{"id":7390,"date":"2012-03-18T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azahar-sevilla.com\/sevilletapas\/?p=7390"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:29:52","slug":"el-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azahar-sevilla.com\/sevilletapas\/el-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"El Cairo Restaurante"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated March 2026<\/h3>\n

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Founded in November 1977 by Juan Luis Salas and Manuela Ana Lozano, El Cairo opened as a small tapas bar occupying just 60 square metres of the building that the couple eventually purchased in 1983. In preparation for the upcoming Expo 93 they closed the building for two years to competely restore it, extending the restaurant to two floors and creating a hostel on the upper floors. These days the Hoster\u00eda Salas group also have two other restaurants, Asador Salas<\/a> and Sevilla Bah\u00eda. All specialise in traditional Andalusian cuisine, with an emphasis on fish and seafood at El Cairo.<\/p>\n

Now run by Iv\u00e1n Salas, with his son Iv\u00e1n (4th generation) recently joining the team, El Cairo is old-school style and elegance with careful attention given to both service and quality, and it is popular with locals and visitors alike. There is a long wooden bar with high stools for tapas, two dining rooms (30 and 80 people), a small private room and a large side walk terrace. My favourite spot is at the tapas bar (in the dining rooms and on the terraza they only serve raciones<\/em>). In fact, over the years I have only had tapas at the bar here and they are exceptional both in flavour and presentation. One day I will have to convince a group of friends to try out the dining room with me.<\/p>\n

Favourites include… well, pretty much everything I’ve tried. Excellent fish fritos, elaborate corvina and monkfish tapas that are more like entr\u00e9es, lovely grilled meats, possibly the best chicken livers I’ve ever had and, yes, DO try the blood with onions, the latter two being original recipes by Manuela Ana Lozano.<\/p>\n

There’s an extensive wine list, with more than 60 available by the glass. Bar service is both professional and friendly. Ma\u00eetres Jos\u00e9 Rodr\u00edguez and Juan Ruiz run a tight ship, and you can see the pride everyone takes in their work. Booking recommended.<\/p>\n

Bread\/Service Charge<\/a>: 2.50\u20ac PER PERSON<\/p>\n

Reyes Cat\u00f3licos 13<\/a>
\nTel 954 213 089
\nOpen: 12.00pm – 1.00am
\nAll day kitchen
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\nFood 9 | Wine 8 | Service 9 | Ambiance 8<\/p>\n

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\"\"ensaladilla<\/p>\n

\"\"ali\u00f1\u00e1 de gambas<\/p>\n

\"\"ca\u00f1a de lomo ib\u00e9rico de bellota<\/p>\n

\"\"Ib\u00e9ricos and cheese<\/p>\n

\"\"salchich\u00f3n Sendra<\/p>\n

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\"\"prawn guacamole<\/p>\n

\"\"jam\u00f3n croquetas<\/p>\n

\"\"bacalao frito (salt cod)<\/p>\n

\"\"merluza frita (fried hake)<\/p>\n

\"\"breaded grouper filled with jam\u00f3n<\/p>\n

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\nfried chocos (cuttlefish)<\/p>\n

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\"\"monkfish “bomba” filled with prawns<\/p>\n

\"\"grilled prawn and calamar skewer with fried rice<\/p>\n

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\"\"corvina in cream sauce with prawn and jam\u00f3n<\/p>\n

\"\"Iv\u00e1n (4th generation) serving whole baked pargo in the dining room<\/p>\n

\"\"grilled swordfish with garlicky sherry sauce<\/p>\n

\"\"merluza (hake) a la bilbaina<\/p>\n

\"\"grilled red tuna<\/p>\n

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\"\"garlicky spinach and garbanzos with fried eggs<\/p>\n

\"\"mushroom risotto<\/p>\n

\"\"presa (pork) skewer in garlic sauce<\/p>\n

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\"\"saut\u00e9ed chicken livers<\/p>\n

\"\"sangre encebollada<\/p>\n

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\"\"solomillo with creamy green peppercorn sauce<\/p>\n

\"\"carrillada Ib\u00e9rica<\/p>\n

\"\"solomillo al whisky<\/p>\n

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\"\"Diego, Antonio & Paco\u00a0 (2012)<\/p>\n

\"\"Paco, Julio (Diego’s son) & Antonio\u00a0 (2017)<\/p>\n

\"\"Team Cairo 2025: Iv\u00e1n Salas, Curro, Alejandro, Antonio<\/p>\n

\"\"ma\u00eetres Jos\u00e9 Rodr\u00edguez and Juan Ruiz<\/p>\n

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\nUpdated March 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Updated March 2026 Founded in November 1977 by Juan Luis Salas and Manuela Ana Lozano, El Cairo opened as a small tapas bar occupying just 60 square metres of the building that the couple eventually purchased in 1983. In preparation for the upcoming Expo 93 they closed the building for two years to competely restore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[295],"tags":[296,78,728,729,730],"class_list":["post-7390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-el-cairo","tag-el-cairo-2","tag-restaurant","tag-sevilla","tag-spain","tag-tapas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1sdVO-1Vc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20081,"url":"https:\/\/azahar-sevilla.com\/sevilletapas\/restaurante-salas\/","url_meta":{"origin":7390,"position":0},"title":"Restaurante Salas","author":"Shawn","date":"November 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Updated December 2025 Another of my neighbourhood (El Arenal) favourites. 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