Spanish

• Test Driving Parrillan Borough Yards - the next evolution of the Spanish grill restaurant

  

  After success at King's Cross, The Harts Group have opened a second Parrillan at Borough Yards - bigger than before and with an indoor restaurant too. We went down to try it out.  

• Condesa

  Tapast in Covent Garden

• El Norte is a new high-end Spanish restaurant for Mayfair

  

  The people behind Kensington's Latin American restaurant Zuaya and Como Garden, the Italian restaurant next door, are looking to Spain for inspiration for their next restaurant, El Norte. This time they're moving a little further afield, to Mayfair's Dover Street, and the restaurant will be focusing on Spain's northern regions.

  Although opening before the end of the year, info is

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• Test Driving Bibo Shoreditch - Dani Garcia's first London restaurant

  

  Much-lauded Spanish chef Dani Garcia has picked Shoreditch as the site of his first London restaurant. We went along to see if the Bibo concept has survived the journey. 

• Brindisa's next restaurant will be a riverside tapas joint in Richmond

  

  In these unpredictable times for international travel comes the heartening news that Brindisa, London’s beloved Spanish tapas emporium, is opening a new outlet and the lucky locale is Richmond. If you fancy avoiding the queues at Heathrow, then you can soon find Spain in London’s southwest for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

  With seating for 150 inside and 60 on the terrace with Thames views, it sounds like an ideal

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• José Pizarro is opening two restaurants at the Royal Academy

  

  Famed Spanish chef José Pizarro is opening in the centre of London for the first time - with two new restaurants at the Royal Academy. He'll have a more traditional sit-down Spanish restaurant upstairs while Poster Bar will be the Royal Academy version of his tapas bar, José.

• The Tapas Room arrives in Peckham next

  

  South London Spanish restaurant The Tapas Room is expanding again. They're already in Tooting, Deptford, Battersea and Brixton - now they're coming to Peckham too. The restaurant has its roots in the successful Donostia Social Club pop-up and this will be the group's largest restaurant yet.

  The main menus will be a mix of snacks, tapas, meat and cheese. So, alongside the usual suspects like croquetas

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• Mediterranean rice by Arros QD head chef Richard de la Cruz - London restaurant recipes

  

  Arros QD is top Spanish chef Quique Dacosta's Fitzrovia restaurant that specialises in paella - they're sharing with us one of their top recipes.

• Spinach & goat’s cheese croquetas by José Pizarro - London restaurant recipes

  

  José Pizarro's book Basque takes a look at some of the best restaurants from the Basque country, and we've picked out one in particular for you to try. His croquetas are amazing - so here's a chance for you to replicate them at home. 

• London restaurant recipes - chicken thighs and patatas panaderas by Sabor's Nieves Barragan

  

  Nieves Barragan's Sabor is one of the most highly-rated Spanish restaurants in London (with a Michelin star to boot). Here's one of her recipes to try at home, created in collaboration with Estrella Galicia - and there's also a chance to win a box from Sabor too.  

• Andanza tapas bar opens in Bermondsey from the people behind The Rose

  

  This new tapas bar in London Bridge comes from the people behind popular local pub The Rose - and is right opposite it too. Expect Basque-style pintxos along with tapas and larger plates alongside a selection of Spanish wines. 

• Paella Shack lands on Highbury's Blackstock Road - with paellas, tapas and more

  

  The streetfood arm of the London Paella School has landed on Highbury's Blackstock Road where they'll be serving up ALL the paellas plus other great tapas.

• Rico! Rico! is Sabor's new casual delivery service

  

  During the last lockdown, Nieves Barragan's Sabor restaurant launched Sabor En Casa - a full-on meal kit service bringing the key dishes from her Mayfair restaurant into Londoners' homes. And this week she follows that up with a more casual delivery option - a diffusion line if you will -

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• Barrafina Drury Lane is reopening as seafood spot Barrafina Mariscos

  

  5/10/20 - Updated with menu details

  Some London restaurants took lockdown as an opportunity to refine or rework their offering and that's exactly what's happened with the Barrafina on Drury Lane. They have revealed that the restaurant is reopening as Barrafina Mariscos. As the name suggests, it'll now serve up an almost exclusively seafood menu - with a focus on fish from British and Spanish waters.

  We've been wondering

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• The Tapas Room brings tapas and wine to Brixton and Battersea

  

  29/9/20 - updated with Battersea opening date

  The lockdown obviously paused many plans to open new restaurants in London but we're pleased to see that many are moving full steam ahead with plans to open in our post-lockdown world.

  And one of those brand new developments and one of those is The Tapas Room. They already had two restaurants - in Deptford and

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