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!

Everything was perfect the churros arrived hot and the delivery was on time

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

Enjoyable food, friendly service.. Atmosphere down at 3 as it was mid week and very quiet, but still a good place to catchup with friends

A great Spanish restaurant Food is amazing .staff are lovely great little place . Just had Lunch was absolutely great

The food is good but overpriced

Marco’s food and service is absolutely first class, in a lovely setting too. Try the coconut prawns - you won’t be disappointed. Fantastic restaurant.

Incredible choice of food and NOTHING disappoints. Staff here are amazing too really look after you well. The menu variety is superb and there isnt anything we've had that has been bad, ever! We now go once a week - the best food and the portions are very generous too!!

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!