Spanish tapas bar & restaurant, welcome!
El Rincon Latino (The Latin corner) has been providing local residents and visitors with excellence service since 1989, at first as a delicatessen café to then become a restaurant in 1991. Some members of the Rubiera-Iglesias family started working at El Rincon Latino in 1991 for the previous owner. Back then, there were six restaurants in Clapham – currently there are over 60 eateries. Clapham has changed a lot over the years; we remain constant and true to ourselves. We took the restaurant in ownership in October 1997. Since then, it has been non-stop. Whilst the family have grown, (there have been few new members to the already large family hold), so did the loyal clientele. We pride ourselves in the provision of authentic food. There isn't any better gratification for a restaurateur other than to see our patrons leave pleased and satisfied. And to see them come back!
El Rincon Latino -Spanish tapas bar & restaurant- serves Paellas, Spanish & Colombian tapas. Our encounter with Colombian cuisine comes from when we originally started working in El Rincon Latino for the previous proprietors.
The word 'tapas' means small portion. It is typical custom to order several and share with friends. Tapas can be eaten at lunch or dinner, but without any doubt, the most singular characteristic of the 'tapeo' (the art of eating tapas) is its socialising aspect, the ability to bring together people from all walks of life who gather round the table to enjoy this informal ritual.
With the selection our wine list offers, you can enjoy a great journey throughout the 'Denominacion de Origen' (D.O.) of Spain. We carefully select our bodegas taking into account the environmental impact and the growing process of the products. The bodegas have their own environmental - friendly quality policies to diminish the impact on the surroundings. One policy is the use of organic treatments and natural process of fermentation, aging & clarification of the wine to increase naturally the quality of the end product.
Many of our products are imported from the Northern region of Spain, were we originate from, and these are products and suppliers that we have known for many years. A couple of samples; Fabrica La Carmina were our chorizos come from, is one of the oldest of its kind, founded in 1923 by the grandfather of the current owners, here the production follows the same craftsmanship of its origins. Carbonell olive oil is produce in the most authentic traditional elaboration process since 1866 and it is synonymous of great quality.
Our waste cooking oil is recycled into carbon neutral eco-friendly Bio-diesel 'part of the climate change solution' .
We continue to strive in our search for new quality products to add to the existing.