Malaga Restaurants - Tourist Information

You will be simply spoilt for choice when it comes the ultimate dining experience in Malaga. You may visit a typical Malaga restaurant, go for international cuisine, or try the ever-famous Spanish tapas. There are also diverse cafes and restaurants perfect if you're dining on a budget. The Malaga city centre is a food lovers paradise and is the best place to sample some great food. If you are at the Malaga coastline, the beaches are very well served by the chiringuitos which are specially created to serve the beach goers with some fabulous food.  You can try something out of the ordinary at Malaga’s famed el Tintero chiringuito, where menus are forbidden and waiters mingle among the tables bearing a range of dishes. Asian, vegetarian and ‘fine dining’ restaurants are also in abundance in Malaga.

Here is a selection of a few places which are famous for its tasty treats.

Cafe Central
Offering sit out facilities in the picturesque square, you might want to sample the  chocolate and churros (spiral-shaped doughnuts), moving on to the fino, tapas and traditional dishes later in the day.
Plaza de la Constitucion 11, Tel: 952 22 49 72

Adolfo
A very famous restaurant well liked for the good service and specialities like vieiras con setas (scallops with wild mushrooms) and cabrito lechal a la miel de romero (roast baby kid in rosemary-honey sauce).
Paseo Maritimo Pable Ruiz Picasso 12. Tel 95 260 1914

La Alegria
A traditional restaurant with terracotta tiles, tapas bar and menu of local malagueno dishes, including gazpacho, chuletas (chops) and a good choice of fish dishes.
Calle Marin Garcia 15.Tel: 952 21 52 52

La Mensula
For those who want to experience strictly traditional Andalusian cuisine. The setting is cosy and rustic with a barrel vault ceiling, and the menu includes stone-cooked steak, warm fish salad and king prawns with setas (oyster mushrooms).
Calle Trinidad Grund 28. Tel 95 222 13 14

El Chinitas
Again a traditional restaurant decorated with colourful ceramic tiles, the menu here includes such local specialties as sopa vina (fish soup flavored with sherry and solomillo al vino de Malaga (fillet steak in Malaga wine sauce).
Calle Moreno Monroy 4-6.Tel 95 221 09 72

Restaurante Rojo
Chic minimalist decor of steel, black and red, serving innovative Med cuisine like oriental lentils with cumin and coriander, followed by arty puds, like white chocolate cake with a mango drizzle.
Calle Granada 44.Tel 95 222 7486

Malaga Tapas Bars

Tapas is the name for a wide variety of appetizers in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold, such as mixed olives and cheese, or warm, such as puntillitas, Andalucian battered, fried baby squid.Tapas is spanish for Tapas are an exclusively Mediterranean speciality and they are quite different than the regular restaurants.

Local Tapas Specialities:

Try a tapas in one of the following bars.

Rincon de Mata
Tucked away in a corner, tapas here cost as little as 1.20 euro and include "habas con jamon" (broad beans with ham), "gambas al pil-pil" (spicy fresh prawns) and "caracaoles" (snails). Esparteros, 8.

Taperia Siglo XX1
A wonderful old-fashioned tapa bar which Picasso must have known well (he was born in this square), which is air-conditioned and specialises in local cheeses and Serrano ham. Pza de la Merced, 12.

Bar Logueno
Popular with locals, this tapas bar has more than 75 choices ranging from sautéed oyster mushrooms (setas) to deep fried peppers at prices starting from just 1.50 euro. C/Maria Garcia s/n.

Gibralfaro Bar
This bohemian-style bar and café with impromptu live flamenco is located in an historic passageway leading to the Cathedral. There is limited tapas but plenty of atmosphere. Pasaje de Chinitas.

Bodega la Quitapenas
A local institution that brims with locals this tapas bar specializes in seafood accompanied by wines and sherry. Calle Sancheq Pastor 2