Restaurante Juan Playa — Restaurant in Fuengirola

First of all the food was excellent and is renowned as such with locals. Service was a little lacking as food was practically thrown on the table. They were quite busy with limited staff on the evening I visited. Seemed happier to look after local Spanish patrons (with free aperitifs) than tourists which was a shame as my food was superb and the newly refurbished surroundings are very pleasant. Food is reasonably priced and you can't argue with the freshness of the fish. Being charged for butter with our bread seemed a little mean and would have been better included in the price of bread itself. Desserts let the side down a little as they were pre prepared frozen ice-cream affairs that are quite common in this area. They were served with the plastic packaging caps and bases which seemed strange and left them feeling decidedly straight from a freezer with no frills to hide their mass...

Ate here for the first time 28th Sept 2022. At 8.10pm The restaurant is situated on the beach, open on 3 sides allowing air circulation, very idyllic. The restaurant was not very busy and throughout our stay less then 25% of the tables were occupied.

Not stretched, the staff were friendly but not very attentive,, my wife had wine and ordered Lamb Chops with veg and potatoes, I had beer and ordered Chicken Fillet with veg and Chips.

Both meals arrived HOT but with cold veg, my wife had chip (no potatoes) having pointed this out to a waiter, they arrived, on a separate plate, and left for us to transfer the potatoes for the chips ourselves, by this time they were only warm.

We didn't enjoy our meal here very much as there was no ambience, the meat was cooked very nicely, we definitely will...

This is perhaps the most “honest kitchen” you will find in the Malaga Coast ! Exquisite quality, preparation, atmosphere, service and cleanliness !! For my wife and I it was such a pleasent surprise ! Owner/Manager Raul whom we met has been at it for 32 years which is proof of what I am saying. Waiter/Sommelier “Antonio” will pair the perdect wine to your dish ! We had “coquillas” a local small clam like with incredible taste and “gambas de huelva” a shrimp like from the Mediterranean also incredibly delicious. Main dish was a rice and seafood for two (which really should be called seafood with rice) which was delicious and perfectly cooked. Antonio suggested an “Alvariño” white wine from Galicia (northwest Spain) called “2Amigos”, impresive to say the...