Cafetería el Barrio — Restaurant in Nerja

I hardly write negative reviews, but I was so appalled here that I cannot stay silent. We came here for a churros breakfast (we saw some people sitting on the terrace with coffee and churros). The waiter sort of snapped at us what we wanted to have. We said “churros”, but that was not possible since it was finished and that we could order churros on the opposite side as take away (two minutes before we saw another waiter walking from that place into the cafeteria with a plate of churros). So we asked we could buy the churros there and eat it on this terrace plus ordering coffee and orange juice. Was not possible, so we ordered orange juice only and the waiter walked away. After 15 minutes he snapped whether we still wanted orange juice 🤷‍♀️, so we said yes (don’t ask me why) and had to wait another 15 minutes. I don’t know who peed in the waiter’s coffee that morning to get this grumpy , but what is the guy doing in the hospitality business. The terrace and inside the cafeteria was not even loaded with people. At least the orange juice...

Tiny little place that doesn't look anything special but does great food and reasonable prices. Inside is air conditioned and only has six or eight tables, half of which are usually taken by locals which has to tell you something! On Saturdays the entire inside space is usually reserved. We visited three times and tried albondigas (meatballs), Gambas al pil-pil (spicy prawns), chorizo, salads, pepper chicken, tortilla and other things I now forget. All excellent plus my wife really liked the house red which I think was only 3 or 4...

Lovely tapas and good beer. Friendly service. We had several tapas whilst we were there including: King Prawns; tuna salad; fish with a garlic oil (really tasty); and a sausage dish. We had two beers, a bottle of water and a pineapple juice. The bill was less than €10. The staff were very friendly and made us feel really welcome. I've only rated it a four because I couldn't say whether it was really excellent without spending a little more time there. Would definitely visit again (we would like to try the Menu...