Casa Pepe de la Judería

On Calle Romero, a short way from the Mosque-Cathedral, Casa Pepe occupies a Judería townhouse where the courtyard, bar and upstairs tables offer different experiences under the same name. The restaurant’s own account traces the business to the late 1920s. It is more than a convenient stop after the monument: the reason to sit down is to encounter Cordoban dishes in a building that retains the domestic scale of the old quarter’s streets.

The kitchen lists salmorejo, flamenquín, oxtail and fried aubergine, alongside wines from Montilla-Moriles. Choose a table to suit the visit: a short lunch may call for a different setting from a long meal in the courtyard. The current menu and portion sizes, more than a photograph of the façade, help establish the likely bill. The website gives lunch service from one to four and a separate dinner sitting; anyone leaving the Mosque-Cathedral late should check whether the kitchen is still taking orders.

Diners’ accounts include praise for the regional cooking, courtyard and staff; others find some bills high or portions uneven. That range of experiences argues for reading the current menu and requesting a particular area when the setting matters. The restaurant identifies its entrance at Romero 1 and publishes +34 957 200 744. It is reached on foot through the Judería lanes from the cathedral area, though the actual time depends on the exit used and visitor traffic.