Best restaurants in Sevilla

LÚ Cocina y Alma

★★ Michelin€€€€Modern Cuisine

Chef Juanlu Fernández, a fan of slow cooking, defines his style as 'rearguard avant-garde', an expression that highlights his personal, somewhat crazy interpretation of cooking which is based around classic French cuisine but which also showcases the best Andalucian ingredients, with stews and traditional recipes.In his attractive restaurant, designed by architect Jean Porsche, he aims to personalise the experience by involving guests in the creative process (the kitchen is visible from the dining room) through two tasting menus offering different sensations: 'Duxende' (9 courses), which is de

Abantal

★ Michelin€€€€Creative

This elegant restaurant, the name of which is the linguistic predecessor of the Spanish word for apron ("delantal"), is enthusiastically run by a team that brings its full expertise, emotion, soul and intrinsic personality to the cuisine. Head chef Julio Fernández Quintero oversees everything that goes on here with the clear objective of transferring traditional Andalucian flavours to a more cutting-edge culinary approach, while maintaining the authenticity of local ingredients and produce and their seasonality. In the renovated dining room, the decor of which is more akin to that of a museum,

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Ochando

★ Michelin€Contemporary

Los Rosales, a district on the outskirts of the town of Tocina in the province of Seville, has made its mark on the region’s culinary map thanks to a couple who decided to return to their roots having worked in prestigious restaurants such as Atrio, Casa Marcial, Bardal, etc. In this unpretentiously furnished eatery run by Juan Carlos Ochando (in the kitchen) and Elena Pérez (front of house), the contemporary cuisine on offer is firmly focused on two tasting menus (Ochando and El Gran Ochando) and seasonal ingredients, with half-plates available with some dishes. We especially enjoyed the whit

Mantúa

★ Michelin€€€€Modern Cuisine

A restaurant whose name is a play on the history of local viticulture, Mantúa has a minimalist feel and its own personality thanks to the emphasis placed on offering guests an array of unique and different sensations on what is described here as ‘a different journey across our terroir’.Here, chef Israel Ramos creates contemporary cuisine that encapsulates Andalucía and, above all, Jerez, respecting the region’s flavours with imagination, highly refined textures and delicate presentations. The proposal, which comes in the form of a small à la carte/set menu (you must choose four dishes) and ano

Cañabota

★ Michelin€€€Seafood

Seafood

Balbuena y Huertas

Bib Gourmand€€regional, andalusian

An attractive restaurant in the heart of the city’s Triana district, where it occupies a beautiful building in regional style that is nowadays the Cavalta Boutique Hotel, but with its own independent entrance and a name that pays tribute to the architect who designed it. The cuisine here provides an updated take on regional dishes that always showcase seasonal Andalucian ingredients and is highlighted via the à la carte (featuring half-plate options and a small selection of rice dishes with wild mushrooms or “carillera” with a whisky sauce) and a tasting menu entitled Alegría.

Lalola de Javi Abascal

Bib Gourmand€€Traditional Cuisine

Given its location in the 18C One Shot Palacio Conde de Torrejón hotel, this restaurant in Seville’s historic centre is easy to find. The restaurant, which has its own entrance to the side of the building and has its main dining room on an attractive covered patio, is run by a chef who prepares traditional cuisine with a contemporary touch. This is showcased on the à la carte and on an interesting tasting menu which is completely focused around Iberian pork (including the desserts!). Dishes you’ll find here include creamy rice with pig’s trotters and rice, “lagartito” of Iberian pork en papill

Az-Zait

Bib Gourmand€€Contemporary

This restaurant, which takes its name from an Arabic word meaning "olive juice" (“aceite” is the Spanish word for “oil”), is constantly developing through its technical expertise and a strong conviction in all its dishes. It features two classic-style dining rooms in which to enjoy impeccable service, plus extra details such as its cheese and digestif trolleys (the latter is very extensive and unusual). Its concise à la carte of traditional and international dishes with modern touches is accompanied by two enticing tasting menus whose names highlight the different varieties of olive trees foun

Casa Bigote

Bib Gourmand€€Seafood

This family-run restaurant opened its doors in 1951 as a simple seaside “taberna” serving Manzanilla sherry to the weather-beaten fishermen from the town’s Bajo de Guía district. Over the years, Fernando Bigote and his children have gradually expanded the business. Nowadays, it still boasts a typical “taberna”, where you can eat an array of tapas and “raciones”, as well as two neo-rustic dining rooms decorated in a maritime style, with the room upstairs perhaps the more impressive thanks to its views of the mouth of the Guadalquivir. Choose from delicious fried delicacies, fish and seafood ste

El Espejo - Sanlúcar

Bib Gourmand€€Modern Cuisine

A breath of fresh air for the dining scene in Sanlúcar. This restaurant, located inside the Posada de Palacio hotel opposite the town hall in the centre of the Barrio Alto district, combines a rustic-contemporary layout with antique furnishings in keeping with the architecture of the building (as an example, one of the dining rooms occupies the former stables). The à la carte (with some dishes available in half-portions) features modern cooking that showcases local ingredients, with a strong focus on presentation, alongside a tasting menu that requires advance booking. A large choice of sherri

Sobretablas

€€local, regional, spanish

The culinary interest in this restaurant is only heightened due to the fact that the couple at the helm (Camila Ferraro in charge of the kitchen, with her partner acting as sommelier) met while working at the legendary El Celler de Can Roca (Girona). The chef’s humble, consistent approach is evident in her modern cooking with clear regional and traditional influences, to which she adds her own distinctive personality to cuisine that includes options for sharing and the Sobretablas tasting menu (with an added wine-pairing option) (don’t miss the house classic, the wonderful prawns with cracklin

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Ivantxu Espacio Bistronómico

€€€Contemporary

A restaurant with large glass windows and an unpretentious decor just a few metres from the former tobacco factory in the Los Remedios district of the city. Here, the focus is unashamedly on top-quality ingredients as chef Iván Valero is keen that the latter are showcased to the full without any unnecessary complication. On the menu, which harmoniously blends Andalucian and Basque influences, pride of place is given to select meats from across Spain, the best Galician seafood, and fish from the auction in Conil. A safe bet!

Tribeca

€€€€Traditional Cuisine

A stone's throw from the historic Buhaira Gardens and taking its name from the famous district in New York, Tribeca can now be considered a classic culinary haunt in Seville after more than two decades in business. Here, everything revolves around seasonal produce, working with high-quality meat and, in particular, fish caught that day (much of it sold by the slice and mostly sourced from the Gulf of Cádiz). The proposal? A tasting menu that changes according to what’s available at the market, with 12 savoury courses (including appetisers) and three sweet ones (featuring a sorbet).

Chicarreros

€€€European Contemporary

In the heart of Seville, on a pedestrian back street behind City Hall, this elegant bistro bears the same name as the street where it stands, a small tribute to the guild of children's shoe makers that once existed here (in times gone by, these shoes were called ‘chicarros’). Inside, with its sophisticated eclecticism, you will be offered a contemporary European-style menu with constant nods to Spanish produce (it features a section dedicated exclusively to caviar) and the option of a tasting menu. One of the most popular dishes is the matured beef steak tartare with marrow from the shank bone

Tradevo Centro

€€Andalusian, Farm to table

A modern, lively restaurant fronting one of the historic centre’s myriad small squares. The enticing display cabinet of different types of fresh fish, hake roe, prawns, squid etc (most of which is priced by weight) is a definite highlight here. The traditionally based cuisine with a contemporary touch is centred around ingredients sourced from the market and includes some superb daily specials. Many of the options on the menu can be ordered as half-portions. The tiramisú dessert is exquisite!

Augurio

€€Contemporary

If you are looking for a gastronomic experience and you are a fan of surprises... get booking! This lighthearted restaurant is run by two young chefs, Lorena Cabezón and Carmen Granados, although the former is in charge of the stoves and the latter is more concerned with the dining room, bistro-style. On the menu, offering contemporary cuisine that combines tradition with subtle nods to international flavours (Japanese, Mexican, Peruvian, British, among others), you will find finger foods (in the form of tapas), good meat and fish, and even a section dedicated to Almadraba tuna. What caught ou

Basque Eneko

€€€Basque

Discover the contemporary Basque cuisine of award-winning chef Eneko Atxa, who has transported his creative cooking to Seville. Occupying the ground floor of the Radisson Collection Hotel, Magdalena Plaza Sevilla, this restaurant showcase the chef’s more conceptual style of cooking, which includes options for sharing and an array of grilled dishes (smoked Iberian pork, matured beef chop etc). The à la carte is complemented by two tasting menus (Labur and Luze), both with the option of adding a wine pairing.

Yo, Cocina Contemporánea

€€Contemporary

For elaborate cooking with a difference, we recommend heading to this restaurant in Seville that serves cuisine direct from the Sardinian capital, Cagliari, in Italy. Through this new venture, Chef Stefano Deidda, who had already enjoyed considerable gastronomic success on the island, is seeking to develop a much more relaxed and personal project in a city that he and his partner (Eva Urru) have fallen in love with. His creative and contemporary cuisine, which is only showcased on two tasting menus (Esencial and Esencia), is both delicate and teeming with Andalucian and Gallic nuances. One dis

DESACATO

€€Contemporary

A restaurant with a relaxed, informal feel and an industrial-style decor in Seville’s historic quarter, where sections on the menu entitled The Preliminaries, Sharing is Living, Carnal Temptations, and From the Cantabrian Sea to the Mediterranean set the scene for what is to come. The restaurant describes itself as committed to “irreverent cuisine” in which fusion influences and Andalucian and Basque flavours all play their part. You’ll also find constantly changing fish and seafood dishes that don’t feature on the menu.

Leartá

€€€Contemporary, Modern Cuisine

Located in the heart of the city’s old quarter, just a few metres from the Plaza de la Gavidia, this restaurant exudes a passion for food, for craftsmanship and for what they describe here as “food for thought” and takes its from a word that refers to a meeting place for different Andalucian trades and skills. The focus of the young team at the helm is on a single tasting menu that showcases the flavours of Southern Spain as well as locally sourced ingredients and products (Iberian ham from Cumbres Mayores, white prawns from Isla Cristina, honey from Aznalcóllar etc). At the same time it respe

El Disparate

€€Contemporary

This unusual restaurant, located opposite the famous Alameda de Hércules, inside the small Corner House hotel, features two contemporary-style dining rooms plus a pleasant terrace. The seasonal menu is mainly based around local and Andalucian ingredients, although this is spiced up with the occasional influence from around the world (Asia, Mexico, USA etc). Some of the long-established dishes here have evolved from the owners’ past ventures, such as the popular “huevos estrellados” from the erstwhile El Gallinero de Sandra restaurant.

Deli

€€Traditional Cuisine

A love of cooking with its roots in tradition is behind the values of this restaurant with its impressive array of rice dishes, soups, stews, and specialities such as Segovia-style roast suckling pig. Now run by the third generation of the family, Deli always works with local producers to source its ingredients, focusing on the traditional cooking of inland Andalucia, with some recipes on the menu harking back to the region’s long period of Moorish rule. Specialities here include partridge mousse with an Oloroso sherry gelée, wild seasonal mushrooms, roast shoulder of suckling lamb and the alw

Cal Viva

€€Traditional Cuisine, Farm to table

This restaurant, surprising both for its pleasant decor and its location on an industrial estate, takes its name from the Spanish word for “quicklime”, highlighting the historical importance of this artisanal product on the local economy. Here, chef Leonardo Ramos conjures up an updated take on traditional cuisine, based around locally sourced seasonal ingredients and showcased on two tasting menus (Omakase Andaluz and Homenaje Omakase) that change daily and on which the chef chooses dishes for his guests. You’ll also find options that don’t feature on any of the menus, including soups, stews

Aires de Doñana

€€Traditional Cuisine

The highly individual beauty of El Rocío derives from its people, its folklore and its spirituality, not forgetting, of course, its proximity to the superb landscapes of the Doñana National Park. In this restaurant, crowned by a thatched roof and featuring a decor typical of this marshland area, enjoy pleasantly traditional cuisine alongside a few typical local dishes such as as Little nettle from la rocina, Red tuna from almadraba, Mostrenca veal, trammel net-caught prawns etc). The terrace is particularly pleasant with its splendid views overlooking the lagoon and the famous sanctuary of El

Akase

€€€Japanese

At Akase, where the restaurant describes what it offers as 'market-inspired cuisine with a Japanese soul', the focus is on ingredients sourced from in and around Cádiz in order to create surprising Japanese cuisine that is guaranteed to please guests’ palates. Chef Jaime Mena’s cuisine, with its emphasis on show cooking for a maximum of 8 covers per service, is showcased on a single tasting menu ('Daimyo') that starts with several dishes local to Cádiz but prepared with Japanese cooking techniques (cuttlefish cut into usuzukuri, blue crab marinated in sake, cured Cádiz whiting, etc.). When it'

Bina Bar

€€Traditional Cuisine

Behind the term Bina, which is a reference to the viticultural work to oxygenate the soil of the vineyards and rid them of weeds, is chef Juanlu Fernández’s more informal dining space, the man at the head of the two-star LÚ Cocina y Alma. Here, in the area known as the Torres de Córdoba (about 10 minutes from the centre), you will find a modern restaurant that oozes the essence of Jerez, with many dishes inherited from the old gastronomic restaurant, a good selection of stews and dishes that reinterpret both Andalusian cuisine and recipes from further afield (especially Colombia, a nod to his

Albalá

€€Contemporary

Located close to the Royal Andalucian School of Equestrian Art, this welcoming restaurant offers an à la carte of tapas and “raciones” with different headings (Para Picar and Para Compartir - the latter designed for sharing), along with other sections encompassing an array of stews and soups, fish and seafood, and meat dishes. These include tuna tartare, pan-fried “fideos” (noodles), and Iberian pork meatballs with octopus.

Martié

€€€Contemporary

In the heart of Jerez, in a good location behind the Real Convento de Santo Domingo, this restaurant is an ode to work and patience, necessary to achieve your dreams. The dining room, accessed via a staircase and with original nods to the animated film ‘Up’, is presented with a small glassed-in wine cellar and a minimalist aesthetic dominated by black and gold tones. Chef Isidro López is committed to a gastronomic concept that revolves exclusively around a tasting menu (Año 0, Tarab), offering a contemporary, locally based cuisine with international touches. What caught our attention? The trib

Tsuro

€€€Japanese

This small, centrally located restaurant, that likes to view itself as a passageway (Tsuro in Japanese) between Jerez and Japan, is dominated by a bar at which the chef (the only employee) can be seen hard at work. This intense culinary experience reveals many of the secrets of Japanese cuisine, from the rice ceremony and its preparation to the importance of knife sharpening. The dining experience, which lasts around three hours, is based around an Omakase menu and changes depending on market availability. Booking is essential and you can expect to engage in an informal chat with the chef whil

La Carboná

€€€Contemporary

La Carboná occupies an old sherry bodega with high wooden ceilings in which the sense of space, welcoming interior design and location in the centre of town come as a pleasant surprise. The à la carte has a contemporary feel but with a firm basis in tradition and is complemented by several tasting menus with a wine-pairing option that showcases the breadth and quality of wines and sherries from the Jerez region (one of the menus is dedicated to “La Faraona”, the legendary actress, singer and dancer Lola Flores). We especially enjoyed the combination of Carabinero prawns, wine shoots and Palo C

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A Mar

€€fish, mediterranean, seafood

Located along one of the narrow pedestrianised streets in the town’s old quarter, A Mar features two different ambiences with no little personality where the sea is viewed as the restaurant’s huge and bountiful larder. On its extensive, traditionally inspired à la carte, you’ll find a good selection of fish from the display cabinet, premium grilled meats from different breeds (Retinta, Rubia Gallega, Pinta Cántabra etc), plus an impressive array of rice options. Half portions are available for the majority of dishes.

Restaurante Jaylu

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