Cigala Spanish Restaurant

Cigala at 54 Lamb's Conduit Street in Bloomsbury WC1 is a Spanish restaurant that Hardens has praised consistently for over 20 years as a "simple and satisfying" Spanish restaurant in a "rustic room." Cigala means prawn in Spanish — apt for a restaurant that honours the seafood and simplicity of the Spanish table. The menu covers classic Iberian dishes: gazpacho, jamón ibérico, tortilla española, patatas bravas, grilled fish and slow-cooked meats, with seasonal ingredients. Lamb's Conduit Street in Bloomsbury WC1 is one of London's most distinguished independent shopping streets — pedestrianised, tree-lined and lined with bookshops, independent boutiques and cafés. Bloomsbury is the intellectual heart of London: the British Museum, University College London, SOAS, Senate House library and the legacy of the Bloomsbury Group — Virginia Woolf, EM Forster, John Maynard Keynes, Lytton Strachey — all within walking distance.

Available for dine-in at 54 Lamb's Conduit Street, Bloomsbury WC1. Phone 020 7405 1717. Book ahead.