Tablao Alvarez Quintero — Local services in Seville

I am not a flamenco expert so I am cautiously rating it as 4/5, but in my view, it would easily be a 5/5. First of all, it is not more expensive than other places, I think most flamenco shows in Sevilla are more or less aligned in terms of prices versus quality. And to add, other places are not open for kids under 6 or 7 years old, but this place is, which makes it a great family experience. Located less than 5 minutes away from the Giralda, this show lasts for one hour, and starts at either 7PM or 8.30PM. The staff kindly showed the stage and place before we booked so that we had an idea of what it would look like. To sum it up, this is probably the most emblematic thing to do in Sevilla and we were glad to have experienced it at Tablao Alvarez Quintero. The guitarist was excellent in his role of perfectly accompanying his companeròs in their act. The singer was awesome and put up an incredible performance. The male dancer was extremely talented and the female dancer was just really really really impressive. The four of them really all sync up well with each other. Most of all, it is clear that they genuinely enjoy what they do and that they are really passionate about it. Equally to their breath-taking performance, seeing this passion in their eyes, expressions and gestures is really what makes the difference. I would highly recommend this place to anyone spending even a night in Sevilla and who would like to take away in their memories a true piece of andalusian culture. PS: I would highly recommend going there 20 mins in advance to get front row seats. PS2: To the Tablao Alvarez Quintero team, I know you offer CDs of your extraordinary singing performance at the end. Since CDs are mostly outdated now, I would recommend thinking about a different way of making these available to us. And also, maybe suggest us taking pictures with the dancers and team as a souvenir in exchange of an extra fee? Good luck and I will definitely come back if I drop by...

Tourist trap! Avoid this place.

I'd generally never go to a place like this, because it sounded my tourist trap alarm, but as I've been proved wrong in the past on a similar place where they delivered a sublime performance, I ignored it.

I was wrong. First, the venue is terrible. You can't really see the dancers fully, as the stage is not raised. Aside from that, it is inside an alcove, which limits the dancers' movement and expression.

The pieces were extremely rushed. There was no build up and climax, every piece was just straight to the point and then done with it. There was no allure, no emotion, no depth. This performance felt like a pastiche, they were pretending they didn't have to try hard because the public was just a bunch of tourists that would never come back. Shame.

The singer was good, but unfortunately the guitarist was very lacking. I've seen some amazing flamenco guitarists, and unfortunately he needs to study more. Lots of missed notes, poor dynamics, terrible projection (it was very hard to hear the guitar at certain points). I believe the guitarist is a classically trained musician, as his touch was very light.

The dancers were good, but I think I could only appreciate 50% of their performance.

As I said above, this place is a tourist trap and should be avoided at all costs. 25 euros will buy you many cañas and will make you happier than this prefabricated, tourist...

Unfortunately I cannot give more starts for the performance which I watched, at least it's not worth a price. At the time when I went to watch it I didn't had anything to compare with but the following day went to a free/pay what you think it's worth performance by other people in Plaza De Espana and I was blown away, so now I can compare two performances. Firstly the singer was absolutely new to this or with bad stage anxiety, he was singing well but body language was constantly showing how he is uncomfortable on the stage, constant straitening of his shirt all over performance not only showed his worries but also made public uncomfortable to watch, it just shows that he is new and that's fine as he needs to learn and build the confidence but obviously as tourist you might come only once to Seville so you want to watch strong performance. The guitarist was good, the male and female dancers were fine, but overall performance lacked passion shown as a performers rather I came, done my part and gone, there was no contact with public at all, weather in other performance which I watched and liked it just everything was for the public, great connection. Art is art, everyone entitled to the oppinion but next time I would rather just go to Placa De Espana and enjoy variety of performers to choose from and pay what you...