La Malagueña | chocolate and churros — Restaurant in Málaga

I'm very much a hot chocolate person, but never tried churros before. A local suggested i try the full experience, and recommended La Malagueñia. Ok, so how was it?

The 'hot chocolate' is a viscous brown slightly sweet liquid, I'm not sure I tasted much cocoa plant. Also it had lumps, it wasn't a smooth consistency. I recently had the same drink in Verona (Italia) which was exceptional 10/10 quality in every respect. By comparison, the drink here was 3/10.

The churros was a more interesting experience. I enjoyed the crispness, and didn't mind too much the oiliness. But overall, the earth did not really move, for me 5/10

There is one tiny menu, on the wall, above a table. I felt uncomfortable leaning over an elderly Spanish gentleman to try to read the menu. Maybe i need to get my eyes checked...?! Before leaving i visited the toilets. The bar opened 20 minutes before. I don't think any customers visited before me. There were several cigarette butts in the toilet, not flushed. I'm guessing this was the waiters. Also the toilet door latch was broken and repaired with a screw. 3/10

Is this really is a highly recommended experience...

My table had no menu; when the waiter came over and asked me what I wanted, I panicked and did my best to remember how to ask for 'chocolate y tejeringos' - was laughed at for my attempts by both the waiter and the table next to me, who tried to insist I wanted to order churros (which are different, both linguistically and in terms of preparation). Waiter also made the cardinal sin of assuming my cash payment included a tip (it was only 60¢, but still - please don't do this, it's rude).

Tejeringos were pretty oily, but I've been told that is the style, so they were clearly authentic. Chocolate was good quality - there was a short wait between the tejeringos arriving and the chocolate, but not in a way that spoiled the experience. Not sure if it was cheap or expensive for the area, but it was cheaper than I was expecting.

In short, their speciality was good, but don't even attempt to speak anything other than your native language if you don't want to be roundly abused. I'm sure there are places you can go to get the same food with a less...

Of course we eat chocolate con churros all over Spain and each region does their own spin on the chocolate caliente and the churros. This place was no exception.

The chocolate was thick and leaned more towards the Madrid Sant Gines variety which is a lighter maybe more of a milk-chocolate taste.

The churros were a pretzel twist and a lighter batter which is flash fried. You will use a lot of napkins for the grease but hey, it's not health food is it!

But it's the staff that simply made us smile. The three different male waiters were all great and I think one dreams to be a standup comedian. He was hilarious.

The service was EXTREMELY quick even with every table inside and on the patio full of every age of patron you can imagine.

Located on a pedestrian street only with a nice patio and a large indoor seating area.

You will enjoy. And....cheap. Two grande chocolates and six BIG churros,...