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Restaurants and Bars in Malaga

Restaurants

Malaga has long been famous for fine wines but it also does a good line in Mediterranean cuisine. Specialities revolve unsurprisingly around seafood. Tapas in one of the bars is the best way to experience several of the local flavours at once, mussels, shrimp or anchovies (bouqerones) are popular.

Spanish

El Cabra, Paseo Maritimo Pedregal, 17 | Tel: +34 95-229-1595
A popular eating-place in the Pedragalejo district of Malaga serving up filling plates of fried fish and squid.

Antonio Martin, Plaza de la Malagueta | Tel: +34 95-222-7289/7389
Situated in the Málagueta area of the city this restaurant also specialises in fish, but with a slightly more up-market feel.

Cortijo de Pepe, Plaza de la Merced, 2 | Tel: +34 95-222-4071
Very conveniently located near the Picasso Foundation, Pepe has a great variety of tapas and local dishes, including 'porra' (a kind of thick gazpacho) and homemade meatballs.

Antigua Casa Guardia, Alameda Principal, 18 | Tel: +34 95-221-4680
Right in the heart of the central shopping district of Malaga, this bar or 'bodega' is somewhat of an institution amongst Málaguenos making a break from the sales. Try the 'pintao', a mixture of sweet and dry local wine.

French

Café de Paris, Vélez Malaga 8 | Tel: +34 95-222-5043
Malaga's premier restaurant for fine dining the Café de Paris replaces the Costa del Sol tenet of "cheap and generous" with "expensive and delicate". Very imaginative dishes utilise local ingredients (particularly fish) in French inspired dishes.

Indian

Golden Curry, Danza Invisible, 6, La Nogalera, Torremolinos | Tel: +34 95-237-4855
With such a large resident British population, many Indian restaurants have sprung up. This is one of the best with all the usual favourites.

Moroccan

Al-Yamal, Blasco de Garay, 7 | Tel: +34 95-221-2046
The Moors might have left Andalucia years ago, but their enduring legacy is evident in this excellent Moroccan restaurant. The décor transports you across the Med to North Africa, with poufs to sit on, and whitewashed walls adorned with heavy hangings in Arabic designs. A wholly authentic menu completes the experience.

Bars

The café-bar is very much part of Malaga life and the city is blessed with an abundance of authentic Spanish style bars, where the locals sit around imbibing the sweet local white wines, more robust reds or light beers along with plates of tapas - sometimes presented free.

Towards the tourist areas you'll find larger bars, not as authentic but still with a good ambience and range of local and international foods and drink. It's hard to recommend one in particular, bars of this type tend to come and go and in any case are almost identical in terms of ambience and clientele. Head down Calle Larios and Calle Granada for the best choice available in the city.

The oldest part of the city around the Pasaje de Chinitas is a good hunting ground for more discerning small local bars and cafés. This area of the city harks back to Moorish days with narrow streets and alleys, and the café-bars still serve the strong, bitter coffee that typifies North Africa. Finally the best bar in the city is undoubtedly La Tasca on Marin Garcia. Crowded with locals and more adventurous tourists it is noisy, vibrant, authentic and cheap. Tapas accompanied by large quantities of beer is served until midnight. If you can't get in La Tasca there's another taverna just across the way that is equally good.