The Picky Glutton » Spanish

The Spanish restaurant near The Gherkin that truly delivers It’s odd to begin a restaurant review by referring to another restaurant that I haven’t been to and that has closed entirely. But b...

https://pickyglutton.com/2019/04/15/barullo-review-the-city/

Not quite the Barrafina 2.0 you were hoping for I try not to write too much about the personalities in London’s restaurant business for many reasons. But when two of the people behind Barrafina...

https://pickyglutton.com/2018/03/12/sabor-review-suckling-pig/

Big and small plates of charcoal grilled and baked meat Brindisa is one of the older tapas mini-chains in London, having sprouted as an off-shoot of a Spanish goods import operation more than a ...

https://pickyglutton.com/2015/05/11/morada-brindisa-asador-review-tapas-piccadilly/

Masterchef? What’s that? I don’t envy any new tapas restaurant opening in London. Unless you’re as good as José or Ember Yard, or as cheap as Barrafina, then it’ll be a real struggle to...

https://pickyglutton.com/2014/06/23/bilbao-berria-review/

Great Portland Street tapas Restaurant decor in London seems to have fallen into a Shoreditch-inspired rut. Bare light bulbs, reclaimed furniture, exposed concrete and brick walls – I’m bored...

https://pickyglutton.com/2014/06/17/iberica-marylebone-review/

Fitzrovia tapas and sherry Update 7/04/2019 – this restaurant is now closed Fitzrovia, that weird part of London north of Oxford Street, south of Euston, west of Bloomsbury and east of Marylebo...

https://pickyglutton.com/2013/12/23/drakes-tabanco-review-tapas/

Octopus and chorizo skewers on Berwick Street Updated 21/6/2020 – added details of 2020 meals and updated the Verdict as well as the formatting. Disclosure: I used a publicly available discount...

https://pickyglutton.com/2013/12/17/ember-yard-review/

Treading water or better than ever? When I first dined at Pizarro shortly after it opened in the autumn/winter of 2011, I noted a few niggling blemishes and hoped they’d be ironed out. After a ...

https://pickyglutton.com/2013/05/16/pizarro-review-still-as-good-as-ever/

Catalan tapas within spitting distance of Oxford Street There’s no shortage of tapas restaurants in London and Soho has more than its fair share, so a new tapas place has to have a little somet...

https://pickyglutton.com/2012/09/10/copita-review/

This review of a Barcelona restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. Barcelona has more than its fair share of fine dining restaurants, but even in such a larg...

https://pickyglutton.com/2012/05/02/gelonch-review-barcelona/

This review of a Barcelona restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. Unsurprisingly, there’s no shortage of tapas restaurants in Barcelona but one or two cau...

https://pickyglutton.com/2012/04/30/tapas-24-review/

This review of a Barcelona restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. There’s no shortage of fine dining restaurants in Barcelona and quite a few of the newer...

https://pickyglutton.com/2012/04/29/sauc-review/

This review of a Barcelona restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. Cinc Sentits is reputed to be one of Barcelona’s best fine dining establishments, which ...

https://pickyglutton.com/2012/04/28/cinc-sentits-review/

This review of a Barcelona restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. If you’re the sort of reader who only reads the introduction and conclusion to a review ...

https://pickyglutton.com/2012/04/22/moments-review/

This review of a Barcelona restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. I was attracted to Manairó because of its apparent reputation as a place for ‘snout to ...

https://pickyglutton.com/2012/04/20/manairo-review/

This review of a Barcelona restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. Los Caracoles is one of those Barcelona restaurants that tends to crop up in all the guide...

https://pickyglutton.com/2012/03/25/los-caracoles-review/

José gains a big brother Small London Bridge tapas joint José is one of my favourite restaurants to have opened in 2011. It’s therefore an understatement to say that I was excited about the o...

https://pickyglutton.com/2011/12/17/pizarro-review/

The tapas competition in Fitzrovia is fierce, so Fino has its work cut out. I’ve slowly been working my way through the unusual concentration of tapas restaurants in Fitzrovia. I loved The Salt...

https://pickyglutton.com/2011/11/10/fino-review-tapas-legend-or-tapas-has-been/

I seem to be eating at lot of tapas restaurants recently which hasn’t been the result of some grand plan, but probably an unconscious result of my complete failure to have any tapas at all duri...

https://pickyglutton.com/2011/07/24/jose-review-best-budget-tapas-in-london/

This review of a Madrid restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. La Bola is just a stone’s throw away from Madrid’s opera house and the official residence...

https://pickyglutton.com/2011/07/10/la-bola-review/

This review of a Madrid restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. You’d never find La Posada de la Villa (or LPDLV as I’ll call it from now on) if you were...

https://pickyglutton.com/2011/07/05/la-posada-de-la-villa-review/

This review of a Madrid restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. Eating Valencian food in Madrid may seem a little peverse (the Spanish capital is quite a dis...

https://pickyglutton.com/2011/07/04/la-barraca-review/

Breakfasts in Spain’s capital for around €5 or less If you’re from Britain then travelling in the Eurozone can be quite expensive given the current exchange rate – a disadvantageous €1....

https://pickyglutton.com/2011/06/27/where-to-get-a-cheap-breakfast-in-madrid/

In my review of Goodge Street tapas restaurant Barrica, I frequently mentioned the neighbouring Salt Yard. Although I visited sister restaurant The Opera Tavern a couple of months ago, I have o...

https://pickyglutton.com/2011/06/26/the-best-tapas-in-fitzrovia-the-salt-yard-review/

I’ve never dined at El Bulli, allegedly the world’s best restaurant, which saddens me greatly as the famed Spanish institution is due to shut its doors shortly. The New York Times is marking ...

https://pickyglutton.com/2011/06/16/el-bulli-is-closing/