Casa Tomate

Average tapas. Our server was not very friendly but satisfactory. The table behind me had a much better service experience but I had better food elsewhere.
I would skip it.

Small tapas place along one of the busiest streets in Seville, next to tens of other tapas places, it really stands out for quality of service and quality of food.
We arrived at ~11PM and were lucky to find a table. The waiter came within five minutes and in other five minutes we had our drinks. The wine selection is excellent and so are the tapas.

Went here Mid-​July with a Friend one night around 10 PM. I had a beer since there were no wine by the glass, after an evening stroll. It was right by the Cathedral and all the other lively restaurants. It was a nice leasurely evening. We ordered the patatas bravas, shared the paella, and salmon. We were obviously tourist and were asking about what certain things on the menu and boards included, I think they might have been a touch annoyed with us for asking. No one hounding us to finish like here in the states, which was awesome, but to get waiter’s attention needed to flag him down. Having said that, it seemed to be the norm so I was embracing it and going with the flow. Overall, ambiance, overall food and drink I would go back.

Avoid if possible. Go to plaza alfalfa to get tapas instead. It is located conveniently next to the catedral and alcazar but is mostly for tourists. Prices are marked up for the location but the food is rather bad for the cost. It isn’t bad in and of itself, but it certainly is not worth what they charge. If you do go here, go early as it tends to fill up around 2pm for lunch.

Impresionante. El dia anterior comimos en el centro en el «tapeo mas tipico»… Nada que ver. Hemos comido muy muy bien… Y bebido mucha cerveza y apenas hemos pagado 14 euros por persona! Os recomiendo las 7 tapas!

Casa Tomate (CT) is made for tourists. First, it’s near the Cathedral and just about anything this close to the cathedral is designed for tourists. And second, they serve dinner before 8PM which is a tell-​tale sign that it’s for out-​of-​towners. Now, that’s not a bad thing, and I am definitely one to get hungry at 7:30PM which is how we found ourselves in CT.
At CT, I wouldn’t opt for street-​side eating — c/​Mateos Gagos tends to be insanely busy, especially on Fridays and Saturdays, and crowds will bump into you as you dine. Instead, move inside to the pleasant-​enough dining room. The menu — which is in Spanish and English — has all of the usual suspects: cola de toro, espinaca, croquetas de gamba, tortilla de patatas, a mixed salad with tuna, olives, asparagus, tomato, and white onion — and some surprises (including a surprisingly good couscous with loads of caramelized onions, garbanzos, and nuts). The very best thing to get here, I think, is the mixed salad, with an honorable mention to the couscous, and I’d probably skip the bone dry potato tortilla.
There is nothing particularly remarkable here, except for the fact that you can eat at 7:30PM, but it is certainly serviceable, and as always, affordable — we spent 17 euros on 3 tapas and one racion.

If you like tapas, this is a very good place. No doubt their other plates are good, too but we ate tapas here on two occasions. Both times very good!

On this April 2012 visit, for what it is, which is a tapas and light plates restaurant on a busy street of eateries of what I assume are mostly tourists, it was quite nice. The service staff was pleasant and the food, from what I can tell as a first-​time visiter to Spain, was good. The dish of «calamares» was among the most tender I’ve tasted anywhere and beaten, surprisingly, only by the succulence of a chicken dish. The Serrano ham was flavorful and not dried out. The paella was a little off because the seafood was a bit dry and the rice was al dente on the inside, which is fine as it might be the way it’s supposed to be. Overall, the seasoning was light allowing one to taste the flavors of the food and the atmosphere was colorfully pleasant.