30 andalusian restaurants worth the trip across Spain, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Spain.
Noor ★ 4.9 · Córdoba
sureste · Calle Pablo Ruiz Picasso 8, 14014 Córdoba
Noor is Paco Morales's three-star kitchen in Córdoba, rebuilding the food of the caliphate from Andalusi manuscripts in a plain eastern shopfront.
Tip: Noor works in seasons and closes between them, so check the calendar before you book flights around a table here.
Kaleja ★ 4.8 · Málaga
centro-historico · Calle Marquesa de Moya 5, 29005 Málaga
Kaleja is Dani Carnero's one-Michelin-star restaurant in central Málaga, rebuilding Andalusian home cooking over live coals across two long tasting menus.
Choco ★ 4.7 · Córdoba
poniente · Calle Compositor Serrano Lucena 14, 14010 Córdoba
Choco is Kisko García's Michelin-starred dining room in Córdoba, a thirty-cover kitchen on a residential Poniente street that shuts for all of August.
Tip: Lunch service runs only from 13:30 to 15:00, so a late arrival loses the table entirely.
ReComiendo ★ 4.7 · Córdoba
el-brillante · Calle Mirto 7, 14012 Córdoba
ReComiendo in Córdoba is Periko Ortega's tasting-menu room out in Mirabueno, awarded its first Michelin star at the Málaga gala in November 2025.
Tip: Reservation is compulsory and the kitchen runs long, so keep the whole evening free and book nothing afterwards.
Taberna Salinas ★ 4.6 · Córdoba
corredera · Calle Tundidores 3, 14002 Córdoba
Taberna Salinas has run off Córdoba's Corredera since 1924, an azulejo bar backed by wine casks and a patio full of plants and old paintings.
Tip: It shuts on Sunday and does no dinner on Saturday, which trips up weekend visitors constantly.
Taberna Salinas ★ 4.6 · Córdoba
corredera · Calle Tundidores 3, 14002 Córdoba
Taberna Salinas has run off Córdoba's Corredera since 1924, an azulejo bar backed by wine casks and a patio full of plants and old paintings.
Tip: It shuts on Sunday and does no dinner on Saturday, which trips up weekend visitors constantly.
La Cuchara de San Lorenzo ★ 4.6 · Córdoba
san-lorenzo · Calle Arroyo de San Lorenzo 2, 14002 Córdoba
La Cuchara de San Lorenzo is the spoon-food room in Córdoba's San Lorenzo, thirty covers of artichokes with jamón, grilled tuna and braised rabo de toro.
Tip: Thirty seats and two brothers running the room, so book rather than walking up on a Friday night.
Bodegas Campos ★ 4.5 · Córdoba
ribera · Calle Lineros 32, 14002 Córdoba
Bodegas Campos has poured in Córdoba since 1908, a warren of patios and barrel-signed rooms off Calle Lineros serving rabo de toro and salmorejo.
Tip: Ask to walk through the barrel rooms before you sit; the signed butts are a century of visiting names.
El Churrasco ★ 4.5 · Córdoba
juderia · Calle Romero 16, 14003 Córdoba
El Churrasco has grilled Iberian pork over oak charcoal on Calle Romero since 1970, its churrasco cordobés arriving with red and green Arab sauces.
Tip: The house occupies a fourteenth-century Judería building; ask for a table around the patio rather than the front rooms.
Taberna San Miguel Casa El Pisto ★ 4.5 · Córdoba
centro · Plaza de San Miguel 1, 14002 Córdoba
Casa El Pisto has stood on Plaza de San Miguel in Córdoba since 1880, a bullfighting taberna where the pisto with a fried egg is the house test.
Tip: The operator lists lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than a dinner plan.
Taberna San Miguel Casa El Pisto ★ 4.5 · Córdoba
centro · Plaza de San Miguel 1, 14002 Córdoba
Casa El Pisto has stood on Plaza de San Miguel in Córdoba since 1880, a bullfighting taberna where the pisto with a fried egg is the house test.
Tip: The operator lists lunchtime hours only, so treat this as a midday stop rather than a dinner plan.
Regadera ★ 4.5 · Córdoba
ribera · Calle Ronda de Isasa 10, 14003 Córdoba
Regadera sits on Córdoba's Ronda de Isasa with the Guadalquivir outside, Adrián Caballero cooking cordobés classics from a kitchen open to the room.
Tip: The riverside tables go first at sunset, so ask for one when you book rather than on arrival.
La Cosmo ★ 4.5 · Málaga
centro-historico · Calle Císter 11, 29015 Málaga
La Cosmo is Dani Carnero's Bib Gourmand tapas restaurant behind Málaga cathedral, an open kitchen sending out his mother's hake salad and coastal plates.
El Tapeo de Cervantes ★ 4.5 · Málaga
centro-historico · Calle Cárcer 8, 29012 Málaga
El Tapeo de Cervantes is a tiny Michelin Guide tavern in central Málaga where Dani Carnero first cooked, plating market fish tapas for just 28 seats.
Manolo Leon ★ 4.5 · Seville
san-bernardo · Calle Guadalquivir 8, 41011 Sevilla
Manolo Leon on Calle Guadalquivir in Seville is the Manolo Leon family's flagship since 1995, with an Andalusian carte built on Iberico pork.
Tip: Open daily 13:00-16:30 and 20:30-24:00. The Guadalquivir location is the larger room; reserve the patio for Sunday lunch.
Casa Pepe de la Judería ★ 4.4 · Córdoba
juderia · Calle Romero 1, 14003 Córdoba
Casa Pepe de la Judería has fed Córdoba since 1928, a taberna downstairs and a roof terrace upstairs that looks straight at the Mezquita tower.
Tip: The roof terrace is the reason to come, so ask for it when you book rather than taking a ground-floor table.
Sociedad de Plateros San Francisco ★ 4.4 · Córdoba
ribera · Calle San Francisco 6, 14003 Córdoba
The Plateros silversmiths' guild still runs this Córdoba taberna on Calle San Francisco, thick white walls set around a patio under a skylight.
Tip: The staff swap every round plate on the table for a square one when a coeliac sits down.
Taberna La Montillana ★ 4.4 · Córdoba
centro · Calle San Álvaro 5, 14003 Córdoba
Taberna La Montillana has traded on Calle San Álvaro in Córdoba since 1948, bull heads on the walls and Montilla-Moriles wines behind the bar.
Tip: The kitchen rotates a recommendation board, so read it before ordering off the printed carta.
Taberna Góngora ★ 4.4 · Córdoba
centro · Calle Conde de Torres Cabrera 4, 14001 Córdoba
Taberna Góngora is the family taberna on Conde de Torres Cabrera in Córdoba, adapting most of its carta for coeliacs on a separate chickpea-flour fryer.
Tip: It closes Tuesday and Sunday, an awkward pair that catches out anyone planning a long weekend.
Taberna La Montillana ★ 4.4 · Córdoba
centro · Calle San Álvaro 5, 14003 Córdoba
Taberna La Montillana has traded on Calle San Álvaro in Córdoba since 1948, bull heads on the walls and Montilla-Moriles wines behind the bar.
Tip: The kitchen rotates a recommendation board, so read it before ordering off the printed carta.
Sociedad de Plateros San Francisco ★ 4.4 · Córdoba
ribera · Calle San Francisco 6, 14003 Córdoba
The Plateros silversmiths' guild still runs this Córdoba taberna on Calle San Francisco, thick white walls set around a patio under a skylight.
Tip: The staff swap every round plate on the table for a square one when a coeliac sits down.
Barra y Mesa Taberna ★ 4.4 · Córdoba
centro · Calle Fray Luis de Granada 7, 14008 Córdoba
Barra y Mesa is a small wooden-counter taberna in central Córdoba pouring Montilla-Moriles beside salmorejo, flamenquín and slow-cooked rabo de toro.
Tip: It closes on Sunday and serves dinner Wednesday to Saturday only, and the room is small enough that a booking matters.
Ermita de la Candelaria ★ 4.4 · Córdoba
centro · Calle Candelaria 2, 14002 Córdoba
Ermita de la Candelaria cooks inside a converted hermitage in Córdoba, almond-sauce meatballs and honeyed aubergine under a Sol from the Repsol guide.
Tip: The building is a former chapel, so tables are few; book a midweek lunch if you want the easiest table.
Mesón Mariano ★ 4.4 · Málaga
centro-historico · Calle Granados 2, 29008 Málaga
Mesón Mariano has cooked seasonal Andalusian food in central Málaga since 1988, famous for artichokes done several ways and a proper gazpachuelo.
Uvedoble Taberna ★ 4.4 · Málaga
centro-historico · Calle Alcazabilla 1, 29015 Málaga
Uvedoble is a modern Málaga taberna by the Roman Theatre, plating creative tapas like oxtail brioche and boquerones beside the Alcazaba walls.
Astoria Casa Matías ★ 4.3 · Córdoba
poniente · Calle el Nogal 16, 14006 Córdoba
Astoria Casa Matías cooks spoon stews, dehesa meat and seasonal vegetables in Córdoba, well away from the Mezquita crowds on Calle el Nogal.
Tip: Only Wednesday to Saturday runs past 18:30, so plan a dinner here midweek at your peril.
El Rincón de Carmen ★ 4.3 · Córdoba
juderia · Calle Romero 4, 14003 Córdoba
El Rincón de Carmen slow-cooks old-style rabo de toro and fries homemade ham croquettes around a Córdoban patio on Calle Romero in the Judería.
Tip: The patio seats fewer than the two dining rooms combined, so name it when you book; the house sources from the Sierra de Córdoba.
Taberna La Viuda ★ 4.3 · Córdoba
san-basilio · Calle San Basilio 52, 14004 Córdoba
Taberna La Viuda works the San Basilio side of Córdoba with more than thirty plates, cheese-stuffed flamenquín among them, and citrus-cured tuna.
Tip: San Basilio wins most of the patio prizes in May, so book here well ahead during the festival.
Taberna La Viuda ★ 4.3 · Córdoba
san-basilio · Calle San Basilio 52, 14004 Córdoba
Taberna La Viuda works the San Basilio side of Córdoba with more than thirty plates, cheese-stuffed flamenquín among them, and citrus-cured tuna.
Tip: San Basilio wins most of the patio prizes in May, so book here well ahead during the festival.
Puerta Sevilla ★ 4.3 · Córdoba
san-basilio · Calle Postrera 51, 14004 Córdoba
Puerta Sevilla fills a 200-year-old San Basilio house in Córdoba, five private rooms and a planted patio serving arroz del señorito and hake costrón.
Tip: Ask for the patio rather than a salón; the upstairs rooms are handsome but the courtyard is the point.