El Tapeo — Restaurant in Málaga

I’ve been here a few times in the last couple of years. It’s 2 minutes from Maria Zambrano station, so ideal if you want a quick lunch whilst waiting for a train. The food and service is great. Lovely tapas. Meatballs, Prawns, mussels, salads etc. All the usual.

Don’t be put off by the appearance. It’s pretty basic. On the main road. Plastic tables and laminated menus, but the food is really good, and excellent value.

On my last visit, I had garlic prawns, meatballs, Patatas bravos and a couple of glasses of wine. That lot came to €15, so...

The service was friendly; Croquettes with shrimps were the best, if they stop do anything else and sell only the croquettes, it will be a success; Tuna tartare with too much salt, swimming in sauce. Maybe the fish was fresh, it was already impossible to determine; The scallops crunched on my teeth with something; The mussels were ok; The octopus dies for nothing being severely over grilled.

Generally we were quite disappointed for more than 30€ each. Might be a good place for beer with...

We came here to eat with my wife who is pregnant and once we seated on the table we were told that it is for 4 people. Once we stend up they set two other peole there and we had to leave the place. Really bad experience! Dont go if you are not local!

Edit: we were offered the table and then we were told to stand up as they saw business opportunity with other group. Didnt respect the fact that my wife was pregnant and we belive it was very disrespectful! So themplace where we were seating was...