Chiringuito Gutierrez Playa — Restaurant in Málaga

The place has lovely location and very good layout, with straw covered huts and plenty tables. Drinks are served promptly and just sitting there looking at the sea while sipping a drink feels lovely. I guess that can be said of most of the local beach bats/restaurants but this was our experience from early afternoon visit. And we decided to dine there in the evening, the worst decision in Malaga on our holiday. There were warning signs: untidy, disinterested waiters under slight influence, single soiled plastic menu. Food prices somehow convinced us (!) they know what they're doing. Second mistake was to order all food in one go, starters and mains We ordered: fried chicken filet, Seafood soup Shrimps Dorada fish Pargo fish Mixed salad Food was not served in order, but that's the least of the problems. Chicken came uncooked and that was the last warning sign to get out of there. I had it cooked properly instead. It was unseasoned and my son declined to eat it after trying a few bites. Seafood soup was much over salted but otherwise good, with healthy pieces of fish and other seafood on it. Shrimps were just heated up and salted. Completely blank taste, we ordered 12 but could not eat more than 3. My daughter who loves seafood got nauseous from the raw sea smell of unseasoned (butter, garlic, hello?) meal. Fish was fried with some butter and salt and was somewhat into edible territory, where my wife managed half of her portion with a slightly beaten look on her face (do I really have to eat this?) and I managed most of my portion. Both fish was served with some perhaps grilled vegetables (pepper, potatoes, etc.) but it tasted so plainly we are hardly any of it. Mixed seafood salad, served as a starter, was the best part of the meal. Overall food experience was scratching on edible, and very very pricey ( just shy of 200 euros) it doesn't deserve more than 2 stars. The way we were served and advised on fish feels like we were totally ripped off. Fish meals with a final price tag on them (15-20 per meal) was discouraged as "very small portions sir, shrimps are tiny sir" and fish on weight was advertised as 20-30 per piece and came out 50-55 per piece. I don't mind paying up for excellent food but 200 for what we got tops my list of "worst top dollar dinner". Summary - avoid this place for anything other...

The service was very poor right from the start. As we entered and were being shown to our table, one of the waiters stood there blocking our way chatting to someone on the phone, looking at us but ignoring us. He didn't seem to want us to go in but we didn't think anything of it at the time. He then took over from the waiter thay showed us in. When we started ordering, he told us that 80% of the things on the menu were not available that day. We asked for mullet and he said they didn't have it. Then he went back and forth to the kitchen several times to check which fish was available. He told us which ones were available. When we ordered those he then said they weren't available. Then he came back once more and said mullet was available. When it came it was horrible. The fish was small and not gutted properly. There was hair on the crockery. The waiters, about four of them, stood around and watched us eat and it really felt uncomfortable because I speak basic Spanish and could not understand but it seemed that we were the subject of their interest! Even if they wanted to talk about us they could have done it discreetly as I am sure other waiters do but not so brazenly! We didn't want bread so we asked them not to bring it. But they charged us for it anyway, calling it Servicio on the bill, in addition to the regular service charge which all Spanish restaurants put on the bill regardless. We ordered sea food salad which had mostly green peppers and octopus and a couple of prawns and very few tomatoes. It was okay. We ordered fried eggplant which smelt like fish and was soggy and oily and tasteless. And the mullet was as above also fried even though we asked for grilled in Spanish making sure he understood but he said they couldn't grill it. All in all an awful dirty place with dreadful staff and cook. Go there at...

My experience in Chiringuito Gutiérrez is good.

We ordered a few tapas, but the quality of each dish was different.

Highlight the Espeto; at this point, I doubt you can eat a bad espeto in this town (not meaning raw); the quality of the fish in Malaga is excellent. They were good cooked and flavoured, not much more to say, worth it.

We also ordered braised cuttlefish; sad news, they got the order wrong and brought us fried cuttlefish, which was good, but the cut was very thick, making it difficult to chew.

 Finally, we also ordered a Mixed Salad… not much more to add… AND Gazpacho, which was bland and poorly seasoned. I regretted having ordered this dish despite being one of my favourite foods. Maybe Gazpachuelo is a better option (I didn’t try).

The service was good but slow. It was around 22.30h when we arrived, and we finished 2h later, most of the time waiting for the dishes or drinks.

Even though the waiters were lovely.

 THE thing about this place is the location. It was a night of the full moon, on a very chill beach, on a good summer night with 24 degrees… it was the right place, at the right time, but almost...