Cafe Andaluz

Warm, colourful, friendly and noisy, Cafe Andaluz has captured all of the best features of a lively Spanish tapas bar. The atmosphere has the aroma of Spanish authenticity despite Andaluz's location on one of Edinburgh's busiest shopping and dining streets.

There is an impressive array of tapas to choose from and the ingredients are fresh and well cooked. Service from the many members of staff is efficient and polite, and help is always on hand when trying to negociate the huge selection of small dishes on offer.

It can be tempting to restrict yourself exclusively to the tapas dishes but the huge and delicious paellas have got to be sampled – so make sure to leave room.