Benalmádena
New Horizon Steakhouse

New Horizon Steakhouse

Avenida Antonio Machado, 29630, Benalmádena, Spain

Carne • Europeo • Completo • Steakhouse


"They aim to please ... give this place a visit. They aim to please ... This unpretentious almost-right-on-the-beach restaurant certainly aims to please with its generous portions of dishes designed to appeal to the “Common Man”. After a four-hour flight I elected to go for the simplicity of a filling meal in the immediate vicinity of my hotel. I chose their Horizon burger with papas fritas, accompanied by a nice 14.5% alcohol vino tinto, and followed by a strawberry and cream ice cream sundae and a cappuccino. All for just 38 euros. My restaurant experience interests range from Michelin Star restaurants to family-owned Mom and Pop restaurants to classic bodegas and bistros. This restaurant rates due to the honesty of the cuisine (menu, preparation and presentation) and the service with a smile. I travel the world alone, and my servers cannot rely upon me being entertained by an entourage. I received good attention and was made to feel special. The food was well-prepared and was served without much waiting time. Almost all of the wines are sold by the bottle but the quality and reasonable wine prices will encourage alone-dinners to stay until the last drop is imbibed. The three-tiered burger with tomato, lettuce and fried egg was tasty albeit a bit reminiscent of frozen hamburger patties. I understand, however, that their steaks are prime Irish beef. At any rate, do give this place a try when you just need to relax, eat well and inexpensively, and not have to worry about what you are wearing or who you are seen with."

Toro

Toro

Darsena De Levante Loc B-5 Puerto Marina, 29630, Benalmádena, Spain

Tapas • Carne • Queso • Chocolate


"Although we’d based our visit on the total review score if we’d seen some of the poor reviews first, we would not have gone since they bore out our own unfortunate experience. Having been shown to our table we ordered two glasses of red wine which arrived chilled. When we queried this, the waiter (a nice guy said that is how it is normally served. We’d ordered Pig cheeks and oxtail which both arrived in less than 5 minutes. The first came on a splodge of sweet potato (mash! and some brown tasteless gravy with a garnish of withered cress and the oxtail with some very coarse chips. Nul points for presentation! My wife began to eat her oxtail fairly quickly because it wasn’t particularly hot and I started on my pig cheeks which again weren’t that hot. By this time we were both so unimpressed with the food that we decided we weren’t going to pay for it and got up to leave. Having told the manager of our intention he said he would call for the manager. When she arrived she adopted a very confrontational manner and in very unpleasant tones told us that because my wife had eaten half her meal we would have to pay the full cost of what we’d ordered. We said that because of our unsatisfactory experience we weren’ prepared to do that. She immediately said she was calling the police (something she seems to enjoy doing! . Just for the sake of getting out of the place my wife offered 20E which she accepted. One reviewer suggested avoiding Toro like the plague. Unfortunately, we can only agree. A very disappointing and unpleasant experience!"