Restaurante Doña PaKita — Restaurant in Ronda

I recently visited this restaurant and honestly found it quite overrated. They market themselves as contemporary and modern, but they don't even have a proper balanced menu, which made the whole experience feel unbalanced from the start.

The biggest letdown for me was the complete lack of vegetarian options—unless you're happy with just papas bravas, which is what we ended up eating. The food wasn’t terrible, but everything was drowned in sauce and mayonnaise. The presentation was also odd: the food came served on what looked like a fake bull's head instead of a normal plate. It didn’t even feel properly cleaned, which was off-putting.

The service wasn’t exactly bad, but it felt like they were doing us a favor—quite demanding for no reason. On the positive side, we sat outside, and it was a warm day with a lovely breeze, which made things a bit more enjoyable.

That said, given its location in a very touristy area, it’s not just this place—most of the restaurants around seem stuck in time, offering the same uninspired menus. And to top it off, it’s not cheap at all. Prices felt more like something you'd expect in a turistic trap than in a local...

This would be a zero stars, literally. We were kindly seated by a overly friendly waitress and got our drinks promptly... But we must somehow have p#@ her off because she had time to chat for -what it seemed- hours with other customers but, despite our attempts to get the staffs attention, we were ignored for 1 hour and 30 minutes straight and when they finally stopped by, we were told the kitchen had just closed, SOL. And at that point it's 11:30pm, where the $#@# am I supposed to eat in Ronda?? Aint no d@#$ 24h IHOP in Andalusia, even Burger King on the other side of the road closed! From now on I'll take any annoying US server checking on me 20 times per second any time compared to starving. Lesson learned: 1- take other reviews about bad service seriously. 2- even bad food is better...

We were recommended to try this place by the staff from another restaurant who were just closing the kitchen. Although sushi was recommended, we went with veal flank steak for main (obviously from being hungry), started with breaded and fried olives for starter and finished with raspberrie cheesecake mochi. Staff was really friendly and food was on the table in very reasonable time. Olives were the highlight of the whole meal experience. Such a simple dish packed with flavour, meaty, warm, soft inside, crispy on the outside. This simple starter was incredible and probably addictive. Chef, please do not remove it...