London's top Spanish restaurants for summer 2025
London's Spanish restaurant scene is thriving with new openings and established favorites. Alta, a two-floor restaurant on Carnaby Street, brings Navarrese live-fire cooking with vegetarian options and 35-day aged sirloin. Arros QD in Fitzrovia, by three-Michelin-starred chef Quique Dacosta, specializes in Spanish rice dishes including paella valenciana. Barrafina Dean Street, inspired by Barcelona's Cal Pep, offers no-reservations tapas with quality ingredients. Ibai near Smithfield Market is a Basque-accented steakhouse featuring Galician Blond beef. Morito on Exmouth Market combines North African and Spanish small plates. José Pizarro's Bermondsey Street restaurant serves Spanish cuisine from breakfast to dinner. Sabor on Heddon Street, by chef Nieves Barragán Mohacho, offers a ground-floor counter and first-floor asador; her Shoreditch restaurant Legado earned a Michelin star in 2025. Tranga on Newington Green provides a daily-changing menu with sherries and Catalan wines.
Key facts
- Alta is located at 9 Kingly Court, Carnaby Street, London W1B 5PW.
- Arros QD is located at 64 Eastcastle Street, London W1W 8NQ.
- Barrafina Dean Street is located at 26-27 Dean Street, London W1D 3LL.
- Ibai is located at 90 Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7BN.
- Morito is located at 32 Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QE.
- Pizarro is located at 194 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3TQ.
- Sabor is located at 35-37 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BR.
- Tranga is located at 61 Newington Green, London N16 9PX.
- Legado in Shoreditch was awarded a Michelin star six months after opening in August 2025.
Entities
Artists
- Quique Dacosta
- Nieves Barragán Mohacho
- José Pizarro
- Sam Clark
Institutions
- Arros QD
- Barrafina Dean Street
- Alta
- Ibai
- Morito
- Pizarro
- Sabor
- Tranga
- Legado
- Moi
- Morro
- Donostia
- Lurra
- Lolo's
- José
- Cal Pep
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Carnaby Street
- Fitzrovia
- Dean Street
- Soho
- Smithfield Market
- Exmouth Market
- Bermondsey Street
- Heddon Street
- Shoreditch
- Newington Green
- Marylebone
- Seymour Place
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Navarre
- Valencia
- Extremadura
- Bilbao
- Basque Country
- Galicia
- Cantabria