Benalmádena
Toro

Toro

Darsena De Levante Loc B-5 Puerto Marina, 29630, Benalmádena, Spain

Tapas • Carne • Queso • Chocolate


"Although we’d based our visit on the total review score if we’d seen some of the poor reviews first, we would not have gone since they bore out our own unfortunate experience. Having been shown to our table we ordered two glasses of red wine which arrived chilled. When we queried this, the waiter (a nice guy said that is how it is normally served. We’d ordered Pig cheeks and oxtail which both arrived in less than 5 minutes. The first came on a splodge of sweet potato (mash! and some brown tasteless gravy with a garnish of withered cress and the oxtail with some very coarse chips. Nul points for presentation! My wife began to eat her oxtail fairly quickly because it wasn’t particularly hot and I started on my pig cheeks which again weren’t that hot. By this time we were both so unimpressed with the food that we decided we weren’t going to pay for it and got up to leave. Having told the manager of our intention he said he would call for the manager. When she arrived she adopted a very confrontational manner and in very unpleasant tones told us that because my wife had eaten half her meal we would have to pay the full cost of what we’d ordered. We said that because of our unsatisfactory experience we weren’ prepared to do that. She immediately said she was calling the police (something she seems to enjoy doing! . Just for the sake of getting out of the place my wife offered 20E which she accepted. One reviewer suggested avoiding Toro like the plague. Unfortunately, we can only agree. A very disappointing and unpleasant experience!"

Casa Matas

Casa Matas

C Las Flores, 2, 29631, Benalmádena, Spain

Café • Tapas • Español • Desayuno


"It seems like a lifetime since I last visited Casa Matas, a great little Spanish tapa bar in the wonderful and exciting Arroyo De La Miel area, pandemic descended and travelling more or less banned ,it was a horrible 2020 but now with the magnificent success of the vaccines travelling is gradually being allowed again and my twin brother Stephen and I seized the opportunity and booked eight days in Benalmádena on the Costa Del Sol, one of our first port of calls was Casa Matas and I'm glad to say it's as good as ever. A superb bar ,as Spanish as it gets ,a light and airy interior, a long serving bar dominates the main room, wonderful decor and furnishings plus lots of seating both inside and outside looking out onto the busy and bustling Calle Las Flores ,its just a proper cosy locals bar. We were here on a Monday early afternoon, a roasting hot day, we sat outside were a very pleasant member of the bar team took our order of bottles of Cruzcampo beer ,served chilled and accompanied with a tasty tapa of chicken and bread in a delicious sauce, we just kicked back and just savoured being in one of our favourite bars in Arroyo De La Miel and being back in Spain again, a country we both love. My beer was outstanding, light, hoppy and perfect for the hot climate out here, we were here and it was 30 degrees, roasting but the beer cooled us down. We really enjoyed our beers and tapa meal here before we moved on and as on previous visits to Casa Matas we had a great experience. Casa Matas is easy to locate along Calle Las Flores ,a cool little area which is most definitely well worth checking out."

The Ladle El Cucharon

The Ladle El Cucharon

Pasaje Del Aguila, 29630, Benalmádena, Spain

Tapas • Queso • Europeo • Español


"La Verdad que no entiendo tantas buenas reseñas a su favor o me queda pensar que nos tocó el mal día..aunque serían dos, ya que es la segunda vez que lo visítamos, esta vez tras la reforma,la primera fue muy normalita y volvimos a ver... Preciosa decoración,eso sí, y platos muy bien presentados pero faltándole punch a todo menos al vino. Los fideos sin sabor alguno pareciendo comer goma, los langostinos en tempura sobrante de aceite y sin sal alguna,la ensaladilla normalita..pero bueno, tenemos que unir a todo ésto el poco detalle por parte del equipo,ya que se metió el Levante y su niebla con un frío tremendo que hasta lo hablamos con la camarera y no tuvo el detalle de cerrar el lumon,le dije que hacía frío y tuve que comer con el abrigo puesto, había una pareja extranjera con un bebé envuelto en una manta,le pedíamos bebidas y pasaban y nada, supongo que por el frio ,solo estábamos 3 mesas,pero claro, me cabe pensar que el personal estaba más atento al corrillo que formaron entre ellos charlando ..ojo , eso a mí no me importa absolutamente, siempre y cuando tengas a tus clientes bien atendidos y sin faltar detalles...pero bueno ,el sitio muy bonito y espero que les vaya bien y lo amorticen pk les habrá costado una pasta la reforma...aunque me extrañó que siendo sábado a mediodía estuviese medio vacío, lo mismo en verano recuperan con el turismo vacacional,yo vivo aquí y después de 2 oportunidades no vuelvo."