Tortillitas de camarones are crispy lace-edged fritters of tiny shrimp, chickpea and wheat flour, parsley and spring onion, fried until lacy and gold, the Cadiz-Sevillian seafood headliner.
Tortillitas de camarones originate in San Fernando and the Bay of Cadiz where the tiny pink shrimp called camarones are caught in spring. The Sevillian taberna canon adopted the dish in the 19th century, with Bodega Santa Cruz and Casa Modesto serving the canonical versions. The shrimp are eaten whole, shells on, embedded in a thin chickpea-flour batter that fries to a lacy edge. The dish runs through spring and summer when the camarones are at peak.
4 editor picks for Tortillitas de Camarones in Seville, ranked by editorial score. All Seville signature dishes · Tortillitas de Camarones across every city.
Bodega Santa Cruz Las Columnas ★ 4.4
santa-cruz · Calle Rodrigo Caro 1, 41004 Sevilla
Bodega Santa Cruz, called Las Columnas by locals, sits at the threshold of Santa Cruz in Seville and serves the city's canonical montadito de pringa across the long marble counter from 12:00 daily.
Freiduria Puerta de la Carne ★ 4.3
Calle Puerta de la Carne 2, 41004 Sevilla
Freiduria Puerta de la Carne on Calle Puerta de la Carne in Seville is the takeaway pescaito frito counter since the 1950s, with paper cones of fried cazon, calamares and adobo at working-day prices.
Casa Modesto ★ 4.2
santa-cruz · Calle Cano y Cueto 5, 41004 Sevilla
Casa Modesto on Calle Cano y Cueto in Seville is the Modesto family's fried-fish flagship since 1971, with the city's canonical pescaito frito and tortillitas de camarones from the Cadiz coast.
Bar Santa Ana ★ 4.2
triana · Calle Pureza 82, 41010 Sevilla
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 and salmorejo by the river.