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El Pimpi

El Pimpi

Tapas Restaurant and Wine Bar€€€€
Centro Histórico, Málaga
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8.5/10
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  • Stars
    Ranked #8 for tapas restaurants in Málaga
  • Tips
    Vanessa C.
    "Beautiful restaurant, fast service and besides the Alcazaba."(3 Tips)
    Vasya Y.
    "Delicious food, fast service, authentic athmosphere!"(26 Tips)
    Gigi Y.
    "... as well as the broken eggs with foie gras...but the restaurant is..."(4 Tips)
    Pepijn K.
    "Great authentic place with friendly (fast) staff and good tapas."(9 Tips)
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  • Manuel L.
    Manuel LorenzoOctober 14, 2012
    Massive crowded with tourists but worth it, specially if you sit outside
  • Кузьменко Д.heart icon on user image
    Cold meals, bad prepared fish without any taste. Won't recommend the place. Be aware when ordering something on terrace you'll get extra 15% to the total price. Fresh tuna seems to be served from can.
  • Rob I.
    Rob InnesJuly 5, 2013
    Vino Dulce, sitting outside - nice way to spend an evening!
  • Boris B.
    Boris BeckerApril 14, 2017
    The serving is really slow even when they are not busy. They call "the tank" to a glass of beer(too pricy for the city and the size). The atun is not fresh. Lot more say. There are better places.
  • Alexey Z.
    If you enjoy fish burned in tons of oil, come and don’t forget your puke bucket. The food is disgusting
  • Karen D.heart icon on user image
    Karen De BaetsAugust 20, 2016
    Autentic , nice place to visit with friends and kids. Great Tapas and drinks. The paella is top! We visited El Pimpi during la Feria the atmosphere was great!
  • Maren S.
    Maren StangelandJune 29, 2019
    High expectations but disappointed. The food was good but served VERY unevenly. We were brought to an area of the restaurant which was rather uncosy, looked kind of like an old bathroom
  • Andrew J. L.
    Andrew J. LeVineDecember 21, 2011
    Local muscat grape wine, sweet and tasty! Give it a try.
  • Magdalena M.
    Magdalena MrázkováMarch 21, 2015
    Buzzing place, good staff and great drinks
  • Brandon B.
    Brandon BurnsApril 5, 2019
    Everything is terrible. The food gets a zero, and the service gets -1000 points. There are so many bad reviews on Foursquare, how it got an 8.9 is beyond me. The algorithm must be broken. ABORT!!
  • Harry *Charis* A.heart icon on user image
    Harry *Charis* AndreouOctober 5, 2018
    Good location. Staff didn't seem very excited.
  • Riki
    RikiFebruary 2
    Cool spot, I liked the food but not my fav
  • Simone S.heart icon on user image
    Simone SerasiniOctober 30, 2018
    Best food ever
  • Mohammed G.heart icon on user image
    Mohammed GamalFebruary 1, 2017
    Ox tail was great. Small portion though
  • Iva S.heart icon on user image
    Iva StefanovskiFebruary 7, 2018
    Everything
  • Olivier V.heart icon on user image
    Olivier VanhaelenJanuary 18, 2015
    Great Plate for 2…: Fritura Variado
  • Nathalie W.heart icon on user image
    Nathalie WeltmanJanuary 8, 2017
    Tortilla, pulpe, jambon
  • Bivitriheart icon on user image
    BivitriJune 25, 2017
    Outside lunch was amazing. The fried dish with various fish is really good, same as the shrimp mango salad (both pictured). The croquetas were not that good.
  • Helena T.
    Helena ToscanoSeptember 28, 2018
    Arrêt gastronomique obligé 😊
  • Pavlos R.heart icon on user image
    Pavlos RoidisJanuary 5, 2017
    Excellent ambience but food is overpriced and just above average for Andalucian stardards
  • Amr E.heart icon on user image
    Amr EssamSeptember 3, 2022
    Service can be better for sure but food and vibe were good
  • Elin G.
    Elin GunnarssonJune 11, 2017
    The atmosphere is nice but the food is nothing special. The drinks are nice though so I would recommend to go here after you have eaten.
  • Marlene H.heart icon on user image
    Marlene HøghJuly 23, 2019
    Super tapas selection
  • Minh D.heart icon on user image
    Minh Dang-NguyenJuly 7, 2016
    Food is ordinary, but decent . Fast service. Beautiful decors.
  • Daena A.
    Daena AROctober 27, 2014
    Everything is great !!!
  • Elke V.heart icon on user image
    Elke Van HooghtenJuly 5, 2017
    Nice location and fast service. The dishes are small and quit expecive for what you get. Not what I expected.
  • Chris R.heart icon on user image
    Chris R (thechristophe)February 12, 2022
    Food was random. Limited vegetarian options, random portion sizes and needed to chase for the rest of our order.
  • Gluuheart icon on user image
    GluuMay 30, 2018
    great atmosphere
  • Carmen L.
    Carmen LopezJuly 6, 2013
    I love it❤
  • Mavis C.
    Mavis ChenApril 29, 2019
    Really disappointing that it has high score, but the food quality just really bad. The restaurant is huge, and looking professional, but not aligned with the food they serve, Not recommended.
  • Jamie W.heart icon on user image
    Jamie WNovember 24, 2019
    Touristy, huge venue, food is fine nothing to write home about but yummy!
  • Eylem B.heart icon on user image
    Eylem BalcıFebruary 14, 2019
    Grilled octopus 😋😋
  • Noelia R.heart icon on user image
    Noelia RodriguezmoralesDecember 18, 2022
    Good local wine
  • Lars Anders F.heart icon on user image
    Lars Anders FlingtorpSeptember 3, 2017
    Very nice place, but the waiter was an asshole and we left before we ordered food👎
  • Maciek G.heart icon on user image
    Maciek GnutekDecember 1, 2018
    Best food in Malaga
  • Pieter W.
    Pieter W.February 15, 2019
    Very crowdy, too touristy for my taste. The food was ok; the service was fast but not friedly
  • George B.heart icon on user image
    George BarbuJanuary 24, 2018
    Delicious paella!
  • Frank
    FrankFebruary 22, 2019
    Too commercial and popular to my taste. It was good, but prefer something smaller and authentic.
  • Eduardo R.
    Eduardo RemediosMarch 3, 2013
    Nice place, can get crowded
  • Martino D.heart icon on user image
    Martino DoncelloJune 25, 2023
    hang at the bar is best
  • John M.
    John MorrisseyMarch 10, 2013
    The Carrillada was glorious! Pruébala!
  • Nicolas O.heart icon on user image
    Nicolas OlivierFebruary 3, 2018
    Incredible place!
  • Kemal C.
    Kemal CavusogluFebruary 22, 2016
    Süper tapas restorant
  • Steen L.heart icon on user image
    Steen LethJuly 31, 2021
    Grelt food and service!
  • Malte L.
    Malte L.February 23
    Not a fan. Seems to be one of those places tourist frequent. Deep fried food. To my mind: Money is better spent elsewhere.
  • Daniel M.
    Daniel MartinAugust 14, 2019
    Overpriced and overrated in comparison with some of the amazing places in Malaga. Tourist trap. Don’t do it
  • Yasemin F.
    Yasemin FidanAugust 28, 2017
    Over rated tourist trap ! The food is mediocre . They serve pre- cooked stuff thats why their famous service is too quick. To cut the long story short ; stay away .
  • Melek D.heart icon on user image
    Melek DelibalOctober 5, 2019
    Good sangria!
  • Chantal A.
    Chantal AartsSeptember 28, 2011
    Try THE 'cheese boats' with roquefort and nuts
  • Sebzoneheart icon on user image
    SebzoneNovember 29, 2015
    Been here 10+ times
    An epic place 👌
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