Turn up at Freiduría Puerta de la Carne at 6pm and the shutter will be down: it fries from 1pm to 5pm and again from 7.30pm to midnight. A freiduría is a fried-fish shop that cooks to order and sells by weight, wrapped in a paper cone, to take away or eat on the spot. This one has been frying since 1928 beside the Jardines de Murillo, a few minutes from the Real Alcázar, and it publishes the price of every fish per 250 grams and per kilo. Across the Guadalquivir, Freiduría Reina Victoria scores 4.7 on Google but opens only for dinner, from 7.50pm.
Where should I eat fried fish in Seville? For a takeaway cone, Freiduría Puerta de la Carne near the Real Alcázar, where 250 grams cost 6.75 to 12 euros and the shop is closed on Tuesdays. For a table, cross to Triana: Kiosco de las Flores on Calle Betis serves all day by the river, and Abacería Alboreá plates 800 grams of mixed fish for 22.50 euros.
How ordering by weight works
At a Seville freiduría you order at the counter by fish and by weight, and the unit is the cuarto, a quarter kilo or just over half a pound. Say “un cuarto de chocos” and you get 250 grams of fried cuttlefish in its own cone for 12 euros at Freiduría Puerta de la Carne.
Each fish comes in its own cone; the variado, the mixed cone, is the exception, at 12 euros a quarter. The tomato salad, 8 euros, is the one thing sold per item. You can phone an order through on 954 411 159 and collect it ready, and the cone is for takeaway or the terrace, with no booking needed. Prices on the menus quoted here include VAT, so the figure on the wall is the figure you pay.
The sit-down places switch to plates. Abacería Alboreá on Calle San Jacinto in Triana charges 12.25 euros for a plate of one fish, with no weight given, and 22.50 euros for an 800-gram mixed platter; for takeaway it sends you to its own freiduría counter rather than the bar.
Reading the menu, Spanish fish names in English
Seville’s fried fish menus are written in Spanish and use local names that a translation app often gets wrong. Freiduría Puerta de la Carne prices everything per quarter kilo; the last three rows come from Abacería Alboreá or are simply not on either published menu.
| Spanish name | What it is | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cazón en adobo | Dogfish, marinated in vinegar and spices, in cubes | 10 euros per 250 grams |
| Boquerones en adobo | Small marinated anchovies, eaten whole | 8.50 euros per 250 grams |
| Chocos | Cuttlefish in strips, meatier than squid | 12 euros per 250 grams |
| Huevas de merluza | Hake roe, dense and creamy | 12 euros per 250 grams |
| Tortillitas de camarones | Thin crisp fritters with tiny shrimp | 8.50 euros per 250 grams |
| Pedacitos de merluza | Bite-size hake | 6.75 euros per 250 grams |
| Puntillitas | Whole baby squid, very crunchy | Part of Alboreá’s 12.25 euros plate |
| Pavías | Battered salt cod | 6.25 euros for two at Alboreá |
| Acedías | Small whole sole | Not listed; ask at the counter |
For a first order, cazón, boquerones and chocos are the trio that explains the city: three quarter-kilo cones, 750 grams, for 30.50 euros at Puerta de la Carne.
What it costs, and how much to order for two
A quarter kilo costs 6.75 euros at the cheap end and 12 euros at the top, and the kilo is always exactly four times the quarter, from 27 to 48 euros. Bacalao and chipirones sit in between at 11 euros, or 44 euros a kilo, anchovies at 8.50 euros, or 34 euros a kilo, and chicken croquettes, at 5.50 euros, cover anyone who does not eat fish.
For two people, think in different quarters rather than one big cone. Half a kilo of mixed fish is 24 euros; the tightest order, hake bites plus anchovies, is 15.25 euros; and cazón, anchovies, cuttlefish and a tomato salad come to 38.50 euros. Sitting down is not always dearer: Alboreá’s 800-gram platter at 22.50 euros works out at 28.13 euros a kilo, against 48 euros a kilo for the mixed cone, which would charge 38.40 euros for the same 800 grams. Add drinks and bread at the table, where Alboreá’s bread and breadsticks are 1.40 euros.
Where to go, the takeaway side or the Triana side
The Guadalquivir splits the choice. On the Cathedral side the three addresses are freidurías, built around the counter; across the bridge in Triana the three have tables.
| Place | Area | Best for | Google score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freiduría Puerta de la Carne | San Bartolomé, near the Alcázar | Takeaway cone, published prices | 4.1, over 1,800 reviews |
| Freiduría El Salvador | Plaza del Salvador, centre | Eating in a square at lunch, Wednesday to Sunday | 3.9, over 600 reviews |
| Freiduría El Arenal | Calle Arfe, near the Cathedral | Late dinner, Wednesday to Saturday only | 4.5, over 200 reviews |
| Kiosco de las Flores | Calle Betis, Triana riverfront | River views, kitchen open all day | 4.1, over 4,300 reviews |
| Freiduría Reina Victoria | Calle Rodrigo de Triana | Best-rated dinner, Monday to Saturday | 4.7, over 1,500 reviews |
| Abacería Alboreá | Calle San Jacinto, Triana | Groups and long lunches | 4.5, over 4,400 reviews |
Getting there is easy without a taxi. The Menéndez Pelayo (Puerta de la Carne) bus stop of TUSSAM, the city bus company, is 81 metres from the freiduría, on lines 01, 21, A1, A3, A8, C3 and C4. For Triana, the Plaza de Cuba metro station is 318 metres from the Kiosco de las Flores and 511 metres from Reina Victoria, and bus 43 stops 153 metres from Alboreá at San Jorge (Altozano). A single ticket costs 1.40 euros, according to TUSSAM, paid on board or with a contactless card; the metro and its zones work differently, as Seville’s transport fares explained sets out.
Triana works as a walk: Calle Betis and Calle San Jacinto link the three tables, along the route in what to see in Triana and in what order, and the bar-by-bar version is in tapas in Triana. Mornings belong to the market bars, with their own clock in the Triana Market opening hours. To mix fried fish with cooked tapas, see the best tapas bars in Seville and what to order, and for other cuisines by area, where to eat in Seville.
When they open, and why Spanish meal times matter
The freidurías keep Spanish hours: lunch service starts at noon or 1pm, dinner at 7.30pm or 8pm. On a Wednesday, four of the six serve lunch and all six serve dinner, but between 5pm and 7.30pm only the Kiosco de las Flores keeps its kitchen going.
Tuesday is the awkward day: Freiduría Puerta de la Carne and El Arenal are closed, and El Salvador only opens at 7.30pm, so a Tuesday lunch of fried fish means Triana. On Sunday, Reina Victoria and El Arenal are closed. Alboreá runs from noon to 4.30pm and 8pm to midnight Monday to Thursday, and from noon to midnight straight through Friday to Sunday. Opening hours can shift on public holidays, so ring ahead.
Heat matters as much as the clock. The average July maximum is 36.0 degrees according to AEMET, so a cone on a bench is an evening plan in summer; how locals split a hot day is in Seville in July and August, hour by hour.
Who might not enjoy a freiduría
- Anyone expecting table service. Puerta de la Carne is a counter and a terrace: order, pay, carry.
- Coeliacs. Everything is floured, and none of the six publishes a separate gluten-free fryer; ask before ordering.
- Late eaters. Nobody here serves past midnight, and Reina Victoria stops at 11.30pm.
- Those who order by eye. It is all by the gram, and a kilo of cuttlefish, 48 euros, costs more than two of Alboreá’s platters.
Fried fish in Seville, your questions
Is fried fish expensive in Seville?
Fried fish in Seville is priced by weight, so the bill is easy to control. At Freiduría Puerta de la Carne a quarter kilo costs 6.75 euros for hake bites and 12 euros for cuttlefish or the mixed cone, and half a kilo of mixed fish for two comes to 24 euros, with VAT already included.
What is cazón en adobo?
Cazón en adobo is dogfish, a small shark with firm white flesh, marinated in vinegar and spices, floured and fried in cubes. It is the most typically Sevillian thing in the cone, and Freiduría Puerta de la Carne charges 10 euros for 250 grams and 40 euros for a kilo.
Do I need to book a freiduría in Seville?
Not for a takeaway cone: Freiduría Puerta de la Carne needs no booking and takes phone orders on 954 411 159. For a table, Kiosco de las Flores on Calle Betis books on 954 27 45 76 and Abacería Alboreá on 666 969 677, by phone or WhatsApp.
Can I eat fried fish in Seville at 6pm?
Only in Triana. Between 5pm and 7.30pm Freiduría Puerta de la Carne is closed, and the Kiosco de las Flores on Calle Betis is the one place of the six with its kitchen open all day, from noon to 11pm, or to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
Is there an English menu at Seville’s freidurías?
Kiosco de las Flores prints its menu in Spanish, English, German, French and Italian, so it is the easiest first stop. Freiduría Puerta de la Carne lists its prices in Spanish only, which is where a short glossary of fish names, cazón, boquerones, chocos and huevas, pays off.
In Seville the cone sets the price and the river sets the seat: takeaway on the Cathedral side, tables in Triana.