La Cárcel — Restaurant in Arcos de la Frontera

One of the best meal we had in Andalusia ! The restaurant was relatively quiet when we arrived by 8pm but it soon got busier. It’s a charming little place with great atmosphere and friendly helpful staff/owners. My husband had a cold beer to quench his thirst while I tried the dry white sherry. It’s a quaint taste but I liked it. With the meal, we ordered the red wine by the glass in a way to taste different ones instead of buying a bottle you might not enjoy. Anyway, they were all good . Our favourite was the Quadis. As for the gorgeous food, we shared the artichokes with ham, the croquetas caseras and the pork in wine sauce. All amazing ! Simple but lots of flavours ! À the table next to us, they also had the revuelto de baclao which sounded fantastic too but we were too full to try it… Don’t miss this place...

We really enjoyed our visit because the food was very good. Upon returning from our trip, we were disappointed to discovered that we were charged twice for our lunch. The waitress claimed the card machine did work the first time and asked us to tap again.

It could have been an honest mistake, but after we tried to get in touch to resolve this situation, we received no reply. So it could happen again to another unsuspecting tourist...beware!

P.S. - It happened in November 2021. You can all see it on my Internet bank statement. We tried to contact the establishment by phone, email, and through Facebook,...

Located near the top of the hill along the main tourist route, La Cárcel is a great place for lunch or dinner. The food is excellent and extremely well priced. The warm goat cheese and homemade red pepper jam is outrageously decadent and an excellent plate to share. The staff are very friendly and the timing of delivery for multiple dishes excellent. The location is on a narrower part of the street so its not the best for outdoor dining and you might want to try somewhere further along the road if that is what you are after. Inside is...