Meson Los Berriles - particularly good considering it's part of a chain (at any rate, there's a couple of them) where quality control and friendliness can become more of a challenge. I know what Ana means about the rise of the places in the 'burbs - the likes of La Tasca can be really underwhelming.

I think we are lucky to have Tapastry in HOP (I know I keep going back, and I am pretty picky) for the food, drink and especially the service - which was inconsistent at best in the days of the Red Rooms. Over the hill, judging from the above, Barcelona has its fans, though it's not to my own liking. But hey, live and let live...

At the end of the day all of these places are not going to be authentically Spanish - but what's the harm in the fact that they're taking the style and trying to do something with it? I am Irish, and what I expect of an Irish (-style) pub is very different to what I would expect walking into a bar in the middle of Belfast.