Patio

The Patio kitchen in full service

Mediterranean restaurant · Old town · since 2015

The fish market writes the menu.

Four courses that change with the sea and the garden. This isn't a restaurant website: it's tonight's order ticket.

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Catch of the day in a salt crust

Course I · The signature dish

Served at the table for two

Catch of the day in a salt crust

What the boat brought in that dawn. Sea bass or snapper, depending on the sea. Wrapped in sea salt and baked whole until it reaches the table. We crack it open in front of you.

  • 1. Bought at the fish market at dawn
  • 2. Covered in salt with rosemary
  • 3. Wood-fired oven, 22 minutes
  • 4. Served at the table, opened live
◌ the fish market · 6:00 AM auction♦ Verdejo · Rueda · 2024
Garden tomato · burrata · basil

Course II · The starter

In season only · July to October

Garden tomato · burrata · basil

When Andrés's tomatoes arrive ripe, this dish appears on the menu. When they don't, it doesn't. Burrata from a cheesemaker in the Axarquía, olive oil from Frigiliana, basil from the kitchen's pot.

  • 1. Tomatoes at room temperature
  • 2. Burrata torn open by hand over the tomato
  • 3. Olive oil, flaky salt, basil
◌ Frigiliana garden · grown by Andrés♦ Manzanilla en rama (unfiltered dry sherry) · Sanlúcar
Soupy rice with carabineros (red prawns)

Course III · The main course

Cooked to order · 35 minutes

Soupy rice with carabineros (red prawns)

It's not paella. It's a soupy rice served in the cazuela, with fish stock reduced for three hours and two carabineros per person. The wait is part of the dish.

  • 1. Slow sofrito of onion and garlic
  • 2. Stock of carabineros and small rockfish
  • 3. Bomba rice, 17 minutes
  • 4. Two minutes' rest, then to the table
◌ Carabineros from Garrucha · Calasparra bomba rice♦ Albariño · Rías Baixas · 2023
Figs in muscat wine · cardamom ice cream

Course IV · The dessert

Served cold

Figs in muscat wine · cardamom ice cream

Five Frigiliana figs, split by hand and bathed in reduced muscat wine. A quenelle of cardamom ice cream made fresh every morning.

  • 1. Figs split to order
  • 2. Muscat wine reduced by half
  • 3. Freshly churned cardamom ice cream
◌ Frigiliana figs · house-made ice cream♦ Sedella muscat wine
Olive oilDaimalos · Axarquía— Extra virgin Picual, first cold press✺Fishthe fish market— Daily auction at six · local catch only✺VegetablesAndrés's garden · Frigiliana— Picked the day before, no industrial refrigeration✺BreadPanadería del Río— Sourdough, wood-fired oven, twice a day✺WineSmall wineries · local DO— Selection of 28 labels by the glass or bottle✺CoffeeLocal roaster · Toma Café— Small-batch roast · ground to order✺Olive oilDaimalos · Axarquía— Extra virgin Picual, first cold press✺Fishthe fish market— Daily auction at six · local catch only✺VegetablesAndrés's garden · Frigiliana— Picked the day before, no industrial refrigeration✺BreadPanadería del Río— Sourdough, wood-fired oven, twice a day✺WineSmall wineries · local DO— Selection of 28 labels by the glass or bottle✺CoffeeLocal roaster · Toma Café— Small-batch roast · ground to order✺

The chalkboard

This week's menu

Rewritten every Tuesday according to the fish market and the garden. Prices include bread and the house appetizer.

To start

  • House-marinated olives4,50
  • Frigiliana bread · Daimalos olive oil5,00
  • Boquerones en vinagre (fresh anchovies in vinegar)9,00
  • Tomato · burrata · basil16,00
  • Iberian ham croquetas12,00

From the sea

  • Catch of the day in a salt crust · for twomarket price
  • Soupy rice with carabineros (red prawns) · min. 2 people32.00 / person
  • Charcoal-grilled octopus26,00
  • Sardines skewered over the fire (espetadas)14,00

From the garden

  • Charcoal-grilled vegetables18,00
  • Fried eggplant with cane molasses12,00
  • White asparagus · mild alioli16,00

Desserts

  • Figs in muscat wine · cardamom ice cream9,00
  • Cheesecake · house-made quince paste8,50
  • Vélez lemon sorbet7,00

Service

Kitchen hours

  • Tuesday — ThursdayDinner 8:00 PM — 11:30 PM
  • Friday — SaturdayLunch 1:30 PM — 4:00 PM · Dinner 8:00 PM — 12:00 AM
  • SundayLunch 1:30 PM — 4:30 PM
  • MondayTeam day off
Calle Pintada 19, old town. No parking of our own — the municipal lot at Plaza de España is a four-minute walk.

Dining room questions

Before you come

Do you take bookings through TheFork?+

We cover the tables TheFork doesn't fill. Direct bookings through our website get priority, the table of your choice and a welcome drink on the house.

Do you have a vegetarian menu?+

Yes, with no separate menu: four starters and two mains without animal protein change with the season. Tell us when you book and we'll prepare a surprise dish for you.

Do you serve tourists or only locals?+

Both. The menu is in ES, EN and DE. The kitchen doesn't change. If you tell us about an allergy or a dietary habit, we'll respect it without any fuss.

Large groups?+

Long table on the inner terrace for 8 to 18 guests. Set tasting menu, wine included, book 72 hours ahead.

Direct booking

Your order starts here.

Book direct and you choose your table, the welcome drink is on the house, and the kitchen knows your name before you walk in.

  • ✓ Confirmation by WhatsApp in under 2 hours
  • ✓ Table of your choice · terrace or dining room
  • ✓ No platform commission

Booking order

Patio

Calle Pintada 19 — Mediterranean cuisine since 2015

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