The best restaurants serving Spanish food in England

Exceptional food and service. Having travelled and eaten extensively around Spain, the food on offer here is truly authentic. Padron peppers, gambas al ajillo, lamb pintxo sliders and the tortilla were all stand out dishes and excellently cooked. Highly recommended and way better that the mass produced “tourist tapas” on offer at spanish chain restaurants nearby.

We had a fun night with good food, life music and drinks.

Our meal was genuinely 10/10. The food and drinks are fantastic. Service was ok - the restaurant was full in fairness though. It is quite cramped and the tables pushed together, but in my opinion it’s completely worth it for how good the food is. Will definitely be returning

Met up with friends for a get-together and had wanted to try La Perla. We really wish we had booked somewhere else; it was so bad. You could tell they were seriously short-staffed, but there are ways of doing things in this situation. Drinks arrived after the food started coming out, which was nearly an hour after our arrival. Some of our group had food, some didn't get any until after those dishes had long been eaten. Duplicate dishes came out, and some dishes didn't come at all. There was no offer of dessert; the kitchen just turned the lights off. There were no extra rounds of drinks and no offer of a discount or complimentary drinks for such a bad experience. Regarding the food that we ate, the bravas were too smoky with smoked paprika for my liking. The garlic prawns were not as punchy as we have in Spain, and they don't come with bread so you can't mop up the juice. The calamari needs some alioli served with it. The Iberico with chestnut and blue cheese was nice, but at £15 it's on the pricey side, especially since I wasn't expecting the pork to be served so rare (although I know this is how it can be served). We all wanted to try the paella but were informed it would be over an hour's wait. At least we may have all eaten together if we had ordered it. We will be back to sample the paella, but hopefully the service will be better on a midweek night.

I popped in for a quick birthday lunch, the food was fresh & delicious. Good portion sizes as well. Would highly recommend and visit again.

The food and service were outstanding, with Clarissa adding an extra-special touch to the evening. Her attention to detail made the experience feel genuinely special . I’m already looking forward to coming back!

Loved it. V good food. Great service. Bit noisy. Maybe I'm old.

Great little tapas bar, very friendly staff. Book to avoid disappointment. Very good place for portions and tapas. Good atmosphere and very friendly staff. Reservation advisable.

Popped in to find they had a all you can eat tapas Menu on all dishes tasted really nice great service and most probably go back next ti.e we are in the area. Highly recommended.

I am starting my review with the following statement that gets added to the bill so reviewers can see how this restaurant operates without having to read the full review ' 10% TIPS INCLUDED - FOR PARTIES OF 1 OR LARGER,  10% GRATUITITY IS APPLIED AUTOMATICALLY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPEAK TO THE MANAGER' We had 4 tapas and some bread and also ordered a bottle of wine. We asked for a bottle of Rioja that was listed on the menu but we were told that was not available, so we moved to the one above it instead. We waited for our wine but then we were informed by our waiter that instead he could offer us a different red and that it would be £40 (approx.)  I said well the wine I ordered was around the £30 mark and didn't really want to pay £40 - mainly because I am not sure why the customer should have to fork out an extra £10 because they cannot locate the wines they have listed on their menu. He informed me that he would knock the service charge off the bill. I thought this is strange because we are only a table of 2 people, why would there be a service charge? Thankfully one of his colleagues located the bottle of wine we had ordered and the issue was resolved. Our food arrived and we must say, it really was mediocre. The gambas were incredibly expensive for the size of the portion and the size of the prawns. When the bill came we could see that they had added a 10% service charge with the statement on the receipt ' 10% TIPS INCLUDED - FOR PARTIES OF 1 OR LARGER,  10% GRATUITY IS APPLIED AUTOMATICALLY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPEAK TO THE MANAGER' What a strange approach and way to manage tips - tips SHOULD be discretionary, not mandated. Tips should be left based on the service received and the dining experience. Secondly, stating that 'for tables of 1 or more' automatic tips are applied,  you cannot get tables of less than 1 so basically this restaurant is stating that all diners will have this automatic tip applied. Would  we have left 10% for the food and service received , no we wouldn't have done. Will we be back or recommend this restaurant? No we will not.

Lovely place to go for a meal. Food was amazing.

Pros: Great location, pretty, dark and cosy decor. Service was good and attentive. Tip: Request a table downstairs or in the back room upstairs. Front room upstairs is a bit crowded and noisy and very dark! I had to use my torch to check the colour of my food as everything looked grey and unappetising in the low lighting. Cons: The food was disappointing, wide selection of dishes but some of which were not overly authentic and some dishes came out colder than they should have. Most dishes lacked flavour and either tasted and or looked like frozen party food. Overall it was just ok, and neither of us said we would return.

Excellent people ,Excellent food . Very kind and lovely people.

Superlative food in very re l aced atmosphere

On a friday this olace is rocking with all the best tunes. Didn’t try the food but the drinks were very tasty. Plenty of soace & the staff were friendly