Kanela Flamenco Bar - Fitzroy

My friend wanted to dine-in here as this restaurant have on-stage shows while diners eat But unfortunately it wasn’t our lucky day because there wasn’t any stage performance that weekend.<br/ <br/ Food is mediocre, Simply Spanish paella

This place is fantastic for a little slice of Spain outside of Europe. The tapas was amazing, the sangria fab but most of all the flamenco was excellence personified. Guitarist professional and jazzed it up just a little. The dancers incredible and percussionist on task. What an amazing troupe. Id recommend to anyone who loves anything Andalucian.

Came here with my family for dinner and to catch the flamenco show at the end. Kanela serve a variety of tapas and paella, and also have an extensive drinks menu. The food here is delicious, but I did notice that some menu items were over priced. Over $15 for an espresso Martini for example. <br/ <br/ All in all i had a great time. Definitely a great choice for a birthday dinner.

Work Xmas party organised here and i been to alot of Spanish restaurants particularly in Sydney my hometown and nothing reminds me of my mum's paella than here, moist, fresh seafood, and most importantly great soccarat. There are a few overpriced other Spanish places in this part of Johnson Street I remember so well when I moved to Melbourne not quite 20 yrs ago and lived in Leicester street. <br/ <br/ Top quality food and as authentic as I can recall, lovely bar, flamenco show and just a great environment, wish I was 10yrs younger I'd never leave this place, tapas, cerveza, rounded out by a an exisite paella? Give it a go, you lose nothing from the experience :

We popped into Kanela’s early evening as we heard they did very nice Churros and all felt like a sweet finish to our afternoon of eating. They were hot, golden and delicious with a sugar coating and there was plenty of chocolate dipping sauce to go round. We also ordered espresso martini’s, coconut margarita (made with coconut tequila which I’ve now had in a couple of cocktails in the past few weeks). We were the only people in the bar but it was clearly very early and we overheard one staff members indicate in a phone call that they were fully booked for dinner that evening. They have a stage at the far end and have live performances throughout the evening. A lady in our group admitted that in her youth she may have danced in the bar being so caught up in the evenings music... but not tonight ... not so early.<br/ <br/ Bar staff mentioned the Johnson Street Spanish Festival being only a few weeks away. I’m guessing this venue would be in the thick of it all.