El Pulgilla
Amidst the bustle of shops and restaurants is a typical Spanish marisqueria fish and shellfish tapas/restaurant, that is perhaps the one place that best sums up Nerja. The clientèle is usually at least 90% Spanish with the occasional adventurous holidaymaker. the drinks are cheap, the tapas are free and the seafood is excellent. There is a large open air terrace open during the summer.
Cibeles
Excellent cafe/restaurant with good value spanish food. Open all day and evening with very friendly, longstanding staff and clientele.
Restaurante Califonia
International style cuisine, with a touch of English home made cooking. Very nice and pleasant roof terrace. Food is excellent and staff very friendly. Worthwhile making a reservation.
El Cietto Lindo
Mexican food, including mixed fajitas which come on a large cast iron construction with hot plates for each ingredient. Intimidating food! Nice indoor garden and good selection of tequilas.Most people visit once and don't go back.
Coach and Horses
Where some British holidaymakers come to enjoy real fish and chips, John Smiths Bitter and Coronation street. This place is also sometimes still known by its Spanish name, The Bodegon.
Scarletta's
International and American style cuisine of excellent quality at reasonable prices. Very pleasant open air roof terraces advance reservations adviced and good service.
Sollun Restaurant
a One of the newer restaurants in Nerja, but is actually one of the best. The Chef, Juan Quintanilla, was previously owner of a 1 star Michelin restaurant in Marbella. Great food and excellent wine.
Marisqueria La Marina
Located on a small square in the west of town, this informal seafood tapas bar has a few tables inside and a number more outside. The drinks are cheap, the language is Spanish and each drink comes with a tapa of seafood salad or a plate of gambas. It works, as you will be inevitably tempted to enjoy more fresh shellfish and seafood at a table outside. The service is a little rude and hectic in summer, but the prices are reasonable.
Moreno
Good seafood and meat cooked on a BBQ.
Merendero Ayo
Good restaurant owned by the discoverer of the Nerja caves, and featured on television. Serves Spanish cuisine.
Casa Luque
Spanish & Andalusian Cuisine restaurant. Good place to taste local specialities with a modern flair. They can arrange weddings & special events.
Pata Negra
Excellent Spanish cuisine, good tapas and a wine list from cheap and chearful, through good value to expensive tastes.
Restaurant 34
International cuisine. Upmarket, and prices reflect this!
El Nino
Spanish cuisine that is very popular with the locals.
Posada Ibérica Restaurant
Offers some of the best and most inexpensive food in Nerja. Run by an Argentinean couple that has maintained the Spanish flavour, the place is one of the most traditional you can find in Nerja. They occasionally have live music during the weekend.
Havelli
Excellent Indian food and they now have a buffet version at Burriana Beach
El Sotano Viejo
Run by local businessman Pepe Mesa, this is one of the finest affordable restaurants in town. Food served covers a variety of tastes, and many Spanish dishes are on the menu. The decor is of fine wood, and there are always plenty of wines and drinks on offer. Gambas Pil Pil is a speciality.
El Gato Negro
Pizza and flamenco on Wednesdays. This puff-meister is gone bust. New pizza restaurant open now.
Restaurante Oliva
One of the best places to eat in Nerja. Great modern menu based on first quality products from the area.
If staying at one of the many apartments in Nerja, there are a number of supermarkets: Mercadona, Sol, Mas, etc as well as mini-marts around town. Also a Lidl a little way along the Frigiliana road out of town. Supermarket hours are normally 09:15 to 21:15, Mondays to Saturdays. Shut Sundays. Although superficially there appears to be many foreign owned tourist restaurants, there are a significant number of Spanish owned places to eat since the town has a large Spanish population.