Restaurants in Andalucía
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La Trattoria
The Alameda is lined with restaurants and cafes. First-class food and efficient service make La Trattoria one of the best and busiest Italian eateries in town.
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Café Fútbol
No Raúl or Fábregas, but plenty of art nouveau decor and fresh churros.
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Los Coloniales
It might not look like much from the outside but trust us; this is something very special. It’s hard to pick a favourite dish as everything is outstanding, but we’d never turn down a plate of chorizo a la Asturiana, a divine spicy sausage in an onion sauce served on a bed of lightly fried potato. To follow up try the aubergines in honey. There is another, inferior and more touristy branch, Taberna Los Coloniales, on Calle Jimios near the cathedral.
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Vinería San Telmo
If the thought of the Andalusian-Basque dishes on offer here – such as foie gras with quails eggs and lychees or exquisitely cooked bricks of tuna or maybe the rascacielos de tomate, berenjena, queso de cabra y salmón (which roughly translates into a pyramid of tomato, aubergine, goats cheese and salmon) – don’t make you drool with expectation then you’re probably dead. In our opinion this is the best place to eat in Barrio de Santa Cruz.
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Clandestino
A trendy warehouse-style restaurant with an exciting menu that fuses northern European and Latin cuisines. A good selection of vegetarian dishes is headed by silky felafel patties on a salad dressed with alfalfa sprouts and a dill yoghurt vinaigrette.
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La Tetería
Emulating many of Granada’s teterías, this inviting establishment near the Picasso museum complements a full menu of exotic teas with some heavenly homemade cakes and one of the best bowls of breakfast granola you’re ever likely to taste.
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Restaurante Arrayanes
The best Moroccan food in a city that is well known for its Moorish throwbacks? Recline on lavish patterned seating, try the rich, fruity tagine casseroles and make your decision. Note that Restaurante Arrayanes does not serve alcohol.
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Bodega Santa Cruz
Forever crowded and with a mountain of paper on the floor, this place is usually standing room only, with tapas and drinks enjoyed alfresco as you dodge the marching army of tourists squeezing through Santa Cruz’s narrow streets.
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Freiduría Las Flores
Cádiz specialises in fried fish and seafood, and Las Flores, a kind of self-respecting fish and chippery, is one of the best places to sample it. To try a combination, have a surtido (mixed fry-up).
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Gorki
A popular upmarket tapas bar with pavement tables and a modern interior full of wine-barrel tables and stools. Creative tapas have a more sevillano twist and the clientele is young and trendy.
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El Patio San Eloy
Patches of old tiling remain at the always-busy Patio San Eloy, where you can sit on the tiled steps at the back and feast on a fine array of burguillos (small filled rolls).
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Restaurante Tragabuches
Sleek, modern Tragabuches is Ronda’s poshest restaurant. Points for creativity are won for the venison and sweet potatoes and the pork trotters with squid and sunflower seeds.
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La Casa del Ángel
An extraordinary restaurant filled with the owners' considerable art collection. The cuisine is equally sumptuous: a combination of Andalucian, Arab and international tastes.
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Restaurante Tintero
A longstanding, fun, seafront eatery where plates of seafood are brought out by the waiters and you shout out for what you want. Shout loud if you want it sizzling hot.
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Lechuga
In this calm retreat, vegetables reign supreme and the chef does wonderful things with them, such as hummus, Indian-style bhajis and various inventive salads.
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Poë
British-Angolan Poë offers Brazilian favourites such as feijoada or chicken stew with polenta, and a trendy multicultural vibe.
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Cafe Zumo
This convivial little place near the castle is popular for its juices, light meals, and soups. Magazines and books add to the attraction.
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El Rinconcillo
Seville’s oldest bar first opened in 1670 and has been dishing out the goods since before many countries were even a twinkle in someone’s eye. Time has allowed it to build up an impressive range of little morsels; though to be fair you do probably come here more for the sense of history than for the food. However, the ortiguillas fritas (fried sea anemones) are memorable for all the right reasons and it serves the biggest olives we’ve ever seen.
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Bar Restaurant Almocábar
In the Barrio San Francisco a little off the tourist path, tiny Almocábar features inspired and exceptional cooking with a surprising range of vegetarian salads as well as classic fish and meat dishes. The salad with goat’s cheese, walnuts, apples and mango purée is outstanding. Finish your meal with a tangerine sorbet that tastes like all the tangerines in the world concentrated into one shimmering scoop. Booking is advisable.
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Bar Europa
Up there with the best of the best, this neighbourhood institution has tapas so exciting they’ve won awards for several years in a row. The highly unusual, and rather tasty, quesadilla los balanchares gratinada sobre manzana was voted the most innovative tapa in 2006. This beauty involves turning a boring old Granny Smith into a taste sensation by covering it in goats cheese and laying it on a bed of strawberries.
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Mesón Serranito
Specialising in the serranito, a Spanish gastronomic institution consisting of a slice of toasted bread heaped with a pork fillet, roasted pepper, a nice bit of jamón and garlic, this place is tops for trying this simple but scrumptious bite. It’s also has tasty bull’s tail on the menu to go with the less tasty bulls’ heads hanging on the wall – next to pictures of the final few seconds of their lives.
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Álvaro Peregil
This tiny bar has not much more in terms of decoration than garlic bunches hanging overhead and a couple of tall tables outside to rest your tapas on. But the food is so good you’ll need nothing more. The salmorejo (a thicker version of gazpacho) is particularly good and is served with strips of jamón sprinkled over the top; try the orange wine, made from Seville’s famous (and ubiquitous) oranges.
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Arrocería La Pepa
To get a decent paella you have to leave the old town behind and head for a few kilometres southeast along Playa de la Victoria – a pleasant, appetite-inducing ocean-side walk along a popular jogging route or a quick ride on the No 1 bus. Either method is worth it. The fish in La Pepa’s seafood paella tastes as if it’s just jumped the 100 or so metres from the Atlantic onto your plate.
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Cafe de Flores
Formerly La Casa del Ángel, the once eccentric interior has been replaced with sleek plexiglass furniture, abstract art and a highly rated DJ to become a haunt of smart young malagueños in up-and-coming Plaza Madre de Dios, right opposite the blue-and-gold Teatro Cervantes. By day it's a coffee bar and lunch place, by night good food is complemented by great sounds.
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