El Cerdo Tapas Bar, Maidenhead

You're walking into The Colonnade at Waterside Quarter and suddenly you're transported somewhere warmer, noisier, better. El Cerdo feels like the kind of place where locals actually want to spend an evening—not because it's trying too hard, but because the food and drinks genuinely deserve your time. The tapas menu moves beyond the predictable, and the sherry list is genuinely impressive for Maidenhead. It's the sort of spot where you rock up with mates, order too much, and somehow it all works.