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Best Restaurants for Brunch in Seville (2026)
Weekend brunch · Seville · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published September 3, 2024 · Updated June 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
The Andalusian desayuno is a tostada with tomato and good olive oil, and for decades that was the Seville morning. Then the specialty-coffee roasters arrived, the brunch bars opened around the Alameda, and the city learned to linger over eggs benedict and a flat white. These six, ranked, are where to spend a Seville weekend morning when the table matters as much as the coffee.
1.La Cacharrería
Seville’s defining brunch room for gourmet tostadas and fresh juice; arrive early, the tiny space queues and takes no bookings.
La Cacharrería sits at Calle Regina 14, a couple of minutes from Las Setas, the brunch bar that taught Seville to linger over breakfast. The room is tiny and antique-filled, with a penny-covered brick wall, and the draw is the gourmet tostadas, fresh juices and from-scratch cakes.
A plate runs roughly €8 to €15, and there are no reservations, so a weekend morning means a queue out the door. Come early. It is the most-photographed brunch in the city and still, after years of imitators, the one that started it.
2.ConTenedor
The slow-food morning in San Luis, organic and chef-led; reserve a weekend table for the changing market plates.
ConTenedor has run at Calle San Luis 50 in the Macarena since 2006, a Slow Food restaurant from chef Ignacio R. Llinares built on organic, kilómetro-cero produce. The daily-changing menu and the arty, colourful room make it the most substantial daytime pick on this list, a sit-down meal rather than a coffee stop.
A full plate lands around €25 to €40, more than the cafes because it is a proper restaurant. It is popular on weekends, so reserve ahead. This is where to bring a brunch that wants a kitchen behind it, not just a counter and a coffee machine.
3.Torch Coffee Roasters
Andalusia’s specialty-coffee pioneer for single-origin beans and a brunch plate; walk in by the river near El Arenal.
Torch Coffee Roasters opened on Paseo de las Delicias 3 by the river in El Arenal in 2013, among the first specialty-coffee shops in Seville and Andalusia. Founder Samuel Gurel roasts single-origin beans, with ties to a Guatemalan Cup of Excellence farm, and the kitchen runs a breakfast and brunch menu alongside.
Plates land roughly €5 to €12, and it is a walk-in, open daily through the day. This is the coffee-first Seville morning, the room that set the standard the city’s newer roasters now chase, a short walk from the bullring and the river.
4.Brunchit
The dedicated brunch room for eggs benedict and savoury pancakes near the Feria market; walk in for the full all-day menu.
Brunchit runs at Calle Feria 83 in the Alameda quarter, with a second branch on Plaza San Francisco in the centre, the Seville outpost of the specialty-brunch group. The menu is the international one Seville came late to, eggs benedict, a green benedict, Turkish-style cilbir, savoury pancakes, salmon toasts and açaí bowls with a flat white.
A plate lands around €10 to €18, a touch above the cafes, and the pancakes are generous. It is walk-in, open daily through the day. This is the spot when the table wants a classic, full brunch menu rather than a tostada.
5.Ofelia Bakery
The Alfalfa bakery for avocado tostada and homemade pastries; walk in midweek, it shuts Sunday and Monday.
Ofelia Bakery sits at Calle Huelva 5 in the Alfalfa quarter of the old town, a bakery and espresso bar that does a tidy weekday brunch. The draw is the avocado-and-cheese tostada and the homemade pastries, muffins, cookies and vegan options, with quality coffee and oat or soy milk.
Plates run roughly €5 to €12, and it is a walk-in. Note the hours: it opens Tuesday to Saturday and closes Sunday and Monday, so it is the weekday-brunch pick rather than the Sunday one. Come for the pastry counter and the coffee in a quiet old-town room.
6.Filo
Craft coffee and a desayuno andaluz minutes from the Cathedral; walk in to a whimsical room in Santa Cruz.
Filo occupies Calle Hernando Colón 19 in Santa Cruz, a couple of minutes from the Cathedral and the Giralda, a craft-coffee bar with a whimsical fit-out and a second site a few doors away. The menu bridges both Sevilles, a traditional desayuno andaluz of rustic bread, olive oil, tomato and ham alongside trendier brunch plates and smoothies.
A plate runs roughly €6 to €14, with outdoor seating, and it is a walk-in. This is the most central pick, the brunch to fold into a morning of monuments, where the old tostada and the new flat white share a menu.
Not for brunch
Famous, but not actually brunch
Cañabota. The one-Michelin-star open-grill seafood counter on Calle Orfila cooks whole Atlantic fish from Cádiz at lunch and dinner, not breakfast. Save it for an evening at the counter, not a Sunday morning.
Abantal. Seville’s flagship Michelin-starred room serves nine- and twelve-course contemporary Andalusian tasting menus only, lunch and dinner. It is a tasting-menu occasion, not a brunch spot.
El Rinconcillo. The city’s oldest tavern, founded in 1670, serves classic tapas standing at the bar, espinacas con garbanzos and the like. Come for an evening caña and a plate, not a morning brunch.
How to brunch well in Seville
Seville brunch clusters by district: the Alameda and Macarena for the brunch bars and slow-food rooms, Santa Cruz and the centre for the central cafes, and El Arenal by the river for the pioneer roaster. Almost all of it sits within the old town, so you can walk from La Cacharrería near Las Setas to Filo by the Giralda in fifteen minutes.
Most of these are walk-in, and La Cacharrería in particular queues on weekends, so arrive early. The one to reserve is ConTenedor, the proper restaurant on the list, busy on Saturday and Sunday. Mind the hours in summer, when the Seville heat pushes the morning earlier; the desayuno here is best taken before the city wakes fully.
Frequently asked
Where is the best brunch in Seville?
La Cacharrería on Calle Regina, near Las Setas, is the marquee pick, the tiny brunch bar that started the city’s gourmet-tostada habit and still draws a weekend queue. For a sit-down meal, ConTenedor in the Macarena cooks an organic slow-food morning, and Torch Coffee Roasters by the river is the specialty-coffee pioneer with a brunch menu.
What is a traditional Seville breakfast?
A tostada, the Andalusian desayuno. The classic morning is toasted rustic bread with grated tomato and good olive oil, often with jamón, plus a coffee and a fresh orange juice, taken at a bar rather than a sit-down table. Filo in Santa Cruz keeps the traditional desayuno andaluz on the menu beside its newer brunch plates, so you can have it either way.
Do you need a reservation for brunch in Seville?
Mostly no, with one exception. La Cacharrería, Torch, Brunchit, Ofelia and Filo are all walk-in, so arrive early on a weekend, especially at La Cacharrería, where the small room queues. ConTenedor is the proper restaurant on the list and fills its weekend tables, so reserve there. Note Ofelia closes Sunday and Monday.
Which Seville neighbourhood is best for brunch?
The Alameda and the Macarena. The streets north of the centre hold La Cacharrería, ConTenedor and Brunchit, the densest run of brunch rooms in the city, so it makes the easiest weekend crawl. Santa Cruz and the centre have the central cafes like Filo by the Giralda, handy if you are folding brunch into a morning of monuments.
Is there specialty coffee in Seville?
Yes, and it arrived early. Torch Coffee Roasters opened in El Arenal in 2013 as one of the first specialty roasters in Andalusia, roasting single-origin beans, and the city now has a steady third-wave scene. Filo in Santa Cruz and the brunch bars around the Alameda all pour proper coffee, so a good flat white is no longer hard to find in Seville.
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