I don't often find myself in Portobello but walking down Portobello High St. at around lunch time I happened to pass Malvarosa. As a lover of Tapas and Spanish food combined with an invitingly traditional looking interior, I headed in.\n\nWe were immediately greeted by two very welcoming and friendly ladies serving us. Inside, it feels just like a Spanish tapas bar (as long as you don't look out the window on to Portobello High Street) you can transport yourself straight to Granada.\n\nThe menu is great and offers a good variety of traditional Spanish tapas options as well as some more unique dishes, something I really like in a restaurant. Similarly, they have a well chosen wine listed, sourced from Spanish vineyards. The beers are the standard Estrella, Mahou and Alhambra along with a couple special editions I didn't expect to see. And well priced with my 250ml of white coming in at only \u00a34.60.\n\nTo eat I had marinated anchovies, Potaje de Garbanzos - a chickpea and vegetable stew, Ensalada de Invierno - a mix of saut\u00e9ed greens and Merluza al Chilindr\u00f3n - baked Hake with ratatouille. They were all spectacular. The anchovies were served with chopped parsley and plenty garlic - perfect! The chickpea stew was very well flavoured. It had sultanas in it and I don't usually like sweet and savoury at the same time but with a perfect balance of spices and sweetness this Moorish style dish was so nice. The mixed greens were also cooked perfectly; al dente but still with a golden char on the outside.\n\nThe Hake comes with a bit of a story. I was aware it would take a little longer as it was baked in the oven to order (great) It was the last dish to arrive after a very slight wait (only about 5 minutes longer than expected). Despite not having a problem with this at all, our servers were incredibly apologetic, took it off our bill and gave us a complimentary bowl of olives! It was definitely worth the wait. It was beautifully cooked; creamy white, flaky flesh and served with a ratatouille that was massive on flavour.\n\nI have to give a special mention to those olives as well. They are huge, I don't know what they were marinated in but as far as olives go, they were spectacular.\n\nI went through a period of eating my way through Edinburgh's Spanish restaurants and Malvarosa is certainly up there with the best. It has the whole package; great food, great staff, great atmosphere and good value. I think i'll be looking for excuses to visit Portobello more often.