Stunning experience yesterday at Los Abanicos for lunch! So good we are returning today! And we…read morewill pace ourselves better for the large portions. Started with oysters and pil pil shrimp. Entrees: Rabbit stew, beef Wellington, lamb shoulder, lamb chop. Potatoes and mint sauce that accompanied were memorable too. Finished with egg custard dessert and mango ice cream. Every bite divine! Thank you to our star server, Angel, for being so patient and welcoming!

Fantastic food. Excellent ambience in the middle of Benahavis Spain. Servers very pleasant…read more Definitely a repeat.

From the moment we rounded the corner and saw this restaurant until the sad minute it was time to…read moreleave, we were absolutely engrossed in the atmosphere of this restaurant, the owner Pernilla who welcomes you as if you're coming to her home for dinner, the Finnish chefs Pia and Petri, and the entire staff. If we could have gotten away with licking our plates, we would have. You are completely overwhelmed with Spanish culture with a a Scandinavian twist on the food ... the presentation, the quantity, the quality, the timing ... everything was absolutely exceptional ... beyond any of our expectations. If you don't visit El Castillo for a meal, you are missing out on one of the best restaurants in Benahavis! Take your time and savor every bite :) Pernilla has a unique talent of reading her guests ... whether they're there for a private romantic evening and want to be left alone or if her guests are open to suggestions or if her guests are open to just talking about the details of their meal. What ever you are looking for, this is the perfect venue! Enjoy!

My husband and I stumbled across this restaurant, quite unexpectedly. We were looking for another…read morerestaurant in the pouring rain, to discover it was closed. We came into Restaurante El Guarda and were so pleasantly surprised!!! I ordered what was the waiter Francisco's favorite, which was Oxtail. I have never had Oxtail, but decided to give it a shot. It was so delicious!!! The meat melted in my mouth!!! My husband had the Leg of Lamb, which was very good. I would highly recommend this restaurant!!!

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the Rufino is the first restaurant one encounters when coming to Benahavis…read more it has a nice terrace, with nice views and you can actually meet spanish people here, because of all restaurants in this town, it offers the best value for money!

It's one of the better restaurant in the area where you can get steak grilled on an open fire. The…read morequality of food is pretty good although I would say the price is a little bit on the higher side specially considering small portions they serve. We had a T-bone steak which was very juicy & smoky with chimichuri sauce ( which worked really well with the meat). The mixed salad was nothing impressive really. They have wi-fi available also though it's very lousy.

This was the find of our month long stay on the Costa del Sol. I had their mixed grill This gave me…read morea great overview on their meat dishes. The lamb was the best I have ever eaten. The chicken was succulent. The ribs were tender and well seasoned without being doused in sauce. The beef steak was very good. My wife had beef stroganoff that was cooked medium rare in what she described as perfect served with rice. Our companion had a fillet steak she swooned over. The prices were very reasonable for the exceptional quality in comparison with other area restaurants. All in all, a great find. Oh, and in the exceptionally beautiful hillside town of Benahavis.

The foie and solomillo I MUST have at least twice every time I'm in town. Sooooo yummy with a…read moreglass of grenache.

Ambiance is wonderful. Food is delicious and original. Service is wonderful. I ate at this place…read moremultiple times, will go back again and again.

Very nice restaurant. The food is very good. I had the chicken with lemon and garlic. It was…read morevery tasty. The waitress recommend a bottle of wine and it was great. Everyone In my party liked their food!!

Had a big giant plate of seafood for 2. It was plated beautifully also…read more Service was great My only complaint is that they wouldn't give us the tables outside unless we had reserved The whole 2 hours we were there, they sat empty. Was silly because I think we ordered most expensive thing on menu and if we were sitting outside, more people could've seen it and may have come in. Was that beautiful

My family and I went here for dinner and I must say it was my favorite meal of our entire trip! I…read morehighly recommend trying the Arroz Negra which they serve with aioli one the side. Delicious! We also ordered the Paella Valenciana, grilled steak, Jamon Iberico, squid ceviche and dessert. I highly recommend when you are in the area.

Amazing food and music. Staff are and service also amazing. If you like high quality healthy food…read morethis is the place

We love the food here! So far our favorite place for food!!! We came to Spain in 2017 and came to…read morethis restaurant and had a wonderful meal so much so that we returned to Spain January 2018, and purchased an apartment. We couldn't wait to come back to this restaurant. I recently had the lobster salad and it was great! Lots of fresh ripe fruit with greens and a good amount of lobster. My husband said the best foie gras he has ever had by any restaurant ever. Had it in 2017 and couldn't wait to have it again. Highly recommend the seafood casserole as well. Place is beautifully decorated and very clean. Portions are great size also. Try this place you will not be disappointed!!

I loved everything about this restaurant. Everyone truly cares about taking the best care of you…read more The staff was exceptional and friendly. We kept walking near the restaurant and a lovely blond convinced us to try it out and I'm so glad she did. I happened to walk near the kitchen and I saw the chef making pizza and It was very cool to see how dedicated he was to making the perfect pizza. He had no idea anyone was watching him but you could tell he was perfecting the best pizza possible. The food is out of this world. Seriously some of the best pizza I've had, even in Italy!!! Everything we tried was delicious and five stars.

We were walking through the street and a girl who works here tried to pull us in. We resisted,…read moresince it was the 10th time someone had tried to drag us into a place. But unlike the others, she was actually nice when we said no so we decided to come back a few hours later. The food was really good and then service was even better. We had a little thin-crust pizza and it was amazing! Give them a try if you're in Marbella.