San Marco Plaza de España — Restaurant in Seville

Visited San Marco 3 years ago. Enjoyed so much, we decided to revisit when we returned to Seville. Sadly, it was nowhere near as good the second time around. Arrived 10 minutes early for a table booked for 8:30. Instead of offering us drinks and the menu, we were man handled out of the door and told that they were closed. As there wasn't anywhere around , we decided to wait until 8:30 and try again. We were showed to a table and given the menu. We decided on the tasting menu which had a choice of lamb or salmon for main course. When the waitress took the order We said that we would have the tasting menu and then proceeded to tell her that 2 of us would have the salmon and 1 would have the lamb. At that stage she forgot that we had ordered the tasting menu and just brought out the salmon and lamb. The bread brought to the table was stale and the whole meal was mediocre. When we asked if they could arrange a taxi for us they told us to go to the hotel next door. We ended up starting to walk back to our hotel, which would probably have taken us about 45 minutes. Fortunately, a taxi came along and we managed to flag him down. Needless to say, when we next visit Seville, we won't be returning...

Avoid to all cost. I made the mistake of contracting lunch for a group of visitors because the price looked reasonable considering the location, but the overall experience was awful. Food was scarce and cheaply made, well below a minimum standard for the price. But the worst of all was that one dish came with an insect that had been fried along the fish. The 'compensation' offered by the maitre was to replace the plate with a fresh one of the same meal - which of course we refused. That was the end of the lunch for half the people in the table. At the very least the person getting the 'surprise' should have had a free lunch, but the maitre did not think of that. So, on top of poor, dirty food, there was also a terrible service. As I said, avoid...

Bovazza from the 70’s.

Came here as part of an organized tour- big mistake. You’d think a restaurant would try and make a tour group of 20 people happy, and serve them good food- but no… we were disturbing them.

First course was Philadelphia cream cheese mixed with unclean shrimp. Then, boiled meat of some sort with potato. Then a chocolate cake- not terrible, but nothing to return for.

Warm tap water and cheap red wine were offered, despite it being 38C outside.

Asked for a bottle of cold water, was told I had to pay. I offered a 50€ note- lady got mad at me. It’s the only cash I had.

If you are in Seville, it’s better to go to a different restaurant.

Ps: I would be embarrassed to publish photos of my...