Delicious tapas

Restaurants

Café Central
With its tables spilling out onto this pretty historic square, this is an all-day dining spot, where you can start your day with chocolate and churros (spiral-shaped doughnuts), moving on to the fino, tapas and traditional dishes later in the day. Plaza de la Constitución 11, Tel: 952 22 49 72.

Adolfo
One of the best known city restaurants with smooth service and a menu which includes entrées like vieiras con setas (scallops with wild mushrooms) and cabrito lechal a la miel de romero (roast baby kid in rosemary-honey sauce). Paseo Marítimo Pable Ruíz Picasso 12. Tel 95 260 1914

La Alegria
A traditional restaurant with terracotta tiles, tapas bar and menu of local malagueño dishes, including gazpacho, chuletas (chops) and a good choice of fish dishes. Calle Marin Garcia 15.Tel: 952 21 52 52.

La Ménsula
For those who want to experience traditional Andalusian cuisine (ie no chips!). The setting is warm and woody with a barrel vault ceiling, and the menu includes stone-cooked steak, warm fish salad and king prawns with setas (oyster mushrooms). Calle Trinidad Grund 28. Tel 95 222 1314

El Chinitas
A traditional restaurant decorated with colourful ceramic tiles, the menu here includes such local specialties as sopa viña (fish soup flavored with sherry and solomillo al vino de Málaga (fillet steak in Málaga wine sauce). Calle Moreno Monroy 4-6.Tel 95 221 0972.

Restaurante Rojo
Chic minimalist décor of steel, black and red, serving innovative Med cuisine like oriental lentils with cumin and coriander, followed by arty puds, like white chocolate cake with a mango drizzle. Calle Granada 44.Tel 95 222 7486

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