Cambio de Tercio

Rafael Nadal regularly drops by during Wimbledon fortnight, & Nigella Lawson has gushed publicly about the signature chewing-gum ice cream served at this top-end Spanish eatery. Colourful walls & vibrant prints make the buzzy dining room feel like a holiday on the Iberian peninsula, while the kitchen plays tricks with all those clichés served in provincial tapas joints. The tasting menu includes fresh oysters with pink grapefruit foam & eight-hour, slow-cooked tomato with slices of punchy cured cecina (air-dried beef) from Léon. For tapas, choose acorn-fed Ibérico pork chop with potato & chorizo purée or crab ravioli with seaweed & sea urchin caviar, while mains might run to a kooky dish of salt cod with braised pig’s head & orange ‘air’. Attentive service & a wine list featuring some wonderful examples of Spain’s classic grapes complete a class act.