We had lunch here. 4 tapas plates, a small beer, and a water -- all for under 16 Euros…read more The octopus salad was pretty good The pork cheek was very tender and cooked well The stuffed mushrooms were delightfully cheesy and had some seafood in the stuffing The pollo relleno was pretty good as well, very flavorful

Friendly people, good service, locally sourced produce, fresh fish, good desserts. We had an…read moreafternoon snack and liked it so much we went back for dinner.

Saturday afternoon and we were looking for lunch. This place was right around the corner from our…read morehotel and had some fixed price menus so we grabbed a table outside since it was warm. One gentleman handled all of the tables that eventually were all filled with patrons. Drinks came with the menu so I finally had a sangria after almost three weeks in Spain - it was good and came with a spoon to scoop out the fruit. As a starter I tried the local cold soup that is like gazpacho but is not gazpacho - it was very good. My wife got the mixed salad which had a big heaping of tuna (good thing she likes tuna). I had the chicken with fries - it was OK. My wife was daring and tried the cuttlefish - tough, rubbery and not much flavor. For desserts I had the flan and she had the rice pudding. Both were pre-packed and decent. Not sure these daily meal specials were worth it in the end...

Charming place. Good service. Typical food, but delicious flan. We had a hilarious taxi ride home,…read moreliterally barely making it in-between the narrow streets.

We were having a hard time with the wifi all over Spain so we were just trusting our gut (haha) to…read morefind restaurants. We walked by and saw this little restaurant up the hill, a bit tucked away and decided to check it out one night. Holy moly people!!! Easily one of our best meals in Spain! Our server was so nice and the owner was amazing and attentive. We ate early (old American habits die hard) and we were some of the only people in this little cave restaurant. You can just tell that the chef takes immense pride in their food. It showed, both in presentation and taste. We ordered a cheese plate, a jamon plate, the eggplant croquettes (with salmorejo and jamon), and the stuffed mushrooms. I go on TripAdvisor when I got home and see it's rated #3 in Arcos restaurants! Yay! Don't be like us- read restaurant reviews before you get there ;-) This is truly a gem that you don't want to miss. This restaurant is what prompted me to review both on Yelp AND Tripadvisor. It was THAT good. Oh gosh! I just remembered that we ordered paté as well. I guess I forgot to take a pic. It was HUGE for the price and absolutely delicious. I thought we were overly stuffed when leaving and didn't think we got that way from those 3 things- haha. Forgot the paté!! If you're in Arcos you really should check this place out.

What's different about Alcarvan is that it's a former dungeon of a castle - I don't think they do…read morequite enough to capitalize on the distinctiveness of that (instead, it can feel a bit like a sports bar as there are a bunch of folks watching soccer on television). The food is the standard Spanish tapas menu - heavy on fish, ham, and the mixed salad (which, of course, comes with tuna). To put it another way, Alcaravan is not a place to take your vegetarian friends. What we had here wasn't quite as exciting or inventive as other tapas places (probably the best of what we sampled was the salad) and some of what we sampled was simply unpleasant. The "meatballs" of squid had the consistency of wet bread, and the tuna was among the fishiest I have encountered in terms of both taste and smell. The folks at Alcaravan seem perfectly nice, but slightly confused. At first, they sat us as a table that was entirely too small for four people. Then, they tried to squish all of our food (three dishes) onto the too-small table, and then they moved another table between us so that two of us were sitting a good ten feet apart from the other two.

Great little stop in one of the regions white towns. The service was good and they liked to joke…read morearound. The food was good and the location, in a little plaza, was pleasant. One of the dishes I had was kidney but not sure I'd recommend it. A very sleepy and hot day.

Nice place for a quick bite and cold beer. The pizza was good and service was nice. Located in the…read morenot so steep area by the city center.

9 euro special was great. Tomato & anchovies salad and garbanzo bean stew were tasty first courses…read more Pork steak & fries and cuttlefish were excellent second courses. Both desserts we had were also good. A glass of wine with dinner and a shot of limoncello after dessert was also included with the special.

A nice little place in Arcos de la Frontera,…read more I recommend it if you want to have some tapas and rest for a while as the place as music and is nicely decorated. One more thing, I can't remember the name, but they had one of the best white wine I have ever tasted