La Carbonería — Restaurant in Seville

I was super excited to come here after recommendations from our host, but it was very disappointing from start to finish. It has so much potential to be amazing as ever flamenco dancer is incredible and the venue is beautiful, but the management is non existent. First it’s cash only which isn’t made obvious until you get to your turn at the bar (if you’re gonna be cash only in this day and age make it super obvious at the entrance)

Then, the drinks and food themselves are really bad. The price of Sangria is on the higher side for Seville and it tastes like watered down red wine (probably because the jug is with SO much ice)

Then there is zero crowd control. It is very chaotic with nowhere to stand because of how the room is arranged, then there’s so many selfish customers who take up bench space with bags or pretending to hold that space for people coming - this is poor management. There should be someone in the venue pushing people up and not allowing people to hold seats. The only crowd control was a grumpy guy behind the bar who came out and rudely pushed his finger into the backs of 3 people and told them not to stand in the walkway (even though it then filled up anyway and he did nothing about the people who stood there. It would be so easy for someone to go around and free up space for those desperate to sit

Also, the staff are very cheeky in pushing you to order more drinks. I already spent €20 on sangria and then 3 separate staff members accused me of not buying a drink

So much potential but so little love and care here. They don’t even give a raised stage or microphone and speakers to the dancer and musicians. If you’re not sat close to them you hear and see nothing. Extremely overrated I’m...

Be aware! I lost my wallet here, and the experience cannot be any worse.

Before the show started, I put my wallet right on top of my stuff in my backpack and placed my backpack on the bench between me and my husband. After the show, my wallet was gone. Trying to not make any assumptions here but during the show, the light was off and only servers walking around picking up drinks from table. Once I found out my wallet was gone and it was not on the floor or anywhere nearby, I canceled my credit cards and asked the employee there to direct me to the owner - a lady who was counting her cash at the bar.

I was talking when she raised her voice, yelled at me "no english here" with shooing hand gestures and walked away. I felt humiliated and started crying when a server who spoke some English asked me what's wrong. I told him I lost my wallet, I am okay with not getting $200 and credit cards in there back, but I need my ID. He told me to just leave because there's nothing they can do.

Next morning, the police called my hotel and said someone turned in my IDs. The hermes handbag is, of course, gone. The cash is, of course, gone. I got my canceled credit cards and ID back, just like that.

Because of what happened and the attitude I received from this place owner, Seville, to this date, is the worst city I...

Came here as part of the itinerary of Free Walking Tours Seville, it was the last stop of the walk. The walk started at around 7pm and finished at 8.30pm, giving us ample time to either grab a bite before the show or wait inside La Carbonería for the show to start. The guide mentioned that there are three Flamenco shows every night at 9.30pm, 10.30pm and 11.30pm. However, as the Flamenco shows are 'free' you have to come early in order to get seats for the show, if not you'll end up standing for the roughly 30-40 minute performance. I say 'free' as you are encouraged to patronize the bar and the food store there while waiting for the show to start. The food and drink prices are a bit more expensive than usual. I enjoyed a 1L jug of beer for 6€ and Sangria was 9€ for a litre just for some references. There is no photography/videoing allowed for the show and there will be a staff member seated near the performers who will wag his finger at you and ask you to stop filming. Overall the show was quite entertaining and emotional. La Carbonería is definitely a good stop if you want to catch a glimpse of Flamenco but aren't too sure about how much you're willing to shell out for...