Spanish Tapas
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2 spanish tapas places in London we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in London | Spanish Tapas across every city.

Tapas took firm root in London through a generation of standing-counter bars that prize the bar seat and the plancha. Barrafina, whose Adelaide Street room sits near Covent Garden, set the modern template, while Jose in Bermondsey runs a tighter, sherry-soaked counter in the same spirit.

Barrafina Adelaide Street ★ 4.4

£££Spanish TapasCovent Garden

The Hart brothers' walk-up tapas counter on Adelaide Street in Covent Garden London, opened 2014 and Michelin-starred, runs a daily-changing list of Spanish.

OrderTortilla de patatas and a daily specials seafood plate from the blackboard.

TipNo bookings. Aim for 11:45 to be first in at the lunch open; sit at the counter to watch the plancha.

Jose ★ 4.2

££Spanish TapasBorough Bermondsey

Jose Pizarro's standing-only tapas bar on Bermondsey Street in London, opened 2011, a Spanish counter that runs Cantabrian anchovies, jamon and croquetas.

OrderA plate of Iberico ham, the croquetas and the daily fish specials at the counter.

TipNo bookings; squeeze in standing at the bar from 18:00 onwards. Lunch from 12:00 is walk-in friendly all week.

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