My friends had called upon me unexpectedly and said they wanted to go for tapas and drink, and asked me if I would like to join them.  Of course unless you are actually on your death bed you should leap at every opportunity to avail yourself of the excellent food available in Andalucia, so I immediately accepted the invitation.  Walking down to the Capri tapas restaurant we were disappointed to find that they were closed, but I had a brainwave and suggested that we walk a little further down to the terminus of the new railway/tram station to the Meson Iberico la Estacion Restaurant Bar that another friend, viz.,  Pilar, had told me about.  Tom was with us in his wheelchair so we were a little circumspect about the proposed visit to this restaurant as none of us had visited before.  We need not have been anxious as entry was easy and the owner cleared a way for us and simply re-arranged the tables.

What was intended to be just a simple snack turned out to be a full-blown meal with entertainment thrown in.  We had asked for a selection of fish and had a massive plate of salad and a plate of prawns as a starter, with all four of us tucking in with gusto.  Later a plate of calamari and a plate of grilled fish were served with beautiful fresh bread.  As a compliment to the food we were served an excellent house wine which was delicious and left a delightful flavour in the mouth.  We had really only anticipated stopping for thirty minutes or so, but the time rushed by as we sat and chatted to the owner in Spanish with one of his companions talking to us in excellent English.

The owner told us of his plans to make the bar restaurant a meeting place for disabled people to meet at and told us of his work for one of the local charities.  I had, in the meantime, ordered another glass of the wonderful coffee which was consumed whilst a couple of flamenco singers joined us and sang – mainly to Tom who they, somewhat to his embarrassment, sang to.

One of the features of this restaurant was the number of wine bottles – all full – that were on display.  When I asked, “How Many”? I was told that they had over 800 bottles of different types and the owner was obviously someone who appreciated good wine.

Eventually, approximately two hours later, we made our farewells and appreciation known to them, but not before I was shown the very well planned toilets for the disabled.  These toilets would have done justice to any restaurant or even clinic in my opinion, and it said a lot for the owner’s sincerity that he had obviously given it great thought.  The restaurant is very well known and has a high reputation for brilliant meat dishes which, if they follow the standard of their fish, is praise indeed but on this occasion, we did not try their meat.  Perhaps another time?

Contact Information :-
Esplanada de la Estacion 10,
(Junto a Frutas Berenguer)
29700 Velez Malaga

(0034) 695 355 414

For those with a GPS you will find the restaurant at 36·46´.52″.52 N 4·6´33.43″ W

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