Experts have no doubt: these are the two best restaurants in Malaga in 2025 and they are in the 'top' of Spain

At every year's end and beginning, just like our social media feeds are filled with influencers, family, and friends reviewing the past year, gastronomic experts do the same with those restaurants, bars, and taverns that have set trends in 2025. We listen to what they have to say from El Comidista, where they highlight their preferences each year, those "places where you eat well, no matter the format: neighborhood bar, pizzeria, traditional eatery, high-end restaurant, sandwich shop that nails it, or a market stall where a bar is enough to make you happy."

In this review of Spanish gastronomy, particularly the restaurant sector in our country, they focus on two restaurants in Málaga that have "made a lasting impression on them in 2025, first for the flavor of their dishes, but also for the care put into the preparations and the attention to those of us who go to eat there." They talk about Alita and La Cosmo, two tasteful, modern restaurants where the approach is creative, surprising, and offers competitive prices considering the great care they give to their well-chosen products.

Alita

"One way to describe it would be as a French bistro with an Andalusian twist, because of the cuisine, the venue, and the atmosphere that Álvaro Salido and Tatiana Carvajal manage to create in their small space," they define at El Comidista about Alita –which is on vacation from this January 5th until the next 13th–. About the restaurant and its offerings, they note that you will find "local recipes with some twists," referring to the experience of their chefs in restaurants like Kava by Fernando Alcalá, holder of a Repsol Sun.

Among the recommendations they make for your order, they suggest their "ajoblanco with fermented lemons, white asparagus, cured yolk, oloroso sherry, and cracklings" as well as their equally delicious "shrimp bread pil-pil style (actually a tartar)" or as unique and striking dishes like their "ko pha ngan eggplant." "Local wines and well-poured beers, with the option of also enjoying the fresh air on their terrace," they conclude about Alita.

Where is it located? At Trinidad Grund Street, 7.

La Cosmo

La Cosmo lacks no compliments; recently, it's the only 'youngest child' of Dani Carnero, holder of a Michelin Star with his restaurant Kaleja and one of the first to bet on modernizing traditional cuisine with La Cosmopolita, which has recently closed. About La Cosmo, they point out that it's his "most casual" proposal but that it does not shy away from that "Malagueña essence" so characteristic of this chef's offerings.

"In a gastronomically gentrified Málaga, it's appreciated to have places like La Cosmo right in the city center," they say from El Comidista, "I fell in love with the potato salad which includes hake and green beans, the steak tartar mollete, and the leek with yolk and Grana Padano in a carbonara style. Original dishes with always an interesting twist," they conclude.

Where is it located? At Císter Street, 11.