La Albahaca , Plaza Santa Cruz 29. Charming, traditional and expensive restaurant with outdoor tables in one of the Barrio Santa Cruz's prettiest squares. Closed Sun.
Bar Modesto , c/Cano y Cueto. At the north end of Santa Cruz, this mid-priced bar-restaurant offers a tempting menú (¬12) and great tapas.
Bodegón Pez Espada , c/Hernando Colón 8. Near the cathedral, and one of the few inexpensive places to eat in the Barrio Santa Cruz. Excellent seafood and paella with a buffet where you can refill your plate as many times as you like.
Café-Bar Veracruz , opposite the Torre del Oro near the river. Simple no-frills roadside place offering a bargain ¬6 menú ; makes a good lunch stop.
Café Olé , c/Miguel de Mañara 9. Pleasant lunch-time venue serving raciones and salads at outdoor tables in a pedestrianized street behind the turismo.
Entre dos Hermandades , c/Recaredo 13, near the Casa de Pilatos. Friendly restaurant and bar with perhaps the best value menú in town; ¬4.50 gets you three courses with wine and bread.
Hotel Alfonso XIII , c/San Fernando 2 tel 954 222 850. Swankiest place in town constructed to house guests visiting the 1929 exhibition; worth a look at this beautiful building and its stunning patio even if you don't sit down in the pricey restaurant.
Jalea Real , c/Sor Ángela de la Cruz 37, near the church of San Pedro. Excellent vegetarian restaurant run by a friendly and enthusiastic sevillana . Closed Mon.
La Judería , c/Cano y Cueto 13, near the Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca. Solid mid-priced restaurant with a tempting menú for around ¬12. Revueltos are a speciality here.
Kiosko de las Flores , c/Betis next door to the Río Grande (below). One of Sevilla's best-loved fried fish emporia has been evicted (to make way for a subterranean car park) from its ancient location tucked into the side of the Puente de Triana (Isabel II bridge) to a new riverside site with delightful terrace; tapas served in the bar and raciones on the terrace - just the place on a summer night. Closed Mon.
La Mandrágora , c/Albuera 11, just north of the Maestranza bullring, across c/Reyes Católicos. Sevilla's second vegetarian restaurant, with a wide range of dishes and a menú .
Mesón Serranito , Alfonso XII 9, behind the El Corte Inglés department store. Cosy little restaurant beyond the tapas bar out front with excellent fish and meat dishes and a ¬7.20 menú .
Pizzeria San Marco , c/Meson del Moro 4, Santa Cruz. Delicious Italian food and pizzas served inside a remarkable twelfth-century Moorish bathhouse.
Río Grande , c/Betis 70. This Triana restaurant has the best view in town from its terrace on the river's west bank, and a medium-priced menú . It's tapas bar is also worth a visit.
La Sopa Boba , c/Bailén 34, just off the Plaza del Museo on the Museo de Bellas Artes' doorstep. Tasty experimental home cooking, with a good-value menú .
