Casa Lola ★ 4.1
Casa Lola is a bustling tiled taberna on Málaga's Calle Granada, pouring vermouth on tap alongside croquetas, ajoblanco malagueño and shared montaditos.
Order: Croquetas and gambas a la plancha with a cold vermouth
El Trillo is a tapas restaurant in Centro Historico, Málaga.
El Trillo is a classic tapas taberna off Málaga's Calle Larios, a bustling bar of Iberian charcuterie, croquetas, fried fish and grilled meats.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Croquetas and a board of Iberian cheeses and hams
Address: Calle Don Juan Díaz 4, 29015 Málaga
Casa Lola is a bustling tiled taberna on Málaga's Calle Granada, pouring vermouth on tap alongside croquetas, ajoblanco malagueño and shared montaditos.
Order: Croquetas and gambas a la plancha with a cold vermouth
Cortijo de Pepe has fed locals on Málaga's Plaza de la Merced since 1971, a no-frills tapas bar of fried aubergine with molasses and cheap house wine.
Order: Berenjenas con miel and a plate of jamón at the bar
La Taberna del Pintxo works the Basque way in central Málaga, a bar off Calle Larios where you grab skewered pintxos and pay by the toothpick.
Order: A tray of pintxos grabbed straight off the bar
Las Merchanas is a Semana Santa shrine turned Málaga taberna, its walls thick with religious icons and its bar plating flamenquines and fried aubergine.
Order: Berenjenas con miel and flamenquines with a sweet wine
Mesón Lo Güeno has crammed tapas eaters into a Málaga alley off Calle Larios since the 1960s, a wood-panelled bar of cured meats and hot montaditos.
Order: Solomillo al whisky and a wedge of manchego
Casa Lola is a bustling tiled taberna on Málaga's Calle Granada, pouring vermouth on tap alongside croquetas, ajoblanco malagueño and shared montaditos.
Order: Croquetas and gambas a la plancha with a cold vermouth
Cortijo de Pepe has fed locals on Málaga's Plaza de la Merced since 1971, a no-frills tapas bar of fried aubergine with molasses and cheap house wine.
Order: Berenjenas con miel and a plate of jamón at the bar
La Taberna del Pintxo works the Basque way in central Málaga, a bar off Calle Larios where you grab skewered pintxos and pay by the toothpick.
Order: A tray of pintxos grabbed straight off the bar
Las Merchanas is a Semana Santa shrine turned Málaga taberna, its walls thick with religious icons and its bar plating flamenquines and fried aubergine.
Order: Berenjenas con miel and flamenquines with a sweet wine
Mesón Lo Güeno has crammed tapas eaters into a Málaga alley off Calle Larios since the 1960s, a wood-panelled bar of cured meats and hot montaditos.
Order: Solomillo al whisky and a wedge of manchego
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.
Order: Whatever the waiters are shouting: grab the fried fish as it passes