Gastronomy · Metropolitana de Sevilla

Bar Las Teresas

Santa Cruz tapas bar founded in 1870 as a grocery, run by the Sánchez family since 1949, where ham is carved by hand beneath a ceiling hung with more than 600 jamones a year.

About Bar Las Teresas

The bar opened in 1870 as a colmado, a grocer's selling wine and cured meats among sacks of pulses. In 1949 Plácido Sánchez Muñoz, from Salamanca, took the lease and named it after the nearby convent of Las Teresas. His son Luis Sánchez García runs it with the third generation and still visits Jabugo and Guijuelo to choose the 600 or so hams sold each year. Two extra dining rooms have opened, but the main bar is unchanged.

Ham is the reason to come: jamón ibérico cut by hand, with caña de lomo, morcón and salchichón. Fried fish includes tortillitas de camarones (shrimp fritters) and cazón en adobo (marinated dogfish); there are papas aliñás (dressed potatoes), boquerones en vinagre and stews such as espinacas con garbanzos and carrillada. On Sundays a rice with ibérico ham comes out at 13:30. Drink oloroso, fino or a cold beer.

Open daily 10:00–01:00, so it also works for a late breakfast or mid-afternoon tapa. Tapas cost about €4–5.50 (2025); a few tapas with a drink come to €20–30 per person. No bookings: tables outside and in the side rooms are first come, first served. The lane is cobbled. It is 300 m from the Alcázar.

Late morning and 17:00–20:00 are the quietest times; lunch from 14:00 and evenings from 21:00 are busy. In summer the outdoor tables are pleasant after dark. Stand at the counter if you can: watching the ham being sliced is part of the visit.

Bar Las Teresas in pictures

Curved marble bar with bottles, tiles and a ham on the stand at Bar Las Teresas, Seville

Outdoor tables in a narrow Santa Cruz lane beneath the sign of Bar Las Teresas, Seville

What you’ll find

Fried fishPescaíto fritoBuy
Ham and charcuterieHam and cured meatsBuy
Historic interiorHistoric premisesFree
Late openingOpen lateFree
RacionesSharing plates (€10–€22)Buy
Sherry and wineWines by the glassBuy
Signature dishHouse specialityBuy
Standing barBar counterFree
TapasTapas at the bar (€4–€6, 10:00–01:00)Buy
TerraceOutdoor seatingFree
Walk-in onlyNo reservationsFree

Nearby places to visit

Las Teresas is in the heart of the Santa Cruz quarter. The Painter Amalio Museum is 170 m away and the gardens and palaces of the Royal Alcázar of Seville are 300 m west. Seville Cathedral and the Giralda stands 330 m away, with the General Archive of the Indies next to it. For more food, Casa Román, the ham specialist on Plaza de los Venerables, is 100 m away, Freiduría Puerta de la Carne sells fried fish in paper cones 220 m east, and El Rinconcillo, Seville's oldest bar, is 800 m north.