Santa Coffee ★ 4.5
Santa Coffee anchors Málaga's Soho with Scandinavian light roasts, a white-tiled bar of competition baristas pulling espresso and pour-overs near the port.
40 mid-range places in Málaga, editor-picked. the comfortable everyday-good restaurants in Málaga, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Málaga food.
Mesón Mariano ★ 4.4
Mesón Mariano has cooked seasonal Andalusian food in central Málaga since 1988, famous for artichokes done several ways and a proper gazpachuelo.
OrderAlcachofas, Gazpachuelo
Uvedoble Taberna ★ 4.4
Uvedoble is a modern Málaga taberna by the Roman Theatre, plating creative tapas like oxtail brioche and boquerones beside the Alcazaba walls.
El Pimpi ★ 4.3
El Pimpi has poured sweet Málaga wine since 1971, a rambling bodega on Calle Granada with a terrace facing the Roman Theatre and plates of ensaladilla.
OrderEnsaladilla, Ajoblanco con mango
El Tintero ★ 4.3
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.
OrderWhatever the waiters are shouting: grab the fried fish as it passes
Kima Coffee ★ 4.3
Kima Coffee is a specialty roastery and cafe on Málaga's Calle Carretería, roasting single-origin Arabica in-house and brewing it across espresso and filter.
Next Level Specialty Coffee ★ 4.3
Next Level Specialty Coffee sits just off Málaga's Alameda, a small bright bar pairing rotating single-origin filters with organic snacks near the market.
Mía Coffee ★ 4.3
Mía Coffee is a tiny specialty bar on Málaga's Plaza de los Mártires, where the owner brews carefully and bakes the homemade cakes that sell out daily.
Central Beers ★ 4.3
Central Beers is a craft-beer bar on Málaga's Calle Cárcer, fifteen rotating taps and a rockabilly room pouring Spanish and international small-batch brews.
El Pimpi ★ 4.3
El Pimpi keeps its Calle Granada bodega open past midnight in Málaga, a rambling late stop for sweet wine and tapas facing the floodlit Roman Theatre.
OrderSweet wine and late tapas on the terrace
Bertani Café ★ 4.2
Bertani Café was Málaga's first specialty coffee bar, opened in 2012 near the market, a small counter of carefully sourced espresso, filter and cakes.
Bun and Coffee ★ 4.2
Bun and Coffee pairs specialty espresso with vegan artisan doughnuts in central Málaga, a bright counter frying its rings fresh through the morning.
Chester & Punk ★ 4.2
Chester & Punk is one of Andalusia's top cocktail bars, a playful central Málaga room off Calle Larios pouring inventive, competition-grade drinks.
Renard Cocktail Club ★ 4.2
Renard Cocktail Club is an intimate central Málaga cocktail bar off Calle Larios, a low-lit room of classic and signature drinks made with real care.
Anyway Wine Bar ★ 4.2
Anyway Wine Bar is a natural-wine bar on Málaga's Paseo de la Farola, pouring low-intervention bottles beside boards of cheese and Iberian charcuterie.
Chester & Punk ★ 4.2
Chester & Punk runs cocktails to 03:00 at weekends in central Málaga, one of Andalusia's top bars pouring inventive drinks well past midnight.
OrderLate cocktails off Calle Larios
Anyway Wine Bar ★ 4.2
TipSit at the bar and let them pour by the glass to match the cheese board.
El Caleño ★ 4.1
El Caleño has grilled espetos and fried fish on Pedregalejo's promenade in Málaga for over thirty years, a beach institution for pescaíto frito.
Miguelito el Cariñoso ★ 4.1
Miguelito el Cariñoso is a beloved Pedregalejo chiringuito in Málaga, packed with locals for its espetos, fried fish and generous seafood paella.
El Cabra ★ 4.1
El Cabra has grilled espetos on boat-hull fires at Pedregalejo beach in Málaga since 1965, a seaside institution for pescaíto frito and rice.
Kortxo ★ 4.1
Kortxo is a lively central Málaga restaurant just off Calle Larios, plating updated Spanish classics and generous shared dishes in a buzzy room.
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.
OrderCroquetas and gambas a la plancha with a cold vermouth
Syra Coffee ★ 4.1
Syra Coffee brings the Barcelona roaster's ethically sourced beans to central Málaga, a compact bar pulling bright espresso and pour-overs on Calle Mártires.
Puerta Oscura ★ 4.1
Puerta Oscura is a Málaga cocktail bar of 19th-century velvet and classical music near the cathedral, a hushed room for slow, well-made drinks.
Casa de Vinos La Odisea ★ 4.1
Casa de Vinos La Odisea is a snug Málaga wine house in La Coracha, its barrels holding only wines of the province beside plates of fried fish.
Birras Deluxe ★ 4.1
Birras Deluxe is a craft-beer bar and bottle shop by Málaga's Plaza de la Merced, sixteen taps and hundreds of cans just behind the Picasso Museum.
Casa de Vinos La Odisea ★ 4.1
TipAsk for a barrel-drawn Málaga Virgen and pair it with the fried fish.
Brunchit ★ 4.1
Brunchit is Málaga's original all-day brunch spot near Atarazanas, plating eggs benedict, pancakes and smoothie bowls to a young, sunny crowd.
OrderEggs benedict with a smoothie bowl on the side
BYOKO ★ 4.1
BYOKO is an organic all-day brunch spot on Málaga's Plaza de la Merced, serving seasonal, mostly plant-based plates and specialty coffee near Picasso's home.
OrderAn organic brunch bowl with a specialty coffee
Los Cuñaos ★ 4.0
Los Cuñaos has grilled sardine espetos and fried fish on Pedregalejo beach in Málaga since 1983, a family chiringuito for a long seaside lunch.
Cortijo de Pepe ★ 4.0
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.
OrderBerenjenas con miel and a plate of jamón at the bar
Las Merchanas ★ 4.0
Las Merchanas is a Semana Santa shrine turned Málaga taberna, its walls thick with religious icons and its bar plating flamenquines and fried aubergine.
OrderBerenjenas con miel and flamenquines with a sweet wine
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.
OrderSolomillo al whisky and a wedge of manchego
Mesón Ibérico ★ 4.0
Mesón Ibérico is a traditional jamón bar in central Málaga, a tight room slicing Iberian ham and charcuterie with cheeses and cured-meat plates.
OrderIberian ham carved to order with a glass of red
Pez Lola ★ 4.0
Pez Lola is a bright marine taberna on Málaga's Calle Granada, plating fried fish, boquerones and seafood tapas late into the night near the Alcazaba.
OrderFried fish and marinated boquerones with a cold beer
Santa Roaster ★ 4.0
Santa Roaster is the roasting workshop behind Málaga's Santa Coffee, a Soho unit where the brand's light-roast single origins are cupped and bagged.
La Destilería ★ 4.0
La Destilería is a Málaga cocktail bar on Calle Beatas making drinks with its own distillates and live music, running late into the early hours.
VinumPlay ★ 4.0
VinumPlay is a wine bar and shop on Málaga's seafront promenade, pairing bottles from Málaga and beyond with tapas and tastings looking out to sea.
La Botica de la Cerveza ★ 4.0
La Botica de la Cerveza is a laid-back Málaga beer bar on Calle Victoria, over three hundred bottles and rotating taps run by a Nerja beer obsessive.
La Madriguera ★ 4.0
La Madriguera is a snug craft-beer bar in Málaga's old town on Calle Carretería, eight rotating taps and a wall of bottles in an intimate room.
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