Bar Goya, Carmona

About Bar Goya, Carmona

Bar Goya occupies a 15th-century building with a Mudéjar facade beside the tiled Renaissance house on Plaza de San Fernando. Local accounts call it Carmona's oldest bar: its founder, Antonio, known as el de la cantina, gave up the canteen at the old railway station to run it, and the house cites 70 years of cooking. Inside are brick arches, painted beams and tall shuttered windows over the square.

The menu is Andalusian home cooking. Alboronía, a slow stew of aubergine, courgette, pepper, tomato and pumpkin, is the local dish; then espinacas con garbanzos, rabo de toro (oxtail), riñones al Jerez (kidneys in sherry), carrillada and grilled pork liver. Fried hake, squid and salt cod, jamón ibérico and tocino de cielo, a rich egg-yolk custard, complete the list. Most dishes come as tapa, half or full ración.

Tapas cost €3.50–4.50, half-raciones €9–10 and raciones €10–18 (2026), but no tapas are served Friday to Sunday; expect €20–30 per person. The menu comes in English and there are tables on the square. Hours vary by season, so phone +34 954 143 060. Carmona is 35 km east of Seville.

Come for lunch at 14:00 after the Alcázar de la Puerta de Sevilla, or on a weekday evening when tapas are available. Holy Week fills the square. Order alboronía and espinacas to compare two stews with Moorish roots.

Bar Goya, Carmona in pictures

What you’ll find

• English menuMenu in EnglishFree
• Fried fishPescaíto fritoBuy
• Ham and charcuterieHam and cured meatsBuy
• Historic interiorHistoric premisesFree
• RacionesSharing plates (€9–€18)Buy
• ReservationsTable bookingBook
• Signature dishHouse specialityBuy
• TapasTapas at the bar (€4–€5)Buy
• TerraceOutdoor seatingFree
• Vegetarian optionsVegetarian dishesBuy

Nearby places to visit

Bar Goya looks onto Plaza de San Fernando, the heart of Carmona's walled old town, with the town hall's Roman mosaic and the church of Santa María a few streets away. The Alcázar de la Puerta de Sevilla, Carmona, the Roman and Moorish gate fortress that houses the tourist office, is 230 m west, and the Roman Necropolis of Carmona, with hundreds of rock-cut tombs, is 1.2 km west. Wine and oil lovers can drive 12 km to Basilippo in El Viso del Alcor, or 20 km to Hacienda Guzmán, a historic olive hacienda.