La Plancha Taberna — Local services in Málaga

The food is great, service as well but how can any restaurant still allow smoking in their outdoor siting area is beyond me. This is the reason why I cannot give 5 stars. The 3 times I have eaten there, there were clouds of smoke around me as people in the nearby tables were smoking, not pleasant at all.

Edit after the owner's response: The owner responded below defending that they do not encourage smoking in the outdoor sitting area - this is not true, The owner of the restaurant should act and not put the blame on inconsiderate people. It's simple - instruct the staff to act when people smoke at the tables, put a non smoking sign on the tables, etc ...but if you are just greedy and care more about losing these smoking customers then of course you won't do this. The situations i encountered 3 times were such that there were a few smoking customers at multiple tables that the waiter frequently approached about orders, food, drinks but not once did the waiter ask them to not smoke. Clearly the customer is the king there, too bad it is the smoking customers who matter, those that polute the air for others who cant even eat their meal in a smoke free environment.

Additional note: the opening times state that it is open at 12:45 but don't count on this..the earliest you can actually sit down and order...

Most of the food was delicious, especially patatas bravas with sauce. Shrimps were great too. The only thing I didn’t like was croquetas with jamon - the texture was just weird and I didn’t enjoy it as the other things. Next time I will try avocado as it seems to be very popular thing there. Waitresses were very nice and helpful. The thing I need to mention is that you pay separately for drink and separately for food, and it’s not mentioned in the menu. I thought tapas is a drink and a small plate of food in the price of drink, but here it doesn’t work like that. Overall good experience, I will come back when...

Unfortunately, this was the worst dining experience I’ve had in Málaga. Nothing we ordered was enjoyable. I had croquettes supposedly with jamón, but there was no trace of it — just bland and forgettable. The gambas pil-pil lacked flavor.

The biggest disappointment was a dish Secretos Ibericos priced at €19.90 — it looked sad on the plate and had maybe 3 grams of meat. Definitely not worth the price; honestly, it was almost laughable.

The fish was extremely salty and hard to eat. Overall, very disappointing — I wouldn’t recommend this place, as neither the quality nor the taste...