El Mercado - Jaén

Very good food and wine, reasonable prices. Service was good too. Only setback was the a bit noisy ambience, To staff: grease the door bearings please

It looks like even bars go through midlife crisis, dated and tacky and that's the type of people that go there too.

We had lunch there on a day trip to Jaen. Found it just wandering around and thought it looked a bit different. Not a huge menu but I am always a bit suspicious of place that do everything so that was not a problem. The menu consisted of traditional spanish fare but a couple of different dishes thrown in. The other thing that was thrown in was the waiter momentarily losing concentration and throwing a glass of rioja over me and my brand new t shirt. But these things happen and he put our deserts and brandies on the house plus is buying me a new t shirt he says.!!! : My husband had the solomillio with potatoes, red peppers and cheese and it was fantastic. I had the chicken lasagne which was supposed to be picante but was not really. If I had not tried the solomillo, I would have been delighted with the lasagne. We sat outside in the square which was lovely but the inside of the restaurant looks really nice with an easy feel about it.

Today Sunday of bouquets with the people who had seen the effort of all the waiters to content all the customers included my table, so give drip. thanks.

Very good place to eat or have some beers with tapas, with an excellent service, very attentive and friendly.