CASA MANOLO TAPAS BAR SEVILLANO — Restaurant in Seville

Well located tapas bar with outside seating area and delicious food. Portions were very small for tapas, not worth it, go for the plates if you want better value for money. The only thing that ruined the experience for me was that the menu contains allergy information but it's so inaccurate that's unbelievable and the waiters don't know anything about food allergies, they don't even speak English! I ordered some beef dish (number 15 on the menu) that did not have the number 1 next to it that would indicate that it contains gluten. When it got served I could tell straight away that it contains gluten as it was wrapped in pastry and deep fried. I asked the waiter and that was the point when he admitted that he doesn't speak English (only some real basic words). Another guest saw our struggle and helped with translation. The waiter kept saying that the dish might be gluten free if they used fresh oil to fry it in, which shows he had no clue that the pastry coating contained gluten to start with. He then argued that he couldn't have known that what I ordered needs to be gluten free as I was the only one with food allergy from our group of 4. If you mark items on your menu that are gluten free or don't indicate that they contain gluten than those are expected to be gluten free regardless of who eats them. Not to mention that I asked him about gluten free before we set down and he showed and explained with his basic English that items on the menu with (1) next to them contain gluten, the rest don't. After this one this I got worried and started questioning the rest of the items we ordered, as I could no longer trust what was gluten free and what wasn't. It was distressing, especially when you have a waiter who has no idea about food allergies, who doesn't speak English, and who thinks he is right. This person should not work as a waiter. Upon checking the menu again we discovered that the English side of the menu for this specific item (number 15 on the menu) doesn't indicate gluten, however turning to the Spanish side of the menu the same item (number 15) indicates it contains gluten. So a very important allergy information got "lost" in translation! Checking the menu further we discovered a number of other discrepancies between the Spanish and English menu in terms of allergy information, items 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9,13,14,15,16,31,36 contain different allergy information on the English menu compared to the Spanish one. This is an extremely careless thing to do! If the restaurant doesn't take food allergies seriously that's fine, but than they shouldn't be issuing a menu that indicates they are aware and care about allergies. I would like to warn anyone with food allergy to AVOID this place as you cannot trust what they put in front of you. It is a real shame as the food itself was really tasty actually, although very small tapas portions (cold cuts and cheese boards ordered as tapas barely have a few little slices on them, which definitely feels like a rip off). And there was no remorse from the waiter whatsoever, if anything he was upset with me asking questions about gluten. He should not be working with...

I feel terrible to write this review after a very long while, because I couldn't remember the name of the place until I looked at my photos after a 4month travel.

My partner and I are from Hong Kong🇭🇰 we visited Casa Manolo in September without any research. The wide range of choices made me delighted as a tapas lover! We ordered 5 tapas and few cold beers after a long walk, which was a great rest in the busy plaza! I love their fried seafood and my partner love their meat dishes, nothing fancy but traditional and delicious.

I was especially impressed by Dario, who patiently served and talked to us knowing that we wanted to practise our Spanish, gave us recommendations and treated us some shots! (He also corrected our grammar 😂) We felt very welcomed by his hospitality.

Its a pity that we only had one meal here, as the place gets busy around evening and we didnt have much time in Sevilla, but definitely...

Desgraciadamente, este bar perdió toda la esencia de lo que fue el auténtico BAR MANOLO, el de toda la vida. El Bar de antaño cerró en la pandemia, tras ello no volvió a abrir y un grupo hostelero de estos que se dedican más al turisteo que a otra cosa adquirió el local... y se lo cargó. Lo auténtico del Bar Manolo, su decoración retro, el sitio donde paraban parroquianos del barrio a tomar una cervecita con una pavía o unas cabrillas... todo eso murió cuando el auténtico Bar Manolo cerró. Lo que hay hoy en día es un trasunto de lo de entonces. Se llamó igual para hacer creer a los que nos gustaba lo de antes que iba a mantener su esencia, pero no fue así. Nada más hace falta pasar por allí para ver que, sólo con la decoración que pusieron, ya se veía a quién iba destinado el nuevo local: al turista, al foráneo, olvidándose de los sevillanos. Nada más que hay que ver los precios: 4,50€ por una pequeñita tapa de patatas bravas... ¿perdón? En fin... los viejos tiempos mueren y los nuevos han venido para destrozar la memoria de los bueno y lo auténtico. Una pena. EDITO: Añado este comentario final porque como veo que han contestado, me permito, a la vez, contestarle yo a los propietarios: señores de CASA MANOLO TABAS BAR SEVILLA (nombre correcto, perdonen ustedes), vuelvo a repetirlo: SE HAN CARGADO EL AUTÉNTICO BAR MANOLO, el de toda la vida. Que ustedes son de los de a los que les da igual el cliente sevillano, pues me parece muy bien, y no me vengan con que no discriminan porque sí, lo hacen, prefieren el dinero de los turistas, que gastan más y les reservan mesas, que el de un vecino (como acabo de leer en una reseña reciente) que quiere tomarse una cerveza en una mesa de la plaza pero no puede, porque están reservadas. Y encima le responden que la próxima vez reserve PARA TOMAR UNA MÍSERA CERVEZA. A un vecino que habrá ido al bar años y años... U otra reseña en la que una señora se quiere tomar una bebida y un camarero le dice que no, que sólo puede estar allí sentada para comer. Pero bueno, nada, como bien me recomiendan, ya haré yo lo que estime oportuno y si creo que son caros, pues lo seguiré manteniendo y, efectivamente, no iré a su local porque así lo pienso: que son caros y que sólo tienen ojitos para los turistas (nada más que hay que ver la mayoría de reseñas de 5 estrellas. Sevillanos o andaluces, pocos, el resto, turistas que pican con el bonito decorado y el enclave tan auténtico en el que está enclavado -ay, esas tardes tomando una cerveza en el mostrador de los ventanales-). Dicho lo cual, espero que les vaya muy bien, por supuesto, una cosa no quita la otra, que hay 22 bocas que alimentar y eso me parece todo un reto. Un...