La Tasca

Spanish cuisine is becoming more popular in Glasgow, and La Tasca, situated at 39 Renfield Street, is among the best. Upon entering you're struck with how tastefully decorated the place is, with traditional Spanish music quietly playing above the din of happy customers. La Tasca is predominately a tapas restaurant, though there are a few traditional Spanish dishes if tapas isn't your thing.
The staff in La Tasca are very friendly and willing to guide you through the mysteries of tapas if you've never tried it before. Our waiter recommended ordering three dishes or four, and sharing to see what we enjoyed. We opted for some king prawns in batter, some calamari, and instead of more tapas, we gave the seafood paella a try. Other options included chicken, Spanish sausage, but we were on a bit of a seafood binge. We were warned that it would take up to an hour to make, as paella rice soaks up water slowly while cooking, but we were content to wait, drink some San Miguel lager and enjoy the atmosphere.
The tapas dishes were excellent. The calamari was served with rock salt and lemon, and a nice sauce, and was cooked to perfection. Not rubbery, not dry, very nicely prepared. The king prawns were the same, cooked in a light batter and was very tasty.
The paella arrived forty minutes later, in a huge round dish, filled with calamari, prawns, king prawns, mussels and tuna. There was only two of us but this could have easily fed four people. Again, everything was fresh ingredients, cooked to perfection and very enjoyable. We wasted little time in devouring the dish, and made a decent attempt at finishing it, but it beat us. If you're hungry the paella is excellent value for money.

La Tasca has a lot to recommend, and I can't think of anything to fault it, aside from the length of time to cook paella, which can't be helped. I'll definitely be back.