La Casa del Piyayo ★ 3.9
La Casa del Piyayo is a snug tapas tavern on Málaga's Calle Granada, plating porra antequerana, boquerones and other malagueño staples at the counter.
Order: Porra antequerana and a plate of boquerones
El Tintero is a seafood restaurant in El Palo, Málaga.
El Tintero is Málaga's singing-waiter chiringuito in El Palo, where fried fish and espetos are auctioned aloud and you grab plates as they fly past.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Whatever the waiters are shouting: grab the fried fish as it passes
Address: Avenida Salvador Allende 340, 29017 Málaga
La Casa del Piyayo is a snug tapas tavern on Málaga's Calle Granada, plating porra antequerana, boquerones and other malagueño staples at the counter.
Order: Porra antequerana and a plate of boquerones
Pepa y Pepe is a rowdy little tapas bar off Málaga's Calle Calderería, chalkboard raciones and cold beer spilling onto a permanently packed street.
Order: Chalkboard tapas washed down with a caña
Gorki is Grupo Gorki's flagship tapas bar on Málaga's Calle Strachan, a polished room of montaditos and shared plates beside its own wine shop.
Order: Montaditos and a glass from the Gorki wine shop next door
La Barra de Doña Inés is a smart tapas bar on Málaga's Alameda Principal, plating ensaladilla, grilled prawns and market fish beside a long marble counter.
Order: Ensaladilla and grilled prawns at the marble bar
El Gallo Ronco sits on Málaga's Plaza de las Flores, an all-day Andalusian kitchen of traditional stews and fried fish with live flamenco after dark.
Order: Traditional stews with a side of live flamenco
La Machina is Grupo Gorki's beachfront bar on Pedregalejo's promenade in Málaga, an all-day spot for fried fish, burgers and drinks by the sand.
Order: Fried fish and a cold beer on the Pedregalejo promenade