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Where to eat Seafood food in Calahonda: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Discover Restaurants offering the best Seafood food in Calahonda, Province of Granada, Spain including Bar Restaurante Natalio, EntreMares, La Espicha, La Ballena Azul, Restaurante Mare Nostrum, Marinero, Chiringuito Alonso, La Nube, El Miramar, Restaurante Juan Garcia
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10. Restaurante Juan Garcia
Overall Ratings
4 based on 269 reviews
Reviewed By Adrian L
The town of Motril is the capital of the region of the Coast of Granada. It's quite a sprawling place. There's a busy port where you can catch a ferry to many destinations, including Tangier. There are beaches with frontline hotels and a little further inland there's quite a big centre with a plethora of shops. On the negative side, the centre is surrounded by a mishmash of apartment buildings and houses, in various architectural styles and varying degrees of disrepair. Consequently, it looks a little shabby and scruffy. There's a huge Al Campo hyper-market on the outskirts of town and that's usually the only reason we go. Except I've now found a charity rastro called Centro Betel (Plaza San Sebastián 5) which raises funds to help those with drug addictions and is well worth looking up. Somebody said we should check out the port area because "It's nice." Nice is a subjective word. It's a damned with faint praise word. If a person tells me something or somewhere is nice, I generally have low expectations until I experience whatever it is myself. The first thing to say is that out of season the beach areas are VERY quiet. Almost ghost town quiet. We parked the car very easily on a main street and walked along the seafront. It's a nice walk. The beach is made of fine shingle. The sea was a nice teal colour. The mountains inland, towards Granada, have snow on their peaks. We walked for a good 10 minutes before we saw an actual person. Then we glimpsed a couple in a beach front restaurant (the only diners) but at least they were other signs of actual life. The adjacent hotels and apartment blocks are 80s horrors. Most were shuttered and closed up for the winter. It's obviously a summer place.We were heading back to the car when we came upon Restaurant Jose Garcia. It looked nice enough. Not overly busy. There's a covered terrace at the front. A larger dining room inside. A waiter was serving a salt baked fish to four fascinated diners. He'd cracked open the crust and was carefully removing the succulent fillets from the bones. The patron said hello and asked us to choose a table. We sat and waited. And waited. And waited. It must've been 15 minutes before a young waiter brought some very sad looking plasticized menus. They were so dog eared and limp they must have been printed in the 80s. When the surrounding buildings were under construction. We ordered two glasses of rosado and checked out the offerings. It's primarily fish based. There are a few non fish dishes, but nothing you can't get elsewhere. It's also a little on the expensive side. We'd expected to have a cheap menu del dia, but there wasn't one on offer. So we chose things to share. A platter of homemade chicken and ham croquettes and a plate of fried fish. After some time the wine arrived and our order was taken. We specified no bread. Time. Passed. Slowly. We'd almost finished our wines, but were surprised when the waiter brought us a tapas of mini vol au vents stuffed with a garlicky brandade of salt cod. There was a little side salad with orange and tiny eels as an accompaniment. Everything was delicious. A stray cat joined us for a stroke in the hope of a titbit. She shunned an eel. Her loss.Eventually the croquettes arrived. A very generous portion of 8. A small pile of olive oil fried chips came with. The croquettes were very, very good. A nicely crisp exterior and a moist interior of potato, chicken and ham. Not too much potato, I'm glad to say, which is the usual mistake. The chips were lip-smackingly hot and crispy. We'd almost finished the croquettes when the fish arrived. Again, a very generous portion. The selection included red snapper, anchovies, squid, rock salmon, monkfish and something fried whole with its mouth grasping it's tail. No prawns or mussels I'm glad to say. They're a bit of a boring and easy addition and I'm slightly allergic. Wow! Such fresh fish! The floury coating was not too thick, so hadn't become greasy during frying. There was a good crunch before the enjoyment of the fish.We wanted coffees when we'd finished, so we waited. And waited. And waited. The waiters kept looking in our direction, but didn't come to see if we'd finished, or to find out if we wanted anything else. We got up and went inside to pay in the end. The wait was just too long. They'd put bread on the bill, even though we'd said no to it. Nobody asked if we'd enjoyed the food. The tardy service might be an out of season thing. It's just very unusual because the Spanish are very good at it, whatever the time of year. It's a shame because the chefs can obviously cook extremely well, but the front of house team are letting them down. The bill was just under â¬32.
9. El Miramar
Reviewed By PabloFeV
Pedimos algunas tapas de pescado y comida local y no estaban mal. La camarera no tendrÃa su dÃa, resoplaba bastante y se olvidó de algunas cosas que pedimos, en otras mesas también pasó lo mismo, y estuvimos un buen rato esperando. El lugar está bonito y bien cuidado. Está en primera lÃnea de playa y las vistas son fenomenales.
8. La Nube
Overall Ratings
4 based on 203 reviews
Reviewed By Kingpaul100
In central Motril, la nube is a lively place that offers excellent sea food tapas and others. Equally good for say time or nigh experience. Reasonable prices and friendly staff.
7. Chiringuito Alonso
Overall Ratings
2 based on 44 reviews
Reviewed By JohnD2150
second time we've eaten here in a few months and not only is the paella excellent, it's very reasonable in price also.The servings are huge, a paella for 2 people will easily feed 3 and probably even 4 people, so don't over order.The service is fine, it's a casual restaurant and they do what they need to.The place is right on the beach too with glass windows, so it can get a bit hot but it's pleasant surroundings.An unassuming place, but well worth the visit if you like rice.
6. Marinero
Overall Ratings
4 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By NavarreteMarcos
El chiringito es tranquilo, aunque no esta en la playa. El genero es fresco, los pescados a la brasa (pulpo, sardinas, rapes, lubinas..) estan bien sin mas.., a mi entender le sobra el chorro de aceite con ajo por encima. La fritura buena y abundante, normal en la zona. El servicio es agil y amable.
5. Restaurante Mare Nostrum
Overall Ratings
3 based on 91 reviews
Reviewed By dawncarol
Just revisited and again went for menu del dia everything was very good. Its good this restaurant is providing good food you want to return and have. Often many along the coast survive on tourists and quality is poor.
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4. La Ballena Azul
Overall Ratings
4 based on 385 reviews
fué inaugurado en el año 1972 siendo un negocio familiar. Desde entonces ofrecemos a nuestros clientes nuestra especialidades en pescados frescos y mariscos del Puerto de Motril, todo acompañado de un ambiente agradable y una situación inmejorable, pues n
Reviewed By Irish L
A very nicely decorated restaurant, owned and run by a family for many years. The head waiter and chef are husband and wife. The emphasis is on fresh food that is cooked well, without unnecessary elaboration. My partner had the tuna steak, while I ordered the âfilletâ steak - more on this below. Both were nicely seared and still pink in the middle. The tuna came with a simple and delicious garnish of mushrooms and asparagus, whilst the steak came with real chips cooked to perfection.Now, the issues. My steak was NOT fillet. It was, I think, frying steak. But at â¬15 for the dish, it was well cooked and very tasty, so I was not upset. However, I ordered a side dish of asparagus with mayonnaise and, despite assurances that all the food was fresh, this was out of a tin....and just nasty. The head waiter took it away and promised me some fresh asparagus in its place, but this never arrived, sadly. Pity, because the fresh asparagus that came with the tuna was delicious. Overall, we enjoyed our meal here very much, and would definitely eat here again.Thank you very much for the opinion. We are glad to know that everything was to your liking. The small mistakes I take into account to improve them and sorry for the mistakes. We had fresh asparagus while we were into another dish and it was my mistake because of my English language. I hope to see you again soon and thank you for choosing us.
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3. La Espicha
Overall Ratings
4 based on 269 reviews
Reviewed By catherineee1
Although the location is a little out of the way, this restaurant is wonderful with a great choice of food on the menu. All fish is fresh, which makes the meal even more enjoyable. The service was wonderful, with friendly and attentive staff, and a definite place to revisit.
2. EntreMares
Overall Ratings
4 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By S Hit H
My wife and me decide to check this place out as we were walking on the beach during our holiday just to end up coming back as well the following day. The food was amazing, we had salad, grilled octopus and mussels, and 2 local desserts the first day and zarzuela the second day. Good value and very friendly staff made us feel welcome and very looked after. We'll be definitely back
1. Bar Restaurante Natalio
Overall Ratings
3 based on 72 reviews
Reviewed By gardenofengland
We were visting the rum factory and went down to the beach..should have just gone back to Almunecar! Nothing open except this place had planned for lunch but the look of the place compared to the menu prices were ridiculous who would pay â¬22 for some piri prawns in a place with plastic tables and paper cloths! Miserable waiter frozen prawns for tapas. Bought a bottle of mediocre wine and a no alcohol beer over â¬25 .. no atmosphere horrible staff ..give this place a miss.
