La Raza is a Cambridge favourite for all occasions, thanks to its delicious tapas menus, regular weekly events, deals, live music, and delicious cocktails. It’s been serving locals, foodies, and visitors since 2003, from an atmospheric dining room dimly lit with multiple tables for all kinds of diners, plus a striking bar clad in colourful taverna-style tiles, to streetside tables for al fresco dining in the warmer months.
La Raza menus put emphasis on flexibility, offering a wide range of tapas plates to mix and match with cocktails by night or coffees and soft drinks by day. The team uses the highest quality suppliers alongside leading Spanish importers, turning out plates that work equally well for business lunches and pre-theatre dining as they do for celebratory nights out with friends.
You might go for a range of croquettes, which stretch from classic jamon Iberico and salt cod numbers to wild mushroom and spinach and goat's cheese, all served with your choice of dip. There’s also a choice of Spanish cured meats, from Guijuelo chorizo Iberico and Leon cecina to Valencian jamon serrano and a selection platter of all the restaurant’s cured meats.
Elsewhere on the La Raza menu, meat dishes include beef and pork meatballs in tomato sauce, Catalan sausage wrapped in bacon, chicken thighs in a moscatel sauce, and baked chorizo with Mediterranean vegetable piperade. Seafood lovers, meanwhile, will be pleased to see a range of plates like marinated white anchovies on toast, crispy squid with roast garlic aioli, and crayfish and prawn rolls, alongside king prawn tails with garlic and paprika.
You’ll also find a selection of salads, alongside a dedicated section for vegetarian and vegan dishes. Think padron peppers, vegan meatballs, Spanish tortilla, and baked figs with goat cheese, balsamic and honey drizzle.