Restaurante El Peñón

Great food to enjoy in a nice place with the family. Kids can play in the sand while you wait for the tasty food.

Eating by the sea is always enjoyable for us. This restaurant has a neat story history dating from 1954 every fisherman would gather here to sell what they caught. Later the spot became much more than a gathering place etc. Anyway the smoked octopus was delicious As well as the fried sardines. We also tried the avocado and tomatoes salad which was nice and fresh. We finished with a flan and some awesome cafe con leche. And the coffee is so good. The service was so so. The waiter had too many tables was short with us and did not take the time to explain the dishes and what they came with. Overall the food was great and the prices were reasonable. Definitely will go back since the location is great. Restaurant a bit dated but it is one of the first if not the first in that bay.

Wonderful place where we went during our stay in Salobrena right before the covid lock down...my children were very little back then and because the bizarre experience they lived through for the next few years afterwards, I thought they'd not remember much. However to my surprise when I recently mentioned Salobrena, they both immediately started to reminiscent about this restaurant we walked in to, where they ate whole fish and an octopus ! 😃 The memory was so vivid and so pleasant in their mind that I also instantly remembered all the details - the incredibly helpful waiter who helped us accommodate our very long list of allergies that my children suffered back then, who went above and beyond to make us feel absolutely welcomed and even entertained our children for a little while so that me and my husband could eat our dinner (I'm still immensely grateful about this 💐) The food was plentiful and simply delicious, fresh and bursting with flavour! 🍛 I decided to write this review from perspective of years as it was one of few places on my many travels that really struck such deep and unrivalled memories. I hope we'll go back sometime. Thank you El Peñón.

Worst meal ever. This place is a tourist trap with bad food and staff who does not see the customers at all and seems like they rather want to be somewhere. The menu card does not at all describe the dishes, so you have no idea what you get except for the main ingredient BUT the prices are all too expensive. We have been before a few years ago but this was the last time. Deep fried calamares 13€!!!!for one plate! Salobrena octopus…….Yak…..that was the most disgusting dish that tasted like salt and looked like something poured from a can. 3 LONG BLACK HAIRS on 2 different plates…….discusting and we are all blonds but had 1 plate switched with another meal and told the waiter there was one more hair but he did not care. And the fries……6,5 € for something I could cook better in cold oil. Cannot recommend👎🏼

Excellent food, very friendly service in the perfect location. This 50 year old restaurant has excellent food from the tradition using mostly local products. They have a well deserved online reputation in the social media. Hope all the employees are getting a slice of the success as all of them work very hard with passion. We had the special sea food paella and the grilled octopus as starter. The sangria was also great.

So, here we are after 4500 miles from Miami to Salobreña at El Peñon restaurant, and nothing will keep me away from enjoying the food, the friends and the warm Viva Miami. It was exactly how I felt it would be and more. But Danny made it all to be extra special. Hugs to La Chica, Jesus, Antonio and the rest of the gang came to my table to say hello and offer me an array of appetizers and a delightful postre. Thank you for that guys. La Chica sent me what she had cooked for "the kids" that I will call it ajiaco. Delicious. Danny made me a believer with el pulpo a la Salobreña, yes it's the best. Nice cool chardonnay and the best black rice ever. Salads, crunchy bites, chupitos. Timely harmony of flavors catered by Danny to the last detail, like picking my favorites dishes throughout the meal. That's something to brag about. Cheers!

Best beach restaurant in the area.. highly recommend never have been disappointed..

Great little bars with really friendly helpful staff. The bar is away from the main beach front and traffic so very peaceful with the just the murder of customers and the sea! This is our favourite place in Salobreña.

Amazing service. Beautiful location! Fresh seafood. They didn't open until 1pm but we arrived at 12:10pm and they allowed us to get a drink on the patio until the kitchen opened. So nice!

Really welcoming place in a perfect quiet-ish location. Friendly service and incredibly fresh seafood perfectly served... the best paella in Spain so far!

Best meal I have ever had. Cannot fault them on anything. Would highly recommend this restaurant.