Best Spanish Restaurants in Lauderdale by the Sea

Jan 10 was their inaugural evening and I must say the food, ambiance, and the staff were great and most of all very well trained. The food choices and portions were perfect, flavors delightfully unique, and surrounding decor was like a Hollywood movie. Angelo, our waiter couldn’t have been more pleasurable and knowledgeable. Bernard was funny and engaging and efficient. Eduard our host was most welcoming and checked in with us just enough to be sure our every desire was met. As yachters wintering in Ft Lauderdale, we will be certain to visit Sotogrande again.

This was our first time at Medi Terra and will definitely go back. It was quite a chilly night so we had opted to sit inside- but there was a table of 20 young women in the center of the restaurant and the noise was deafening! So we went outside - they have propane heaters and provide cozy blankets what was nice. Pretty soon two other parties came outside too - all because of the noise inside. The service was wonderful - great wine list. They had a salmon rillette appetizer as a special that was outstanding. We shared the paella which was good - but not great. Heavy on the rice and the chicken and seafood was overcooked. But will definitely go back and try other items on the menu

Great selection of tapas and all the food was delicious. The service was excellent and the ambience was wonderful. We will definitely be back.

Super nice restaurant, they have live music I believe every night. The food is always delicious never disappoints, I recommend going on a Tuesday or Wednesday because they have 50% off paella which are delicious and its a nice place to have some tapas as well, i have tried almost all of the tapas and they are all so good.

Excellent restaurant highly recommended, very authentic Spanish food, good service and reasonable price. The Spanish decorations is very inviting! This was my third time going to Candela with friend and family and I am always satisfied! We’ll go back for sure.