La Trastienda — Restaurant in Seville

A 10/10 experience, if you're on the fence hopefully this review pushes you to check this place out. After 2 weeks in Spain this was the best seafood we had BY FAR!! David and the family are superstars behind the bar, slinging ice cold beers and making the freshest seafood tapas around. Clearly a local joint as we were the only English speaking customers there. Would highly recommend the tapas, specifically the anchovies, sardines and smoked tuna. Note the fresh seafood is market priced by weight so be sure to ask how much it will cost before purchasing, we asked for something around 20 Euros for the two of us and we got 6 fresh shrimp for 12 euros, very fair given our request and the freshness of the seafood. Looking forward to returning on our next...

Don't be fooled like we were, all prices for seafood is by the kilo so you have no idea of the price per portion, we asked for the biggest prawns, the most expensive thing on the menu, the fresh seafood is on show ours came from upstairs and went straight into the microwave, over half an hour later we were still waiting, we asked for the bill and told 'NO' we said we had to go and again asked for the bill, they threatened us with the police and eventually gave us the bill, €66.00 for 2 glasses of wine 1 small plate of clams and 2 prawns microwaved which never arrived. Aggressive staff threatened us with the police, we wanted to pay for what we had but they refused, we left 50 euros on the bar and left. Rip off, Rip...

We were looking forward to dining here given reviews but were so disappointed withe the outrageous prices of their seafood! They didn’t have any seafood items available other than those sold by the weight. We have traveled 1 month in Andalusia and this has been the most expensive place we’ve been to (double the price of the fine dining restaurants!). Our bill was over 90 Euros for 6 pieces of steamed shrimps (5 Euros each!) , 4 crayfish, 2 small conch, 4 canas of beer and a very good 4 Euro tapa of ham. We’ve been to Michelin rated restaurants that served an oyster of 3 Euros but they did more than...