Granada Food Tour: Tapas and Drinks with a Local
Embark on a Granada Guided Food Tour and savor paella de marisco, salmorejo, granadino tapas, local cheeses, piononos, and oriental sweets, while discovering the city’...
Convento de las Comendadoras de Santiago is an Albayzin cloistered-nun bake counter selling bizcochos and yemas through a wooden turn on Calle Santiago.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: Cloistered nuns sell bizcochos and yemas through a wooden turn; you ring the buzzer and never see the baker face to face.
Tip: Ring the buzzer once; the nuns pass the order through a wooden turn so there is no face-to-face contact.
Embark on a Granada Guided Food Tour and savor paella de marisco, salmorejo, granadino tapas, local cheeses, piononos, and oriental sweets, while discovering the city’...
Discover Granada's traditional dishes, products, and hidden treasures on a walking tour. Visit family-run businesses, tapas bars, restaurants, and foodie hotspots.
Discover Granada from breakfast to lunch on a lively food tour through a local market, family-run shops and tapas bars, with 9 tastings, 3 drinks and the chance to mee...
Address: Calle Santiago 8, 18010 Granada
Carmen Mirador de Aixa is a hidden albayzin carmen with one of the citys quietest alhambra-view terraces, set back from the mirador san nicolas crowds.
Why locals love it: A hidden Albayzin carmen with one of the citys quietest Alhambra-view terraces, set back from the Mirador San Nicolas crowds.
Tip: Front balcony tables carry a 10 percent surcharge; the back terrace has the same view at no markup.
El Trillo in Granada: A restored carmen restaurant in a back alley of the Albayzin with a leafy patio terrace and Alhambra view few travellers find.
Why locals love it: A restored carmen restaurant in a back alley of the Albayzin with a leafy patio terrace and Alhambra view few travellers find.
Tip: The terrace fills first; reserve specifying terraza for the Alhambra view.
Bar Aliatar Los Caracoles is a working-locals plaza bar in albayzin running spiced snail broth in winter, with no terrace view or tourist signage.
Why locals love it: A working-locals plaza bar in Albayzin running spiced snail broth in winter, with no terrace view or tourist signage.
Tip: Snail broth runs October to March only; outside winter the bar runs flaming chorizo.
Convento de San Bernardo is a second cloistered-nun turn in central granada, selling olive-oil mantecados and yemas de santa teresa in handmade boxes.
Why locals love it: A second cloistered-nun turn in central Granada, selling olive-oil mantecados and yemas de Santa Teresa in handmade boxes.
Tip: Pre-order Christmas surtido boxes by phone; smaller mantecado packets are walk-in only.
Bar Poe is a british-run tapas counter that breaks the granada free-tapa monoculture with thai curries, portuguese piri-piri and indian flavours.
Why locals love it: A British-run tapas counter that breaks the Granada free-tapa monoculture with Thai curries, Portuguese piri-piri and Indian flavours.
Tip: Cash preferred; the kitchen runs evenings only and tapas rotate every drink, so order multiple.
Carmen Mirador de Aixa is a hidden albayzin carmen with one of the citys quietest alhambra-view terraces, set back from the mirador san nicolas crowds.
Why locals love it: A hidden Albayzin carmen with one of the citys quietest Alhambra-view terraces, set back from the Mirador San Nicolas crowds.
Tip: Front balcony tables carry a 10 percent surcharge; the back terrace has the same view at no markup.
El Trillo in Granada: A restored carmen restaurant in a back alley of the Albayzin with a leafy patio terrace and Alhambra view few travellers find.
Why locals love it: A restored carmen restaurant in a back alley of the Albayzin with a leafy patio terrace and Alhambra view few travellers find.
Tip: The terrace fills first; reserve specifying terraza for the Alhambra view.
Bar Aliatar Los Caracoles is a working-locals plaza bar in albayzin running spiced snail broth in winter, with no terrace view or tourist signage.
Why locals love it: A working-locals plaza bar in Albayzin running spiced snail broth in winter, with no terrace view or tourist signage.
Tip: Snail broth runs October to March only; outside winter the bar runs flaming chorizo.
El Postigo Vinos is a wine bar room in Centro Sagrario. Closed Mondays; the Sierra Nevada Pinot Noir flight is the order if you want a Granada-only tasting.
Why locals love it: A Sierra-Nevada-Pinot-Noir wine bar on a Cuesta del Caidero alley locals walk and tourists do not, pouring only Granada-province bottlings.
Tip: Closed Mondays; the Sierra Nevada Pinot Noir flight is the order if you want a Granada-only tasting.