Pan Y Vino, Stockton Heath

We don’t go into this superb restaurant as often as we would like, simply because we enjoy different ethnic cuisines. However invariably the senior staff treat us as though we were regulars, and we sit down knowing we are going to have a good experience [see Let Us Complain below].

As fish-eating vegetarians [yes I know true vegetarians can't agree with this] the tapas menu is extensive. The service is done with more than a smile; unless they are all brilliant actors, the impression is staff love what they do. Again as previously stated, Pan Y Vino is high tempo, and you do feel you are abroad. Spanish music and wonderful decor add to the feel.

Their reduced price midweek menu seems to have paid off. If you have a good restaurant, surely the trick is to get people in. Once they have sampled your wares, they will come back. [I get the idea with some restaurants, subconsciously the owners are scared to do this - not here obviously].

Wonderful.

Jack Stewart.