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Boutique hotels in Marbella

Marbella eating, drinking and dancing

Marbella
Eating, drinking and dancing

We've tracked down the best cafés for people-watching, the bars with the coolest cocktails, the most accomplished restaurants and the liveliest local nightlife in Marbella.

Restaurants

(+34 952 829 321)

La Taberna del Pintxo

Offering the whole country's cuisine in microcosm, this rustically dressed eatery serves a vast selection of hot and cold tapas, inspired by the staff's travels around Spain. Eat whatever you like, then tot up your bill by counting the discarded cocktail sticks.

7 Avenida Miguel Cano, 29600 Marbella

(+34 952 858 868)

Zozoi

This modern, colourful restaurant in the old town centre is set in a converted house, and there's a lovely terrace too. Here you’ll find Mediterranean cuisine with a menu that changes by the season and includes some great daily specials.

1 Plaza Altamirano, 29600 Marbella

(+34 952 824 932)

Altamirano

A chatty people-watching hangout serving good value seafood tapas in the Marbella's old-town centre.

3 Plaza Altamirano, Marbella

(+34 952 828 861)

Babilonia

If you’re heading off to Puerto Banus, book a table at this extremely exclusive Italian and international restaurant, located just off the Golden Mile on the road to Istan, in the deliciously posh piano bar of the Olivia Valere nightclub.

Km 08, Caretera De Istan, Marbella

(+34) 952 900 840

Le Bijou

The chef at Hotel Claude's black-and-white restaurant is Marbella's only Michelin-star-bearer, and the international cuisine on offer is as finely tuned and delicious as you'd expect. In summer, nab a table on the roof terrace and enjoy views of Marbella's terracotta-tiled rooftops.

5 Calle de San Francisco, 29601 Marbella, Spain

Bars and clubs

(+34 952 772 891)

Buddha de Sol

Wafting incense from the street-side tables entices you towards this ever-stylish hangout, where you can dine, sup cocktails or toke on a hookah – until 4am during the summer.

31 Avenida del Mar, Marbella,