El Pino Restaurant and Wine Bar

El Pino is yet another tiny bar crammed into the shopping plaza of Elviria, near Marbella. The bar is mostly populated by English speaking folk with enriched tans and a taste for more expensive alcohols. The bar itself is a parade of outdoor furniture in a runway up to the […]

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Fluid Bar

Jammed into the small parade of Bars in Elviria, Fluid does offer that spice of relaxation and bring the holiday feel to this off-beat location near Marbella. The bar is essentially a small room with well polished bar-top and surfaces, polite (but slow) bar staff and a selection of one or two beers and […]

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Uno One Bar

Among the collective of small bars in the area of Elviria sits Uno One Bar. A very simplistic spirits bar offering one or two Spanish beers and catering to a small sea of British nationals that find themselves dragged into London life in the heart of the Costa Del Sol. Small metallic tables […]

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The Beachside Bar

The Marriot beach resort in marbella has a rather fun poolside bar, which is strangely called the Beach-side bar yet doesn’t even sit on the beach. The appeal of this venue , apart from its array of outdoor picnic tables is the selection of frozen cocktails are amazing since the staff the spirits in generous […]

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Lolita Bar

Young girls, bottled beers and mood lighting in this trendy back-street bar in old town Marbella. We stumble across Lolita bar with a crowd of young people outside and enter the small downstairs room with its makeshift bar and grumpy looking bar-man. The venue then goes upstairs onto a low-lit intimate landing with couches […]

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Rubyana’s Bar and Restaurant

Rubyana’s in Elviria, Marbella is something of a fantastic old style restaurant, hidden in the backstreets but with an amazing dining experience the likes of which have never matched my taste-buds before. The tip is as follows: one day before you intend on dining here, order the roast lamb for everyone in […]

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El Corjito Bar and BBQ Grill

Dishing up the best deals on Steak, whole chicken and sausages this side of the Costa Del Sol, this grungy, yet value for money backstreet Spanish answer to a steakhouse; is El Corjito. Consisting of two areas, the inside bar area which remain quiet and comfortable while the outside is […]

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Maggy and Wolfgang’s Pub

Maggy and Wolfgang’s is a bar set into the cobbled street of Marbella’s old town and is a little bigger than shed. Its selection behind the bar is a shadow of what can be purchased in any other bar in this world. From the looks of things there was one tap for traditional […]

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The Chill Bar

Sitting by the pool on wide, comfortable wicker chairs, lazy under the shade yet in full view of the sun you would think that any bar with the name “chill” would have its finer qualities especially with such close proximity to the beach but this, mainly outdoor venue is plagued by holidaying businessmen […]

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Maverick Irish Pub

This fairly small traditional Irish pub sits opposite another more popular club in the old town of Marbella in Spain. Inside the venue is fairly dark, the low lighting highlights two interconnecting rooms, the main one which sits on a tiled floor with a bar to the left which takes up about half […]

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