Of the 53 UK restaurants in our directory, 43 are in London. This guide covers the other ten, in Wales, Liverpool, Bristol, the Midlands and the Home Counties. Every detail below comes from the restaurants' own listings.
Cardiff and Penarth: the Bar 44 group
Bar 44 says each of its four outlets has a different food and drink menu, a reflection of Tom and Owen's travels around Spain, with produce such as Galician beef, Sanlúcar prawns, Carmona olives and aged manzanilla sherry. Our directory lists three of them plus the group's grill restaurant.
- Bar 44 Cardiff, 15-23 Westgate St. Open from 16:00 Monday to Wednesday, from 12:00 Thursday to Saturday, and 12:00 to 19:00 on Sunday.
- Asador 44, 14-15 Quay St. Part of the Bar 44 group, specialising in meat cooked on a wood-fired parrilla, inspired by the asadores of northern Spain. Listed hours include breakfast from 08:00 to 10:00 Sunday to Thursday, lunch and dinner Monday to Thursday, 12:00 to 23:00 on Friday and Saturday, and 12:00 to 16:00 on Sunday.
- Bar 44 Penarth, 14 Windsor Rd. A daytime listing: 09:00 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday, 10:00 to 16:00 on Sunday.
Also in Cardiff, Curado Bar at 2 Guildhall Pl lists snacks, bar food and tapas, with wines and a gin and tonic list. It also imports products directly from Spain and delivers them around the UK.
Bristol
Bar 44 Bristol is at 18-20 Regent St. Its listed hours are Wednesday to Saturday, plus Sunday from 12:00 to 18:30; no Monday or Tuesday hours are listed.
Liverpool: Lunya and Lunyalita
Lunya on the corner of College Lane and Hanover St describes itself as independent and focused on Catalan and Spanish food culture, including jamón carved from the bone. It has been open since 2010 and became employee owned in October 2024. It opens at 10:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
On the Royal Albert Dock, Lunyalita, whose website sits on lunya.co.uk, is in the Britannia Pavilion, next to the Beatles Story. The listing describes original brick, flagstone floors and vaulted ceilings, a bar and café downstairs with a terrace onto the dock, and a dining room upstairs with water views. It serves Spanish sharing plates, does weekend breakfasts, says it can host up to 100 people, and welcomes dogs.
Leamington Spa, Esher and Amersham
- Baserri, 16 Park Street, Leamington Spa. Its listing calls it a Spanish restaurant "with clear Basque influences", founded by Beatriz Fernández Suárez-Bilbao and her husband, with her brother, Basque chef Guillermo Fernández Suárez, as chef consultant. The listing says every recipe is Spanish, every wine is Spanish (from txakoli to Canary Islands volcanic wines), and its Ibérico meats are 100% acorn-fed. Dinner Monday to Saturday from 17:45, lunch on Friday and Saturday.
- José Pizarro The Swan Inn, 2 Hare Ln, Claygate, Esher. José Pizarro is from Extremadura; his listing describes his cooking as simple and enthusiastic about Spanish food. No hours listed yet.
- Pluma, 18 High St, Amersham. Traditional Spanish cooking with local ingredients and regionally sourced Spanish produce. Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.
