Restaurante Barbiana — Restaurant in Seville

A marvelous place, don't miss out...BOOK. There are many options, outside tables, inside tables, standing in the bar. An impressive choice of tapas and a very good menu. I confess we had both, started in the bar, standing ordering tapas and ended up sitting outside for an excellent lunch. It was a sunny but cool December afternoon and we were eating for HOURS. Jamon at the bar and the crisp, tiny shrimp tortillas, typical from Sanlucar, washed down with chilled Manzanilla wine. Then a lunch of tiny broad beans (habitas) with jamon, grilled vegetables with Romesco sauce, squid in ink, pork cheeks and rice, tiny lamb chops. We washed it down with good but reasonably priced red wine and then decided to have more wine and a plate of tangy manchego cheese. We finished with a very necessary double round of coffees and a good quality local brandy (Terry). The bill was only 40 € per head, which is very reasonable for the fantastic quality that we enjoyed. Antonio, our waiter, was prompt, helpful and extremely professional. We...

We entered because of the online reviews, though once seated at the table we were immediately dissappointed... We had the impression that we entered into a Fawlty Tower's sketch: the interior threw us back to the eighties and the waitress didn't even try to understand us, even though we tried to order in English, Italian, French and with Google Translate. When asking, after waiting for an hour, for when we could get our starters, she bluntly said that the kitchen wasn't informed about it Afterwards the main dishes arrived, and just like the starters, these missed proper seasoning and they were overcooked.

Overall, this was a very poor experience for us. Because of the many great eateries around, we can only advise to go elsewhere to enjoy all the great food that Sevilla...

We ate dinner at this restaurant yesterday evening - Friday evening of Christmas week. The centre of Seville was full of families and local people as well as tourists looking for somewhere to eat. We were lucky to get a table at 8:30pm. The dining room has been refurbished since the 360 picture shown on Google. Contrary to other reviews we found this place was not a tourist trap - the other diners were almost all Spanish including three large family groups. The atmosphere was convivial and pleasantly different from the super-busy crowded tapas bars in the vicinity. We had the Fisherman's Rice - like a paella but more of a soup flavoured with saffron - which was warming and delicious. The waiters were very busy but nonetheless we found the service...