Mesón Lo Güeno ★ 4.0
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
Las Merchanas is a tapas restaurant in Centro Historico, Málaga.
Las Merchanas is a Semana Santa shrine turned Málaga taberna, its walls thick with religious icons and its bar plating flamenquines and fried aubergine.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Berenjenas con miel and flamenquines with a sweet wine
Address: Calle Mosquera 5, 29008 Málaga
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
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
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
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