Not only on weekends one may seek a cool, energizing and fresh feeling restaurants and bars, as in Seville you will be hooked on the vibrance of the city and its people. Here is my choice of Young and Cool Tapas Bars in Seville that will surely energize and refresh you.
Robles Laredo
Located on the Plaza de San Francisco with a terrace overlooking the square and peaking towards the spires of the Cathedral, Robles Laredo is a perfect hangout on a sunny day. Its eclectic interior, where traditional color-painted tiles blend with crystal chandeliers and state of the art restaurant technology, also invites one inside on a cool evening or late night as the tapas bar is open well past midnight.
Tomatoes and tuna tapa
The food looks so good that once I peaked inside I knew I will be back trying one of the fresh and creatively looking tapas at Robles Laredo. And, there I was. A couple of hours later, once my travel companion arrived, I had to take her there, never mind it was almost midnight. The late food crawl was worth it.
As it was quite late, we ordered most of the tapas already on display and asked a friendly waitress for recommendations. Starting with a refreshing Tomato tartar with tuna and Shrimp salad, which were both marvelous, and continuing with a warm Breaded pepper covered by a veil of spicy sauce, we still had not enough. All the food was too good to stop now.
The best, yet, was about to come. The Fried goat cheese á la spring roll served with pistachios and sweet sauce was extraordinary innovative – blending asian and spanish cuisines.
Robles Laredo
The wine by the glass selection here is above average for Seville. Owing perhaps to the enomatic machine next to the bar (enomatic machine keeps open bottles unspoiled longer), I could choose from three Spanish whites and reds. I had two different Ribera del Dueros and a Rioja. If it wasn’t 1am, and I hadn’t had wine at the tapas bar before we got to Robles, I would have tasted also one of their sherries. I left it for my next visit.
Passing the dessert bar, while entering the place, we could not resist to order some sweets. The sweet tooth of my friend had woken up so she ordered two lovely looking mousses with fruits. They were both not only looking great, but they were tasting in accordance with their seductive façades, just peak down at the picture and indulge yourself.
Breaded pepper with spicy sauce
Desserts
Address: 90 Sierpes Street, 41004 Sevilla
Contact: 34 954 29 32 32
Álvaro Peregil
is known for serving orange wine, made from Seville’s famous oranges. It was interesting to try, yet too sugary for me so I got back to a glass of white wine and sparkling cava. They were more enjoyable companions to fresh shrimps recommended by the waiter. They were delicious, although as it was a ración (a middle-size portion, which is quite big in Spain) and not a tapa, so we were a little bit ‘over-shrimped’.
Orange wine at Alvaro Peregil
Fresh shrimps
It is the atmosphere and the jolly local people, who make this place unforgettable. As we were ordering our food we were taken from our serious business of decision-making in our heads by locals singing, clapping and dancing at the bar and outside. What an energy on Sunday afternoon! Coming, I assume, straight from the church, half of the bar’s customers were tipsy enough to dance passionately in the tiny premisses of the bar. I was actually jealous of them, that they can so spontaneously enjoy the lovely Sunday afternoon. Would you see people in London’s pubs dancing? Or uptight Parisians singing? I guess, rather not.
Sunday afternoon at Seville’s bar
Alvaros Peregil inside
Moving to something warm we got a tapa of grilled squid with tomatoes and loooots of oil. The latter was the drawback of the otherwise delicious and soft dish. We have also savored the bar’s own Patatas Bravas. Covered with concentrated tomato sauce and mayonnaise these were one of the best patatas bravas I have ever had.
Address: 20 Calle Mateos Gago, 41004 Seville, Spain
Casa Tomate
Sangria and tapas – that screams into your eyes as you enter Casa Tomate. There are jugs of refreshing sangria from red wine and fruits lined up at the bar and some cold tapas to choose from right away without even looking into the menu.
‘Handy’ bar at Casa Tomate
Since the name suggests tomatoes, I had to try their tomato gazpacho. It was delicious, even though creamier than I would expect for a refreshing glass of this chilled soup so famous in Andalucia.
Gazpacho
We continued with a plate of manchego cheese, so I had to get a glass of Manzanilla, the driest sherry from the area of port town Sanlúcar de Barrameda. What a perfect pairing! Try it once – the nutty dry sherry was like a condiment for the intense sheep cheese cutting down its fatty taste.
Solear Manzanilla
Manchego cheese
Address: Calle Mateos Gago 24, 41004 Seville, Spain
Bar Alfalfa
A small and crowded bar where everything happens outside. You can order through the window if it gets too crowded inside and enjoy the tapas and drinks alfresco.
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Address: Cnr Calles Alfalfa & Candilejo, Sevilla
Contact: 954 22 23 44
Baco Cuna 2
This four-story mansion designed once by Ánibal Gonzalez (who was creator of the town’s emblematic Plaza de Espana and other buildings in Seville) became today the blend of old and new with beautiful traditional architecture fitted with design furniture. The tapas bar is located in various rooms downstairs and you can even just buy a piece of cheese, meat and some olives at the small grocer corner right by the entrance. In warm late afternoons and evenings you can enjoy the rooftop terrace, yet here you will get just drinks and not tapas.
Baco Cuna Z
Address: 2, Calle Cuna, 41004, Sevilla
Contact: 954 211 107 / 666 469 561
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