Anyone who’s been following Jose Pizarro since the early days of his first tiny tapas bar on Bermondsey Street, will be bowled over by his latest restaurant, which is now open in the palatial surroundings of the Royal Academy – you could easily fit his original restaurant 100 times over in here. It’s a beautiful space that feels a fitting testament to a chef that has done so much for Spanish food in London and never seems to put a foot wrong. If you’ve eaten at Jose’s other restaurants, much of the menu will be familiar, but the setting is a whole new ball game – there really can’t be too many places around the world that you can have tortilla and patatas bravas in an actual art gallery. It’s hard to go wrong on a menu that features boquerones; pan con tomate; prawn buñuelos; and sobrasada with mahon cheese and honey on toast. Don’t miss one of our favourites too, the chorizo cooked in red wine with quince.