El Rincon

Our friends booked a table for celebrating graduation of our sons from the University of Oxford, a big milestone which required to carefully select a nice venue. Oxford town city center restaurants were all packed, so we headed a bit outside and ventured into a Spanish Restaurant. The staff and particularly the owner or the female manager were amazing, so welcoming, natural and making you feel like home … a truly Mediterranean feeling of “family”. We took advise of her recommendations and had an amazing feast of different cold, hot and sweet tapas, gambas and the braised ox cheek with friend potatoes. The friend artichokes with homemade chili paste – simply WOW. The table was on a terrace, so for the smokers this was heaven while enjoying the fresh air. The Cava Sparkling from Spain was a nice recommendation as well. Amazing evening, truly not disappointed and we shall be back at our next trip to Oxford. They even called me back during their resting hours in the afternoon and arranged us a car parking spot.

Nice Spanish tapas in Summertown! We had a mix of different tapas and were happy most of them, especially the patatas bravas, croquetas and gambas. The lamb chops were a bit fatty and salty though, not too much meat for the price. The service was friendly and professional, although some dishes took rather long too arrive. Overall a good experience with some room for improvement!

A cute Spanish tapas restaurant in the centre of Summertown. The interior deco is stylish and cosy. Enough space between tables for us to enjoy our conversation. The food is good. We ordered 5 dishes to share between 2 girls (3 smaller ones from the 1st page of menu, 1 sea dish and 1 meat). Right amount for us. The waiters are very friendly! Will come back. A minor point is quite a few dishes are not available. I guess it’s because it wasn’t very busy and they were scaling down the materials.