Chiringuito El Bambú — Restaurant in Almuñécar

I visited this strand bar today, April 5, 2025, and I can honestly say I’ve never experienced such verschrikkelijk (terrible) service in my life. I’m Dutch, and let’s be honest, service in Nederland isn’t exactly famous for being top-notch either, but what I encountered here was on a whole other level of unfriendliness—zo ongelooflijk onvriendelijk! The muscular Spanish waiter with short black hair and a white shirt? He acted like he was doing me a favor by even acknowledging my existence. No smile, no “hola,” just pure arrogance. The food? Overpriced and tasted like it was scraped off the beach and thrown on a plate. The drinks? My cerveza was warm, and when I politely asked for a cold one, he rolled his eyes like I’d insulted his entire familia. The atmosphere? Loud, chaotic, and not in a fun way—more like a “get me out of here” way. And don’t get me started on how long it took to get anything—espera, espera, espera, but nothing comes! People, doe jezelf een plezier (do yourself a favor) and NEVER visit Chiringuito El Bambu. If you want to waste your money, throw it into the sea instead—you’ll feel better about it. This place is a disaster, and I wouldn’t recommend it to my worst enemy. Adiós to this rubbish—save your time and euros for somewhere that actually cares about...

Been to this place 1 year ago and we had a very pleasant experience, both on food and service. Came back this year and tried it twice... first was on an evening, place was half empty yet the head waiter told us that we can sit but would need to wait at least one hour for food 😳 And today we wanted to try for lunch... arrived, place not even full a third, got a table and... not being attended for a long time, not even asked if we wanted a drink! Got eventually the attention and menu card, but he buggered off again without asking us for drinks 😠 Waited again, saw another family experiencing the same, they had enough and left, so we decided to leave! The head waiter looked as if he could not understand our decision and also blamed the waiter... not good considering he was most time just standing around. In summary: not the place we enjoyed and definitely we will not be back...

We came here yesterday morning and ordered coffee, we waited and waited, it was reasonably busy, still we waited, other people came in after us, and we noticed their order's came out, we got the waiter's attention and he acknowledged us and we heard him shout our order across to the bar, still we waited, he then cleared a nearby table and we asked if he could clean our table (he wasn't actually cleaning any tables, even after he cleared them!) He didn't say anything, just walked off... We basically got board with waiting and walked out... We have been here many times, having moved nearby 5 year's ago and although it's not exactly service with a smile, the coffee is good and the setting is lovely... However we won't be coming back,...