High Wycombe, Spanish Restaurant Guide

“It would be damning with faint praise to say that this is one of Reading’s better restaurants, but it certainly is” – a “striking” and “carefully converted Lido” with spa, where you dine poolside and enjoy the “romantic” and “soothing” spectacle of “watching others swim whilst you eat”. “The dishes nod towards the Mediterranean and feature a wealth of flavours and textures”, as well as feeling “healthy and wholesome” (except, that is, the “naughty but nice” desserts). Some regulars here this year, though, said the food was “good, but not as good as on our last visit”.

A “top choice for Spanish food” – this Hispanic high street haunt is run by owners Charlie Baxter with his wife Arantxa Fuentes and wins praise for some of the “best tapas ever”. Many familiar tapas options feature, and some dishes are substantial for sharing: for example Suckling pig shoulder, Stuffed Cornish spider crab cooked Basque style, or their signature Acorn fed 100% Iberian pork.