Bardal, by Benito Gómez, named best restaurant in Andalusia for the second consecutive year by the 'Guía Macarfi'

The renowned Ronda restaurant Bardal, led by the celebrated chef Benito Gómez, has been proclaimed once again as the best restaurant in all of Andalusia by the Macarfi Guide. The event took place at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, where the XI Macarfi Gala was held, gathering a large number of chefs from the national gastronomic sphere. Besides Bardal, four other restaurants from the province have secured spots in the Andalusian Top15 of this youngest of gastronomic guides: Kaleja, Skina, Palodú, and Los Marinos José.

Bardal, the elite offering from Benito Gómez in Ronda, remains the number one reference in Andalusia for the Macarfi Guide. Accompanying it on the Andalusian podium are Noor and Aponiente. Other Malaga restaurants in the Top 15 include Kaleja (6th), by Dani Carnero; Skina (10th), by Mario Cachinero; Palodú (13th), by Cristina Cánovas and Diego Aguilar; and Los Marinos José (15th), by Pablo and José Sánchez. The Andalusian list is completed by Lú Cocina y Alma (4th), Bagá (5th), Mesón Sabor Andaluz (7th), Dama Juana (8th), Vandelvira (9th), Cañabota (11th), La Costa Restaurante (12th), and Choco (14th).

The Andalusian list goes up to restaurant number 100, and there we find another 28 restaurants from the province of Málaga, demonstrating the strength of Malaga's high cuisine, restoration, and gastronomy, with a total of 33 restaurants from the 100 Andalusian ones, a third of them being from Málaga: José Carlos García (17th), Back (18th), Blossom (19th), Nintai (20th), Kava (24th), La Milla (28th), Beluga (29th), Hermanos Alba (30th), Chinchín Puerto (36th), Messina (37th), Ta-Kumi Marbella (41st), Sollo (42nd), La Cosmo (44th), Cávala (47th), El Saladero (50th), Areia (54th), La Taberna de Mike Palmer (59th), Tragatá Ronda (69th), El Lago (72nd), Ta-Kumi Málaga (74th), Nobu (75th), La Marisquería Casa Curro (77th), Rei by Finca Cortesin (78th), Kutral (80th), Ménade (81st), Promesa (95th), Clómada (97th), and Mi Niña Lola (99th).

Clómada, the best opening in Andalusia in 2025

Among the best openings of the year 2025, the so-called 'rookies' restaurants of the Macarfi Guide, also ranked number one is Clómada, the venture of Ecuadorian chef Claudine Paulson. Her training in top restaurants combined with her roots and a recipe book full of soul have conquered the gastronomic critics in these months. She is not the only one present in this list, Malaga restaurants like Alaparte (2nd) and La Recaleta (6th) are also within the list of great Andalusian openings.

How the Macarfi Guide Works

The Macarfi Guide, created by Manuel Carreras Fisas, was born in October 2015 as an urban project focused on Barcelona, where the most interesting restaurants of the city were reviewed. Eleven years later, the guide has evolved to cover for the first time the entire peninsular Spain, expanding its presence from 8 to 15 autonomous communities: Catalonia, Madrid Community, Basque Country, La Rioja, Valencian Community, Andalusia, Cantabria, Principality of Asturias, Galicia, Aragon, Navarre, Murcia Region, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, and Extremadura. The next step will be in 2027, with the incorporation of the islands to complete the coverage of the entire national territory.

The functioning of the guide is based on a broad collective rating system. It currently analyzes and scores about 5,000 restaurants based on reviews made by over 2,000 local gastronomes, called ambassadors. These collaborators provide their opinions and scores freely, selflessly, and anonymously. All reviews received about the same establishment are integrated into a single final critique, which synthesizes the general feeling of the ambassadors and offers a global, objective, and verified view of each restaurant.