Le Grand Café Centro — Restaurant in Málaga

I have been meaning to give this place below (but apparently not related to) the Ibis Hotel a try on my regular visits to Malaga and stopped by around 5.00pm on Sunday afternoon 18 February 2018, for one of their famous batidos (milk shakes).

I asked for a platano (banana) and was recommended banana & orange which was very good but if I had looked at the menu first might have chosen the vanilla and dulce leche.

I can't comment on the food as I had just had lunch elsewhere but the bar has extensive stocks of a wide variety of alcohol and they make various coffees and cocktails.

It's certainly not the cheapest place in town but can cater for large groups as well as small parties.

It's a lively place with football on the TV and background music.

The Manager, Antonio, runs around like crazy keeping everyone and everything...

I’d stayed next door to Le Grand Café Centro a few times but never went in—thought it wasn’t really our kind of place. That changed on a rainy day in March, and I’m glad it did!

We popped in for a beer (Victoria on tap, bery good!) and ended up staying for dinner because the atmosphere was so welcoming. The interior is really cool with lots of different seating options - high tables, low tables, booths, and tons of outdoor space too.

The menu was easy to use through a handy app, which even had an English option and translated our order back to Spanish for the staff. It was a great touch!

We had a glass of wine each, shared a club sandwich, and a mix of wings, croquettes, and other bites. Everything was tasty and reasonably priced.

I’ll definitely be coming back. This is a great reminder not to judge a place...

After waiting a long time at the entrance, we had to approach the service personal to be seated, no-one seemed to care that we as other people were there waiting. We asked for two drinks (vermouth) and croquetas "de la abuela". A waiter came to us with two martinis and asked us if we ordered them, we said no because we ordered vermouth. In the end another one came with the same drinks and told us those were our vermouth. Long story short we got two white martinis and "frozen" croquetas that were not even crunchy on the outside. My impression was that the staff is not organised at all, no system of serving and zero customer service. And to confirm this, out bill said...