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Seville

Tapas, Andalucian restaurants in Seville

  1. A

    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 this place 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 you’ve ever seen.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Mesón Serranito

    Vegetarians steer clear: this place is dangerously close to the bullring and 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.

    It also specialises 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.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Casa Tomate

    A newish place in an old building decorated with art deco feria posters, Tomate cares more about satisfying the palates of locals than making a fast buck off tourists. The waiters recommend the garlic prawns and the pork sirloin in a white-wine-and-pine-nut sauce. The waiters are right.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Bar-Restaurante Eslava

    A legend in its own dinnertime, Eslava shirks the traditional tilework and bullfighting posters of tapas-bar lore and delivers where it matters: fine food backed up with equally fine service.

    There's a 'nouvelle' tinge to the memorable costillas a la miel (pork ribs in a honey and rosemary glaze) and vegetable strudel in a cheese sauce, but there's nothing snobby about the atmosphere which is local and pretty fanatical after 9pm. An equally good restaurant (with shared kitchen) sits next door.

    reviewed