The best restaurants serving Spanish food in England

Went as a group of 6 friends based on recommendation of one friend who had already been there several times. The vegetarian tapas were great. The meat/fish eaters didn’t enjoy theirs as much. Busy place but that also meant it was difficult to hear each other so there were smaller conversations going on rather than a whole table conversation. Service was ok, not sure everything came out until we reminded/prompted. The dessert- vegan choc orange tart wasn’t good, seemed frozen and pretty flavourless. Would go back for the vegetarian tapas but wouldn’t recommend to others based on the feedback of the non-vegetarians and noise levels.

Fui a recoger una bolsa sorpresa Too Good To Go (TGTG) por valor de £ 5 que había reservado en la aplicación. El personal fue educado, me invitó a tomar asiento, y me entregó mi bolso unos 5 minutos después. ¡Sin embargo, las porciones eran pequeñas! Apenas 2 cucharadas de arroz blanco, un muslo de pollo pequeño con un magro chorrito de curry, y literalmente solo 10 papas fritas (sí, conté). Todo fue arrojado descuidadamente en una caja de papel que estaba perfectamente envuelta en película adhesiva y colocada en una bolsa de plástico, y la caja de papel estaba empapada para cuando llegué a casa. Si bien sabía bien, definitivamente no valía la pena £ 5. 

 Utilizo principalmente la aplicación TGTG para probar restaurantes y cocinas con las que no estoy familiarizado y que quizás quiera probar para una comida completa. Si bien el sabor de lo poco que este restaurante proporcionó estaba bien, ahora soy reacio a apoyar un negocio (enumerado como familiar - dirigido en su perfil! ) que parece explotar a los clientes bajo la pretensión de la noble causa de evitar el desperdicio de alimentos. Dadas las magras porciones y el descuido del empaque, me pregunto por qué incluso se inscribieron en la aplicación TGTG en primer lugar, realmente. Me arriesgué en este restaurante a pesar de las críticas negativas y ahora lo lamento, ya que este parece ser un problema recurrente con este restaurante desde hace varios años. Desalentaría encarecidamente a cualquiera de reservar bolsas sorpresa TGTG de este establecimiento. Una estafa tan flagrante y desmesurada.

Celebrated a 50th birthday and we couldn’t haven’t been looked after any better by Sarah. We were a group of 13 and she kept us all fed and watered, and the restaurant provided a nice cake at the end. Cocktails were lovely, Tapas was very good, I especially enjoyed the meatballs and ham croquettes but others had their own favourites. A memorable night!

Booked for a surprise 50th birthday on 7th September at 19:30. Got there and it's closed! No email from anyone to say they were cancelling the table. Utter disbelief. Will not book here ever again.

We were disappointed. We waited until our 'foodie' friends stayed to enjoy this 'new kind on the block' especially as it is Spanish as we both have children living in Spain. The service was bizarre. It was like we had to wait for appointed times for our menu etc. We arrived at 720 for a 730 table and no-one came to our table until 730 and then asked us if we wanted water. We then had to wait for a wine list and when we said we couldn't order the wine until we knew what we were eating there was no offer of a menu which it seems we could not get until we had ordered wine. The starters then took a long time to arrive as did the main and when we then had a wait for the dessert menu but which time it was 1015 and we had to leave for our booked taxi so we missed dessert. Maybe it is better if you go later as we noticed that later diners 'caught us up.' There was no main vegetarian course and only one starter. We had croquetas which were bland as was the Spanish omelet and the anchovy dish consisted of 8 small anchovies with no accompaniment. The main course of monkfish was overcooked and sitting on a watery bed of spinach with chewy bacon pieces and our guest's beef dish was two pieces of beef with a small dish of parmentier 'sauce'. There was no potato dish not even as a side which is strange as Spain is known for its many patatas dishes. It was expensive - £135 for two for two courses and there are many restaurants in the area which are much better value. Sadly we won't be returning. It wasn't awful enough to complain but it certainly wasn't what we thought it would be - sad that it wasn't.

Great evening atmosphere and friendly service. Staff were very accommodating and reasonable prices for how nice it is inside.

I’ve had some memorable banter with waiters in restaurants over the years, but “…AND DON’T EVER COME BACK, YOU RACISTS!” is unlikely to be superseded. Service was slow last night, and gradually disintegrated into full on dreadful (menus being taken away, no order being taken). Me and my husband finally placed an order, and the waitress returned five minutes later, barking with weird aggression: "no chicken, just beef or vegan." I asked for the menus again, and she walked away with a stage whisper of "JESUS CHRIST!" and rolled her eyes. So we said actually, we'll just pay for our drinks and leave, because… rude. The waitress then LOST IT: “Well, I don’t like YOUR attitude! YOU are the ones who have been rude – you’ve been REALLY CONDESCENDING.” We were taken aback, and asked politely and precisely how we had been condescending. "Hey, I GAVE you a menu!" she offered, then really went off on one. She was clearly having… a moment/meltdown. So we stood up and said that after that spectacular verbal assault, we were going immediately and weren't going to pay for the drinks either. As we headed for the door she shouted “…AND DON’T EVER COME BACK… YOU RACISTS!” So I turned back and said "WOAH!! WHAT!!?? WHAT DID YOU SAY!!?" She wouldn't say it again, and when I asked for the manager, she shouted “YOU WANT ME TO GET MY PHONE OUT AND GIVE YOU MY MANAGER’S NUMBER!? YOU REALLY THINK I’M THAT STUPID!!? GET OUT.” I have never left a restaurant actually SHAKEN. (And certainly never been called, totally randomly, racist, which was ringing in my ears for hours). I've been going to Viva Dalston for years and used to really like it. But now it will always just be The Place With THAT Waitress where THE THING HAPPENED

Disgusting overpriced and overfried croquettes, very bad and rude service ,tortilla has no salt - drinks were good though

Lovely lunchtime takeaway today. Gorgeous paella, meatballs and the best croquettes I’ve ever tasted. The people running it were lovely too!

Personal amable y comida de alta calidad! La comida era auténtica y se sentía como si estuvieras en San Sebastián. ¡Las mejores tapas en mucho tiempo!

Happened upon the restaurant by accident and glad we did. Excellent service and fantastic food! We tried several of the dishes and each one was faultless.

Una vez más, la comida y la hospitalidad más increíbles ❤️este negocio es propiedad y está dirigido por una familia encantadora y nunca decepciona x

Probabimente è il bocadillo più buono di Londra, con il prosciutto crudo tagliato spesso e senza formaggio, ovviamente con una birra. Personale simpatico, locale pulito. A South Kensington Viandas è accanto alla stazione della metro, un posto perfetto per una sosta dopo la visita dei Musei.Salumi buonissimi, prodotti alimentari di qualità.

A fascinating evening in the coolest place around. Live music, people having fun...it's been too long.

What a fantastic find on the mezzanine of the newly renovated market hall on a damp March afternoon in Scarborough!! A little taste of Spanish cuisine and wine in a fab venue at incredible prices with a very lovely proprietor. Whilst we didn’t have the time to do so, we loved that you can also buy excellent looking wines from the shop and enjoy in situ for only £4 corkage if you want to enjoy something different to the delicious house Rioja. If we lived in Scarborough, it would become a favourite haunt. Hope to be back again soon.