Bodegas La Mancha — Attraction in Granada

Proper old-world tapas bar, brimming with giddily-eating and drinking local and international punters and lined with cured hams, wine barrels and taxidermy. The tapas were rich and exotic, the gazpacho refreshing, barrel-poured vermut tongue-popping, and there was a great selection of local wines. As per all the best tapas bars, the service was brilliantly terse and unceremonious for such a majestic setting and scumptious provision, with the waiters occasionally yelling monosyllabically for no particular reason and people shouting out their orders from their table with no time for pleasantries. Another world, and a better...

The best food I’ve had in Granada...

You can’t get more typically Spanish than this bar. Don’t count on getting a table, part of its charm is in its lively atmosphere and eating tapas “de pie” (standing).

The decor is typically “manchega”, the staff are very attentive and funny, but the bar’s être de raison is undeniably it’s food. Expect every dish to be given the respect and attention it deserves.

What’s more, the value for money is very good considering what you get in return.

Top tip: try the croquetas and the Jamón de...

Waited at bar for 15 minutes and asked to be served 5+ times. Met with clear blanking, completely ignored us, don't think they like tourists!

EDIT: Came back the night after and the waiter who blocked us wasnt working. Instead served by an older gentleman. Great food, great drinks, great tapas, great prices! From a 1 star to a 5 star. Perhaps the waiter who was working the night before doesn't like us...