La Cocina Tapas

You head down Nolton Street towards the town centre and find yourself in a place that feels like it's been transplanted straight from Barcelona or Madrid. The atmosphere is warm and unpretentious—the kind of spot where locals pile in after work and stay longer than planned because the fourth glass of Albariño tastes better than the first. The menu reads like an actual love letter to Spanish food culture, not just the sanitised version you get elsewhere. You're eating proper croquetas that shatter when you bite them, chorizo that's cooked until the edges char slightly, and patatas bravas that don't apologise for their spicy mayo.