Granada is one of those cities where you eat really well for very little money, and that’s one of the things you appreciate most when you travel. Between the free tapas and the set lunch menus, you can eat well every single day without your wallet taking a hit. Let me tell you how to eat cheap without giving up on eating well.
Let’s get into it.
Free tapas, your best friend
First and most Granadian of all: here you order a drink and they bring you a tapa at no extra cost. With three or four stops, a drink and its tapa at each one, you’ve got dinner sorted for the price of a few beers. It’s the cheapest (and most fun) way to have dinner. How it all works, in detail, in the guide to tapas in Granada.
The set lunch menus
For eating at midday, the menu del dia (set lunch menu) is your friend: a starter, a main, a drink and a dessert for one fixed and very reasonable price. The neighbourhood bars (away from the most touristy areas) have the best home-cooked menus for the least money.
Tips for eating cheap
- Get away from the Cathedral and the most touristy squares: two streets over, the same dishes cost half as much.
- Share raciones: instead of a plate each, a few sharing dishes to pick at between everyone works out cheaper and you get to try more things.
- Have tapas for dinner and save the set menu for the main meal at midday.
- Where the locals eat, you’ll eat better and cheaper.
To choose well where to go for tapas, have a look at the best tapas bars. And everything else about the local food scene, in the guide to where to eat in Granada.
Frequently asked questions
Can you eat cheap in Granada?
Very cheap. Between the free tapas and the set lunch menus, it’s one of the cities in Spain where you eat best for the least money.
How much does it cost to eat in Granada?
It depends, but you can have dinner with a few tapas for the price of the drinks, and have lunch with a set menu for a fixed and very reasonable price, especially away from the touristy areas.
Where to eat cheap in Granada?
In the neighbourhood bars and the tapas streets, away from the Cathedral and the most touristy squares. Where the locals eat, you eat better and for less.