Las
Columnas (c/Mateos Gago)
Close to the Cathedral with a sign that reads Bodega Santa
Cruz. Don't believe it - everyone here calls it Las Columnas.
Very little seating so people tend to crowd around the bar
to order tapas while the bartenders keep your running tab
on the bar in grease pencil. Tapas are between 1,20-1,80€.
- ensaladilla
(potato salad with tuna, crab, peas, carrots)
- flamenquin
(pork wrapped in ham and filled with cheese then deep
fried - can you say Homer Simpson?)
- pinchito
de cerdo (brochette of seasoned pork)
- montaditos
(grilled sandwiches - various)
- gazpacho
- alitas
de pollo (fried morsels of chicken)
Bar
Manolo
One of my favorites as it was the first place I tried anything
"en adobo". Located in the Alfalfa with a good
amount of outdoor seating. Tapas are generous in size, and
reasonably priced: 1,30-2€
- gambas
rebozadas (fried shrimp)
- pavia
de merluza (fried fish)
- solomillo
al whisky (pork loin in brandy and garlic sauce)
- gazpacho
- gambas
a la plancha (grilled shrimp in shells)
Coloniales
Inside and outside seating but if you want to eat outside
get there early and put your name on chalk board outside.
Some days you may wait 30 minutes, but you can always eat
at the bar. Tapas range from 1,75-3,50€ but they are
huge, which makes eating here very cheap. These
folks may be the gods of sauces. I have yet to eat anything
here I don't like and have often thought of giving up cooking
at home. I likely would if the wait weren't so long.
- solomillo
al whisky (pork loin in brandy and garlic sauce)
- solomillo
al porto (pork loin in port sauce)
- solomillo
a la castellana (pork loin with garlic and mushrooms)
- champinones
rebozados (fried mushrooms stuffed with ham and chorizo)
- tostadas
de la casa (various)
- pollo
con salsa de almendra (chicken in almond sauce)
- manjar
blanco (chicken in sauce)
- calamares
del campo (fried green pepper and onion - not squid)
- prueba
de chorizo (cooked chorizo)
El
Refugio
Down a little alley, this has been one of my favorites for
years. Many vegetarian friendly dishes, including carañacas
with a garlic mayonnaise (just don't ask what they are -
they won't tell you). Tapas range from 1,50-2,75€.
- carañacas
(squash?)
- berenjena
gratinada (eggplant with cheese)
- champiñones
a la plancha (grilled mushrooms with garlic and olive
oil)
Bodeguita
del Salvador
More of a place to drink a beer on Saturday or Sunday afternoon
in Plaza Salvador. People crowd into the bar to get a drink
and then make their way outside.
- jamón
(ham)
- aceitunas
(olives)
- queso
(cheese)
- montaditos
(sandwiches - various)
- cerveza
Bar
Kiko
Mom and pop bar with great tapas. Two dining rooms - one
a like to call the "fire trap" as it is located
behind the kitchen with no other exit. The other is next
door. If you eat one thing here make it the lagrimitas de
pollo. Tapas range from 1,50-2,25€.
- lagrimitas
de pollo (chicken marinated in vinegar - adobo like)
- croquetas
- san
jacobo (ham and cheese deep-fried)
- pisto
(stew)
El
Rincón Gallego
Great Galician bar. Don't be fooled by other ones in Sevilla
- this is the only place to go. Drink Sidra - alcoholic
cider typical of the region. My favorites here are chorizo
criollo and mejillones al vapor. Tapas range in price from
1,50-2,50€.
- empanada
de atun (tuna empanada - accept no other)
- mejillones
al vapor (steamed mussells)
- berberechos
al vapor (steamed clams?)
- bacalao
a la gallega (fish with a few veggies)
- chorizo
criollo (homemade sausage served with sauce)
- sidra
(cider)
La
Huerta
Very new and just down the street from my apartment. Lots
of outdoor seating and very friendly owners. They offer
some nice alternatives to the normal tapas you find here.
A lot of vegetarian friendly dishes. The tabla de patatas
comes with three amazing sauces. El Secreto (shhh..don't
tell) is huge. Tapas range from 1,50-2,50€.
- tabla
de patatas con 3 salsas (roast potatoes with 3 dipping
sauces)
- brochetta
de verduras (grilled vegetable kebob)
- quiche
de puerros (leak quiche)
- chistorra
(fried chorizo like sausages)
- croquetas
- secreto
(pork steak)
La
Oliva (Triana)
Just found this place thanks to my woman. Everything we
tried (listed below) was great, and everything else that
came out of the kitchen made me even hungrier. It may be
a hike from the center, but well worth it. Tapas from 1,50-2,50€
- croquetas
de jamón
- solomillo
con bacon (pork loin, bacon and a fried green pepper as
a sandwich)
- cola
de langosta (lobster tail with cocktail sauce)
- chipirones
a la plancha (grilled squid)
- serranito
(pork loin, ham, and a fried green pepper as a sandwich
Blanco
Cerillo
They have some other tapas as well, but why bother when
they have perfected boquerones en adobo. If I had to pick
one food for the rest of my life it would be this. Bar is
very small and outdoor seating can be hard to find on a
nice day. Same (and the only) waiter has been there for
over 10 years. I make sure I go once a week. Boquerones
are 1,45€ for a tapa or 4,80€ for media ración.
- boquerones
en adobo con mayonesa (fried little fish marinated in
vinegar, garlic and spices)
Flor
de mi Vina
Just try and find this place. If you do you're in luck -
I recommend ordering a plato - 3-3,80€ - for the best
value. I think there are 6 or 7 brothers that work behind
the bar. Very attentive and nice folks. This was dubbed
"Bar Barrato" by my sister and brother-in-law
a while back.
- solomillo
whisky (pork in brandy and garlic sauce)
- choco
a la riojana (squid)
- arroz
(rice)
- albondigas
(meatballs - not the italian kind)
- pollo
a la plancha (grilled chicken)
- urta
con tomate (pescado)
Bodegon
Alfonso XII
Near the art museum here. They have a very large menu and
a good amount of indoor seating. Bartenders are nice fellows.
If you like garlic order patatas a la brava - the best around
here. And they always have arroz (rice) - every day.
- patatas
a la brava (potatos with garlic mayo and hot sauce)
- arroz
(rice)
- flamenquin
(pork wrapped in ham and filled with cheese then deep
fried - can you say Homer Simpson?)
- chipiron
a la plancha (grilled squid)
- solomillo
al whisky (pork in brandy and garlic sauce)
El
Rinconcillo
Oldest bar in Sevilla dating back to 1670. The current owners
are on their 8th generation dating back to 1800 or so. You
can never enter without seeing a tourist here but it has
a great atmosphere, including a collection of (still full)
bottles of liquor some as old as 70 years. Tapas range in
price from 1,50-2,50€. Cheapest beer in town at 0,85€
a pop.
- jamón
(ham)
- espinacas
(cooked spinach)
- bacalao
con tomate (fish with tomato)
- caldereta
(meat stew)
- queso
(cheese)
- cana
de lomo (cured pork)
Sierra
Mayor
A great place to go for a variety of cured meats. Ham, chorizo,
caña de lomo. The "fuentes" give you a
chance to try a little bit of everything although it can
be pricey. Tapas range from 1,80-3,00€.
- fuente
de sierra mayor (a little of everything in the cured meat
department)
- fuente
de queso (many cheese)
- croquetas
de espinaca
- tostada
o pan de la casa (various)
Bar
La Extremena
Real
wood fired grill right behind the bar. The place for grilled
("a la plancha") meats. You can even order a pigs
head (pestorejo)...mmm...pigs head. They have a larger,
more formal dining room next door where you can't order
tapas. Tapa prices in the bar range from 1,75-5€.
- chorizo
al infierno (hot chorizo cooked in liquor at your table)
- surtido
de queso (sampler of cheeses)
- surtido
de chacina (sampler of cured meats)
- surtido
de carne (sampler of grilled meats
- costillas
de cerdo (pork ribs)
- presa
iberica (pork loin)
- pluma
iberica (pork loin?)
- migas
(something like stuffing)
La
Moneda $$
A little pricey and tapas are smaller but very good.
- garbanzos
con bacalao (fish and garbanzo stew)
- langostinos
con bacon (shrimp wrapped in bacon)
- pez
espada empanado (fried swordfish)
El
Modesto $$
One word for everything: delicious.
- pescaito
frito (sampler of fried fish)
- solomillo
(pork loin)
- coquinas
(little clams)
- calamares
del campo (fried green pepper and onions)
Bar
Europa
- Salmorejo
- croquetas
de espinaca
- espinacas
Cafe
Bar La Universal
- fideitos
de Cádiz
- tortilla
de verduras
Rayas
Ice cream
only, but probably the best on earth. Take your pick, they
are all good. 2€ for a small and 3€ for a medium
cup.
Sloppy
Joe's
Pizza,
burgers, chicken wings: American style with a Spanish touch.
Bar
la Estrella
Working
on this list...
Meson
la Infanta $$
Just
about everything here is good
Ajo
Blanco
San
Marco (c/Meson del Moro)
Great
Italian food, and don't believe the other Sevilla web sites
which say 48€ for two. You can skip that 20€
bottle of wine and eat plenty for around 25€. Eat
at the Meson del Moro location for the best atmosphere.
Bar
Alfalfa
La
Casa de las Costillas (Nervión
Plaza)
The only real American steak/rib restaurant around. Catch
a cab or go for a long walk as this one is located in Nervión
Plaza, unfortunately one of the malls in Sevilla next to
Sevilla F.C. stadium (blech). Curiously
named sandwiches for states and cities in the US that have
nothing to do with the actual place.
Bar
Tino
Close
to El Corte Inglés en el Duque.
Pizzeros
Orsini y Angelo
Was my favorite pizza place, but they have changed the inside
and tried to become a little more upscale. Unfortunately
Let's Go "discovered" them a few years
ago.
Café-Bar
"El Ambigú"
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