Updated July 2016
This sister bar of the El Refectorium Malagueta couldn’t be more different in style, but happily it has many of the same dishes from the original menu. El Refectorium Catedral is all chic minimalist elegance – designed by Jean-Claude Schmidt and Rafael Raez Ariza – with a lovely curved wall of windows that lets in lots of natual light. Service is professional and refreshingly unstuffy.
For me a visit to Málaga isn’t complete without at least one stop-in here. You can get the tapas menu at the bar, raciones at the tables. A couple of the many must-try dishes: the super tender slow-chargrilled octopus and the langoustine and jamón brochette. Also make sure to ask about the daily specials. Excellent wines by the glass and I think on par good value for money.
Calle Postigo de los Abades, 4
Málaga
Tel. 952 602 389
€ € € €
Food 8 | Wine 8 | Service 8 | Ambiance 8
boquerones al vinagre – lots of them!
cheese!
caña de lomo
bolos (a type of clam served live with a squeeze of lemon)
salmorejo with jamón and egg
conchas finas
ensaladilla with tuna
broad beans and jamón with fried egg
white asparagus
lamb pinchito with chips
ligeritas: pringá, secreto serranito, solomillo & seta (and cheese)
langoustine and jamón brochette
flamenquín
pimientos de padrón
grilled chistorras with chips
grilled artichokes with jamón
coquinas (small wedge clams in olive oil, white wine and garlic)
mussels al ajillo
slow-chargrilled octopus with smoked paprika
beef albondigones (BIG meatballs)
green beans with jamón
grilled presa Ibérica
fried aubergine with salmorejo
grilled squid and veg
calamaritos fritos (tiny squid in batter)
boletus mushrooms with jamón
Horacio, Victor, María, Abelardo, Paco & Julio (Tío Pollas)
Updated July 2016