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Category
Restaurants · casual · family-friendly · local
Location
Pl. de la Merced, 20 · Distrito Centro
Hours
Mon10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Tue10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Wed10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Thu10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Fri10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Sat10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Sun10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Rating
4.8/5 (3,196 Google reviews)
Price
$$$$
Reviewers love
fresh fishgreat servicewelcoming staffdelicious tapas
Good to know
inconsistent servicebusy during holidays

From their website

Rita's Resto Bar is a gourmet fusion restaurant located in Plaza de la Merced in central Málaga. It offers innovative tapas, carefully prepared main courses, vegan options, and an exceptional wine and cocktail selection. The restaurant prioritizes quality ingredients and personalized service, with over 3000 positive Google reviews.

What they offer
tapasmain coursesvegan disheswinescocktailschampagnecava
Cuisine
fusiongourmet
Languages spoken
SpanishEnglish
Booking
phone / online
Details gathered from ritasrestobar.com · 17 Jul 2026
About this business
Ritas Resto Bar is a charming restaurant located in the heart of Málaga, offering a delightful menu that caters to various tastes. Enjoy a warm atmosphere perfect for relaxing with friends or family. Find directions and contact details below.

About the neighbourhood: Distrito Centro

Málaga's historic core, bounded by the Guadalmedina river to the west, the port to the south and the slopes of Mount Gibralfaro to the east. The district contains the Cathedral, the Roman Theatre, the Alcazaba fortress, the Picasso Museum and the Pompidou Centre, plus the main shopping street Calle Marqués de Larios. Inside Distrito Centro sit the well-known sub-areas of Centro Histórico, Soho, La Merced and Lagunillas. The area is almost entirely pedestrianised, served by Metro Atarazanas and the Málaga–Centro Alameda rail station.

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Recent Google reviews

3,196 total reviews
Marie · a month ago
It was our first time visiting Málaga, and we wanted to enjoy some fresh fish. We followed the recommendations on the menu and let the waiter choose for us. It turned out to be an excellent decision! The fish was incredibly fresh and absolutely delicious. We left the restaurant with happy bellies and no regrets. We would definitely recommend this place to anyone visiting Malaga!
Bethany Richardson · 5 months ago
David and Vita were great! I appreciate their service. Especially Beta helping us celebrate our mom’s birthday. She was very very kind and patient with us. David was wonderful with serving our food and tending to our needs. 10/10 will visit again!! I highly recommend the tuna tataki. It was phenomenal. And the sirloin steak with shrimp paella was extremely generous. Just all around wonderful.
Johanne Jordahl · 4 months ago
Lovely, fresh venue with very welcoming staff - a real relief after waiting at nearby restaurants for over 10 minutes without even being acknowledged. The food was excellent, and the mojito was great. We ordered six tapas dishes to share between two people plus dessert, and it was more than enough, we left pleasantly full.

The place really deserves five stars overall, but the service was slightly inconsistent, so I would rate that at 4 stars. We had to ask twice for bread that was meant to accompany one of the tapas dishes, and had to wait before we could start eating. In addition, the waiter began clearing the table but only removed half of it before dessert was served, leaving the rest behind.

But overall: a very enjoyable experience and definitely worth visiting (and 100% recommended over the neighboring restaurants).
BlueHope27 · 5 months ago
I liked this place. Fish was well prepared with right amount of juiciness. Green tea ice tea was refreshing and anshoves with lemon were amazing. Must have to visit, if you like sea food.
Kata Kopócs · a month ago
We spent the New Year's Eve dinner at this place. Unfortunately the price and the service were not at the same level. The food was great but the fact that we had to wait 2 hours for our main course, even though I had told 3 waiters that we have been waiting and nothing happened, is unbelievable. Waiters that served us weren't very friendly. The only positive thing that happened during the night, after I walked to the counter after several failed complaint to the waiters, was one sunshine that walked up to me, that happened to be a waiter named Patrik, who helped out at the restaurant that night from the neighbor place. He immediately checked where our main course was at, after one minute we received our long-waited food, after finishing it, a few minutes later received our desserts too. If Patrik is not there we would've left without hesitation. Furthermore information, it wasn't just us waiting this long for a meal, but other tables were complaining too. You could clearly see, it was happening because of the lack of system and coordinating. At other restaurants for the same price range we get better quality. Once again thank you for Patrik for being so kind to us, we enjoyed his company and his quality of work.

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Pl. de la Merced, 20, Distrito Centro, 29012 Málaga, Spain

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Opening Hours
Closed · opens today at 10:30
  • Monday 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Tuesday 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Wednesday 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Thursday 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Friday 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Saturday 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
  • Sunday 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
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