Spanish Restaurants in Columbus, OH

“We really like Nomad! The menu is eclectic but inviting, the food is excellent, and the service is friendly and efficient. My only complaint is with the tableware. They definitely went for form over function. Too cutesy and it made enjoying the food difficult. We'll take a normal dinner plate or bowl over some too small wooden board any day! Tableware should enhance the food not make it difficult to eat and enjoy!“

“I stopped in here for dinner while in the area. I sat at the bar and luckily it was during the 4-6pm happy hour. The staff was great and personable. I had a couple glasses of wine and the Caesar salad was fantastic! Big portion and the good white anchovies (not the dehydrated gray ones from a can). Fantastic. I also had the happy hour potatoes and mussels. Both were fantastic and the sauces were on point. I will definitely return.“

“This place is always busy but that's because their food is awesome. I typically get tacos but sometimes get a burrito. Everything I've had has been delicious. Their green and red salsa are both very good. The red is a little smoky and very tasty! Love this truck!“

“We had an amazing time at Lumin. It helps that they were surprisingly dead on a Saturday afternoon with beautiful weather that made the outdoor seating feel like a perfect day. We'd definitely be back. (We also didn't order any entrees; it looks like most of the complaints here are about food quality.) PROS: -You come to a rooftop bar for the views, and Lumin has them. If you want to sit inside, gigantic floor-to-ceiling windows let you see outside, enjoying the view of the Short North and downtown. You can overload the highway (it's especially wild from a few tables where it feels like you're on top of the road), and you have a super awesome view of North Market too. -If you want to head outside, they have a pretty good outdoor patio too. There's a single entry point to get onto the patio; there's a second door, but it only opens from the outside for some reason. The chairs on the patio are amazingly comfortable, and it was deliciously warm sunlight around 4PM. There's very little table space at most of the couch/armchair seating outside, so it's designed for drinks only once you transition away from dinner. -Drinks were heavily poured and delicious. Everyone enjoyed every drink they ordered, and I'm honestly excited enough about the drinks to want to come back again. I want to say they were "hotel bar prices", but since all of Columbus seems to have gone to $13-17 a drink, they're about on par with anywhere you'd drink on the Short North. -Walkable from the Short North. If you do want to take heed to most of the reviews that hate the food here (and at Short North prices, I get that), you can easily eat at one of the food establishments nearby and walk 4 blocks to make it to Lumin. -Service was okay. It looked like one bartender and one waitress for the whole place. There were 8-10 groups, so it wasn't the worst, but if they had had a swamped Saturday, I might have had a different story to tell. She was busy, but pleasant, and was especially great about bringing out the check when we wanted to leave. -We really liked our flatbread. It was fresh, warm, and tasty. I'm not sure if it was a big enough portion to be worth the cost, but everybody was really happy with the flatbread. CONS: -Some of the outdoor/patio furniture is high-top tables. They do allow you to better see over the railing (not super necessary since they have a glass fence), but it did limit the seating options for someone who doesn't like high top tables.“