You cannot leave Seville without trying its tapas and drinks!

A major reason travelers choose Spain is for its food and drink, and in Seville, you can find a world of flavors that become even more essential than its iconic historical monuments.

Here, we’ll give you a list of tapas or dishes from Seville that you should order, as well as recommendations for restaurants that offer more than just good food and drinks.

Will you join us on this gastronomic tour? Let’s go!

BE LIKE A TRUE SEVILLIAN: ADD A SERRANITO TO YOUR WISHLIST

There’s no one from Seville who hasn’t tried a serranito, so if you come to the city, you must try the most Sevillian dish of all. As many locals say, it’s our pizza; it’s what we order when we don’t want to cook, since it’s traditional to get it to go or eat it in a bar.

It’s a bread with a lot inside: chicken or pork fillet (depending on what you like best), roasted pepper, sliced ​​tomato, a slice of Serrano ham and as a garnish, outside the sandwich, french fries that you can order with aioli sauce, mayonnaise or mojo picón.

Along with the serranito, we Sevillians usually have a cola, orange or lemon-lime soft drink, or also a beer, why not?

ASSORTED FRIED FISH, A TEMPTATION YOU MUST RENDER TO

In Seville, it’s common to order a dish to share, and that’s usually this: several types of fried fish, each more delicious than the last. Anchovies, baby squid, marinated dogfish, calamari, battered cod… Don’t forget to add lemon first. To accompany this dish, you can have a soft drink, a beer, or a white wine.

GO FOR THE MOST TRADITIONAL OPTION: HOMEMADE FOOD

In Seville we love stews, especially in winter: so if the restaurant serves them, don’t hesitate to try the lentils, a chickpea stew or a bean stew.

We also enjoy a good venison stew, or stew of other types of meat, chickpeas with spinach, Iberian pork cheeks, or sirloin steak with whiskey sauce.

Paella isn’t a Sevillian dish, it’s Valencian, so it’s best to order other types of rice dishes like paella with seafood, with Iberian pork, with vegetables… There’s a huge variety. Some are more soupy and others are drier. 

Pair these dishes with a soft drink, a beer, or a good wine from Ribera del Duero or Rioja.

BUT DON’T FORGET THE MOST FAMOUS STARTERS: Ham and cheese, or some dressed potatoes. 

WAITER, WHAT’S FOR DESSERT?

We have egg custard, custard with cookies, rice pudding, and French toast. You can’t miss the French toast with vanilla ice cream and caramel!

THE BEST PLACES TO EAT IN SEVILLE

In Seville, it’s very rare to find a place where the food is bad. Here, we have a good breakfast—ham toast and a coffee with milk—and we keep the rhythm going at noon with a second breakfast or our first tapa. We have lunch at 2 pm—one or two courses and dessert—we have an afternoon snack once or twice, and finally, we have dinner quite late, between 9 pm and 11 pm.

But we’re going to give you a list of our favorite places where food, architecture, and history come together: Cervecería Giralda on Calle Mateos Gago, which, after restoration, was revealed to be a 12th-century Arab bath. We recommend their tapas, like the sirloin steak with whiskey sauce. Or the Mikva restaurant on Calle Santa María la Blanca, where in the basement you’ll find the remains of an ancient Arab bath and also a Jewish bath, a mikvah. This restaurant serves Sephardic, Arab, and Andalusian cuisine.

But any place is good for eating in Seville, especially if its menu is only in Spanish (an important tip). Another legendary spot, though more for drinks, is El Garlochí, on Calle Boteros, with its Baroque and religious-themed decor.

If you’d like to venture a little outside the city center, be sure to visit the bars and restaurants in the northern part of town, from Santa Catalina to La Macarena, or in Triana along San Jacinto or López de Gomara streets. If you also take a taxi, and you speak Spanish, you can head to the neighborhoods of Pino Montano, Los Bermejales, or Nervión, where you can eat like a true Sevillian. We recommend La Marimorena in Pino Montano, where Andalusian cuisine is given a modern twist. Their torrija, a traditional dessert, sells out quickly, so order it in advance. It’s located at Calle Estrella Canopus, 32.

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