Bodega La Aurora — Restaurant in Seville

It's the name that led me to this place. Having served on HMS Aurora as a seaman during my ten years in the RN, every mention of the name turns my head and I have to investigate.

The bar, the bodega, is older than most and looks it. Painted on the headpost sign states it's foundation was 1913. In the window are artifacts, cameras, typewriters, bottles and printed memorabilia, all dating back to the early 1900's

Clearly popular with the locals who were turning up shortly after us (and we were almost bang on opening time) it's one of the few bars that serve Alhambra beer, in a city dominated by Cruzcampo.

The place looks scruffy on the outside, but perhaps that is deliberate. Inside it also looks old, but clean. Several large sherry casks dominate behind the bar and this is clearly the establishments raison d'ètre.

Not much English spoken and the place is clearly not seeking tourist trade but the attractive waitress was pleasant enough and an asset - there was nothing old about her and had quite a bit of...

I went to this bar with some friends, some tourists, some expats over the weekend. We were accosted by 2 women who began mocking us and making xenophobic, hateful comments for daring to exist in the bar.

These women would get close to us and mock us not knowing most of the group spoke Spanish. Several times while in the bar they got physical, bumping into us and using elbows.

When the night ended and we left, they followed us out in the streets and continued to try to get physical to the point of being unhinged. We had to video tape them in order to ensure we would have evidence of this behavior.

The staff did not intervene until the very end when this woman made horrible accusations of our group and would not calm down.

Would...

Walked past this little bar many times as it was right outside our apartment and usually too many people outside with only 2 tables - however, managed to pop in today and very pleasantly surprised. Tucked away behind a very touristy alfalfa square it's a little gem, self service and better than the ones on the square - nice interior and good selection. The orange wine was fab (although I have nothing to compare it to). Had Pollo a la miel y mastabo (chicken honey mustard sauce) and pringa montadito (pork cheek mini sandwich) - both were pretty tasty but honey mustard was from a bottle and the pork cheek was spread on the bread - so not exactly home made touches. Go for a beer and eat if...