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La Malvaloca

Restaurant Tapas restaurant

Snug cafe with floor-to-ceiling windows serving Spanish small plates & a wide selection of wine. People often mention good, great, tapas, delicious, restaurant, nice, sauce, staff, order, service,


Address

Pl. de la Encarnación, 20, Casco Antiguo, 41003 Sevilla, Spain

Website

www.lamalvaloca.es

Contact

+34 955 62 81 81

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (4.2K reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Monday: 1 pm to 12 am
  • Tuesday: 1 pm to 12 am
  • Wednesday: (Labor Day in Spain/Labor Day), 1 pm to 12 am, Hours might differ
  • Thursday: 1 pm to 12 am
  • Friday: 1 pm to 12 am
  • Saturday: 1 pm to 12 am
  • Sunday: 1 pm to 12 am

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (24) great (18) tapas (17) delicious (16) restaurant (15) nice (14) sauce (12) staff (12) order (11) service (10)
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  • 5/5 Ruo 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely our favourite restaurant in Seville! We were amazed by the taste and presentation of all the dishes. The scallops are great! The pork cheeks stew, Iberian pork tenderloin, garlic prawns and Mexican tacos are all must-haves! love their Cava Sangria too! Our server was super nice and humorous! He even offered us Orange Wine to try after the meal. Price was very reasonable too. What a great dining experience! I really wish we had this in Canada!
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Moksh K. 1 year ago on Google
    Update: ------------ Went here again the second night! Ordered the delicious potatoes, goat cheese and omelette in whiskey sauce. Very delicious! Updating my original rating from 4/5 to 5/5. ------------ Service was great and fast. We had no reservations but waited about 10 minutes. Food: I ordered chicken skewers with couscous and it was delicious! The chicken was marinaded well, juicy and soft. Potatoes were soft and the spicy sauce was great too (not too spicy). Wine: Castillo white wine was disgusting. Don't order that. Order a beer, or sangria. Overall, the food is decently priced since it's a restaurant with a good view.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Victoria P. 1 year ago on Google
    one of the best dinners we've had in a while. i enjoyed their special way of serving patatas bravas and raviolis. tapas, salmon with fruity sauces for main dish, hot apple pie and vanilla ice cream for dessert. everything tasted great, i loved it. + it was my first time trying sangria with watermelon and apples, it was interesting and refreshing. service was a little slow, but our waiters were amazing, very nice and friendly. when it's warm out i really recommend eating at outside tables, surrounding area adds to the Sevilla experience.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anna 2 years ago on Google
    Everything was amazing! We ordered many options so they served it quickly but in a way not to make us felt rushed, they let us enjoy a dish before bringing the next one - it was perfect one dish at the time; We had scallops, wok veggies, steak some artichokes and pork. Then finished with carrot cake - every single dish was absolutely delicious.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Libor M. 1 year ago on Google
    The sangria as well as the tapas were very tasty. We choose this restaurant while waiting for the mushroom light show nearby and we didn't make a mistake. Although wait for one of the tapas was long it didn't really matter. The staff is friendly. The toilets were clean. Prices are a little higher though. Also I don't like that if you don't want to eat, only drink, you have to sit outside.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jesse van O. 1 year ago on Google
    Great and delicious tapas, but do not expect to get a quick bite! All the food we ordered was great, but things definitely get a little hectic when it gets busy. It took quite a while before we saw our server again to order dessert, but that was fine as we got to enjoy our drinks while looking around the square. There were also multiple people which played some instruments outside which we thought added to the ambiance. So if you are looking for a quick bite and staff that regularly checks up on you, this is not the place for you! But if you don't mind sitting down for a while over some nice drinks and tapas, we can recommend this restaurant!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Mohsin S. 11 months ago on Google
    I’m really torn about this place. The hostess was incredibly gracious, and the wait staff were extremely polite and friendly. 5 stars for that. 2 stars for the fact that two of my tapas weren’t served. When we got the French toast dessert (good, but massively overrated unless you like mainlining sugar with no other flavor), the missing empanada and chicken skewer (which looked amazing) were charged to the bill in absentia. When I asked about it, there was mass confusion, and I offered to take them to go if the plates had already been fired. When I left the restaurant, it was having paid full price for everything, and missing a chicken skewer in my take out. So great attitudes, super pleasant staff, but accuracy of ordering and timing was less than great.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Eric van T. 1 year ago on Google
    Had to wait in line for a seat, but it was totally worth it. The staff is incredibly kind and hard working. The food was very tasty and was served in just a few minutes after we ordered. A must visit when you’re in Sevilla!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gigi 1 year ago on Google
    I came here for Tapas/small food after a flight, knowing that good dinner place wont be open until 8:00pm. The food was surprisingly good and the service was awesome. You can enjoy pop up musicians singing songs and playing instruments, while watching crowds walking by. If you like more fancy vibe, you can sit inside as well. The waiter Rickv is very nice and patient. I think the ratings in Google tell something about this place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Beatriz R. 2 years ago on Google
    The food is a-m-a-z-i-n-g! Great vibe for a hot summer night dinner! It was so good I went back there to try the other tapas (and repeat some)!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Foodshibe - HK F. 10 months ago on Google
    A top-rated tapas bar 🍹 next to Setas de Sevilla, one of the most iconic structures in Seville, Spain. 🇪🇸 Featured: ▮ Top Quality Spanish Cured Ham|EUR 11.90|✯ : 7 ⭐️ ▮ Traditional Andalusian Pork Cheeks Stew with Sweet Potatoes Parmentier|EUR 10.90|✯ : 7 ⭐️ ▮ Iberian Pork Tenderloin with Homemade Brandy Sauce, Spanish Ham and Fries|EUR 11.90|✯ : 6.5 ▮ Grilled Squid with Lima Cream and Vegetables|EUR 16.90|✯ : 7.5 ⭐️
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kate S. 1 year ago on Google
    Came from Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao, San Sabas. And finally tasted the best garlic prawns. The sauce is divine! Thought it would be a basic restaurant since it’s located at the heart of an attraction, but it turned out super good! The prawns are an Asian delight. The cod fish, pork and artichokes are unforgettably great too! Amazing.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Niro 7 months ago on Google
    Croquettes, Tuna, Tacos, French toast were really good. Service was good too. Few beggars asking for money. Bread was a bit stale. Prawns casserole was good, but not the best dish. Malvaloca cake was a bit too strong. €60 for drink each, 5 Dishes and 2 desserts - 2 people
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Adrian P. 8 months ago on Google
    We found La Malvaloca to be a nice restaurant with delicious food, good prices and good service. We had (and shared) the following: - The tuna tataki: really good, it melts in your mouth! The sauce and the presentation were also good. The only thing I would change/add is maybe the sauce. I would add some small droplets of wasabi or something a bit fresh & spicy - Spanish potatoes with whiskey sauce: they were tasty and the sauce was good (maybe just a little bit too salty). Works well as a side dish - The spinach risotto: it was creamy and delicious, a really good choice - The beef steak: the meat was perfectly cooked but to be honest it wasn't the best cut (too many tendons/pieces of fat). However, it was tasty. The sauce was interesting (it tasted like...pizza!). It came with really crispy fries Even if some things could have been better, overall we had a nice experience and tasted some good food. Random note: The restaurant would seem even nicer if the ceramic-looking plates would be actual ceramic, it would really tie everything together
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nichola R. 7 months ago on Google
    Our favourite meal during our trip. The food was seasoned and tasty. We had the oxtail, prawns, chicken skewers, sangria, the chocolate ferrero rocher cake and croquettes (the croquettes was our least favourite, they were a bit cold) but the rest of the food made up for it.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Trevor M. 9 months ago on Google
    I love my meal here. Took my mum here on her birthday, we were given a choice of tables near the window with a great view. Drinks were served promptly and everything we ate was delicious, the crispy ravioli were my favourite. We ordered sardines but they forgot the order. it was getting late so we cancelled them, but the kitchen sent out some delicious cheese to say sorry and then delivered the sardines and didn’t charge us for them (I double checked because I didn’t mind paying for them even if they took a while to come).
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ricky S. 8 months ago on Google
    Excellent service and food. I had the oxtail cannelloni, patatas bravas, spinach risotto, and french toast brioche with ice cream. All dishes were great. Dessert was a bit too sweet for me
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Christen S. 2 years ago on Google
    Really lovely meal at a reasonable price. Excellent quality food!! They accomodated my order a few minutes before the kitchen closed, which I really appreciated after a long travel day. The manager and younger staff were lovely. However, the older gentleman who waited on me seemed quite clearly inconvenienced by my order / my presence. I'm sure it was just a bad day or a stressful service, but that could be improved. Glad the other waiters made up for it with their excellent service!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 lsmrxy 1 year ago on Google
    Highly recommendable!!! We came because of the Google-Recommendations and it was as most said: the best tapas in town - very tasteful - and very friendly staff! Perfect balance between quality and price. Thank you Riki for the best service!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sleepingbear G. 2 years ago on Google
    Food is tasty here. I rank it the most yummy restaurant in Seville. Drink and dessert are delicious too. Dine here in early evening is possible and then visit the Seville mushroom next to it at night.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anouk / Chiel van der W. 2 years ago on Google
    The staff was really nice, good service! The food and drinks were really nice.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Diana �. 2 years ago on Google
    Located right next to the Las Setas, this nice restaurant and tapas bar is a good place to take a break and have a glass of wine. The staff is professional, the service quick and the food was good.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mark R. 2 years ago on Google
    Definitely deserves a 5 rating … only negative was that the waiters were a bit slow however they did apologise as they were busy. Food was very enjoyable and desert was amazing - top marks !
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Evelina P. 5 months ago on Google
    As a solo traveller I felt so welcomed at this tapas restaurant! The food was lovely and the view was amazing. My waiter Jaime was very friendly and nice. Thank you ☺️

  • 5/5 Abigail P. 1 year ago on Google
    Hands down the best restaurant we ate at in seville! It was recommended to us by our hotel and we thought that it might be a little bit of a tourist trap but we couldn't have been more wrong. We ate there on multiple occasions and probably tried most of the menu and everything we had was delicious. I have to recommend getting the mojito with tequila and no sugar. It was the best Mojito I've ever had! For food, we mostly ordered tapas to share. Here is the list of things that we ate and loved every single one.** not all are pictured** -Spanish Cured Ham -Pork Cheeks Stew -Smoked Sardine toast -Grilled octopus- a little bit undercooked -Croquettes -Grilled artichokes -Fried prawns and seaweed wakame -Iberian pork tenderloin with home made brandy sauce, spanish ham and fries. -Grilled codfish with pistachio crust -Crispy lamb ravioli -Garlic Prawn casserole with Kimchee sauce -Cheesecake for dessert.

  • 5/5 Pearl C. 5 months ago on Google
    Fantastic spot for tapas, one of my favorite meals in Sevilla. The wine was excellent (as was the sangria), cheeses were delectable, I wanted to eat them all. The risotto was awesome. So many delish items on the menu. And love the front outdoor patio for people watching. It is sometimes tough to get a waiter’s attention but I believe that is cultural and once you flag them, they help immediately. Oh and order the apple pie dessert. It’s REALLY good!

  • 5/5 Will S. 6 months ago on Google
    Giving this place 5 star purely because of Stefan who waited on us and was excellent. He was professional and happy to serve something the others lacked. The other waitress Fanni who started late on also worked really well too she was great.

  • 3/5 Sotiris A. 2 years ago on Google
    Negative rating for this place. Location it's hot, in the center of Seville but that's all. Burata is frozen like an ice cream. Tomato's can be better. My burger never comes to table . I truly understand that can be an misunderstanding when I order my food, but looks like don't care about it. Staff very friendly . I don't know if I can recommended it or not...

  • 3/5 Seán T P. 8 months ago on Google
    Ordered for two the beef high back steak 40 days aged at 1180g, the meat was nice but big downside was that more than 50 percent of the steak was fat which wasn't good considering we paid alot for it. Was still hungry after it and had to order more food to make up for it. Did mention this to the staff and all they did was apologise. Staff were good and friendly and some issues understanding English but nothing google couldn't fix

  • 4/5 Olivier E. 7 months ago on Google
    Nice little restaurant next to the Setas de Seville. Food is great, and although some portions are a little small, it is worth it. Staff is very friendly, but they could do with an additional waiter as sometimes you can be waiting around for quite a while without a drink. The atmosphere is nice but you will be harassed by 'Buskers' (street performers) to try and get money.

  • 5/5 Stella B. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing food oh lala and the best crew all so friendly warm and funny! Perfect combination of great yummy food the goat salad is amazing and also the moments with the servers. Had the best time here and will recommend a must go in Seville!

  • 5/5 Andronika K. 1 year ago on Google
    First night in Sevilla and decided to sit here. The patio is so great and the hostess Patricia was super helpful and sweet:) she even saved our spot in line because we all had to use the bathroom. There was great music in the square where the patio is and it was awesome to eat to. Our server Marco was great and the food came out quite quickly. We started off with a pitcher of cava sangria and I liked it a lot, a decent size for the price but probably wouldn’t order more than one. All of the food pictured was amazing, my favourite was the sardine toast I would definitely recommend it. The only thing we ordered that isn’t pictured is the garlic prawn in kimchee sauce which honestly wasn’t my personal favourite but my two friends loved it. We went a bit all out since we had yet to eat out on vacation and I’m very happy that we chose to eat here! I will be back again for sure. Be wary the patio gets full quickly, we were lucky to slip in right before there was an actual waiting time for a table.

  • 5/5 Patawee Phadungchiwit (. 2 years ago on Google
    Really good quality tapas in the city, the outdoor seating is great with a view of the public space

  • 5/5 Léon J. 11 months ago on Google
    Great food! The only issue was that the waiter kept forgetting some of our order. It seems like other customers had the same issue. I really recommend to have another way of tracking orders.

  • 5/5 Marko S. 2 years ago on Google
    Close to Metropol Parasol (Las Setas), nice and cozy restaurant. Lot of dishes also in tapas size. Good selextion of international (like delicious tuna tataki) and local dishes.

  • 4/5 Yongheon L. 1 year ago on Google
    The food was delicious and the staffs were very kind. It was nice lunch at here. But, when I sit at the table some drosophila were flying and crawling the my table. I think the restaurant must take care of the hygiene cleanly.

  • 5/5 Nichola Kilrone F. 2 years ago on Google
    Lovely and courteous staff. Erica was delightful. The food was really good. Tried the Prawns in kimchee sauce, Chicken skewers and Pork tenderloin and it was absolutely delicious!

  • 5/5 Vinod K. 10 months ago on Google
    Our waiter, Ricky, helped make this an unforgettable evening. All of the dishes we ordered were delicious, especially the risotto and the scallops special. We hope to come back again.

  • 5/5 The Biting C. 2 years ago on Google
    delicious and artfully presented foo you eat with your eyes first. order platos as tapas are quite small. a little pricier than similar restaurants, but you get to stare at the setas and wonder what it means. spoiler alert: mushroom

  • 5/5 Anton H. 1 year ago on Google
    Simply amazing, the service is fast and at the same time very warm. The food was the best tapas I had ever eaten, the risotto and ribeye was fenomenal. The staff made every effort to take care of us and spread a lot of joy doing so. Thank you for the visit, we will be back whenever we are in Sevilla!


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Paid parking lot
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Salad bar
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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