Sevilla Restaurants

Modesto has a good reputation for the freshess of the seafood it serves... You may eat indoors or outdoors on the terrace. It's open daily from 8:00am till 2:00am . If you are super friendly with the waiters you may get a mini Magnum ice-cream and a shooter drink on the house when paying the bill ;)

Favorite Dish: Delicious salmon steak!!

This is indeed one of the best seafood restaurant in Sevilla: Kiosco de Las Flores Seafood Restaurant. Ask any local and he/she is sure to agree with you. Located just next to the Triana Bridge and the Guadalquiver River, you can choose to dine al fresco by the river and watch the world sail by you or you can dine inside the restaurant.

Favorite Dish: Everything in their menu is delicious (honest!). From their Fried Calamari to the Sole Fish...everything!

Other popular dishes in their menu include:

- Dogfish,
- Bream,
- Shrimp,
- Squid,
- Grouper
- Cuttlefish.

Believe me, their seafood is really fresh. I was told that all these fresh seafood are delivered direct from Huelva and the bay of Cádiz. There are lots of sauces and dressings that you can choose to garnish and accompany your meal. Their wine list is also very interesting, featuring the best Spanish wines available.

No wonder everyone in Sevilla (whom I had the pleasure of meeting) highly recommended this eaterie.

The good news? The food here is considered inexpensive. Read: Averagely-priced. I love this place!

Behind the Cathedral we found this perfect place for breakfast, tapas or a afternoon snack. It appear to be one of the older bakery in Sevilla dated since 1385. The first floor have two huge counter, one for bakery product with all kind of baked goodies, bread, pastry, cake, local specialties, chocolate. The opposite side of the room there is a big bar counter and another part where they sell all kind of salami, prosciutto, the famous jamon serrano and lots of different kind of cheese. The second floor is very large and have lots of tables where you can enjoy your meal.

Favorite Dish: We came during the afternoon looking for a relaxing snack, we had a cup of tea and we tried three different kind of dolci. We had some trouble identifying the cake we wanted so I took the weiter to the counter to show him what we wanted. Dont be shy, this is very common and they are used to it.
The cake were all delicius!
The only little problem I can found about this kingdom of the sweetness is that the room upstair is very noisy and it make it hard to relax.
The tea was 1,5 euro each and the cake are from 2.00 to 3.00.

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The restaurant very close to the cathedral but not in the Barrio de Santa Cruz direction so it is not so turistic, actually several of the few tables were occupied by spanish people.
The outside is painted dark green but the inside is painted red and black with old fashioned decor, made me think it was a chinese restaurant before.
The first room have a counter and a small food preparation area and some high tables with stools, the next room have some other regular tables.
It is a basic place but the food was good and well cooked.
The bathroom, even if tiny, was clean.

Favorite Dish: We had the "Tapa del dia" combination, it was a combination of four item, a selection of local cheese, some tomatoes based meat stew and some marinated sardines. We wanted to try also other of their specialties like the croquettes but it was late afternoon (ha ha yes, we went to lunch late even for spanish standard!!) and the croquettes were finished.
With three big beer the bill was 27 euros.

Starbucks.....there are two of them, facing the cathedral. I visited one, and it was quiet, and the coffee was the same as always.
If your feet tell you it is time to rest, maybe this is one place you might consider, although it is not Spanish--is it?

Favorite Dish: Banana Muffin
Bag of Coffee to take home ( I live in Europe now).
No free cup of coffee if you buy a bag here. I guess I will have to go back to Munich. :-)

The day after having a breakfast of churros, we decided to try Historic Horno, one of the oldest restaurants in Sevilla. What do you call this place, it is a bakery, a restaurant, and has Spanish delicacies, too. You can go in the afternoon and sit upstairs for a coffee or tea, downstairs has a bigger selection of bakery goods to choose visually. They make sandwiches, and other food plates.
If you go upstairs do not expect fast service, the waiters cover a lot of area, and one other thing to mention if you like quiet places, this is not one of them.
However, when you go inside your eyes will find a wonderful multitudes of bad things to enjoy...colorful and sugary. This is not Starbucks, which is across the street, with just a few muffins and sliced breads. It will be difficult to decide what you want to try.
When the waiter comes to your table, and you do not know what the name of your choice is, ask him to follow you to the counter and show him. They do that all the time.
I recommend this place for at least one time, but I bet you will go back for more.

Favorite Dish: Kidnap the baker and take him home! We live in good times!

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This place gets my highest recommendation in Sevilla.
We tried a lot of Tapas Bars. Many of them would not allow us to buy a tapas size portion of their better part of the menu (at least for me), but this restaurant allows you to order tapas size for everything.
They have an immense menu, and I am including this in the fotos below, also you can compare prices which are competitive with others.
This food, I recommend, as it was prepared well, arrived hot, and tasted great.
It is out of the tourist area, being at the corner of the gardens, so you can expect less frills, i.e. matador suits on wall, stuffed bull heads, etc, and better food. We almost passed it up because it did not look like a museum...inside with all the things hanging on the walls and ceiling. That would have been a big mistake, and on our last night there after trying many tapas places.

Favorite Dish: There are two duck items, both awesome. (page 3 of menu)See foto....
Their croquetas are great.
The table white wine did not give us a headache the next day....
and if you are adventurous, try cola de toro.. tail of the bull.
Not a noisy place, even with the soccer game on television.
Waiters are on top of things with fast service.

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Tapas is great but we wanted to try Paella, and now I can recommend La Cueva as the place to go for a great experience. We ordered the seafood paella, and while having a cerveza we took in all the furnishing of this restaurant, including past bulls' heads hanging on wall, retired matador suits, posters, and other collectibles. One of the Waiters is usually cutting the Spanish prisciutto on the bar, which is very different than Italian--try it. The service was more than good, considering that every table was always occupied, and everyone seemed happy and not in a hurry.
This restaurant is located near the cathedral area, but not directly on the plaza. Plaza de Doña Elvira

Favorite Dish: The Paella--all the seafood was fresh, the shrimp was favorful and all the mussels opened up, which is a give away on fresh seafood.
The price below includes the drinks. This place is not extravagantly overpriced, but medium.
Tables give you lots of room, in comparison to other restaurants, and the chairs are comfortable.
The restroom is very clean. The lady owner was polite and the waiters efficient.