Pix bar in Covent Garden,

The bar itself was inspired by the pinxto bars in Barcelona and San Sebastian, Spain. Pinxto/Pinchos in Spanish literally means thorns or sticks. A pinxto in this sense is a small snack; some also say it is the local word for tapas that is usually eaten at a bar or taverns. The bar was quite dark, and gave it a mysterious atmosphere, there was modern Spanish music playing and the wooden furniture gave it a modern bar look.

Here's how it works: Each little dish has either a short or long stick, stuck on it. The short one is £1.99 and the longer one is £2.75 each. It is self service, so once you find a seat, order your drinks and help yourself to the delicious food on offer.

Quite a good variety of alcoholic drinks, sadly no Sangria....so sad.....I became slightly addicted since my trip to Spain a while ago. But they do have quite a few drinks to choose from , non-alcoholic drinks also available.

The food, the food!!! Pix is quite interesting, their menu changes around every month or so, the bar keeps track what has been eaten every time, so the menu depends on which dishes are more popular.

 The dishes are cooked downstairs in their kitchen and replaced in regular intervals. 

Spinach and sweet potato stack: it was really nice and sweet due to the sweet potato, texture wise it tasted a bit like a terrine/ jelly like. 

Marinated fig with goat’s cheese on crusty bread: I'm not a fan of goat’s cheese, but apparently it was a hit too.

Salted cod croquettes: which tasted awesome, the outer layer was really crunchy, it was really flavourful, but the spices really overpowered any traces of cod but it was great, we helped ourselves for another serving. 

Chick pea and cashew nut, sadly it was quite bland.

Chistorra kebab, (chistorra is a Spanish pork sausage with paprika and garlic), I only ate the potato, the sausage tasted really nice, with kicks of spice.

A star of the show, sighs..... Iberico ham and bechamel croquettes served with crispy bread. It was really crispy and I love, love the smokey flavours! Just love it, please just try it!

Me gusta (it pleases me) as my friend would say, the patatas bravas was wonderful! So wonderful that I never managed to take a picture of it while it was on my table and I had two whole bowls of it. It might seem a simple dish, but the tomato sauce was great, with hints of spiciness and hotness and of course potatoes can never do any wrong. 

And this is Oscar, he was working at PIX at that time and he was nice enough to tell me a bit about the bar. The bar was opened about two and a half years ago, his uncle chose the name as pincho means thorn or spike and each dish is like a pick. And like I explained before they were inspired by ' San Sebastian tapas bar, which are similar to PIX, as they allow customers to choose their own tapas.

 Final verdict:

The food was quite good, though certain dishes were slightly a let down either wise it was great! 

Its is slightly on the priciey side, but if you're a small eater it's fine, the food's quality is quite good. The price is something you would expect in this kind of surrounding it was mostly  self service but the staff was quite friendly and helpful. 

Overall the place is great for those social gatherings, somewhere to sit down after a long day of shopping or work, have a drink at hand and chat with your friends.

And here's a few more photos to finish off.........