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La 4 Esquinos Cafe: Best Churros and Coffee in Town

The churros in La 4 Esquinos Café are the best in Nerja. The hot chocolate is divine, extremely thick and chocolately. The coffee is pretty good too.

This café is well used by Spanish locals and Spanish tourists providing a noisy but great atmosphere.

It's also very cheap. The churros are served up to 12.00 noon.

Favorite Dish: Churros and hot chocolate.

Address: Junction of Calles Pintada, Angustias and Arropier

Comparison: least expensive

Directions: About 5-10 minutes walk up from Balcon.

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 4

Theme: Local

Restaurante 34: Special Restaurant

The Restaurant is part of the Hotel Carabeo and is about two minutes walk from theBalcon de Europa. I would describe the food as International.

The starters and desserts are excellent, the main courses less so but still good. There is a good wine list and cocktail menu.

The staff are first class, extremely pleasant and attentive, and the surroundings great, you can choose tables from inside, on the terrace or in the garden (bookings essential). It is expensive by local standards, probably most expensive in Nerja. Our meal for two, in 2005, with three courses, a good bottle of wine, one beer, two mineral waters, two coffees and a cocktail was approx. 88 Euros.

Sometimes there is guitarist playing Flamenco music and there is also a bettter class of strolling buskers who drop in.

It is a good choice for a special meal.

Closed on Mondays.

Favorite Dish: Any dessert

Address: C/ Hernando de Carabeo, 34

Comparison: most expensive

Directions: Close to Balcon de Europa

Phone: 952525444/952523941

Price: US$41 and up

Rating: 5

Theme: Eclectic/International

Website: http://www.hotelcarabeo.com

Codfather: Great Cod

The Codfather serves British style fish and chips but in a Spanish style cafe setting. It has seating outside as well as inside and a there is a bar, you don't get that in the UK

Paper tablecloth and knapkins but the fish and chips are great. Can't comment on anything else as that's all we had.

Regular cod and chips in May 2005 were 7.90 Euros per portion.

Favorite Dish: Cod and chips, great taste.

Address: Avenido Mediterraneo, 4

Comparison: less expensive than average

Directions: Opposite the Hotel Monica.

Phone: 952528679

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 4

Theme: Seafood

Chiringutio: Little Seafood Place

This is a little chiringutio on Torrox-Costa promenade. Nothing fancy but great food., fish grilled on open fire. They also serve paella for one which can be dificult to find.

Very Spanish looking, waiter/owner has reasonable English. English menu available.

Favorite Dish: Fried anchovies

Address: Torrox-Costa

Comparison: less expensive than average

Directions: On promenade in Torrox-Costa

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 4

Theme: Seafood

Restaurante Chino Dong Fang Chen: Great Chinese

Excellent Chinese restaurant on promenade in Torrox-Costa. If you have a car, it's well worth coming here to this fairly recently opened place. The food is great, and there is little extra flourishes like vegetable carved as birds. Interior is large and pleasant.

Favorite Dish: Pescado con Salsa Picant, fish with spicy sauce.

Address: C/ Blogue, 82, Torrox-Costa

Comparison: about average

Directions: Just off promenade in Torrox-Costa

Phone: 952967535

Price: US$21-30

Rating: 4

Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum

La Taberna del Sacristan: Great Restaurant

La Taberna del Sacristan is a lovely restaurant right in the centre of Frigiliana right in front of the church. There is outside seating in the Plaza with a view of the church front.

The food is excellent and the staff are very good. The menu is in English as well as Spanish and the waiters speak good English.

In the evening, it is a lovely place to have dinner. It is also open at Lunchtime. This is my favourite restaurant. It is dearer than average but not exceedingly so. Our last meal for two with three courses, water, house wine and coffee came to just under 60 Euros.

The female diners always get a flower on leaving.

Favorite Dish: They have a great grilled vegetable selection for starters and the fish dishes are good. All main courses are served with a baked potato.

Address: Plaza de la Iglesia, 12 Frigiliana

Comparison: more expensive than average

Directions: In front of church in middle of Frigiliana

Phone: 952533009

Price: US$31-40

Rating: 4

Theme: Local

Cafeteria-Pasteleria Anahi: Churros

Pleasant little cafe to have breakfast at with outside seating. Its attraction is that it has hot chocolate and churros, both delicious and a popular breakfast or mid-morning snack for Spaniards.

Favorite Dish: Churros. Churros are made from dough extruded into thin tubes, these have a star shaped cross section and are several inches long. Deep fried to form loops and coated in sugar and dipped in a bowl of hot chocolate they make for a sublime start to the day that is hard to improve on.

Address: Puerto del Mar, 6

Comparison: less expensive than average

Directions: Not too far from entrance down to Playa Torrecilla

Phone: 952521457

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 4

Theme: Breakfast

Cochran's Terrace Restaurant & Irish Pub: Terrace With aSea View

Only had lunch here of omelettes which was good so can't really comment on food but the view from the terrace is great. It's big and it overlooks the sea and other than large umbrellas over the tables, the sunshine has an unrestricted path to you.

There's a proper restaurant inside but on the terrace there's a little bar you can sit round as well. Drink prices are average.

Favorite Dish: The view

Address: Paseo Balcon de Europa

Comparison: about average

Phone: 952527474

Price: less than US$10

Rating: 3

Theme: Eclectic/International

Restaurante Playa Torrecilla: Meal by the Beach

A popular restaurant overlooking the beach at Playa Torrecilla. There are outside seats on the promenade and seating inside but still with good view of beach. The food is better than you would expect from its location close to the beach and more Spanish than international. Lunch for two including sangria was generally less than 30 Euros, reasonably priced as this was for fish dishes.

The waiters are very quick in fact one usually runs from kitchen to table. Also good spot to have coffee or a drink and ogle people on the beach. One of the days we were there, there was a mobile massage centre on the beach with staff from nearby hotel's health centre.

Favorite Dish: Merluza a la Romana

Address: C/Playa Torrecilla

Comparison: about average

Directions: At beach to right of Balcon de Europa as you look towards the sea.

Phone: 95 252 43 54

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 3

Theme: Local

Restaurante Bar Virtudes: Good Place for Rest

Good local restaurant with outside seating. Great view of countryside from outside seats. Staff all Spanish but menu is in English as well as Spanish. Good toilets.

Favorite Dish: Brocheta Spescado, grilled mixed fish on skewers

Address: C/ San Sebastian, Frigiliana

Comparison: about average

Directions: At main entrance to Frigiliana on right hand side

Price: US$11-20

Rating: 4

Theme: Local