The best restaurants serving Spanish food in East of England

Wow!! Amazing find! Location - don’t let the location out you off, it is unusual, but let’s face it if it was in the middle of Cambridge the prices would be ££££. It is hidden away and doesn’t offer great curb appeal. BUT and it’s a big but hopefully you’re not looking for a nice location/building as a priority when looking for good food/service. The welcome and service was second to none! So friendly and welcoming. It felt like visiting a family friend’s home. The food was fresh, perfectly cooked and absolutely delicious. All the food combinations worked perfectly and every single plate was extremely tasty. We will definitely be returning and I recommend highly to any foodie lover.

Lovely venue and lovely food served with a smile! I went for brunch with a friend and was served by the lovely owner Danielle with a smile as soon as I entered we ate off the breakfast menu and thoroughly enjoyed our food and experience from start to finish. Definitely worth a visit and look forward to coming again for an evening meal.

Brilliant food and fantastic service, great for a family gathering or special occasion. Second time we have used, this time food delivered early with simple heating instructions and was equally delicious 😋

Had a very pleasant Sunday family gathering here (24/9/23). The live rock covers band added to the party and thankfully our table was deliberately reserved for us away from the band as we had a small toddler with us who slept through the music. The staff were friendly and very attentive and the relaxed atmosphere made the selection of hot and cold tapas very tempting. All my family thoroughly enjoyed their dining experience and we shared a considerable chunk of the menu. As most of the food is authentically imported from Spain a few items were unavailable but we were expertly guided to suitable alternatives. I wanted authentic, good quality tapas in a genuine Spanish style restaurant and that is exactly what we got! I have no complaints,so thank you El Chigre 2, we will be back soon!!

If you could get 6* out of 5, this would be it. Fantastic food. Amazing service. Great wine. Unhurried good in the best atmosphere you can hope for. It’s unfathomable to me that it’s taken this long to find this unbelievable place. Go there. But make sure you leave a table for us as we will be back.

Tried Abanico on Saturday night and so pleased we gave it a go. The care given to the preparation and quality of the ingredients was obvious throughout. Delicious authentic Spanish courses along with all the necessary instructions to simply reheat in the Oven. We also loved the Spanish themed Spotify playlist, thank you and keep cooking!

My experience so far has been great! I ordered the small portion of churros (3 pieces) with chocolate sauce for only £4 and it was the perfect amount as well as being very tasty. You also receive wet wipes which really came in handy after eating the sugary churros. Definitely worth the visit!

Fantastic service with great advice on what to order from the tapas menu to share amongst a medium sized group. Thank you

Very fast, precise and friendly service. The location is clean and tidy, but I wasn't impressed, a bit anonymous... The idea of ​​the tapas is interesting, the dishes in general were all good, however: the sweet peppers were a very small portion, and had a similar cost to other tapas, whose portions were larger. In the plate of serrano cheeses and jamon, only 2 slices of serrano, also cold from the fridge. Some diners took the paella and didn't find it excellent... Good but nothing special. Other tapas were good though. In short, ups and downs on food. Having not tried many other places in the area, I don't know whether to honestly recommend it. However, I can tell you that it was recommended to me by those who often go to Stevenage...

We had a lovely evening in this rustic style restaurant. Service was knowledgeable and excellent, by the wife of the chef. The menu offered a good choice and wasn't too large, which for myself means that the menu is changed on a regular basis. A real bonus. The excellent of wine choice was in keeping with the Spanish food on offer. We shall visit again, of course. Edit: We revisited and again had a lovely evening meal. We both would like to see more of a choice for vegetable dishes, and maybe some pulses. Also, I'd like see the option of crevettes/king prawns in the shell, as they have more flavour than what's on offer. We also had the seafood rice, cooked with seafood. Apart from some small pieces of squid, there was no other seafood. Disappointing.

Emily Chinn’s review is 100% correct. We called you on the way to the restaurant after realising my mistake. Los Reyes in Caerleon were very understanding and even commented at the time to state this was not the first time this had happened. I have uploaded a copy of my redacted bank statement. Please do not make us out to be liars. I left a review at the time which was deleted. This has come up again as Emily has only just found out what happened with the deposit

Popped in with friends for dinner, staff where so welcoming. Ordered drinks and a selection of tapas. Food was all served hot and delivered to the table quickly. All food was delicious the albondigas (meatballs) are a must so delicious as was the white sangria. Lovely night was had by all.

First time visiting this pub after having recently moved to the village. We hadn't booked a table for food and it was a busy Friday night. They managed to fit us in luckily because the food was delicious. I had the gammon which came with the most perfectly cooked mushrooms, egg, fries and salad garnish. The other 3 had the specials which were amazing. Thank you for accommodating the 4 of us. We will be back

Great place for a quick bite, the few times we have been here is for brunch and both times we have had avocado with pumpkin seeds and chilli oil and poached eggs on toast, delicious would recommend. The staff are always helpful and have a smile on their face. Thank you 😊

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!