We came in for dinner and left at half past two. Nobody made us feel it was late, and these days that is a rare luxury.
Marta and Julián · anniversaryA house that dines slowly and never checks the clock
In an eighteenth-century casa-palacio five minutes from the Giralda, Casa Sabater keeps a seasonal Andalusian kitchen, a cellar devoted to the south, and a discreet upstairs room where cards are an after-dinner pastime — played with symbolic chips, never for money.
Six ways to spend the night
Each page holds one part of the house: the building itself, the kitchen, the cellar, the card room, the private rooms, and the way a table is booked.
Voices from the house
I brought four clients from Munich. The kitchen spoke for me all evening, and at the card table we settled something that had been stuck for months.
Ignacio D. · working dinnerI had never played cards in my life. They explained the rules with more patience than I deserved, and I ended up talking for two hours to a man from Cádiz.
Lucía P. · Thursday eveningOne table at a time
Forty-two covers is a deliberate limit, which means the house fills early on Fridays and Saturdays. A week ahead is usually enough; the card room always needs a place put aside.
The dining room
Wednesday to Sunday, kitchen from half past eight until midnight. Monday and Tuesday the house is closed unless it has been taken privately.
The card room
Opens after service on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and closes at two. Sixteen places, always reserved in advance, adults only.
Taking the house
The whole casa goes to one party for up to forty-two guests, or a single room for something smaller. Three weeks notice is comfortable.