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Where to Eat & Drink in Casco Antiguo, Marbella 2026

20 ranked·22,621 live reviews·updated July 2026
Known forBasque pintxos on Av. Fontanilla

The top independent spots to eat and drink in Casco Antiguo right now: ARDE MARBELLA | Best Steakhouse Restaurant in Marbella, Chiringuito La Ola Marbella and Taberna El Bordón Marbella.

The Casco Antiguo Hot List · Restaurants & Bars
Restaurants · ranked
1ARDE MARBELLA | Best Steakhouse Restaurant in Marbella
Argentinian restaurant
4.6735
You have to come and taste the food here don't even think there's some place better there is not. This is a family run restaurant which would not serve you anything that's was not shy of perfect.Google review · K.D. · verbatim
2Chiringuito La Ola Marbella
Mediterranean restaurant
4.6674
3Taberna El Bordón Marbella
Restaurante de cocina española
4.61,114
4El boquerón.
Restaurante
4.61,410
5Restaurante/ Chiringuito La Red
Mediterranean restaurant
4.42,287
6Restaurante Exotica
Restaurante
4.5954
7Tempora Restaurante
Restaurant
4.7476
8Casa Blanca Marbella
Taberna
4.43,573
9Chiringuito Basilio Beach
Restaurante mediterráneo
4.61,114
10Paladar taberna
Taberna
4.61,082
11Ta-Kumi | Restaurante Japonés - Marbella
Restaurante japonés
4.61,615
12Restaurante Garum Marbella
Restaurant
4.7735
13Timonel Marbella
Restaurante
4.5914
14Restaurante Officina 84 Marbella
Restaurant
4.8448
15Restaurante Candeal | Restaurante en Marbella
Restaurante
4.9285
Bars · ranked
1La Bodega del Mar
Bar de tapas
4.41,947
2Arco Tapas Bar
Bar de tapas
4.5759
3Bar El Estrecho
Bar de tapas
4.41,712
4Tapeo Perita Marbella
Tapas bar
4.6440
5Belvue Rooftop Bar Marbella
Bar
4.6347

20 independent venues, re-ranked monthly from real reviews — no chains, no paid placements.

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Visiting Marbella, Spain? Casco Antiguo — Orange Square old town — is the neighbourhood with 20 ranked independent restaurants and bars our review-velocity ranking is tracking right now. All trending hot this week. Rankings refreshed monthly from 22,621 live reviews — no chains, no ads.

Skip the trap of sitting down at the first place with picture menus near the beach. Marbella Casco Antiguo rewards anyone who walks three streets away from the main tourist strip before ordering a drink. Start your late afternoon around 2pm on C. Peral at Tapeo Perita Marbella for a cold draught beer and quick €4 tapas before the lunch rush fills the tables. If you want Basque-style pintxos on toothpicks where you pay by counting the wooden sticks at the end, walk over to Av. Fontanilla for Lekune Bar. You can easily eat your fill there for under €20 per person. When 9pm rolls around, head towards Av. Antonio Belón to find Paladar taberna. A proper dinner of fried dogfish and local white wine here runs about €35 per head. If you want grilled meats instead, head over to C. Camilo José Cela for Origen Asador Argentino around 10pm, where a thick sirloin and a glass of red will set you back roughly €45. Finish the night after 11pm up on Plaza Jose Luque Manzano at Belvue Rooftop Bar Marbella. A cocktail costs €15, but you get a cool sea breeze off the Mediterranean that makes the price tag far easier to handle.

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Paladar taberna on Av. Antonio Belón takes the top spot for its consistent small plates, exceptional seafood dishes, and fair prices sitting around €35 per head.

Head up to Belvue Rooftop Bar Marbella on Plaza Jose Luque Manzano for open-air cocktails or grab a table at La Bodega del Mar on Av. Duque de Ahumada for sea-facing wines.

You will find Argentinian steakhouses like ARDE MARBELLA on Av. Duque de Ahumada, Italian pasta at Restaurante Officina 84 Marbella on C. Camilo José Cela, and Basque pintxos at Lekune Bar.

Tempora Restaurante on Tetuán offers quiet outdoor seating for Mediterranean food, while ARDE MARBELLA on Av. Duque de Ahumada works well if you want open-fire dining near the sea.

Lekune Bar on Av. Fontanilla lets you grab toothpick pintxos for under €2 each, while La revuelta tapas y mas Marbella on C. Vicente Blasco Ibáñez serves generous tapas portions under €15 total.

Paladar taberna extended its streak at #1 on Av. Antonio Belón for ten straight weeks, while Belvue Rooftop Bar Marbella held its #1 bar spot on Plaza Jose Luque Manzano for nine weeks.

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