The best restaurants serving Spanish food in Bristol, City of South West

This restaurant is exceptional. The food was so innovative and delicious. We had the bottomless brunch. The cocktails are out of this world. The owners were so friendly and personable. There was so much choice. We went for my partners birthday and he was blown away. We can’t wait to come back.

5 stars is not enough to overall describe "ElColmado". Relation price/quality, professionalism, service, the warmth and knowledge to be able to have the best essence and products from Spain at home! Big thank you for everything!!

Lovely restaurant! The atmosphere was so warm and inviting and the food delicious. Front of house staff were v attentive even when juggling multiple tables :)

I live around the corner from Bravas and I haven’t been for a while. I noticed a big change. It really needs a lift. It lacked charm, the food average, service was poor last night and it was half empty at 8:30 on. Friday night. I was charged 10% on service when I would have held it back. I had to wave at the staff six times to indicate I was ready to order, twice for a drink, when food arrived our glasses were empty and my husband had to wave again to remind them he’d been waiting whilst the dishes went cold. We were sat at the bar right under their nose and they were occupied but not busy as it was half full on a Friday evening. There was no one checking the detail on customer (I.e food served no drinks). The food was not as good as before. Cod lacked seasoning, tortilla the same. Lentil dish looked like it had been prepared yesterday again no seasoning hidden under a crusty slice of goats cheese. Atmosphere wise, whilst I like music it was pumping loud to the point I couldn’t hear myself speak. Music is good for atmosphere but people go out for tapas to catch up and to talk. There was an all round lack of awareness going on. Sadly I won’t be back soon and My favourite place is no longer. The owner needs to be mindful that a good product can be ruined by people working for you who don’t share the same passion for food and service. They might think they do but who’s checking what’s coming out of the kitchen, who’s showing the staff what service is about. Who’s running the debriefing meetings. You need staff with an exceptionally good appreciation of food and service to make the magic happen. The magic wasn’t there last night sadly.

Lovely Spanish place, serving mostly small plates. They really understand the flavour of food, especially seafood (highly recommended). Great service as well.

This was a bit of a unusual Sunday roast/fish lunch mash up! I like the fish option but still got all the Sunday roast trimmings!!! An absolute smasher of a Sunday lunch. Btw, THE best roast potatoes in Bristol at the moment!!!

Ottima paella valenciana. Ve la consiglio. Fedele alla ricetta originale? Boh, chi la conosce. Ma che ce ne frega, mica siamo in Italia dove ci si arrabbia per un parmigiano nella pasta col tonno. Obiettivamente un'accostamento discutibile.

Didn't have food, but decent pint of London Pride at a reasonable price for Clifton

The veggie breakfast I had was nice. There was a massive queue in the rain outside before we could be seated as they did not take reservations. The table was wobbly and so my coffee was spilled all over it as we began eating. There was generally too much going on around me to feel relaxed whilst eating. The cafe is too small for the demand. You pay when giving your order which is fine. Whilst you eat you can watch all the people outside standing in the rain wanting your table. The breakfast wasn’t so amazing we would go back, not on a weekend anyway.

The sweet dishes are too sweet , the salty dishes are too salty the overall taste is not good the environment is OK.

Pequeño lugar fantástico lugar para los que saben. Gran anfitrión y servicio Excelentes tapas especialmente en comparación con otras en Bristol. Bien conocido en la zona, gran ambiente, muy amable. No puedo esperar a volver. Vinos de excelencia

Superb restaurant - I had a delicious middle eastern brekkie involving perfectly cooked egg, lamb sausages with a delicious tomato and pisyachio sauce... Outsyanding food. Thos area of Bristol is chocka full of amazing food, taverns and gorgeous artisan shops Superb