El Rinconcillo is a sevillian taberna restaurant in Centro, Seville.
El Rinconcillo on Calle Gerona in Seville is the city's oldest tapas bar, open since 1670, with the cuenta still chalked on the wooden bar top.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Espinacas con garbanzos, Pavias de bacalao, Jamon iberico
Must order: Espinacas con garbanzos, the city's canonical tapa, then pavias de bacalao with fino.
Tip: Open daily 13:00-01:30. Squeeze into the standing bar in the front; the dining room behind is the reservation room.
Address: Calle Gerona 40, 41003 Sevilla, Seville
Cerveceria El Tremendo on Calle San Felipe in Seville is a tiny old-fashioned beer counter near the centro, with bocadillos, montaditos and seasonal.
Signature: Bocadillos, Montaditos, Caracoles
Order: A montadito de pringa and a half-pint of beer; the seasonal caracoles in summer.
Tip: Open Mon-Sat 12:00-16:00 and 19:30-24:00, closed Sunday. Standing-only and tiny; arrive before 21:00 to find a slot at the bar.
Taberna Coloniales on Plaza Cristo de Burgos in Seville is the local-favourite tapas room with solomillo al whisky and honey-glazed aubergines that draw.
Signature: Solomillo al whisky, Berenjenas con miel, Pollo al curry
Order: Solomillo al whisky and berenjenas con miel de cana.
Tip: Open daily 13:00-16:00 and 20:00-24:00. Walk-in only; 15 to 30 minute queue at peak hours.
Bar Alfalfa on Calle Candilejo in Seville's Alfalfa quarter is a tiny standing-room tapas counter with Italian leanings (bruschetta, carpaccios).
Signature: Bruschetta with jamon, Sun-dried tomato carpaccio, Salmorejo
Order: Bruschetta with jamon and a glass of house red.
Tip: Open daily 09:00-24:00. Standing-room only at the bar; arrive before 13:30 for lunch or after 22:00 for dinner.
Casa Morales on Calle Garcia de Vinuesa in Seville's El Arenal is the bodega since 1850 with vermut pulled from giant wood casks and a cured-meat counter.
Signature: Solomillo al whisky, Vermut from the barrel, Carrillada
Order: Solomillo al whisky and the carrillada en salsa with a copa of vermut from the cask.
Tip: Open Mon-Sat 12:00-16:00 and 20:00-24:00, closed Sunday Walk-ins usually OK.
Bodega Santa Cruz, called Las Columnas by locals, serves the city's canonical montadito de pringa across the long marble counter at the threshold.
Signature: Montadito de pringa, Tortillitas de bacalao, Solomillo al whisky
Order: The montadito de pringa casera and tortillitas de bacalao with a cana of Cruzcampo.
Tip: Open daily 08:00-24:00. Standing-only at the counter; staff chalk your bill on the bar in front of you, paid at the end.
Bar Santa Ana on Calle Pureza in Seville's Triana is the bullfighter-themed taberna opposite the Santa Ana church since 1912, with the canonical tortilla.
Signature: Tortilla espanola, Carrillada, Salmorejo
Order: Tortilla espanola and a racion of carrillada en salsa with fino.
Tip: Open Mon-Sat 12:00-16:00 and 19:30-24:00, closed Sunday. The bullfighter-photograph walls fill from 14:00 with regulars.
Cerveceria El Tremendo on Calle San Felipe in Seville is a tiny old-fashioned beer counter near the centro, with bocadillos, montaditos and seasonal.
Signature: Bocadillos, Montaditos, Caracoles
Order: A montadito de pringa and a half-pint of beer; the seasonal caracoles in summer.
Tip: Open Mon-Sat 12:00-16:00 and 19:30-24:00, closed Sunday. Standing-only and tiny; arrive before 21:00 to find a slot at the bar.
Taberna Coloniales on Plaza Cristo de Burgos in Seville is the local-favourite tapas room with solomillo al whisky and honey-glazed aubergines that draw.
Signature: Solomillo al whisky, Berenjenas con miel, Pollo al curry
Order: Solomillo al whisky and berenjenas con miel de cana.
Tip: Open daily 13:00-16:00 and 20:00-24:00. Walk-in only; 15 to 30 minute queue at peak hours.
Bar Alfalfa on Calle Candilejo in Seville's Alfalfa quarter is a tiny standing-room tapas counter with Italian leanings (bruschetta, carpaccios).
Signature: Bruschetta with jamon, Sun-dried tomato carpaccio, Salmorejo
Order: Bruschetta with jamon and a glass of house red.
Tip: Open daily 09:00-24:00. Standing-room only at the bar; arrive before 13:30 for lunch or after 22:00 for dinner.
