Asador OVIDIO — Restaurant in Málaga

Dear Asador-Team,

honestly spoken the food and the service you provided was not worth a penny.

We searched for the best Steakhouse in Malaga. Only eating nice tapas and seafood was not satisfying us.

After we found Asador, we were mouthwatering and said let's go. After reservation we went there late evening.

The dry aged freezer outside was telling us, that the steaks must be good.

But then the bad experience started. The interior of the location is not very comfortable, old and completely used. Without any issues on hygienic basis. It was a clean restaurant.

After having ordered the steaks, in my case Rib Eye, we were very excited. The other tables have ordered as well, the meat was shown upfront to them, and they ordered.

In our case, no meet show, and the steaks came after an estimated time of 10 minutes, which was quite surprising for a steak which should weigh 400gr. Having grilled a lot of steaks in my own, just the rest time of the grilled steak in aluminum foil is 6-8 minutes.

Looking at the other tables, the received nice looking granite style plates with side dishes and sharp knifes. In our case, we received only standard and normal ceramic plates. Second difference.

The meat was really embarrassing. Never seen something like that. It was grey, not really sharp grilled, no nice and fency stripes on it, the smell was not nice and the taste as well. After having left more than the half of my steak on the plate the service came and ask how it was. We said, we didn't like, it was not good. No reaction, no excuses, nothing.

To avoid further discussions and having afterwards a more stressful time, we just ordered the bill and left the bad experience like it was.

Hopefully we had just the Monday morning food, but looking at the reviews, some made the...

Three of us ate here. We'd spotted the fridge full of beef cuts in the window on a previous visit to Malaga and made a note of it. We had 2 steaks and a pork shoulder dish. The steaks were brilliant but beware that their 'medium' still has running blood when you cut into it. You are going to need to ask for 'medium to well' at least to get pink meat with no blood here. I had the Black angus entrecote (400g) and my partner had Galician sirloin (250g). The sirloin was in reality as big if not bigger than my entrecote so I think the weight is guessed. Both were delicious though and we shared them so we each got some of both cuts. Fantastically tender. The pork shoulder however wasn't so good. A very thin cut and very overdone making it tough. The let down here is the service. Very short and to the point, little in the way of smiles or friendliness. This really needs to be improved and this restaurant would be a gem. Compared to the UK, the pricing here is very good you get a lot more for your money and better quality. I recommend going here, but don't expect 4 star service with a smile! (Oh, and opt for french fries or jacket potato because my partner chose veg with hers. She got 2 rounds of grilled courgette & 2 small pieces of grilled red pepper on one corner of the plate and a small pile of raw shredded red cabbage on...

We ordered a medium rib steak. The waiter asked us if we want it medium rare and we said no, we want it pink and soft. They brought the meat very raw, just like the blue type of steak. Another waiter noticed and asked us how is it and then took it to cook it some more. They completely overcooked it and it tasted like gas. It was not possible to eat it. This time they took the rest of the meat and brought another type of meat, again completely raw. One waiter came and asked us how is it and noticed the raw meat and took it again. This time I went after him and asked him to not cook it again because it’s pointless. When I asked for the bill, I asked if I can have a discount on the meat, because I didn’t ask for raw meat in the first place. The waiter got very angry and started to shout that I’m a liar and that I didn’t want to pay for the meat. I told him I don’t give a funk about that and I payed the full price. It just really didn’t deserve it.

It’s a tourist trap and a wanna be fancy restaurant with horrible service and dirty toilets.

My advice is avoid it and go to a real steakhouse if you...