Los Cármenes — Restaurant in Vélez de Benaudalla

Great deal in town, excellent tapas, prices are very good and portions are big. You also get complimentary tapas with every round of drinks :) which was a very pleasant surprise. Highly recommended! We ordered the complete burger for my son which was huge (5 Euro btw) and ended up sharing as it was really big and also very tasty. We also had boquerones which are fried sardines, the fish cod, fried calamaris and the rosca los pesares. ( recommended for sharing as is a round shaped bun with a whole in the middle and is as...

Tapas was perfectly fine, as were the drinks. The whole experience was let down by the service. Our waiter couldn't have worked harder - the owner doesn't know how lucky he is to have him, he does 2-3 times the work of the owner. We spent more time with empty glasses than with a drink so the owner missed out on a lot of revenue simply through not having anywhere near as many staff per customer as at Thivany's just...

Just returned from another trip to Velez and our daily visits to Los Carmenes. The owner is so friendly and the food is simple but excellent and very reasonably priced. If you just want drinks then free tapas arrive with each round of drinks you buy. Definitely...