Toledo, Spain — Food and Dining
Restaurants in Toledo, Spain
Restaurants
Expensive
Adolfo Restaurante
This Toledo institution is housed in a beautifully renovated 14th-century house, serving the best locally inspired gourmet food in town, accompanied by an international-award winning wine list and just-so service.
Calle de la Granada 6/ Calle Hombre de Palo 7
Tel: 925 252 472.
Website: www.grupoadolfo.com
Moderate
Casón de los López de Toledo
Upstairs in this grand old characterful 16th-century house is a gourmet restaurant serving modern Toledan and Spanish food, downstairs is a modest pub-like tapas bar, and below that the destilería bar specializing in whiskeys (occasional live music).
Calle Sillería 3
Tel: 902 198 344.
Website: www.casontoledo.com
La Abadía de Toledo
Occupying a beautifully converted 16th-century palace and making the most of exposed brick and vaulting, this atmospheric place successfully combines the functions of tapas bar, café and restaurant, serving both traditional and new dishes and offering a great value menu del día.
Plaza de San Nicolás 3
Tel: 925 251 140.
Website: www.abadiatoledo.com
Locum
Enjoy innovative and creative dishes based on traditional recipes in a beautifully modern- minimalist decorated 17th-century house with wooden galleries and color washed walls with original modern artworks.
Calle Locum 6
Tel: 925 223 235.
Website: www.locum.es
Cheap
Bar Ludeña
This friendly place, rated by many as the best tapas bar in Toledo, continues the age-old custom of a free tapas with each drink and serves up a very tasty carcamusa (local specialty spicy stew of meat and tomatoes).
Plaza de la Magdalena 10
Tel: 925 223 384.
Nightlife
Toledo is traditionally a day-tripper's excursion and generally quiet after dark. The exception to the rule is provided by five multipurpose establishments which switch by day and night and by days of the week between laid-back cafés to trendy cocktail bars and buzzy nightclub-style venues. Most are located in atmospheric historic venues.
Bars
Dodici Café Teatro
The Dodici Café Teatro is an atmospheric nightspot in Toledo which stages music and comedy.
Calle Recoleto, Plaza Campanas
Tel: 925 254 887.
Website: www.dodicicafeteatro.com
Garcilaso Café
The Garcilaso Café specializes in coffees and cocktails to ambient music, DJs and live bands, as well as occasional theater, films, comedy nights, poetry and cabaret (in Spanish only).
Calle Rojas 5
Tel: 925 229 160.
Website: www.garcilasocafe.com
Live Music
Circulo de Arte Toledo
Another good nightlife venue in Toledo is the Circulo de Arte Toledo, operating in a converted church. It offers live music (blues, jazz, soul, rock, pop) by night as well as a pleasant café and art space by day.
Plaza de San Vicente 2
Tel: 670 663 833.
Website: www.circuloartetoledo.org
El Ultimo
There are more live blues and jazz at El Ultimo.
Plaza del Colegio de Infantes 4
Tel: 925 212 236.
Pícaro Café Teatro
At the Pícaro Café Teatro, you may find up-and-coming pop, rock and reggae bands.
Calle Cadenas 6
Tel: 925 214 329.
Website: www.picarocafeteatro.com
