El Centro & El Arenal
With its eye-catching bright-blue exterior plus red and white toile de Jouy tiles, this place celebrates its Andalucian identity in an unfussy menu and…
Must-see restaurants in Andalucía
Triana
Housed in an old motorbike workshop – the long, narrow space is enhanced by a vertical garden and sleek design – De La O takes local produce, such as sea…
Catedral & Barrio de Santa Cruz
Hams swing from ceiling hooks, old posters are etched with art-nouveau and art-deco designs, and outdoor blackboards relay what's cooking in the kitchen…
La Macarena & Alameda de Hércules
A craft-beer bar with local, national and international brews, Hops & Dreams also serves tasty food with a Moroccan touch, such as chicken and almond…
El Centro & El Arenal
Original tapas, a relaxed, unpretentious atmosphere and a prime central location, laCava is one of the better options in the city's touristy centre. It…
Catedral & Barrio de Santa Cruz
This is as old-school as it gets, a perennially busy bar staffed by gruff waiters and frequented by Sevillans and visitors alike. Traditional tapas such…
Catedral & Barrio de Santa Cruz
The hanging hams look as ancient as the bar itself, a sinuous wraparound affair with a cheerfully cluttered interior. Locals congregate at the bar while…
La Macarena & Alameda de Hércules
People-watching and eating go hand in hand at this casual eatery on the Alameda de Hércules. Grab a table – though you'll need to come early – and go…
Granada
Traditional tapas updated for the 21st century are the star turn at this smart all-day cafe-restaurant at the jaws of the Realejo quarter. Bag a table in…
La Macarena & Alameda de Hércules
Exciting tapas go hand in hand with a casual, bustling vibe at this 'new-school' bar just off the Alameda de Hércules. Squeeze yourself into a table and…
Catedral & Barrio de Santa Cruz
San Telmo's innovative tapas continue to wow diners, and its tables, either outside or in the brick tiled interior, are a prized commodity. Bag one, for…
El Centro & El Arenal
Cinco Jotas is one of Spain's best-known jamón producers, famous for its Ibérico ham from the small village of Jabugo in southern Andalucía. Not…
El Centro & El Arenal
The sister outfit, and more touristy version, of the Taberna Coloniales San Pedro in the Arenal quarter. Grab a marble-top table and sit down to decent,…
Cádiz
Originally opened in 1912 on the centenary of the 1812 constitution, the restored Royalty was once a discussion corner for the intellectuals of the day,…
Jerez de la Frontera
Pitching itself among age-old city-centre favourites, Albores brings a contemporary edge to local flavours and traditional recipes with its original,…
Tarifa
Squeeze into the standing-room-only bar or battle for your terrace table at El Francés, which gives Andalucian classics a subtle twist. Tarifa's favourite…
El Balneario de los Baños del Carmen
Málaga
Enjoying front-row views of the beach at La Malagueta, El Balneario is a wonderful place to sit outside on a balmy evening and share a plate of prawns or…
Ronda
Eating rabo de toro (oxtail) in a restaurant named after a famous bullfighter that sits opposite Spain’s most legendary bullring and has bull’s heads on…
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Flavours from Cádiz collide with international flair in imaginative, market-fuelled concoctions at this romantic patio restaurant up in the old town…
Las Alpujarras
Set in a traditional 350-year-old house in the hamlet of Mecina Fondales, 4km south of Pitres, this long-established, candlelit restaurant is worth the…
Tarifa
This relaxed terrace restaurant, co-working space and cocktail/juice bar pulls out all the stops with its ultra-enticing, organic vegetarian and vegan…
Jerez de la Frontera
Slide into blond-wood booths amid minimalist decor for jerezano chef Israel Ramos' beautifully creative contemporary dishes fuelled by typical Andalucian…
La Herradura
With tables overlooking the lovely grey-pebble naturist beach of Cantarriján, 7km west of La Herradura, this long-established year-round chiringuito cooks…
Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz
Prize-winning Antonio, 1km south of Zahara, is wildly recommended for its top-quality seafood, delivered by attentive staff in a sparkling modern-design…
Andalucía
Highly popular El Tranco is quite avant-garde for this neck of the woods, providing a tasty contemporary take on traditional local ingredients, in…
Málaga
Moroccan restaurants are less common in Málaga than in Granada, but Al Yamal, family-run for four decades in the heart of the Soho district, serves the…
Antequera
Located in a pretty restaurant-flanked cul-de-sac off Calle Infante Don Fernando, this restaurant also runs a cooking school, La Espuela, so it knows what…
Andalucía
This elegant little restaurant, in an unpromising street off Parque de la Victoria, prepares top-class Spanish fare rooted in local favourites, such as…
Granada
Granada’s leading street artist, El Niño de las Pinturas, has been let loose inside Hicuri, creating a psychedelic backdrop to the wonderful vegan food…
Cádiz
Barrels of Pedro Ximénez, manzanilla (chamomile-coloured sherry) and oloroso (sweet, dark sherry) stack up behind the bar at this down-to-earth 1956…
Andalucía
It's tiny but it's the best of Cazorla’s central bars, with barrel tables outside (and it gets packed inside when the weather's poor). They do great tapas…
Andalucía
Zeitúm is housed in a headily historic 14th-century building, where staff will show you the original well, and the stonework and beams bearing Jewish…
Málaga
With Málaga's Alcazaba posing like the Alhambra in the background, this classy but not-too-posh restaurant (you can opt for stools rather than chairs) is…
Grazalema
The cooking is more fun and inventive than the rustic check-cloth, beamed-ceiling, bull-festival-inspired decor suggests at this cosy gastrobar, run by a…
Andalucía
Leandro is a step up in class from most other Cazorla eateries – professional but still friendly service in a bright dining room with lazy music, and only…
El Puerto de Santa María
It's a measure of El Puerto's gastronomic nous that, in such a seafood-oriented town, there's a meat restaurant that could compete with any Buenos Aires…
Jerez de la Frontera
Fresh Gaditano classics – Sanlúcar king prawns, rabo de toro (oxtail), camarones (shrimp) – meet international inspiration at this uberstylish 2019…
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
With its beamed ceiling and tiled floors, Taberna Argüeso feels like an old-time tapas bar but, out the back, it morphs into a smart glassed-in sushi bar…
Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz
From the super-star team behind Barbate seafood sensation El Campero, this cheery contemporary tavern puts to the spotlight on the region's famous…
Córdoba
Famed for its churrasco cordobés (pork tenderloin grilled over oak charcoal, with Arabic sauces), this is the place to head for a carnivorous feast, as…
