The Best Places to Eat Near Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay, by the Record
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Rank 1. Casa Mané
Seafood
A wood cabin a few steps from the beach, with Gibraltar sitting across the bay like a prop someone forgot to move. This family-run seafood spot in Palmones keeps its fresh catch in a refrigerated counter right in the dining room, which is either very rustic or very honest depending on your mood. Coquina clams and Garrucha red prawns anchor the menu. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and a reservation, given that it fills up every single day.
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The dining room inside Fairmont La Hacienda Costa del Sol looks straight out over the Mediterranean, which sets a certain tone before the food arrives. This is a market-driven restaurant with creative leanings, overseen by Benito Gómez, the chef behind two-Michelin-starred Bardal. The kitchen leans on careful sourcing, and the menu changes with what's good rather than what's convenient. À la carte only, in a room that takes itself seriously.
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A gastro-bar in Zahara de los Atunes where the décor tells its own story: recycled furniture, fashion-world odds and ends, and surf culture artifacts scattered around a casual room. The kitchen leans into Asian and Latin American flavors built on local Andalusian produce, a combination that sounds unlikely until it lands. The crowd tends to come in sandy and leave happy. À la carte only, and very much a drop-in kind of place.
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Rank 4. El Campero
Spanish