Restaurants, Cafés & Bars – our recommendations

Restaurants
Indian Restaurant Chilli La Duquesa
La Duquesa, Blq. 9, Local 24, 29691 Manilva
For us the best restaurant ever! Authentic Indian food of excellent quality and extremely good taste. There is also Mexican cuisine that you should also try - especially the different Fajitas are sensational! Once you've been there once, you'll keep coming back! Attentive and friendly service and very fair prices.
El Rincon Toscano
Calle Real, 22, 29680 Estepona
Situated in the old town of Estepona, this italian Restaurant has a fantastic quality of food and excellent service. The owner is italian and makes amazing pizza, pasta and seafood as well as meat dishes.
Street 22
Av. Andalucía, 120, 29680 Estepona
A local tip for very good pizza, burger, meat, salad etc. with a large selection and super cheap prices. The portions are more than large and you sit either in the restaurant or on a small terrace on the street.
Taberna Mar de Alboran
Av. Luis Braille, 17, 29680 Estepona
Authentic spanish restaurant situated in Puerto Deportivo of Estepona, not in first row but with very nice atmosphere and offers a lot of fastastic tapas and other delicious meals in best quality.
Mexa
Calle Real 12, 29680 Estepona
Excellent and authentic Mexican food in a small, nice place with very good prices. The food comes with a choice of sauces from hot to very hot. The service is friendly and fast.
El Gaucho Duquesa Grill
Puerto de la Duquesa, 29 Edificio delfin, 29691 Manilva
In the middle of Puerto de la Duquesa with a nice view. Brand new Steakhouse/Grill with excellent and well presented food. The prices are also very reasonable.
Grillhouse Restaurante
Av. España, 64, 29680 Estepona
Very good grill restaurant with a nice outdoor area and good quality of food. You can also get good vegetarian dishes here.
Restaurante Sur
Plaza Ortiz, 10, 29680 Estepona
Amazing Argentinian restaurant in a lovely atmosphere in the middle of Estepona just off the seafront.
Chiringuitos
Chiringuito PACO
P. Marítimo Pedro Manrique, 30, 29680 Estepona
Located directly on the beach with a beautiful view of the sea. Classic Andalusian cuisine with very good food and reasonable prices.
Chiringuito Africa Beach
Avenida Espana, 29680 Estepona
Great setting, good service and superb food – especially the seafood cooked on the traditional coals. Excellent prices for such quality of food!
Chiringuito Lolailo
Playa del Cristo, 29680 Estepona
Great Beach Restaurant directly in the soft sand only a few meters from the sea with breathtaking views. Great drinks, food and music to enjoy the beach feeling.
Chiringuito Bahia Beach
Casares Costa, 29690 Bahia de Casares
This wonderful Chiringuito is only 20 minutes walking away from the apartment and offers wonderful views of the sea and the Torre de la Sal.
Chiringuito La Sal
Casares Costa, 29690 Bahia de Casares
25 minutes walking away from the apartment, you can enjoy breathtaking views of the sea with typical Spanish food in excellent quality, especially the Paella.
Cafés
The Cafe III American Bistro
Calle Delfín, 6, 29692 Manilva
This cafe is situated in the middle of Puerto Duquesa with beautiful views of the harbour. You can get perfect coffee as well as supberb breakfast and excellent food all day long.
The service is extremely friendly, charming and competent and the prices are very reasonably too.
Pastelería Marie Antoinette
C. Duquesa de Arcos, 80, 29692 San Luis de Sabinillas
Absolutely perfect cappuccino! Coffee lovers simply have to come here, best quality coffee from Colombia. They offer also extremely good sweets and savory snacks for breakfast and in between, as well as excellent cereal bread - all homemade with a lot of love.
A very small cafe in Sabinillas near the promenade, and one that shines with charm and loving furnishings. The owners are always on site and are extremely nice and charming.
Cafe Patisseries Miel
Paseo Marítimo, 29692 San Luis de Sabinillas
Situated on the beach promenade of Sabinillas, this cafe offers the best pancakes & waffles around and good coffee overlooking what happens on the beach. Also small dishes for lunch are available.
Also the service is very charming and competent.
Sem's Cafeteria
Calle Cuenca, 13, 29680 Estepona
A small café in a beautiful location on the promenade on the beach with very good prices. Excellent food, very good coffee and especially the breakfast is highly recommended.
Attentive and friendly service.
Bars
La Buena Vida Beach Cafe
Calle Punta de la Plata, 10, 29680 Estepona
This bar is directly on the beach promenade at the end of the inner area of Estepona and are perfect for sitting at the end of your day with a cool drink to watch the sunset.

The Place Music Lounge
Calle Delfín, 5, 29692 Manilva
It’s situated in Puerto de la Duquesa and has a great view over the port. There is always something going on here with a great atmosphere, first-class music (also live music) and superb drinks. Excellent food is also available, which is not what you expect.
The cocktails are exceptionally good, you have to try them! Very nice warm service and good value for money!
Bar Don Reinaldo
Calle Real, 72, 29680 Estepona
It's located in the old town of Estepona. A real local bar and very cool! Great drinks and service in good atmosphere.
Another Bar is located in the middle of the port of Estepona with top drinks and a top atmosphere.
Take a Wine
Plaza Manilva, 7, 29680 Estepona
Here you can taste authentic Spanish wine with excellent tapas in a very cosy atmosphere on a nice square in the middle of Estepona. Very friendly owners.