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Tucked away inside the gardens of the Palacio de los Patos hotel, Senzone is a fabulous oasis in the centre of the city, with various fountains cooling the patio area where you can either sit at tables to eat a meal or curl up on sofas to enjoy a drink. Large trees and hanging wisteria provide natural shade and all the greenery running along the wrought iron fence shuts out traffic and city noise. My favourite was the gnarly pomegranate tree, which I was told was over 200 years old. If you don’t know, the pomegranate (or “granada” in Spanish) is the emblem of the city.

The Senzone Restaurant offers tapas as well as a full-service menu, and an intriguing tasting menu made of Riofrio caviar products.

Solarillo de Gracia, 1
Tel. 958 53 57 90
Senzone Website
€ € € €

senzone salmorejo salmorejo cordobés with chopped egg and jamón

senzone croqueta creamy bulltail croquettes

senzone mozarabe pastela mozárabe: lamb & cinnamon in sweet pastry

senzone alpujarreño

designer alpujarreño: soft-cooked egg, jamón, chorizo, potato foam

senzone pomegranate 200-year-old pomegranate tree

senzone wisteria

Updated January 2015

El Mentidero is just off Calle Navas, Granada’s famous street of bars next to the town hall in the city centre. With so much choice it’s hard to know which ones to head for, but El Mentidero is worth a visit. It’s a bit no frills, with a fairly typical layout of small bar, a few tables, and a small terrace outside, but the food is good. The house specialities are the “huevos rotos” and Iberian pork (presa) that you grill for yourself on a hot (and I mean HOT) stone plate, but there’s a full range of other tapas and larger dishes, both meat and fish. Like most places in Granada you get a small tapa “free” with your drink.