El Rey

I had a mixed experience with my meal. I moved to Estepona in August for a job and I go out regularly to try to find restaurants to add to my list of places I enjoy visiting. If we’re talking dark meat then my two favorite things to eat so far in life are lamb chops or a well prepared horse steak. El Rey had lamb chops on the menu and judging by the price and the location of the restaurant, in the heart of the tourist area, I expected them to be delicious. They were not. Quite the opposite. I ordered them as anyone should, medium rare, only to be served these strange paper thin overcooked pieces of meat. I’ve never seen such thinly sliced lamb chops. I felt as if they were trying to fool me and they had sliced each chop lengthwise down the middle. I was not born yesterday nor did I begin dining out yesterday. I sat there obviously not touching my meal for twenty minutes and no one said anything to me. I finally waved down a server and explained the situation to him. Now, to their credit he did apologize, promptly bring the menu, and suggest something else I might actually like this time. I was brought a properly prepared medium rare steak and the meat was good. It had a LOT of sauce poured all over it. I didn’t expect that but I can live with sauce.

I did get a high five from the server when I ordered my drink. I guess a lot of people here ruin their delicious spiced rum by adding coke to it. I would never do such a thing.

There are many 5 star reviews of this place and my steak was okay. If you give it a chance, for the love of all things good, avoid the lamb chops.