The best restaurants serving Spanish food in East Midlands

This special Tapas event is only available on certain weekends as the restaurant is currently awaiting resale, so it is necessary to check when the next event is scheduled. The food is wonderful and very reasonably priced, with normally up to nine individual dishes for sharing between two people ( or a whole one each if you feel really hungry. There is also a good selection of local craft beers and traditional cocktails etc . The sweets are a real treat, so go on and spoil yourself. A really great night out and a wonderful atmosphere and the staff are wonderful and friendly. We look forward to the next evening as soon as possible.

This is the second time I have had the pleasure of Justin's amazing catering. The first my 50th and now a fabulous day of the dead party. He always gets it right. All of the preparation is hassle free, food is amazing, there is no clearing up, and Justin himself is full of fresh ideas and has such a sunny disposition. Just what you need at any party. So good two of my friends have already made the most of his culinary talents. Cannnot wait until my next excuse to celebrate.

We had a warm welcome & we throughly enjoyed our food - we loved the fact it didn't all come at once it was nicely spaced out & every dish we chose was delicious - some were slightly small portions but we still were pleased with our choices - it was busy for a Wednesday night & the atmosphere was lovey & the staff all friendly - we would definitely recommend & look forward to returning.

Our first time at Olivares The restaurant had been recommended to us. Well it did not disappoint at all. Incredible food 😀

Lovely food, nice atmosphere 😁😁😁

We arrived around midday. Pleased this was a dog friendly place and had nice comfortable seats. I ordered the soup, sandwich and chips. Chips were fine. I returned the sandwich as it was made with a decent slice and a stale slice of bread, had no butter and no chutney. I didn’t complain about the cold, awful soup…truly vile tasting bitter tomato and basil soup. Husband breakfast was swimming in grease. Staff were pleasant. Very overpriced. Not from this area but wouldn’t return even if I was.

Dinner here last night with a friend. Probably the best tapas I’ve ever had. Some superb wines and sherry on the menu too: we had a bottle of Spanish Gewurtztraminer, which was a first for me. Friendly service :-) Great experience :-)

Authentic Spanish tapas. Lovely atmosphere. The staff are friendly and very efficient. Fantastic food. Highly recommend

Great spot for fantastic authentic Spanish tapas! The food was really tasty made with quality ingredients. Nikki and her team provided top class service. Long story short my wife cannot eat certain foods due to IBS. Nikki was able to tweak many dishes so that my wife could enjoy the meal. Both my wife and I throughly enjoyed the food, took us back to Spain! The Gambas Pil Pil is a must 👌🏽 as are the cocktails! The setting is also nicely decorated with good music playing, no doubt a great atmosphere later on in the evening.

This was our first visit & it didn’t disappoint. The Tapas Menu was varied & the dishes were well presented. Quality of the food was faultless & the staff were both knowledgeable about the menu & very polite. My only criticism was that we were told that they would box up what we couldn’t eat so asked that our Bread & Olives (we didn’t start to eat them) be boxed up only to discover when we got home that they only boxed up the bread & left out the olives. A minor detail but failed to het full marks for this reason.

Beautiful restaurant, great food and lovely staff. Brilliant place for a nice dinner

Clean and tidy in a good location for a short stay with compact rooms. Unsuitable for elderly or disabled as very steep staircase with no lift

Very random . Great food . Very strange service . Started closing down round us at 8.30. Didn't seem happy when 4 more people turned up at 8.40.

Top restaurant! Fast service and high standards Tapas were great, including Japanese style tapas.

Went to a special Halloween event , children’s disco with Wednesday Addams. It was beautifully set up and so well organised. Plenty to entertain the grandchildren for the 2 hours . We were well looked after, all the staff are so welcoming and take care to ensure you have everything you need . Thank you to all the staff at The Fuel Tank and to Wednesday Addams of course!