Mercado Central de Abastos de Cádiz

This one is not as good as the one in Madrid or Barcelona, However it still has many choices for seafood. We enjoyed the deep fried shrimps and little fishes for our afternoon snack. Very fresh and tasty. Excellent.

Amazing place to be. With a great hyper positive atmosphere you will enjoy the best food for an incredible low price. Almost no tourists around ( but us) u will smell the sweet air of Spanish food/good living. We had several small dishes which u eat at the tables around and enjoy nice wine for 2.5 euro per glass. Definitely a place to learn Spanish culture:-)

Nice local fish built in 1838. A lot of food stalls for food and drink. Good to go for lunch. The market opens 9am-3.30pm. Some food stalls stay open for dinner, but a lot less choices.

A terrific outdoor food market for eating and tasting a variety of foods options. Great beets, wines etc at all stands. If you like seafoods your will really enjoy the variety. Come before 2pm as it quietens down then and closes shortly afterwards,

One of Cadiz' best attractions (for me who likes markets). We ate lunch at the stalls which was just perfectly laid back and relaxed (and for good money)

Interesting experience and got a few good places to order. I was told the rules are you can sit anywhere and eat the food from any place within the market as long as you order the drinks at the shop that you are sitting at.

Perfect place to have a drink and a lot of choices to eat. You can even actually buy a fresh seafood at the market in the morning and they will send it upstairs to a restaurant where they'll prepared it for you at lunch time. Also they open at night and it's awesome! Cool ambiance, a lot more people, be aware! Not enough sitting but that's the enchanted of the place. After all you are at what it use to be an old roman garden. Or so I was told.

Whenever I’m traveling I love to visit markets to see the local fresh produce. The interior aisles of this bustling market offer the best selection of fresh fish and seafood that I have ever seen. Most of the exterior stalls offer lovely meats and cheeses, plus there are many bars to enjoy drinks and tapas. If you sit at one of the bars’ outdoor tables you need to spend some money there, after which they’re comfortable with you buying from elsewhere and bringing it back to your table. A vibrant, fun place to visit, eat & drink, and people watch.

This Central Market caters to both locals and tourists...for the locals, they can get fresh meat, fish and other daily necessities here. For the tourists (and locals too) there are dozens of food stalls where you can chose from sushi to empanadas to fish sandwiches. The day we arrived, a holiday, the market did not open until 12 noon...but by mid afternoon, the place was so packed, it was difficult to walk around, let alone order or find an empty table to sit. None of the fresh meat stalls were open during our visit...just the restaurants..... We loved the vibe and the variety of food you can get here....most items are less than 5-6 euros each...so taste away.....

Sadly we arrived in Cadiz on a Sunday and the Central Market was closed. However, there were hundreds of people selling their wares up and down the street just outside the market place. We had a great time walking up and down looking at all the different things. We did go to the side of the market and found all kinds of small booths selling Tapas, pizzas, drinks and various foods. We had fun sampling food at several of them.

Maybe I was there on the wrong day, but we stopped by about 9:45am, and again around 1:30pm and half of the stalls were closed. The ones that were open had fish, meats and produce.

You simply must go to this market - just wandering around it is one of the highlights of Cadiz. Don't go too late - by mid-afternoon, everything is starting to close up. I loved walking past the stalls of bright fresh produce, and especially the central aisles selling fresh fish. The best part, however, is to buy some fresh fish and take it to the stall in the corner (well one of the four corners). I can't remember what it's called, but there is a guy there who will cook up the fresh fish for you for a pittance (like 3 euros a plate). We bought tuna and salmon, both fresh and never frozen, and then carried them straight over to this guy. We enjoyed a beer from the stall across the hall while we waited at a table, and then our gorgeous fish was brought out to us. Served on lovely ceramic plates, the fish was absolutely divine - as fresh as could be, cooked perfectly, seasoned lightly, and served with some fresh vegetables. This is the best lunch you can find in Cadiz. So even if you aren't staying somewhere with a kitchen, it is still worth going here and having a fresh fish lunch!

Very nice mercado. Inside are fish, outside are meat and cheeses stalls. in the afterrnoon outside became stand up tapas eateries . Many locals do their morning shopping here

Saw this place twice...different each time! Went over about 10pm and there were 15 or so stalls open as previously recounted in the other review. Saw a pic here of the sushi bar but what I saw did not have the product visible and had cups of instant noodles (as kitsch or what?)... We had crepes both savory and a sweet and they were quite good. My hope us that it catches on as a night place... We also walked thru during the early afternoon and it was filled with the fish and fruit and veggie offerings...free sample led to a half kilo of sweet cherries. Great place to learn all the names for food.