Eating Out in Granada - Cuisine and Where to Eat in Granada

The Cuisine of Granada represents the tradition of Arabo-Andalusian cuisine. On one hand, the Arab heritage, which survived thanks to the Moors and that is evident in the use of spices and, secondly, the wide variety of raw materials, determined by the great differences of geography and climate in different regions of Granada.

a couple sitting in one of the restaurants of granada

However, it is difficult to find in Granada restaurants a quality comparable to the restaurants in northern Spain (Basque Country, Cantabria, Navarra or Asturias) in Galicia or Catalonia.

One of the Granada regional dishes are the beans with ham, a pot of San Anton and the Sacromonte omelette, Andalusian gazpacho kid with garlic and on the beaches of the Tropical Cost are grilled sardines.

Granada Restaurants

Restaurants in Granada with wide price range that offer traditional flavors, exquisite dishes and traditional cooking recipes. Restaurants that also offer flamenco shows, great seafood and spectacular views of the Alhambra and Sierra Nevada.

Granada Bars

A beer or a wine in Granada is normally accompanied by a 'tapa' or a snack. There are bars in Granada to suit everybody’s taste: tapas bars, traditional tabernas and coktail bars some with good live jazz and flamenco shows.

Pubs in Granada

Granada's modern night clubs and lively pubs, entertainment and things you can do at night, wine bars offering fantastic selection of Spanish wines and beers. Information about the most interesting Irish bars in Granada.

Teahouses in Granada

Typical tea houses of Granada with an exotic atmosphere where you can relax and have a cup of coffee or tea and eat a lovely Arabic cake or a sweet and savory crepe after visiting the Alhambra, the Albaicin or the Sacromonte.

Cafeterias in Granada

As for coffee, Cafe Central, in Elvira Street N 3, is a point of get-together of many Granadians; Grand Cafe in the Plaza Mayor; Irish Tavern Hannigan and Sons with a wide selection of domestic and international beers; Plaza Mayor in Recogidas street; Gran Cafe y Cafe Centro.

Chocolate and Churros

The chocolate and churros are very popular in the city. In almost all bars in the Plaza de Bib Rambla serve it for breakfast or snack. In another area, the chocolate and churros is good is the Alhambra Cafe, Mesones street 27.

Granada's cuisine offers regional dishes: famous Trevelez ham, cured in the mountains. Also typical dishes from the Alpujarras are 'patatas a lo pobre', the plato alpujarreno, Alpujarras crumbs and puchero a la gitanilla (Gypsy stew). In the Vega the typical food is ajoblanco, in Guadix is stewed or marinated in sauce partridge, rabbit and lamb with sherry.

Cuisine of Granada also offers the sweet dessert made bu nuns: soplillos, cakes of glory, the cake of Motril. The bacon from heaven of Guadix, pestinos of Velez, roscos of Loja and Santa Fe.

The wine is only produced in the Contraviesa, most is produced in small family wineries with traditional techniques and only mixed success.