Taberna Góngora is an andalusian budget eat in Centro, Córdoba.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Rabo de toro, then boquerones, both at taberna prices.
Tip: It closes Tuesday and Sunday, an awkward pair that catches out anyone planning a long weekend.
Address: Calle Conde de Torres Cabrera 4, 14001 Córdoba
Casa El Pisto has fed Plaza de San Miguel in Córdoba since 1880, a bullfighting taberna where a plate of pisto with a fried egg costs almost nothing.
Try: Pisto casero con huevo
Order: Pisto casero con huevo, then the ensaladilla rusa.
Tip: The operator publishes lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than dinner.
Taberna Coto has traded in Córdoba since 1972 and now sits on Plaza de San Miguel, serving lomo en manteca colorá that tourist kitchens have dropped.
Try: Lomo en manteca colorá
Order: Lomo en manteca colorá, then berenjenas con miel de caña.
Tip: It publishes no hours anywhere and closes Tuesdays, so phone before you build a plan around it.
Taberna La Montillana has run beside San Miguel in Córdoba since 1948 and is one of the very few kitchens in the city still serving mazamorra.
Try: Mazamorra
Order: Mazamorra, the white almond soup that came before salmorejo.
Tip: The operator writes its closing time as until close rather than a clock hour, so late arrivals are a gamble.
Casa El Pisto has fed Plaza de San Miguel in Córdoba since 1880, a bullfighting taberna where a plate of pisto with a fried egg costs almost nothing.
Try: Pisto casero con huevo
Order: Pisto casero con huevo, then the ensaladilla rusa.
Tip: The operator publishes lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than dinner.
Taberna Coto has traded in Córdoba since 1972 and now sits on Plaza de San Miguel, serving lomo en manteca colorá that tourist kitchens have dropped.
Try: Lomo en manteca colorá
Order: Lomo en manteca colorá, then berenjenas con miel de caña.
Tip: It publishes no hours anywhere and closes Tuesdays, so phone before you build a plan around it.
Taberna Rafaé has worked Calle Deanes in Córdoba's Judería since 1977, a bodega-taberna running more than eighty classic plates at taberna prices.
Try: Classic Córdoba taberna plates
Order: Whatever the bodega board recommends; the carta runs past eighty plates.
Tip: It advertises itself as open every day but publishes no clock times, so call ahead in low season.
Taberna Regina opened on its small Córdoba plaza in 1904 and still serves albóndigas de la abuela and a flamenquín stuffed with rabo de toro.
Try: Albóndigas de la abuela
Order: Albóndigas de la abuela, then the rabo de toro flamenquín.
Tip: It shuts Monday and Tuesday and serves dinner on Friday and Saturday only, so a midweek evening walk-in finds the door closed.
Taberna Casa Luis faces the rose window of San Lorenzo in Córdoba, a neighbourhood room built on pescaíto frito, callos and other home-kitchen plates.
Try: Pescaíto frito
Order: Pescaíto frito, the plate the barrio has always come here to eat.
Tip: No hours are published anywhere, so treat an evening visit as a gamble unless you phone first.
Taberna La Montillana has run beside San Miguel in Córdoba since 1948 and is one of the very few kitchens in the city still serving mazamorra.
Try: Mazamorra
Order: Mazamorra, the white almond soup that came before salmorejo.
Tip: The operator writes its closing time as until close rather than a clock hour, so late arrivals are a gamble.
