Vegetarian Cuisine

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For vegetarians it can often be a challenge eating out in Spain. It seems that most tapa bars focus on meat and fish dishes (because, um, they mostly do) but there are always quite a few good vegetarian options. For example: tortilla española (potato & egg omelette), pisto (like a ratatouille, often served with a fried egg on top), grilled mushrooms, revueltos (scrambled eggs with various added ingredients), espinacas con garbanzos (spinach with garbanzos) and usually quite a variety of cold salads. And sometimes, as I mentioned in the post on Casa Roman, if you tell the waiter you are vegetarian, they will probably be able to conjure up a special ‘veggie dish’ for you that isn’t on the menu.

I also remember once at Robles Placentines when our vegetarian friend ordered some grilled seta mushrooms and was quite understandably aghast when they came with bits of jamón serrano in it. But no problem – I just said to the waiter that there had been no mention of jamón in the menu description and she said they would immediately make up a portion of mushrooms for our friend without jamón, free of charge. So, you just have to ask.

But probably best to ask ahead of time if any vegetable dishes contain any meat or fish. Unless it’s a pre-prepared salad like ensalada rusa (a potato and mayonnaise salad, usually with either prawns or tuna) they should be able to accomodate you and make whatever changes are necessary.

Vegans will no doubt have even more problems finding suitable food at tapa bars, but people on very restricted diets are probably already used to this, even at home. Again, just ask first if (for example) the grilled courgettes come covered in bechamel, or if the pisto has a fried egg on top.

There are some very good vegetarian restaurants here that I haven’t been to recently, so I will update here when I get to them again with my trusty camera. :)

[the following list has not been updated yet]

  • Ajo Blanco
  • Alcaiza
  • Al Aljibe
  • Ay Maricrú
  • Bar Campanario
  • Bar Europa
  • Becerrita
  • Café Bar Levíes
  • Café Bar Universal
  • Casa Blanca
  • Catalina
  • Cervecería Giralda
  • Duplex
  • Enrique Becerra
  • Eslava
  • Faro de Triana
  • Horno San Buenaventura
  • La Cava del Europa
  • La Monumental
  • La Taberna
  • Las Golondrinas
  • Las Golondrinas II
  • Las Teresas
  • L’Oca Giuliva
  • Manolo León
  • Milagritos
  • Oporto
  • Porta Rossa
  • Rayas Icecream
  • Sol Asiatica
  • Soravito
  • Tre Fratelli
  • Vineria San Telmo