El Rinconcillo

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#53 of 278 Bar in Seville
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PRICE RANGE
$23 - $70
CUISINES
Bar, Mediterranean, Spanish

MICHELIN Guide's Point of View

A restaurant with lots of tradition! The menu here features traditional pork-based products from the Sierra de Huelva, home-cooked Andalucian cuisine, ...
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The MICHELIN Plate: Good cooking
Simple restaurant
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Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Disappointed -setting great. Had to queue for quite a while but once we got table the waiter was grumpy and table cracked. We spoke in Spanish but waiter didnt acknowledge. Food ok but had a lot better. Was ok but i wouldn't go out of...your wayMore

Date of visit: September 2021
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Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

I’m not sure what the bad reviews were referencing. We had an excellent experience. It was a busy Sunday lunch but we got a table right away upstairs. The service was efficient and professional. Never rushed. We had the spinach and garbanzo which is a...traditional Sevillano dish and it was a favorite at our table. We also tried the pork stew - Iberian pig cheek- which was excellent. It is a beautiful restaurant in the traditional style.More

Date of visit: September 2021
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Reviewed 1 week ago

THE place is amazing. Recently restored by an Italian artist, Alexandra del Bene, it has been able to maintain the flavor of traditions, both in the decoration and in the typical dishes that have made it famous..

Date of visit: July 2021
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Reviewed 1 week ago

admittedly I did not have a booking for their pictured rooms. thought that arriving early by Spanish standard would be enough. obviously no. i would not have had a problem with "sorry sir we are full tonight". rather the waiter pushed us to a set...of tables randomly distributed in the street nearby (with the comment "it is the same food"). Took 20mn for someone to bother with order including drinks, then another 30mn to get the main dish brought. Food was OK (squid ink rice tasting quite good but undercooked, toro stew a bit salty). having waited about 1h to get the dish served, it made us laugh that our plates were cleared literally 10sec after my partner dropped her fork (we were not rushed out though). getting additional servings of wine was a challenge, getting the bill was a challenge. no feel of being in a restaurant at allMore

Date of visit: September 2021
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Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

The goal of this place might be to exterminate every tourist in Sevilla with god-awful food. We had the croquettes madame and the mushroom risotto with king prawns. The whole time I was eating the croquettes, I wished I’d listened to Beyoncé and packed hot...sauce in my bag. They were so bland and fried in oil that must’ve been kept on standby from this restaurant’s inauguration. Based on the amount of goat cheese, aka my personal kryptonite, used to make the mushroom risotto they really should have done everyone a solid and renamed it the mushroom goat cheese risotto. The promised king prawns were nowhere to be found replaced by three baby shrimps swimming in a sea of goat cheese and mush. After that I just couldn’t risk ordering a desert. On the way out my stomach started rebelling and I spent the next 2 hours in the fetal position chomping down Pepto and Tums. As a first meal in Seville this was definitely a gastrointestinal experience. Save your stomachs and tastebuds, definitely would have better luck eating a slice of pizza for €2. Enter at your own risk, you’ve been warned.More

Date of visit: September 2021
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Javier1670, Propietario at El Rinconcillo, responded to this reviewResponded 2 weeks ago

Hi! We thank you for your visit. We are sorry to hear that you have not enjoyed our cooking and we apologize for the inconvenience. Our team works day after day to offer our best service and improve every day. We hope that one day...More

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

We had been really looking forward to our visit here, and in the end found it expensive and underwhelming, the only disappointing meal we had in Seville. We felt a little railroaded into eating à la carte rather than tapas; our starter arrived after the...main course and the main was not as good as our own home cooking. We would recommend Bar Alfalfa or Casa Morales over El Rinconcillo. We realise everyone is doing their best during these difficult times, so we would like to go back when things are more normal to enjoy tapas at a busy and vibrant bar once more.More

Date of visit: August 2021
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Javier1670, Propietario at El Rinconcillo, responded to this reviewResponded 2 weeks ago

Hi Catherine. Thank you for your comments and for your visit. We are sorry to hear that you have not fully enjoyed your experience and we hope that you will return on future occasions so that you can enjoy an optimal experience. Kind regards

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

We wanted to eat in a iconic restaurant in Sevilla. After we got two of our tapas we felt some bad smell. A man pooped on himself and was vawing to us from toilet. Waiter came and acted it was normal, and left situatiuon to...last for 5 minutes. They didn't want to give us another table since it was impossible to eat so we wanted check and to go. They calculated us all beside one dish acting like it's not their problem. If you are presenting as one of the top restaurants, it is expeceted to act as one. I wouldn't recommend anybody this restaurant.More

Date of visit: September 2021
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Reviewed August 14, 2021 via mobile

I wouldn’t go here as there are much better places in Seville. The food was severely average and overpriced as well as the waiters being grumpy. We were pushed to make a decision on food within second of being there and whole experience wasn’t enjoyable....If you are wanting good food and enjoyable evening I wouldn’t go hereMore

Date of visit: August 2021
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Javier1670, Propietario at El Rinconcillo, responded to this reviewResponded 4 weeks ago

Hi Peter. Thank you for your visit and for the comments you leave us, which will make us continue to improve. We are sorry to hear that your experience has not been optimal and we will take note of the details. We hope that one...More

Reviewed July 4, 2021 via mobile

We were having lunch on a table for 4 in one of the rooms in the first floor and all was ok, until they have given two tables to a group of 10, who were shouting to talk to each other from table to table,...adding a lot of noise since it was a small room and adding a lot of risk for COVID. It was a very uncomfortable experience.More

Date of visit: June 2021
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Javier1670, Propietario at El Rinconcillo, responded to this reviewResponded August 10, 2021

Hi miguel. We are sorry about your experience. In our restaurant we comply with all the COVID measures filed by the toilets and we try to get all our customers to do so. We sincerely apologize and hope that one day you decide to return....More

Reviewed May 4, 2021 via mobile

No, no, no...I'll list our experience : 1) You can only order tapas inside, at the terrace is not allowed, only dining with full meals..weird; but ok, internal policies 2) Ordered beef for my husband -were not asked how we want the meat, it was...cooked as rare. We haven't asked to get it cooked better because I just wanted to run from that place...see point 4 3) Ordered lamb for myself - nothing special, standard meat-probably also related to the fact that we had high expectations reading reviews 4) I believe Not related to the restaurant/cafe itself but to the nearby church, but unfortunately made it as one of the worst experiences ever of eating out - within 1 hour of being at the terrace we saw around 5 huuuge cockroaches - wondering under the tables and climbing the walls on the nearby church next to the terrace tables. I'm not an expert in this domain and maybe people don't mind, but as an experience this must be shared Hope everybody else have a better experience, was terrible for us, do not recommend..More

Date of visit: May 2021
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Javier1670, Propietario at El Rinconcillo, responded to this reviewResponded May 24, 2021

Hi Irina! We thank you for leaving us your assessment and for the comments you make, we are sorry to know that you have not enjoyed your experience with our kitchen, but we work every day to offer the best and that all our customers...More

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Thanks Travellingbug, I called instead of looking at the site, my bad, still learning. Happy New Year
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El Rinconcillo is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travelers:
  • Food: 4
  • Service: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Atmosphere: 4.5