The two
things that everybody knows about Granada is that it’s the most beautiful city
in Spain and the tapas is free! Whenever you order a beer, a glass of wine or a
soft drink you will get a free tapa with it. In some places you get what they
put in front of you but in others there’s a whole selection you can choose
from. In a few places I even saw vegetarian tapas on offer and that’s something
as it’s hard to be a vegetarian in the country of jamón!
There’s a
wide selection of bars and when I say ‘wide’ I mean there’s so many that it’s
just impossible to choose! Even if you ask a few locals which are the best
places they will probably tell you five names in quick succession and they will
be all different. I would say don’t be shy, go and have a drink in all of them
you fancy the look of!
They say
nothing is free in this world and it’s true for the ‘free’ tapa, too.
Apparently the price of the tapa is calculated in the price of your drink but
still, for a couple of euros you get a small beer and a small plate of food, in
my eyes this is a bargain! Just look at the beer prices in London! Or Madrid,
for that matter.
The other
side of the coin is that even though the food is free the quality can leave
something to be desired. During our stay we ventured into bars that had been
suggested and bars that hadn’t and I made a short list of the ones that in our
opinion serve good quality free tapas.
1.
Diamantes
Whenever you search for the ’10 best tapas bars Granada’ this will
be pretty much always on the top of the list and this is also my favourite. The
reason is simple: they serve the best seafood you ever get to eat in Andalucía.
This is one of those bars where you cannot choose your tapa. Every time we went
inside we got a different type of food but they were all exceptionally good.
Paul later figured out their trick. Every time a customer orders a whole plate
they make a bit more of it and give the extra to the next customer as a tapa.
It works so well that they have two bars in the centre. There’s a big one on Plaza
Nueva,13, but we prefer the small one on Calle Navas, 28.
2.
El Espejo
This is Paul’s favourite. There’s always a list of about 7-8
interesting tapas to choose from and they all made of quality ingredients.
Every time we went out to sample a few new places we always ended up here. We
trusted their cooking so much that we even tried eating snails here.
Calle Elvira, 40.
3.
Om Kalsum
We discovered this little gem quite late in our stay so
unfortunately didn’t get to eat through their menu. It’s a bit away from the
centre and has an Arabic vibe to it and got its name from a famous Egyptian
singer. The tapa is based on Arabic tastes and they are all very tasty.
Calle Jardines, 6.
And this is
it! I’m sure you will find other bars that you like as well but these are the
ones that we would suggest going to.
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