Spain Restaurant and Toma Bar

Spain Restaurant and Toma Bar serves Galician-style tapas and Spanish cuisine in downtown Tampa, with a focus on seafood. Dishes include prawns, calamari and paella marinera, and the bar is known for its mojitos. The Castro family, who emigrated from Spain, opened the restaurant in 1980.

The restaurant sits a few blocks from the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and the Tampa Theater, so it is a popular stop before or after a show. Reservations are recommended, and the restaurant also takes parties, catering orders and takeout, including orders through UberEats, DoorDash and GrubHub. A weekday lunch buffet runs alongside dinner service, and happy hour is daily from 4 to 7 pm. Reviewers mention live music on some evenings and a quiet, dimly lit dining room suited to date nights.