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Solo Bar & Grill And Solo Express
Cafe · Fast FoodWestside & Devil's Tower Road££–£££
A cafe in Westside & Devil's Tower Road that rates better than most of Gibraltar, on 83 Tripadvisor reviews.
Gibraltar Index
4.2 / 5
A weighted blend of both, not an average. How this works
Ratings read 6 September 2026.
Our review
Solo Bar & Grill, with its Solo Express takeaway counter, is a two-floor café and grill at Eurotowers in the Europort office district, doing breakfasts, coffee, pizza, burgers and daily specials for the office trade. It holds 4.3 on Tripadvisor from 83 reviews and 4.1 on Google from 42, an Index of 4.20. The reviews were re-read on 6 September 2026; the newest is from April, and Tripadvisor has had nothing since January.
The Tripadvisor picture is warm and staff-led. Moses is named in six reviews for menu recommendations and checking on tables, Alex is credited with knowing what regulars want before they order and with serving the same group every Friday after work, and Maria at the takeaway counter is thanked for her smile. The daily specials are the tip, with the sea bass and the meatballs named, and the pizza, the olives and the Lavazza coffee all get mentions. Prices are called outstanding for the area. It is worth noting that eight of those reviews landed in a single week of December 2025, most naming Moses, which reads like a push rather than a steady flow.
Google, smaller and more spread out, is harsher. A weekly regular in April 2026 calls the people the nicest and the coffee great, and says dogs are welcome. But a Polish reviewer in July 2025 found the food greasy, dishes forgotten and staff without English, another wrote 'average food, poor staff', and older reviews record being ignored for 20 minutes in a near-empty room and a £9.10 breakfast the reviewer called garbage. An English breakfast, a chicken tagliatelle with goat's cheese and a veggie burger are the dishes praised there.
So it reads as a well-run lunch when the right person is on, and a forgettable one otherwise. Nobody reviews it as a dinner, and it sits in an office plaza rather than anywhere with a view.
Come for a well-priced working lunch, a Friday drink or a coffee with the dog, and ask about the specials. Go in knowing the reviews are thin, the last was in April, and that Google's diners were noticeably less charmed. Nobody from Gibraltar Index has eaten here; this write-up is drawn from the reviews.
Written from the Tripadvisor reviews and both platforms' scores on 6 September 2026, not from a meal we ate — nobody from Gibraltar Index has eaten here. We show the Google rating but have not yet read Google's reviews for the write-up. The recurring themes it draws on are below.
What reviewers consistently say
Our summary of recurring themes across the 29 most recent reviews, written in our own words and read on 6 September 2026. Recent reviews from both platforms are quoted, with attribution, further down.
- A lunch and after-work spot in the Europort office district, not a dinner destination.
- Moses, Alex and Maria are named repeatedly for recommendations and remembering regulars.
- Daily specials, the sea bass and the meatballs, are what reviewers point to.
- Eight Tripadvisor reviews arrived in one December 2025 week, which flatters the picture.
- Google's smaller sample is harsher: greasy food, forgotten dishes, a reviewer ignored.
What it gets right
- Cheap, quick lunch with named, friendly staff
- Good coffee, and dogs welcome
- Daily specials worth asking about
What it gets wrong
- Reviews are few and none since April 2026
- Google diners report poor food and inattentive service
- An office plaza rather than anywhere scenic
How it compares
It holds 4.3 out of 5 on Tripadvisor from 83 reviews — above the Gibraltar median of 4.1 across 106 restaurants with enough reviews to rank, and on a moderate number of reviews.
Among comparable places, it is 15 of 30 Cafe options we track, by rating.
It is priced in the middle of Gibraltar's range.
How the Gibraltar Index Score is built
It is not an average of the two. Each source is weighted by how many reviews it carries, then pulled toward the Gibraltar average so a high score from a handful of reviews cannot outrank a strong score from thousands. Solo Bar & Grill And Solo Express scores 4.3 from 83 on Tripadvisor and 4.1 from 42 on Google, which the model blends to 4.2.
We read the 29 most recent Tripadvisor reviews and summarised what recurs, in our own words; the reviews we drew on are quoted below, attributed to their authors. The Tripadvisor and Google scores are each shown 1:1 as those platforms publish them; the Index Score is ours and the formula is above. Nobody from Gibraltar Index has eaten here, so nothing is a first-hand verdict.
Recent reviews
Shown from each platform, attributed to the reviewer. We don't edit them — read the full set at source.
- 2026-01-09
Kind Staff, Chill atmosphere.
Alex is simply the best. He caters for all our needs. As a regular customer, I don’t need to even to order, he knows exactly what we all want. I recommend this place for a nice after-work drinks setting. Thank you for serving us every Friday.more →
leonalvez · via Tripadvisor
- 2025-12-12
Good lunchtime venue
Nice menu options and the specials for the day were great. Recommend the sea bass. Friendly service from Moses, Solo is a good lunchtime option.more →
chadtU2427BA · via Tripadvisor
- 2025-12-12
Working lunch
Good choices of food for different tastes offering value for money. Served by Moses, who was very helpful with recommendationsmore →
stephenp145 · via Tripadvisor
- 2025-12-12
Great place to meet
Staff member Moses was very friendly & helpful with menu recommendations. The food was delicious and came quickly. Would visit againmore →
tomrI2367HJ · via Tripadvisor
- 2025-12-12
Ball!….meat 😀
Lovely food , great service. Was recommended the meatballs of the specials board, which was great tasting and plentifulmore →
861alunh · via Tripadvisor
- 2026-04-05
Come here every week. Nicest people, great coffees, dogs welcome. The food in the showcase makes me drool.more →
R A P · via Google
- 2025-09-29
Average food. Poor staffmore →
David Winckley · via Google
- 2025-07-23
Totalnie nie ogarnięta obsługa, jedzenie masakra, opite tłuszczem ! Nie polecam ! Zapominają o daniach, kiełbaski pyszne 🤮 bruschetta sam czosnek, typowe angielskie śniadanie które Anglii nie widziało, obsługa na Gibraltarze nie zna angielskiego ( w ogóle )more →
Robert Rogozinski · via Google
- 2025-07-08
Good place for a breakfast. Staff very friendly.more →
Gianluca So · via Google
- 2025-06-30
Alright - just grabbed a drink only from here - food looked a bit blandmore →
C P · via Google
Reviews are the opinions of their authors, reproduced from Tripadvisor and Google with attribution and a link to the original. Solo Bar & Grill And Solo Express did not provide them and Gibraltar Index did not solicit or edit them.
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