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Almeria’s cuisine is influenced by the Mediterranean landscape. It sets the pace for the region, influences the menu, and enhances the flavour of every dish. The Macarfi guide, which was created in 2025 to become one of Spain’s most important gastronomic guides, has focused on Almeria, highlighting a number of restaurants that offer a cuisine that is as pleasing to the eye as it is to the palate. The Macarfi Guide, born in 2025 with the aim of becoming one of the great gastronomic references in Spain, has put the spotlight on Almeria province, pointing out a series restaurants where the cuisine is enjoyed as much with the palate as with the eyes.
La Lonja de Balerma
Simple, light and the sea. Macarfi describes La Lonja de Balerma. This restaurant, located right on the Mediterranean Coast, boasts a “glass balcony overlooking sea” as well a menu that is based on local ingredients. The guide says that every day, fresh fish is delivered from the port. It’s then prepared with respect and simplicity. It highlights the restaurant’s grilled sardines, octopus (octopus), turbot and Squid. “A place that combines simplicity and authenticity”.
Arcilla (Mojácar)
In the exclusive setting of Macenas Resort, the Macarfi Guide notes that Arcilla offers “a fabulous array of grilled dishes” through which chef Damián González enhances the products of his vegetable garden, meat and locally caught fish. Dishes such as the stew cannelloni, the tuna parpatana are combined with “attentive service, careful décor and spectacular views”, achieving “the perfect symbiosis between the kitchen, the dining room, the wine cellar and the décor”.
La Orilla (Balerma)
La Orilla is a seafront restaurant that offers a relaxing atmosphere in harmony with the surroundings. Macarfi says it offers “a Mediterranean-inspired proposal, with a touch of sea”, and has an indoor lounge, as well as a “covered terrace” with tables that are evenly spaced and a view of the Mediterranean. Start with a beetroot saladmorejo, and continue with dishes like red tuna tartar topped with truffles or grilled monkfish. The restaurant is “a reliable option in Almeria”.
La Chumbera (Aguamarga)
La Chumbera, with its “speciality” in grilled fish and meats on the beach and the sound of waves in the background is highlighted by the guide. It also stresses that the “quality of the ingredients are paramount”. The guide highlights La Chumbera’s “speciality in grilled meats and fish” and stresses that “the quality of the ingredients is paramount”.
Gurasoak (Carboneras)
Guarasoak’s location is ideal, as it is only a few meters from the sea. Leire Carrrique, the chef who heads the restaurant, offers a cuisine which “combines Basque traditional with Andalusian Soul” using local produce. Some of the best dishes include the steak tartare that is prepared at your table and the monkfish with lobster sauce.
4 Nudos (San José)
4 Nudos offers a direct view of the Marina, making it a perfect place to enjoy an after-dinner beverage. Macarfi is a restaurant that specializes in rice dishes and fresh seafood and fish. The restaurant boasts “a beautiful terrace overlooking the port”, and cautions that reservations are required because it is often busy.
Boracay Beach Garrucha
This beachfront chiringuito offers a relaxed atmosphere and a great gastronomic selection. Macarfi Guide describes this place as having “spectacular Mediterranean views” where you can eat traditional seafood and rice dishes like the traditional ‘arroz garruchero. It also highlights its wine list and uninterrupted opening times, which allows you to enjoy “from morning drinks to evening cocktails”, with an added bonus of “pets welcome”.
Nido Playa (Roquetas)
The experience of eating on the beach is unique. Macarfi claims that it is “surprising to find such professionalism and good works in a beachbar”, located right on the seafront, with a terrace where “you literally have your foot in the sand”. Rice dishes, seafood and fish of the highest quality, large portions, and generous dishes make this “a place that you cannot miss in Roquetas de Mar”.
El Candelero (Almería)
The restaurant in the marina invites you to dine “with the sea watching”. The guide highlights the honest cuisine with “no pretensions and only authentic flavors” and a rotating menu of rice dishes and seafood. The interior, which is glassed, and the terrace both offer “privileged sea views”, making the restaurant “an ideal spot for a celebration”.
