Málaga Travel Guide

Málaga, Spain — Food and Dining

Restaurants in Málaga, Spain

Restaurants
Expensive

Café de Paris
The quality of this gourmet Málaga restaurant continues to grow along with its reputation; advance booking is essential. Seafood treated with an assured but delicate touch is the highlight, and there are various impressive and regularly-changed degustation menus.

Calle Vélez Málaga 8
Tel: (95) 222 5043.
Website: www.rcafedeparis.com

El Chinitas
Handily located just off the main pedestrian street, this is a favorite Málaga restaurant for its old-style décor and classic Andalucian cuisine. Meat dishes stand out, but they also know how to treat a fish.

Calle Moreno Monroy 4
Tel: (95) 221 0972.
Website: www.elchinitas.com

Moderate

Clandestino
Open from lunch, this popular central Málaga restaurant offers a laid-back, inclusive atmosphere reminiscent of an artists’ café. The food is inventive, confident brasserie fare with a gourmet touch.

Calle Niño de Guevara 3
Tel: (95) 221 9390.

Tintero
This beachside Málaga classic specializes, like so many around here, in fried fish dishes. But you don’t order them; the waiters bring plates out of the kitchen in a constant stream. If you want it, call out and take it from them. Very loud but lots of fun.

Playa del Dedo s/n, El Palo
Tel: (95) 220 4464.

Cheap

Bar Lo Gueño
If you can't find standing room in this famous atmospheric tapas bar (it is usually cheek by jowl), you can eat in their small restaurant opposite. A fabulous selection of tapas is on hand.

Calle Marín García 9
Tel: (95) 222 3048.

La Campana
Buzzing marisquería in the center of town where you can feast alongside local office workers on the tastiest, freshest fish and seafood nibbles, washed down with good local wines. Typical and reliable Málaga restaurant.

Calle Granada 35
Tel: (95) 222 7566.

Nightlife

Nightlife in Málaga buzzes after dark all year round, with most action taking place around the Plaza del Merced and Plaza Uncibay, where the city's most popular bars are located. In summer at the weekends and holidays there is also a lively young beach nightlife scene at Malagueta and Pedragalejo. A lively bar scene can be found weekends on the tucked-away Plaza del Vado del Maestre just off Calle Calderería in the heart of the old town, where the clientele of several bars mingle on the small square.

Bars

Calle de Bruselas
The Plaza del Merced scene includes Calle de Bruselas, one of a row of trendy bars and cafes with terraces spilling onto the square.

Plaza del Merced 16
Tel: (95) 260 3948.

El Pimpi
Nearby El Pimpi is a very traditional but lively warren-like bodega.

Calle Granada 62
Tel: (95) 222 8990.

Puerta Oscura
A classy place for a liqueur coffee or a mixed drink near the cathedral is Puerta Oscura, whose smart salon-style interior sometimes hosts classical music evenings.

Calle Molina Lario 5
Tel: (95) 222 1900‎.