla. Simply cooked but utterly fab. The owner is charming and friendly and clearly takes pride in her restaurant. We like to sit at the bar so we can see the chefs at work - they produce many dishes at a time but they are always perfectly cooked and presented. There is a good selection of wines, spirits and beer. I had a couple of bottles of Basque cider. At 6%, i felt a bit squiffy after but the food soaked it up. Highly recommended.

Excellent restaurant, delicious food cooked and served to perfection. Great service, would highly recommend.

Amazing food and service...we’ll be back for sure!

Delicious food and great service

We recently went for lunch under the eat out to help out scheme to Tokova and found it a wonderful place.
The owner was incredible in explaining the menu and providing suggestions, and was very friendly. All the dishes we had were exceptional - the chorizo and the presa were the highlights. Highly recommended.

Amazing food, amazing staff and amazing quality!
Rice paper cannelloni a firm favourite!

Exceptional food and warm, friendly service. Highly recommended.

Lovely food, pity about the water leaking but overall an amazing experiencing

Get the Cannelloni, unreal vegetable dish and the rest is just as good

Wonderful service, and beautifully presented delicious food. A great selection of Basque Country tapas, a lovely change from usual dishes, and a great chance to try new delights. The owner is lovely! Great quality food that is immaculately presented. Definitely going back soon!

Sadly this is no longer our favourite, we feel the welcome is still special but the food is not as good. :(

Lovely food! Brilliantly authentic. Great flavours. Loved it!

The food was tasty, and provided great variety, well spiced and salted. Would definitely recommend. We sat at the bar and it was a great viewpoint to see all the food being made and interact with the servers.

We had a brilliant time for our first foray out after lockdown. Special food, wonderful and passionate owner. We were thoroughly looked after and the food was super delicious.

Amazing service and the food is absolutely incredible - a totally different standard to what you would expect for a small pop up in a market!!

The service was not 100% but that is my experience in Tooting market. Too successful for such a small place. The food is amasing (and I am basque). Order txakoli. The manager pours it by breaking it againt the glass, as it should be done.

She was not able to service as she should as she was fighting with the market maintenance as they turned off the heating. It got cold. I had to put my coat on and my feet got freezing. But I guess not the restaurant's fault.

Great food! The prawns and octopus was my favorite! Beef was outstanding as well.
The owner is very attentive and makes you feel taken care of.
It's probably not the cheapest option at the market but definitely worth it.

We had been wanting to try this restaurant for a while. The food was great, the staff very friendly but the service was slow some what unprofessional- seemed not to be able to cope with the volume of people. we got there for 6.30 as it was a friday evening but even as the first customers to arrive our food took ages to arrive and was really slow in between plates. Disappointing overall but would go back maybe at lunch time when not so stressed and maybe we would be able to eat our meal without the excessively loud and awful music in the market and not wait for ages in between plates. Tapas whilst does not all come at once but we got our first plate of Jamon without the bread and these both arrived very slowly before we received our drinks!

The food was incredible. It was such a shame that the service let it down so badly. Some of our dishes never arrived, we waited 2 hours in the hope that they might! The food that did come was delicious and beautifully cooked. But the waitress sadly could not cope. We had all our plates taken away half way through our meal as we had been waiting so long she thought we had finished! We then had to check the bill closely and still ended up being charged for food and drink we never received.
We would like to go back once more as the owner’s passion for food Spanish’s food is evident we will have to hope that they have sorted the serving out.

Amazing food. One of my favourite places in the market now! Will definitely be back. Service was lovely - real passion and care. They were just a bit rushed off their feet!

Really excellent. Tooting market is full of atmosphere. We were greeted and made to feel very welcome. The food was stunning, authentic and interesting

Not a cheap eat but the food was amazing as were the drinks. Would definitely recommend.

We absolutely loved it here! The food was all delicious, we ordered one of almost everything on the menu and felt just nicely full at the end. The squid ink risotto was just incredible. The service, the wine, everything was just perfect. The market seems to have heaters now too, so even in December we weren’t cold. Highly recommended!

Delicious food at Tokova, which is tucked away in the markets so cosy and not cold as some other places can be. The owner, Cristina, is attentive (but not too much!) happy to offer advice on food selections and wine if required. Every plate we had was delicious - the squid ink rice, the cannelloni and the hake were particularly memorable.

Amazing food, charming service, great value in lively Tooting Market. Love it

Our third visit to Tokova and it gets better every time. Well chosen menu staples with excellent seasonal choices - the food is fantastic. Service can be a little slow at busy times, but it is unfailingly friendly and warm.

Lovely restaurant. Open kitchen so you can see them making the food. Lovely Basque food

A fabulous evening! Cristina went out of her way to be helpful and accommodating when I was booking for the group, and this level of service continued on the night. Authentic delicious food and lovely wine to compliment. Thank you so much. Everyone in our group said how much they loved it and we’ll definitely be back.

Excellent food. Can’t recommend it enough.

Great food and friendly staff but the food took a long time to get to the table and there were only 3 tables to serve.

Loved this food and the set -up in the market. The specials were lovely (clams, and a pork belly), and we really enjoyed everything we ate. lovely busy atmosphere and sociable set up on bench tables. Great value wine list as well.

Brilliant evening at the chefs bar tonight. Food excellent and served brilliantly by Maisie and her amazing mum. Chef top marks to you too Saif! Wish I could eat more

Deliciously presented food. Faboulous flavours. Can’t wait for another visit. X

Fantastic food. Warm, friendly service. Reasonable prices. Will definitely be back.

The beef dish that I had is definitely in my Top 10 most delicious plates of food I’ve ever eaten!!

Amazing food and Cristina, the owner, as lovely as usual!

Highly recommend this excellent restaurant - great care taken around every detail and service very personal and friendly.

An understated gem nestled in the back of Broadway Market. Tokova serves a Mouth-watering menu of perfectly-crafted small plates inspired by cuisine of the Basque region.