Café Bar Central — Restaurant in Marbella

Avoid at All Costs – Worst Dining Experience Ever

If I could give this place zero stars, I would. From the moment I walked in, I knew I had made a mistake. The "restaurant" (if you can even call it that) felt more like a neglected back alley than a dining establishment. Pigeons were everywhere—flying around, landing on tables, and even pecking at leftover food on the floor. It was beyond unsanitary.

And the food? Straight out of a microwave. I literally heard the beep before my sad, rubbery meal was brought to the table. The pasta was mushy, the meat was dry and flavorless, and the vegetables tasted like they had been frozen for years. For the prices they charge, you’d think they could at least put some effort into cooking real food.

Service was nonexistent. The staff seemed completely indifferent, as if they knew how bad the place was and had given up trying. When I asked about the pigeon problem, they just shrugged and said, "They’re part of the experience."

Unless your idea of fine dining is eating overpriced microwave meals while dodging pigeons, do yourself a favor and stay...

Rude, arrogant. If you have a limit on how much you can spend on your lunch make it clear when customer sits down. We made it clear we wanted something light. At this point you say what you want from the customer, otherwise do not be arrogant. Waitress came over, unpleasant straight away. The first item I went to order for food (after we already ordered drinks), was an apple pie, straight away the waitress berated me rudely ‘this table is for lunch, I told you it was a table for lunch only’ when actually she didn’t we said we wanted something light and she scowled at us and said ‘I bring you the menu and you look’. If she had given me a chance when ordering first for food she would have realised we were going to order more food, the apple pie I first went to order for my Mum who has Parkinsons disease and was extremely ill that morning from all her tablets and cannot eat a lot and is self conscious ordering and little is all she can eat. It was clear to the waitress we were unimpressed but no apology. Regret spending any money here at all. Horrible experience that was supposed to...

Me, my wife and kids went her for lunch today, to and I can only advise anyone thinking of eating her not to bother. The food was below well below par for the prices and the hot tapas I had was cold. They bought out fried baby squids for my son who had actually ordered calamari rings and when we sent this back we was advised by the waitress that we would not be charged for this and she replaced the dish for the calamari. When we asked for the bill and upon checking we had been charged for both dishes, I questioned this with the waitress who went to check with the owner Herman, she came back and advised that she agreed with me but I had to take this up with Herman who insisted that we had to pay for it as my son had eaten one of the baby squids before realising. He was extremely rude and clearly does not know how to be hospitable to a client. The waiting staff were lovely but over run with too much to do. We were advised by the staff that the paella would take 25 mins however was more like a 45 minute wait and probably the worst paella I have eaten in Spain. Avoid this place...