The Michelin Guide falls in love with Casares and Malaga capital: two new recommended restaurants, Sarmiento and Promesa

The Michelin Guide has released a new update featuring restaurants that, as of this August, have joined its succulent and prestigious list of 'selected' restaurants, those recommended and now on the guide's radar as potential Michelin Stars. Among its new entries, with about twenty new recommendations, we find two other restaurants in Málaga, one in Casares, Sarmiento Brasa Andaluza; and another in the capital, Promesa. These new additions come just one month after the last two that featured Base9 and El Chiringuito.

Sarmiento Brasa Andaluza

• Address: Carretera de Casares km 12.5, Casares, 29690, Spain

Two brothers eager to impress, a family home with potential on top of a hill in one of Málaga's most charming towns, Casares. The mix comes together effortlessly. We are talking about Sarmiento Brasa Andaluza, the Casares restaurant that now appears among those selected by the Michelin Guide, led hand in hand by the Sarmiento brothers, Juan Diego and Miguel.

"Do you want to visit a typical white village? Casares, in the province of Málaga, is a magnificent option and this restaurant, located on top of a hill, enjoys wonderful terraces with the best views to enjoy while you indulge in good traditional cooking," thus introduces the Michelin Guide Sarmiento, a family restaurant that offers "a varied menu but not lacking identity, as they clearly focus on grilled meats (especially on Malaga goat, although they also have various aged cuts)."

Without a doubt, its privileged location and the views from its terrace are an added value to a gastronomic offer that not only surprises but exceeds expectations. Sarmiento speaks the language of grills but its offer is varied, with local products, fish and meats, and a select and well-defined wine cellar. Their pringá croquettes, their artichokes, the mushrooms, the free-range eggs, or the suckling goat sweetbreads are a safe bet.

Promesa

• Address: Avenida de Cánovas del Castillo 1, Málaga, 29016, Spain

And then there's Promesa, the restaurant located at the foot of hotel MS Maestranza, led in the kitchen by chef Julio Zambrana and which was already recognized in 2023 as the best restaurant in Málaga by the Gastronomic Academy of Málaga. The Michelin Guide describes it as a restaurant with a "current taste" in its menu, undoubtedly with a clear commitment to the Malaga recipe book but with modern and current nuances.

Promesa offers the chance to taste its menu in small bites, in the form of tapas, but always with quality and local, seasonal products. "It revisits local cuisine dishes, like its reinterpretation of the Malagueña Salad or the wild Corvina in miso and chamomile gazpachuelo," explain from the Michelin Guide, where they give a tip if you visit: "Don't miss the cocktail named after the restaurant, made with gin, red vermouth, banana liqueur, lime, and angostura (with it, in 1967, the founder of the hotel chain was champion of Spain and runner-up in the World Cocktail Championship)."