Bar Manolo — Restaurant in Salobreña

The location is beautiful. We were excited to try a variety of dishes after it was recommended to us.

To start, we ordered a mixed salad, fried anchovies, and puntillas (baby cuttlefish). However, there was a mix-up with the order. While placing our order, I also mentioned that I wanted to try a paella as our main dish. Surprisingly, the waiter returned with the paella within a couple of minutes, without serving our starters first. I was expecting our starters to arrive before the main course, but unfortunately, they didn't.

Besides The paella itself appearing cold and sloppy. I immediately requested to change it, and we ended up ordering a mixed fried fish instead. This dish again arrived so promptly whilst we were still waiting for our starters. It would have been more logical to serve the starters first, but everything was served at once.it would also been good to be advised that the fried fish had anchovies this would of given us the opportunity to order something different as we had two dishes of the same thing

On the positive side, the fish was fresh, and the salad portion was generous, the fried fish lacked crispness as it seemed to be fried at a low oil temperature, resulting in it absorbing too much oil.

Overall, our experience at Bar Manolo lacked. We got served what we ordered & left the restaurant feeling disappointed deciding to have coffee and...

Read about this place and decided to try it out. A little off the beaten path outside of Salobrena on the beach. We parked for free, amazingly, (and we're only asked for a donation), about 200M from the eatery. We did not have a reservation. However, after being told all tables were fully booked, I asked to use one of the reserved tables and said the 3 of us would vacate when the guests arrived. It was about 1.15 pm and the table was booked for 2.00 pm. A tall, young waited humored my request and we were promptly seated and served. Immediately we were served 6 huge shrimp, complimentary. Food was great. A half ration of Bouqerones Fritos was huge and excellent. One salad with huge chunks of tasty tomates with lots of slices of avocado and a very generous portion of good quality Bonito tuna on top. Another salad without the tuna. Both with a generous dressing of olive oil. Bread and allioli for 3. Excellent value. 2 apple pie desserts a little over priced. The Med. was a little rough and we occasionally felt the spray from the high waves. On a very hot day, it was welcoming. Overall, great location, authentic, great ambiance and good food. Waiter was excellent. PS, not one word of English did we hear spoken! Truly a...

El lugar en si está bien, la comida está a precio de playa y las raciones están razonables, eso sí, hay que hacer reserva. Pongo una estrella por una falta de higiene considerable que ha hecho que la experiencia sea de lo más desagradable. Al rato de volver a la playa fui al baño público que está al lado del chiringuito y vi salir de la cocina a una empleada, una señora bastante mayor, con un delantal negro que salió de la cocina para usar el baño público de la playa. Al entrar al baño la señora estaba al lado de mi baño defecando, no entraré en más detalles de la situación desagradable y los olores, ya os lo podéis imaginar... Salí despavorida y al rato vi salir a la cocinera del baño, con su delantal puesto, obviamente lleno de gérmenes, entrando otra vez a la cocina, a lo que tengo que añadir que en esos baños no hay jabón ni papel higiénico...No entiendo como no hay en el restaurante un baño para empleados que se puedan sacar el mandil y limpiarse las manos, una cosa básica para cualquier manipulador de alimentos, no sé puede ser tan cutre y precario. Sin duda esto me ha amargado la comida y me han entrado hasta náuseas de imaginar el estado higiénico del local por dentro si así se comportan los...