Triumphant tortillas

When size does matter. This crowded local offers daily more than a dozen of omelets of different format – smaller in the morning than in the afternoon – to preserve the flavor of its four creations: traditional, tuna with mayonnaise – the most demanded –, gulas (baby eels) and prawns, and chorizo. Conveniently sized snacks.

Snack: 1.50 euros

Traditional tortillas, generously proportioned, made with 16 eggs, potatoes and onions poached in excellent olive oil. You have to be attentive: they only make one, at about 7pm, except for Fridays and Saturdays when they make two. If you want, it can be served with mayonnaise or freshly chopped tomato – but where’s the sense in that?

Regular pincho for 1.80€

Este atractivo espacio gastronómico de reconocida cocina y visitada barra despacha pinchos y raciones de apetitosa y cuidada elaboración que invitan a comer con los ojos. Los de tortilla, de bandera. Pincho 2,70 eur

About forty tortillas a day arrive and quickly disappear from the counter of this bar-restaurant which opens at 8am. Their regular tortilla, by far the most popular, is joined by other variants – vegetable, ersatz eel (gula) with alioli, and ham and cheese – that are excellently cooked by a kitchen that uses the best fresh produce available.

All pinchos for 2€

Everyday, the cuisine of this classic inn, with more than half a century of history, elaborates carefully and neatly a singular omelet of the kind that leaves its mark. During afternoons it doubles its offer with two more omelets, one traditional and the other of tuna, each more nourishing.

Normal pincho with tuna: 1,60 euros

From 1 pm onwards, with consummate skill and patience, Yoli cooks her prize-winning tortilla, golden-brown and very creamy. Her recipe calls for ten eggs, over two pounds of potatoes and one-and-a-half onions. The result? Best to try it yourself and then decide. You can order tortillas to take away.

Regular pincho for 1.70€