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Vegetarian Friendly, Gluten Free Options
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Lunch, Dinner, After-hours, Drinks
CUISINES
Seafood, Mediterranean, European, Spanish
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Waterfront, Beach
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Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Great views and lovely location on the beach. Friendly staff but very busy restaurant. Definitely need to book! Tried a variety of dishes and the gazpacho and the soup with tuna and avocado were highlights. Enjoyable lunch venue

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Of course, seafood majors here, barbecued fish, squid or shellfish. We shared a paella which was excellent. And grilled bass which was also very well cooked. This place is busy and buzzy. Not relaxing, with people and waiters coming and going. It’s not specially cheap...either: our meals of main course and glass of wine averaged about €25 each. Not bad for sea front? But we went back because it was quite fun. Lots of staff (15?), watched over by an all seeing maitre d or owner. Running around, laughing and joking. Might forget the odd order but cheerful and working their socks off.More

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Great location. Super gazpacho and boquerones natural. The view is great. Staff nice. Easy to walk to from the city center.

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

An awesome place for lunch—excellent food, service and people watching :). Perched on the beach across from the Grand Hotel Miramar, they are smart to turn out a nest in class experience. There a handful of these upscale chiringuitos lined up in a row starting...with CT; we also went to Oasis for lunch—it too was great—don’t even think of gettin to any of ‘em on a weekend without a reservation (we tried and failed)—they are extremely popular and packed, for good reason.More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 12 April 2023

Terrible staff! Good location and seems very nice from outside but the environment is terrible. Worst experience ever had. My son is 4 years old and autistic and the lady ( waitress) said he could not eat the food we brought (he only eats the...same food that he has home) even though we guarantee (me and my husband) would consume the food and drinks from the restaurant. overall is just a stressed environment and bad service.More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 11 April 2023 via mobile

Beautiful seafront, on the beach restaurant. Top quality, stunning location. Service really good. Seafood offering Surperb.

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 22 March 2023

We really enjoyed the stay in Tropicana with our friends. The service and the foods are excellent - great thank you for the whole staff (especially Antonio). The seafoods are always fresh and well prepared 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Great location! We loved it all time we visited...them. Thanks guys!!! 🥂More

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 13 February 2023 via mobile

We can't get enough of Málaga 's grilled sardines and fried boquerones, so this was a logical choice. Everything was delicious, including the cocktails. Now most, if not all, restaurants in town serve a small bowl of olives for free with your cocktail. Some also...put bread on the table and add it to your bill if you don't send it away. Unfortunately Tropicana is tricky... they serve both and since you are used to olives being free, you eat those and send the bread back, not knowing that you will still be charged 1.80€ per person for a bowl of 10 olives. So 4 ppl would be charged almost 10 $ CA for 5-6 olives each. Not cool Tropicana!More

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 7 February 2023

We ate at the lower end Chiringuito just down from this one and had grilled Dorado and it was twice the size of the one we got here. The fish at this place tasted good but there was not much there. The menu said about...400 grams but there was no way it was even 300 grams. We were there about 3pm and I think maybe they ere almost out of fresh fish. They were out of sea bass so I'm guessing I got the last Dorado and it was small. The lesson is go early. However, unless I hear from them that they are sorry that I got a very small fish, I will go to the other one towards the pier from them whose menu said the fresh grilled fish was about 450 grams and it definitely was.More

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 28 January 2023 via mobile

We have eaten here 3 times during our stay in Malaga and every time has been a wonderful experience, a great location on the beach, excellent and very friendly staff and food to die for! We ate clams, sardines, prawns, patatas fritas, padron peppers, wine,...beer, all excellent. I highly recommend eating and drinking here.More

Date of visit: January 2023
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Reviewed 17 January 2023

We had the opportunity to visit Chiringuito Tropicana on Saturday for a lunch booking on the outdoor terrace with a beach view. Despite a slight delay in placing our order, the setting and busy nature of the restaurant made us willing to wait. Unfortunately, the...experience took a turn for the worse as we encountered issues with our order. One of our drinks took over an hour to arrive, we were served the wrong wine twice, our starter never came, and the black rice paella was unappetisingly cold and slimy. When we expressed our dissatisfaction with the service and food quality, we had a public exchange with staff members in an attempt to resolve the issues. Although we received a small discount on our bill, we left feeling stressed and extremely disappointed with our overall experience. We advise others to not be swayed by the restaurant's aesthetic, as it falls short in terms of quality and service.More

Date of visit: January 2023
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Reviewed 12 January 2023 via mobile

Super delicious fresh fish on the beach. A great experience with friends, well looked after by friendly staff and a wide ranging menu.

Date of visit: January 2023
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Reviewed 4 December 2022 via mobile

Had some wonderful food here. Service excellent very attentive. Fabulous place to sit and watch the sea. Highly recommend.

Date of visit: December 2022
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Reviewed 12 November 2022

Excellent for some G&Ts at the end of the day. Service was excellent and its a perfect location for a drink after a swim.

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed 6 November 2022 via mobile

We stopped here for lunch whilst walking along the promenade, the food was okay but not the best. There was four of us eating, the sardines arrived quite quickly for one of us, the second person’s arrived 15 minutes after that, then the Paella arrived...15 minutes after this, strange to serve four of us at different times, the first had finished way before we got our meals. Not the best service, food was okay but had better. Would I return? No there is much better restaurants in the area.More

Date of visit: November 2022
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No, it doesn't close during the day. It is open for lunch and the Spanish tend to have lunch from 2:00 -3:30. They seem to cater for tourists and locals any way for the whole day. However I went back in January and it had... More
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Chiringuito Tropicana is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 3.5
  • Service: 3.5
  • Value: 3
  • Atmosphere: 4