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Cocktails at 8 to 10 euros within sight of the Giralda should not survive. Cathedral block economics usually produce 14 euro tourist daiquiris and regret. The Second Room has held the line on Calle Placentines anyway, and On the Sauce Again rates it among the best cocktail rooms in Seville partly because it stays open until 1am when the quarter goes quiet.
The comparison that matters is Bar Americano in Seville, the art deco room inside the Alfonso XIII. Americano sells history at hotel prices. The Second Room sells better value mixing two streets away: a rotating cocktail of the week, a few dozen classics with a house twist, and a strawberry daiquiri that arrives with a hollowed ice cube packed with fresh berries.
It also runs the only double happy hour worth planning around in central Seville. Thursdays and Sundays, 5 to 6pm and again 9 to 10pm. That second window is the move.
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Reading the Room
The room is compact and dark in the right way, built for conversation rather than barstool theater. Yelp filed it under pubs, which says more about Yelp than about the mixing.
The crowd splits between cathedral day tourists who did their homework and locals who know the happy hour calendar. Novacircle calls it a trendy fixture of the Casco Antiguo, which here means full by 10pm on weekends.
Tripadvisor reviewers keep using the word masterpiece about the drinks. Allow for review inflation and it still lands well above the price point.
What Regulars Say
- Reviewers on Tripadvisor call the bartenders artists and rate it the best cocktail bar of their Seville trip, a pattern that repeats across dozens of entries.Tripadvisor reviews
- On the Sauce Again flags the 1am close and the twice weekly happy hours as the reasons it beats the cathedral quarter competition.On the Sauce Again, 2025
- The strawberry daiquiri with the berry filled ice cube is the most photographed and most repeated recommendation across review platforms.Wanderlog roundup
Who It Is For
- Cathedral day visitors who want real mixing, not a 14 euro tourist pour
- Budget drinkers who plan around the Thursday and Sunday happy hours
- Avoid if you came for sherry tradition; that is Bodega Santa Cruz business, not this
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