Establishments
Málaga, Málaga · La VictoriaTablao Zambra de la Alcazaba
An eighty-seat flamenco tablao on the hillside, with two shows a night and a resident group of singer, guitar and dancers. It is not a dinner show: you eat or graze in the courtyard first and then move into the room, lights down and no service during the dancing.
19:00–01:30 · Closed: Monday and Tuesday Abierto
Bilbao, Vizcaya · DeustoRestaurante Ondarra Etxea
A Basque restaurant on Avenida Lehendakari Aguirre, in Deusto, ten minutes from the Guggenheim along the river. It cooks the classic repertoire with seasonal produce: salt cod pil-pil, hake cheeks in green sauce, squid in its ink and grilled aged beef chop, backed by a long list of Rioja and txakoli.
13:00–23:30 · Closed: Sunday Cerrado
Valencia, Valencia · Malva-rosaArrocería Camí de l'Albufera
A rice house beside the Malva-rosa seafront, ten minutes from El Cabanyal and half an hour from the Albufera lagoon where the rice itself is grown. The kitchen cooks Valencian paella over wood, arròs a banda, black rice and fideuà, always to order and for a minimum of two, alongside starters from the market gardens and the fish market.
12:30–23:00 · Closed: Monday and Tuesday Cerrado
Málaga, Málaga · El LimonarEl Espeto de Valeria
On the Limonar seafront, a few steps from Baños del Carmen, El Espeto de Valeria serves Málaga's seafood the way the city eats it: fish from the local auction, Huelva prawns, smooth clams and sardine skewers grilled on the boat by the door.
13:00–00:30 · Closed: Monday Abierto
Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa · EgiaSidrería Sagardo Zahar
A cider house with its own kupelas in Egia, ten minutes on foot from the old town. The classic cider-house menu — salt cod omelette, fried cod with peppers, grilled beef chop, and cheese with quince and walnuts — with cider straight from the barrel throughout the meal.
13:00–23:00 · Closed: Sunday Cerrado
Alicante/Alacant, Alicante · BenalúaBuffet Mediterráneo Postiguet
An all-you-can-eat buffet of forty dishes with six open kitchens: rice, plancha, wok, pizza oven, salads and desserts. A fixed price per person with drinks separate, different at midday and in the evening, and half price for under-twelves.
12:30–23:30 Cerrado
Sevilla, Sevilla · NerviónFreiduría Doña Manuela
A traditional fried-fish shop of the paper-cone kind, with whiting, baby cuttlefish and marinated dogfish fried to order in clean oil. You order by weight at the counter and eat it on the way home: there are no tables here and there never will be.
12:00–23:00 · Closed: Monday Cerrado
Marbella, Málaga · CentroRestaurante Aldaba del Mar
Fusion cooking between the Andalusian coast and Southeast Asia, with produce from the Marbella auction handled with technique and house ferments. A nine-course tasting menu and a short à la carte for those who prefer to choose.
13:00–23:45 Cerrado
Málaga, Málaga · HuelinVinoteca Vino y Cal
A neighbourhood wine bar with forty references open by the glass and a preservation system that lets a reserva be served without opening the whole bottle.
18:00–00:00 · Closed: Sunday Abierto
Málaga, Málaga · El PerchelLa Vaca Rubia
Burgers from meat minced the same day, brioche buns from the bakery next door and hand-cut chips. Eight fixed on the menu and one of the month that the kitchen makes up.
13:00–00:30 Abierto
