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The food can be good, we went ~12 times at 3 different locations, but 80% at a single location. (Near La malagueta). Coffee is good quality. Location is fine, outside you have a lot of traffic, but you can sit outside and inside. The food is pretty good, but it comes with one single problem. The staff is really lazy. You order cappuccino, it comes standard with chocolate, we had it at least once every visit. And 20% had chocolate, you have to ask to get it. Even asking for it with the initial order: still don't get it at first. Multiply this with every other dish, and it becomes bothersome. One dish comes with chimichurri (simple salsa), one day they just made the sandwich without its signature ingrediënt. Not telling us beforehand, I asked for it and they tell me they don't have it anymore(?), that was the last time we went. We loved the pork campero, but every edition had a different taste, every time, missing some ingredient stated on the menu, cold meat, wrong meat. Etc etc. This could be just this location, at other locations it all went like ordered. But we only went to 2 other locations and fewer times never ordered the same things. It's a shame, the food, on paper, is great but the actual products vary vastly. La canasta needs some quality control. The prices are cheap~ish, so try it out yourself. It's almost fast food, but healthier and better ingredients. Good for a simple lunch, and coffee. postscriptum Don't get a croissant, looks great, tastes meh.
Bradley SRBradley SR
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Hi. We didn't have a pleasant experience at all. 1st we checked for available tables there were none and looked for a waiter and no one came.. Okay.. Moving on we got in line to get food for takaway and if a spot opened up to sit down. That on one hand the line was where the door was going straight 5 min later the line hadn't moved and 4 more people made a new line. We finally got to order and asked for a table if we should wait or how it worked. The girl at the counter said no english, you finish? We haven't even ordered, how are we finished with our order? Anyway with a lot of pointing we ordered and we didn't even see how much we needed to pay as the number was not displaying anywhere and she said the amount in spanish. Just as we were paying a table opened up and my husband went to get it. We sit down all good finally and starving and a waiter comes and basically starts yelling at us! His eyes looked like they will come out.. We told him we waited for a table for over 20 min and finally got on a line to get our food. He didn't know english we couldn't understand eachother. He explained something like - we can't eat here because we have gotten our food for takeaway and we have to order food to sit down. Okay we ordered orange juice, he brought it and we started eating. Again same story as above he started yelling at us that the table was coffee and pointed at the bakery and said food. I offered him google translate and he said 'understand me' and stormed off. We were starving, we had bad CS and finally we paind the bill for our juice and he was covering above us until we paid. The moment the money was out of my husbands wallet he grabbed it and took off to the cash desk! I am sorry but that is too much! The coffee was not good at all and the croassants weren't that fresh. Picture I am attaching is for "what is not allowed there". I understand we are in another country but atleast try to speak 5 words in english to help your customers understand you or take the phone and type it on Google translate.. PS: When we looked through the comments there were the same complaints from 3 years ago. It seems nothing has changed. Thank you
Elena PavlovaElena Pavlova
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Charming cafe / bakery recommended to us by our tour guide. Pace of service is as usual with Malaga. Don't come here starving. Food: Cappuccino we had was beautiful and excellent. Napolitana pastry is good. Chocolate Croissant is regular Croissants with Nutella. I don't believe that pastries here is any different from other bakeries in town. Sandwiches, Salads and Wines are also available. Service: Service is same as all of Malaga. No rush with ordering, wait and payment. Order pastries to-go for expedited service. Ambiance: Seating available inside and on the streets. Just find your spot and patiently wait for camareros for service. Value: Prices were reasonable for the quality of food and service. Hot drinks at 3 Euros, Pastries 1 - 2 Euros. I still recommend La Canasta to try traditional pastries. Having them to-go would be better if you prefer faster service.
Daryl MarceloDaryl Marcelo
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Very nice bakery and restaurant. Everything looks yummy and feels like wanting to try them all. It is a bit unclear how the order process goes, it doesn’t say anywhere that you need to take a ticket and wait for your turn to come, then order, but if you want to sit you are given a ticket and wait for the waiter to come, take the ticket and then he/she will bring the the order. This takes usually 30 mins from the moment you entered, somehow i think it’s a long time. The 2 different cakes we chose were really really sweet so we could not finish even half. The place was very noisy and could not really follow the conversation at the table. Also it does not say anywhere that if choose to sit at a table instead of take away, you will be charged double for each cake. I believe this information should be visible and customers made aware.
DaniaDania
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Del día 19 de Junio al día 1 de julio hicimos uso de este establecimiento, en primer lugar felicitar al dueño por ser un local accesible también por la limpieza y la variedad de genero que tiene todo de muy buena calidad la cantidad no puede ser muy amplia pero te quedas bien para una cena ligerita o un tentempié a un precio muy asequible para la zona. La parte negativa una es que los clientes deben de ir a abonar su consumición al interior del local a día de hoy existiendo el datafono creo que el evitar al cliente tener que darse un paseo para abonar su consumición sobra. Y la otra queja por mi parte y esta es muy grave hasta el punto que desde el día 29/06 ya no volví más por el establecimiento es que el personal es justo y van muy rápidos de tal manera que si les llamas pasan como que no te escuchan el día anteriormente mencionado una camarera paso varias veces junto a mi mesa reclamando su atención contesto para pagar dentro en la caja la queríamos pedir unos bocadillos cuando paso otra vez le dije con voz mas alta pero nunca gritando por favor nos atiende, se giro y voz en grito me dijo te esperas ya te dije donde pagar a mi tu no me gritas sentí una gran vergüenza todas las mesas mirando puede dar gracias a que uso silla de ruedas y mi esposa es deficiente visual si no me hubiera ido como seria lo ocurrido que vino su compañera a atendernos esta camarera paso en varias ocasiones por donde estábamos, recogiendo las mesas de alrededor y echando una especie de sonrisa la mesa nuestra llena de restos cuando íbamos a pagar llego un grupo de personas eran las 23:06 y les indico que si iban a tomar algo tenían 25 minutos a lo cual uno de ellos indico que pone a las 0:00 en una placa esta señorita les indico que estaba mal la placa yo por evitar y no estar cómodo me fui pero hubiera sido de aguantar un rato mas y llamar a la policía. Unos días antes estaba la terraza ocupada y estuvimos en el interior nos toco una mesa donde el aire acondicionado nos daba de frente pero eso es un mal menor pedí una pluma ibérica con pan blanco y sin comentar nada me la ponen de pan con pipas se lo digo a la camarera (esta no era la primera fue la que nos atendió después de lo de la primera) y me dice no hay otro tipo de pan si la quiere esto hay. No soy quien para decir a nadie como contratar su personal yo trabaje 35 años cara a el publico y se como es por eso procuro ser amable y facilitar en lo posible la labor del trabajador, recursos humanos debería de seleccionar mejor a su personal.
Antonio GarridoAntonio Garrido
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A nice busy cafe near the Port of Malaga. For somewhere as touristy as the port, the serving staff surprisingly didn't speak much English. Though that's not actually their fault as we're in Spain after all. There was also a dearth of vegetarian options, though as the only vegetarian in the group, I chose not to make too much of a fuss about it. The group ordered a chicken sandwich, fried scrimp scampi sandwich, a beef burger, and a guacamole and fresh cheese sandwich, with a side of ham and cheese, plus several smoothies. Everyone was satisfied with their order and the ham and cheese elicited high praise. One of the group did comment on the poor state of the toilet and the poor vegetarian options means it's one short of five stars.
macedonboymacedonboy
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Nearby Attractions Of La Canasta
Muelle Uno
Alcazaba
Catedral de la Encarnación de Málaga
Picasso Museum Málaga
Playa la Malagueta
Playa la Malagueta
Castillo de Gibralfaro
Centre Pompidou Malaga
Málaga Park
Teatro Romano de Málaga
Muelle Uno
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Alcazaba
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Catedral de la Encarnación de Málaga
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Picasso Museum Málaga
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Nearby Restaurants Of La Canasta
Picasso Bar Tapas
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LOLITA Taberna Andaluza
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Bar La Tranca
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Amigos Muelle Uno - Restaurante Indio Mexicano
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attractions: Muelle Uno, Alcazaba, Catedral de la Encarnación de Málaga, Picasso Museum Málaga, Playa la Malagueta, Playa la Malagueta, Castillo de Gibralfaro, Centre Pompidou Malaga, Málaga Park, Teatro Romano de Málaga, restaurants: Picasso Bar Tapas, Bodegas El Pimpi, LOLITA Taberna Andaluza, La Tasquita de en Medio, Pez Wanda, Casa Lola, Los Mellizos Málaga, Bar La Tranca, Cambara, Amigos Muelle Uno - Restaurante Indio Mexicano
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