El Pimiento

Very busy local Spanish restaurant, tapas type menu . Low small chairs in main restaurant, food very good value, small almost taster portions see photo . Gets very busy all the time mostly local people. Don't know if you can book! Bear with the wait /busy place foods worth it. Give it a go . 👍😋

To be honest: For me one of the best restaurant in the world. Well it's not a classic restaurant, but a tavern. When I'm visiting Aguilas, I always eat several times there and -no joke- I would come to Aguilas only for El Pimiento :) If you like real Spanish Food from the countryside, then you are ok the right place here. They serve real spanish dishes ad Chorizo or Jamon Serrano. I highly recommend Fried Pimientos, Conejo, Chorizo frito, mixed salad and tostada Catalan. Ahh just try everything, it's so delicious! In summertime (July, August) it can be, that you have to wait quite long, because they do not reserve tables at all. But it's really worth it!

Fantastic tapas food. A great little find, very popular with the locals and gets very busy! Staff are friendly and usually very good. Try and arrive before 9 as this place is packed even on a Monday. Sometimes the locals que around the block!

Absolutely brilliant, authentic tapas restaurant. The food is rustic, traditional and very reasonably priced. It's not a tourist trap. Locals were queueing for tables by 8pm.

This pittoresk, often very crowded restaurant offers a wide variety of regional dishes and a loud typical southern Spanish atmosphere. The food is very good and the wines are not bad. Service is very fast and during the summer months you have more than 20 waiters cruising around the tables. Be sure to try the fantastic tomato and pepper sallad, served in olive oil with capers, olives and tons of garlic.

It's a great restaurant. Very affordable, great and special food and a good atmosphere

We had a wonderful meal here. Well looked after by our Italian waiter who guided us through the intricacies of spanish cuisine and suggested a number of very tasty dishes. Service was quick, the atmosphere warm and the decor rustic. Loved the bell ringing and very good prices.

Absolutely fantastic food and experience. The ambiance is delightful, the food delicious. and the service is out of this world. 10/10 recommend ! My husband and I had our 10-month-old son with us. No tables were initially available, but they seated us at a high top to begin. As soon as they realized our baby might be getting fussy, they brought a new table outside with a high chair to accommodate us. When my son promptly knocked over my wine. It was but a moment before the glass was full again. The attentiveness was incredible. The meal began with delicious sandwiches of meats or blood sausage (highly recommend!) A quick pot of stewed vegetables similar to ratatouille came, and our son devoured it 🤣 The dishes of the day were a stewed liver or rabbit - we tried both and were not disappointed. The meat was tender and flavorful and clearly local. When we continued ordering, we were offered an "off-menu" item to try incredible chorizo sausages in a sandwich. Everything we tasted was fantastic. One of the most amazing parts of this night was the incredible prices for the food. I retroactively wish I would have eaten here every day. The prices are more than fair, and other restaurants are easily charging double for food with a lower quality and taste. This place is a hidden gem. The white wine was perfect. We ended up sharing bottles with some locals passing by whom we had met the night before. The servers quickly added three chairs to our table to accommodate. As the night moved on, we found ourselves to be the last table at the restaurant. There was no pressure for us to leave; rather, the entire staff started moving chairs and tables as we watched them create a log table and dine together family style. They continued to serve us anything we wanted as we witnessed a beautiful comradery of connectedness. The last comment I will make it about our particular server, Alecio. Both my husband and I were impacted by his energy. He seems to be the leader of the staff and mentioned he'd been there 9 years. I have run multimillion dollar companies, and this man oozes a sense of leadership and stability - somehow similar to a trained martial artist or a well-respected director of a company. He clearly embodies humility and confidence, with a vibe that brings comfort and connection. His recommendations were spot on, and his staff's admiration was imbued in their body language. Every bit of this experience was wonderful, but having Alecio almost felt like we had a personal maître d' for the night. The greatest pleasure of our 3 nights in Aguilas was our evening at Pimiento.