When learning a foreign language, it may sometimes feel as if we couldn’t find enough opportunities to practice what we have learned. Luckily, for those of us living in Edinburgh, there is a wide variety of venues where you can practise and improve your communication skills. The Spanish staff working in these places will be more than happy to talk to you in their mother tongue, so that you can have authentic exchanges in Spanish without leaving the city. With this post, we want to present some of them to you.
Tapas 3
«Authentic tapas, Spanish craft beers, sherries, wine, cava, cocktails, flamenco. Open 5-11pm Tues-Thurs, and 12-11pm Fri & Sat. Booking recommended. Hasta pronto.»
Address: 8 Howden Street, Edinburgh.
Website: https://tapas3.co.uk/
MALVAROSA
«Located in Portobello High Street, Edinburgh’s seaside, Malvarosa Restaurant brings the locals the 
opportunity to enjoy the real taste of authentic Spanish tapas. Elaborated from scratch our food enjoys the mixture of organic, Spanish and high quality products locally sourced where possible to make sure that the real flavours of Spain are delivered at the highest standards.»
Address: 262 Portobello High St., Edinburgh
Website: http://www.malvarosa.co.uk/
TAPA
«We are an Award-Winning Restaurant, specializing in using the finest 
quality imported Spanish ingredients, combined with some of the best that Scotland has to offer, to create innovative and mouth-watering Tapas dishes. Our restaurant, in Edinburgh’s North Side, is situated in a converted Warehouse, minutes from the culinary hotbed of the Shore and Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre.»
Address: 19 Shore Place, Edinburgh
Website: http://www.tapaedinburgh.co.uk/
El Quijote
«We pride ourselves for using some of the best Spanish products in the market which we bring to UK 
through different suppliers. Our speciality is the Iberian pork meals. The Iberian pork meat is famous for its flavour and tenderness.
We also believe in supporting the local community and that is why we also source our restaurant with ingredients obtained in the local shops.»
Address: 13A Brougham Street, Tollcross, Edinburgh
Website: http://www.quijotetapas.co.uk/
Indaba
«Begoña welcomes you to the Indaba Restaurant in Edinburgh. 
Our Tapas are mostly Spanish, we do some South African and Scottish Tapas too. We use fresh, locally sourced ingredients where possible and most of our menu is gluten free.»
Address: 3 Lochrin Terrace, Tollcross, Edinburgh
Website: https://www.edindaba.co.uk/
Indaba Deli
«Indaba Deli sells many of the products used in Indaba’s kitchen, along with a selection of Spanish and South African favourites for the cupboard and booze cabinet. Recently we are operating also as a cafe bar, offering our selection of wines, beers and spirits along with our tapas and nibbles to sit in or take away. In a relax and cosy atmosphere you can enjoy the best of Indaba’s kitchen and Indaba’s drinks selection.»
Address: 17 Causewayside, Edinburgh
Website: http://www.indabadeli.com/
Las Delicias
«Authentic Spanish fine food dispatched from our brick-and-mor
tar shop in Edinburgh. Give yourself a treat with our growing selection of delicacies, or bring Spain to your home with our range of everyday foods, from horchata to paella.»
Address: 47 Great Junction Street, Edinburgh
Website: https://lasdelicias.co.uk/
The Black Hoof
«Alongside being a purveyor of Jamon and Fine Spanish Products online, we also are a Tapas and Spanish Restaurant. Much of what you can purchase online can be viewed, sampled, enjoyed and purchased in our Spanish Restaurant. In our atmospheric little restaurant, we focus on exemplary service, great Spanish gastronomy and creating a traditional and humble Spanish dining experience.»
Address: 171 Dalry Road, Edinburgh
Website: https://theblackhoof.co.uk/
These are the ones we have discovered so far, and we’ll keep on exploring the beautiful Edinburgh for new updates! If you have come across other ones, we will love you to share them with the Edina community. Please, don’t hesitate to lease a comment below or contact us.
We hope you enjoy practising your Spanish talking with the native speakers in your town!
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“Edina Spanish lessons” Team
Pedro Morote / Roberto Patón