Menu 2026
The menu.
There is no seasonal menu here: there is a menu for each morning. What comes in from the fish market is handwritten on the wall and crossed out when it runs out. The rest, the usual, is below, with its price.
Two notes before you order
“S.M.” means market price. The day sets the price, not us; ask and we will tell you before you order.
Almost everything comes as a full or half portion, which is the Andalusian way of trying it all.
To start
Andalusian gazpacho when the heat is on and seafood soup when it cools down. Dressed tomatoes, lettuce hearts with avocado and prawns, peppers with tuna, Russian salad, octopus salad. Iberian ham and Manchego cheese for those who do not want to wait for anything. And fried aubergines with cane honey, the most Málaga thing on this menu.
Aubergine with cane honey
Mushroom and prawn scramble
House salad
Lettuce hearts with prawns
- Shellfish soupSopa de mariscos9 €·
- Cold tomato soupGazpacho andaluz7 €·
- Salad with avocado and prawnsEnsalada de cogollos con aguacate y gambas18 €·
- House saladEnsalada de la casa10 €·
- Tomato saladEnsalada de tomate aliñado10 €·
- Tomato salad with tunaEnsalada de tomate con atún12 €·
- Red pepper saladEnsalada de pimientos10 €·
- Red pepper and tuna saladEnsalada de pimientos con atún11 €·
- Iberian hamJamón ibérico19 €12 €
- Manchego cheeseQueso manchego16 €9 €
- Fried aubergines with cane honeyBerenjenas fritas con miel de caña12 €·
- Mushroom & prawn scrambleRevuelto de setas con langostinos16 €·
- Spanish potato saladEnsaladilla rusa14 €·
- Octopus saladEnsaladilla de pulpo19 €·
Fish and seafood portions
The part of the menu you eat with your hands and without looking at the clock. Anchovies in vinegar, fried megrim, gambas al pil-pil with bread. Oysters, conchas finas and scallops with king prawns, by the piece, so everyone orders as many as they fancy. Coquinas, razor clams, mini mussels in garlic. And a shrimp fritter so thin you can hear it break.
Pil-pil prawns
Smooth clams
Oysters
Fried megrim
Marinated anchovies
Garlic mussels
Wedge clams
Griddled baby squid
- Battered John DoryGallo frito17 €9 €
- White anchovies in vinegarBoquerones en vinagre16 €9 €
- Prawns in pil-pil sauceGambas al pil-pil16 €·
- OysterOstra4 € each·
- Smooth clamsConchas finas3.50 € each·
- Scallops with prawnsVieiras con langostinos6 € each·
- Grilled baby squid, cleaned or in its inkCalamaritos a la plancha, limpios o en su tintaS.M.·
- Shrimp fritterTortilla de camarones3.50 € each·
- Baby mussels in garlic sauceMejillones mini al ajillo14 €·
- Wedge clamsCoquinas18 €·
- Razor clamsNavajas12 €·
Fish and seafood
Fritura malagueña for two, the right way to start a Sunday. Fried anchovies, with or without lemon. Squid, baby squid, small red mullet, marinated bienmesabe. Pollock fried or griddled, Galician octopus, griddled white prawns, clams in garlic. Rockfish when there is any.
Fried anchovies with lemon
Fried squid
Garlic clams
Griddled white prawns
Galician-style octopus
Baby squid
Fried red mullet
- Fried white anchovies with lemonBoquerones fritos al limón16 €9 €
- Fried squidCalamares fritos18 €10 €
- Clams with garlic and parsleyAlmejas chirlas al ajillo16 €·
- Grilled prawnsGambas blancas a la plancha24 €·
- Galician-style octopusPulpo a la gallega20 €·
- Baby squidPuntillitas18 €10 €
- Fried or grilled pollockAbadejo frito o a la plancha18 €·
- Marinated dogfishBienmesabe (adobo)16 €9 €
- Fried white anchoviesBoquerones fritos16 €9 €
- Fried red mulletSalmonetitos18 €10 €
- Ocean perchGallinetaS.M.·
- Málaga-style fried seafood platter (for 2)Fritura malagueña (2 personas)34 €·
Mediterranean
The big fish, the ones shown in the display case and chosen by pointing. Sea bass, bream, red porgy, turbot, red mullet, swordfish, bluefin tuna, sole griddled or meunière. Butterflied with garlic and chilli, or griddled with oil and salt and nothing else. With potatoes a lo pobre and vegetables. And for those who want the sea another way, tuna tartare and monkfish and prawn skewer.
Tuna tartare
Sole
Turbot
Bluefin tuna
Red sea bream
Fish butterflied or grilled. All fish are served with potatoes and vegetables.
- Tuna tartareTartar de atún19 €
- Monkfish and prawn skewerBrocheta de rape con langostinos23 €
- Red mulletSalmonete de trasmayoS.M.
- Gilt-head breamDoradaS.M.
- SwordfishPez espadaS.M.
- Bluefin tunaAtún rojoS.M.
- TurbotRodaballoS.M.
- Sea bassLubinaS.M.
- Sea breamPargoS.M.
- Grilled sole or meunièreLenguado a la plancha o meunièreS.M.
Rice
It is the only rule on the menu and we like it: rice is made for sharing. Caldoso with scarlet prawns, seafood paella, mixed paella, black rice. It is started when you order it, so order something for the wait and let the rice arrive when it is ready. Someone once wrote that La Palma’s seafood paella is the best they have ever had. We will not argue.
Seafood paella
Black rice
Rice with prawns
Minimum 2 people · Price per person
- Scarlet prawn riceArroz caldoso con carabineros22 €
- Mixed paellaPaella mixta18 €
- Seafood paellaPaella de mariscos18 €
- Black riceArroz negro18 €
Meat
For those who come from the sea and want something else, or who come from the land and will not swap it. Iberian presa and tenderloin, shoulder and chops of milk-fed lamb, beef entrecôte. Pork or chicken fillets with chips for the little ones and for those who do not want to complicate things today. All with roast potatoes and sweet potato, or chips. Sauces on the side: aioli, green pepper, mushroom.
All meat dishes are served with baked potatoes and sweet potato, or chips.
- Iberian pork sirloinSolomillo de cerdo ibérico21 €
- Iberian pork presaPresa ibérica22 €
- Suckling lamb shoulderPaletilla de cordero lechal28 €
- Suckling lamb chopsChuletitas de cordero lechal24 €
- Veal entrecôteEntrecot de ternera22 €
- Pork loin fillets with chipsFiletitos de lomo de cerdo con patatas16 €
- Chicken fillets with chipsFiletitos de pollo con patatas16 €
- Alioli sauceSalsa alioli2 €
- Green pepper sauceSalsa a la pimienta verde3.50 €
- Mushroom sauceSalsa al champiñón3.50 €
Wine
Rioja and Ribera for meat; Albariño and Verdejo for fish; whites from Cádiz and Catalonia; rosés for the terrace. And what Estepona asks for at two in the afternoon with a concha fina in front of it: fino and manzanilla, very cold. Ask about the wines off the list; there is always one.
High table in the wine corner
The bottle rack
Red · Rioja
- Campillo (crianza)30 €
- Campillo (reserva)50 €
- Marqués de Cáceres22 €
- Ramón Bilbao (crianza)22 €
- Ramón Bilbao (reserva)40 €
- Arnegui18 €
- Beronia (crianza)20 €
- Beronia (reserva)40 €
Red · Ribera del Duero
- Mogar (roble)22 €
- Pesquera (crianza)40 €
- Protos (roble)19 €
- Vega Real (roble)19 €
- Pago de Capellanes48 €
- Cantamuda20 €
- Condado de Oriza19 €
Rosé
- Barbadillo15 €
- Faustino V18 €
- Mateus Rosé16 €
- Peñascal16 €
- Beronia16 €
White · Cádiz
- Barbadillo15 €
- Tierra Blanca15 €
- Maestrante (Barbadillo, semidulce)15 €
- Frizzante Moscato (Barbadillo)18 €
White · Albariño
- Alba Martín20 €
- Mar de Frades30 €
- Pazo de San Mauro35 €
White · Rueda Verdejo
- Analivia18 €
- Marqués de Riscal20 €
- Marqués de Vizhoja17 €
- Protos (blanco)18 €
- Beronia19 €
White · Catalonia
- Blanc Pescador16 €
- Viñasol17 €
Fino & manzanilla
- Manzanilla La Guita18 €
- Tío Pepe20 €
- Manzanilla Solear (Barbadillo)18 €
Ask about our off-menu wines.
Breakfast and afternoons
From half past seven: coffee, and some say La Palma’s is like no other. With it, the bocadillo de carne mechá that made this bar famous, the pitufo, toast with tomato and olive oil or whatever you fancy. In the afternoon, coffee and something sweet: a generous slice of house cake and a cream mille-feuille with its own fan club.
Café con leche
Bread and allergens
Bread or breadsticks on the table, €1.50 per person, and gluten-free bread if you need it. Allergens are marked dish by dish on the printed menu. If you have any doubt, ask us: we would rather have a question than a scare.
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