OMG this place was fabulous. As recommended we came early to get in line. Lots of local folk of…read moreall ages, but certainly the trendy college kids were there. We now see why: a beautiful late-night space with friendly servers, cheap prices, and amazing tapas and wine. We didn't realize all drinks came with essentially a half-meal (not a small plate). in this case a delicious stewed chicken (leg/thigh) with bread. But we got the cuttlefish and octopus as well (both char grilled, swimming in olive oil and garlic, amazing, melt-in-your-mouth perfection) which was definitely too much food. But we ate it (mostly), had more drinks, and went home happy. Would recommend to anyone willing to get away from the central city.

You can eat dinner here for €12. Every drink comes with a small plate of food. Three of these…read moreplates make a dinner. This place is beyond popular. The queue at opening is over 100 people. The interior decorations are wild. Sensory overload. Get you Catholic on. The seating is terrible. The tables are set on wine barrels, the seats are uncomfortable and you cannot situate your legs without discomfort. This is not a place to linger and relaxed. It is high energy. If you think about ordering a main dish know that the portions are HUGE. We stupidly ordered 2 for the 2 of us. The food is OK. Nothing special. But they serve a lot of it. And with a million French fries. La Quinta comes with an amuse bouche mini "Dove Bar". + Prices are low. + well lit. + High energy level will keep you going. + service from the runners 0 service from the waiter - paper napkins - - flatware €45.5 for dinner for 2

First bit of advice - if you order drinks - expect a few free Tapas!!! So don't order the same…read moreones they give out!!! Usually croquettes de jamon. The service was great for Spain and the food/portions were better than most places we've been. The prices were also great. I wish I had even ordered less! We ordered drinks and it came with a few free croquettes. They were ok - glad I didn't pay for them. The tortilla de españa was excellent and so were the patatas pobre with an egg on top. See the pics for a better idea. It's basically potatoes in oil with a few peppers added in. My only complaint about the food is the amount of oil used. It was almost overwhelming. Despite this I was really happy with the food and atmosphere of Aixa. Best feature about this place - which my daughter loved - The misting once every 20 seconds whether you needed it or not.

This is a local cafeteria and restaurant. We came for dinner…read morelast night and we had the most amazing food here so far being in Granada. For dinner We had potatoes with eggs, a torta with meat, egg and jalapeños on top and then we also got the veil with salad. So good!! Dinner with sangria and beer for four was 45€ breakfast was 6 of us and we all got coffee and papas a Los pobres, americano breakfast and some bread with jams, came to a total of like 30€ Definitely recommend Oh and they have a house made horchata shot all about it!!

I had walked down from the Alhambra into town on a very cold day. I was hungry, but was more…read morelooking for a place that was warm and also had something warm to drink. I walked into Via Colon on a lark, and was greeted immediately at the door. I told them that I was cold and asked if they had hot tea. The waitress ushered me over to a table by the window, and promptly brought me tea. She was so nice! I stayed for a meal, and had the BLT. It was good, and certainly satisfied the need. (Probably a 3- or 4-star meal, but I bumped the review to 5 given how accommodating and friendly the staff was. Read on.) After the sandwich, I was onto my 2nd cup of tea, and wanted a pastry to go with it. They have a good selection. The waitress ushered me over to take a look at their pastries at the counter. (Almost had a tapas feel to it, except it was a countertop full of pastries.) I wanted something with fruit in it, and she described some of the pastries they had, but thought I might find them too sweet, and suggested that I might be happier with a blueberry muffin instead. I don't know how she could possibly have known what I would like or wouldn't like, but the muffin ended up being an excellent choice for me (and went well with the tea to boot!). Note: when I was there, no one in the place spoke English. Great chance to practice your Spanish, if you're so inclined, although the dialect can be a bit challenging (but nowhere near as challenging as Malagueño).

My wife and I had been putting lots of miles on our feet, and our "American dinner time" didn't…read morejibe with the local eateries. We were getting really hungry, and afraid we'd have to capitulate and settle for a sandwich... ...and then this happened! Not only did we find a restaurant with a very pleasant ambiance and a wonderful waitstaff, but with a creative and tasty menu as well. ...and open when WE were hungry! The menu features quite a number of tapas, salads, combination plates and desserts - but we were both called to the "Specialties of the House." My wife's vegetarian lasagna was as loaded with flavor as it was with spinach. The pasta was cooked just right; the cheese was... incredible. And the sauce provided just the right amount of saltiness to round it all out. I'd give it a 95 out of 100. I opted for the "Revuelto con Esparrago Fresco y Langostinos." This was a MOUND of fresh, gently sautéed asparagus layered with large, peeled shrimp, and bound together with scrambled egg. Now, I can put away some food, but this was just HUGE. The asparagus was very tasty indeed, as was the shrimp - but there is a limit to how much I can eat, and I just couldn't finish it all! It was DELICIOUS and I wouldn't hesitate to order it again, but would prefer to share with someone. We'd read Linda C.'s review about the carrot cake, and we were sold on that, so... yeah, it was wonderfully presented, and gratefully eaten! All in all, this place merited all five stars.

Lovely spot to get drinks and tapas. Each drink you order comes with tapas for free, Granada…read morestyle--a real bonus! Prices were extremely reasonable. With a group of 5 for tapas and two rounds of drinks we paid around 30 euros.

Order a drink and get a free order of tapas. The jamon asado will change your life, seriously!read more

We were recommended this place by two locals but were pretty disappointed, especially with the…read moreservice. It was packed with locals but you won't get the same service as a tourist (at least we didn't). Both of us spoke some Spanish but were clearly not fluent, and the waiter was blunt from the start. We ordered two drinks that were supposed to come with tapas - everyone around us got theirs with their drink right away. The waiter didn't bring ours out until much later when a local lady noticed he didn't bring us anything and pointed it out to him. If it wasn't for her, I'm sure he would have assumed we didn't know any better and cheated us. As for the plates we ordered, they were thoroughly average. The patatas bravas were pretty good but didn't stand out compared to others we've had. Maybe our bad experience was due to one waiter, but I still wouldn't go back.

This was recommended by our Airbnb host and we had a wonderful dinner…read more Dinner for 2 including both wine and beer came to $39USD. I had their picadillo soup ( ham and egg soup) which was delicious. We shared a plate of clams which were fresh, not sandy and plentiful -- and also the sea bass. The flavors were very good, tasted fresh. The seabass, one portion was mildly undercooked but it did not bother us. Overall we had a great dinner. Service was friendly and pretty attentive for Spanish time standards. Would recommend if you enjoy seafood, and the area is lovely -- great to sit outside on a nice day to enjoy the terrace.

We had a craving for paella and decided to try it at Los Manueles, a chain of restaurants that we…read moresaw around Grenada. We opted for indoor seating to stay warm versus outside in the cold even though they had gas heaters. Service seemed a little distracted at times but we were provided with a free appetizer which was surprisingly tasty. It was a tuna and mashed potato salad like dish. The chicken soup was simple but warmed us up with the hot broth and bits of chicken and vegetables. It could've been more substantial. The main entree seafood paella was underwhelming in many ways. First it was cooked in a nonstick pan so we didn't get any of the crunchy rice that we've come to expect. There also was a lack of seafood variety inside with just shrimp, calamari and maybe fish so it was rather unexciting to eat. Other places include at least clams and mussels. Lastly it was a bit too salty for our tastes. Maybe their other dishes were better but not impressed with what we ordered.

Delicious food (I got the pumpkin ablondigas, my husband got the spinach pasta) and patient…read moreservice, though I now see it's considered a tourist "trap", I wouldn't name it as such. Prices are reasonable and food is on point!

Not all free tapas are created equal, sometimes its just a bit of olives or peanuts, but this…read morebodega has one of the best! I just ordered a glass of white wine for about €3 and some change. A nice small jamon bocadilla(sandwich) and a small serving of fries(chips), both were simple but delicious! The colorful interior is cozy but romantic and some seats have a view of the Alcazar. Service was good enough.

Still looking for good tapas? Don't look any further, this is the place to go: while Bar Arabial…read morecertainly serves the largest tapas in Granada, this bodega still accompanies your beer with quite impressive - and delicious - ones. It's much more comfy so you can really spent half the night here. Curiously the tapas here are served based on the rounds you order. So a certain snack is always served with the first drink, another one with the second one and so on. I wonder how long the kitchen can keep up this but we never made it across the third or fourth tapa - as i said you can really feed on them! Keep on walking along the channel after leaving Plaza Nueva. You will find the bar on your left hand a few hundred meters afterwards. Very beautiful setting at the foot of the Alhambra.

Good spot to grab a drink and some tapas in Granada…read more My friend and I came by Saturday evening around 9:30 and it was popping. Most of the outdoor tables were taken, but we snagged the last two spots at the inside bar. We had a cana (small beer) for 2.50€ and a manzanilla (apple wine I think?) for 2.80€. I've never had apple wine before, but I don't think I'm a fan. It wasn't as sweet as I was expecting and tasted on the drier side. As part of our drinks, we got some complimentary fried fish which was delicious. We also ordered a half portion of the berenjenas fritas (8€), which is fried eggplant. It's served with honey on the side that you can drizzle over the eggplant. I don't like eggplant at all because of the taste and texture, but I couldn't taste that this was eggplant at all, so I really enjoyed it. It was surprisingly good with the honey, and I ended up eating more than I expected to. Casa Julio seems to be known for the berenjenas (pretty much every group ordered it at the bar), so would definitely recommend trying it here!

tapas in Spain began as nibbles given free by tabernas with a drink order, a tradition that still…read moreholds in just a few cities like Granada and Madrid. needing food after a tour of Alhambra (circa 1300 moorish castle), our group chose Ermita, housed in a renovated ex-bullring. which was, as you would expect, stunning. a selection of tapas were brought to table with pitchers of Rioja - stuffed mushrooms, brochetita caprese, asado. all good, as those ordered: croquetas de pil pil, bacalao-lobster gratin w/ asparagus, jamón ibérico de bellota, tortellitas de camarones. todo realmente muy sabroso.

After a week of tapas, our family was looking for something different. I was craving Italian but in…read morethe heatwave wasn't up for walking too far. Also it was a Monday and all of the first few Italian places we looked at on Yelp were closed. Frustrated and hungry we left our hotel and walked just a few steps into the San Miguel Bajo square. This was the second or third place we passed, it said "pasta" on the outside menu so I said "let's go!" We never do that! We always check reviews but we were so hot, hungry and tired we just walked in. So glad those other places were closed. We all got exactly what we were craving. They have an English version of the menu. I actually ordered the kid's bolonase pasta and it was excellent. Husband got the small roasted chicken, it was very small in comparison to a US chicken, just a little bigger than a squab with a spicy dipping sauce. He liked it, we thought it was ok. Our son's sirloin steak was AMAZING - but pricey at $19.00, but it was so good and we hadn't had steak in weeks so worth it. The two meat dishes came with half a grilled baked potato which they both enjoyed and a small mixed green salad. The meal came with free tapas for the table (looked like a tiny wrap with delicious hummus inside one for each of us) and the best bread we've tasted in Spain. Warm rolls. Yum. The service was friendly and helpful. The price was slightly higher than we have been paying for our tapas meals but well worth it. We ate inside due to the extremely hot weather but there are tables on the square as well. It's always hard to find great food, even with online reviews, so we may even eat here again before we go. There menu wasn't overly large (which I prefer) but it had a nice selection of fish, pork, beef, pasta and tapas.

So many times on holiday you go seeking that perfect restaurant. Normally it is based on a friends…read morerecommendation or a tour book's 'place to eat'. Often it leads you down a road of anguish and stress, past numerous other establishments that could have easily sufficed. All of this in the hope that something better awaits -- only to be disappointed by every aspect. Thankfully El Ají delivered beyond all expectations. After a stroll up winding streets we were greeted by a beautiful square full of locals, drinking, playing music and conversing around tables. We started the night with beers and complimentary tapas and ended with a house wine and homemade desert. The staff were extremely friendly and the food was delicious and prepared to perfection. But it was the atmosphere that made the night.