3 near-impossible reservations and 9 more beloved rooms, each vetted against real critics. We watch the ones that never have availability and alert you the second a table for two opens up.
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Verified July 2026: MICHELIN venue page loads with address Plaza de España 2 and phone +34 952 52 29 88, and Oliva appears in the live 5-restaurant 'Nerja and surroundings' MICHELIN selection; coordinates confirmed against the OpenStreetMap 'Oliva' POI at Plaza de España 2.
Book on WebsiteVerified July 2026: sollunrestaurant.com loads with address Calle Pintada 9, phone +34 952 525 569 and service hours 13:00–14:30 / 19:00–22:30. NOTE — Sollun's own site and several blogs still claim MICHELIN recommendation, but the MICHELIN venue URL returns 404 on both the Spain and global editions and Sollun is absent from the live 5-restaurant Nerja selection, so no Michelin claim is made here. Coordinates are Calle Pintada street-level (OSM has no Sollun POI); cross-checked against Calle Pintada 55 at 36.74819 to place no. 9 toward the southern end.
Book on CoverManagerVerified July 2026: the MICHELIN venue page loads with address Villa del Castillo 24, Sedella 29715, phone +34 601 99 55 59, opening hours, and the note that the restaurant manages its own bookings; it also appears in the live 5-restaurant 'Nerja and surroundings' MICHELIN selection. Coordinates confirmed against the OpenStreetMap POI 'Bar Restaurante El Chiringuito' at Calle Villa Castillo 24.
Verified July 2026: casaluque.com loads with address Plaza Cavana 2, phone 951 08 51 82, and posted hours Tuesday–Saturday 13:30–23:00, closed Sunday and Monday; the /en/reservas booking page resolves. Coordinates from an OpenStreetMap house-number match at Plaza Cavana 2, corroborated by the Cafetería Cavana POI 20m away.
Verified July 2026: the Guía Repsol Solete record loads with address Calle Almirante Ferrándiz 26 and phone 952521384, and elpulguilla.com is live with a 2026 copyright; coordinates confirmed against the OpenStreetMap 'El Pulguilla' POI at that street number.
Verified July 2026: pacoelchurretero.es is live at Camino de Burriana 9 with phone 652 73 30 66, and its CoverManager booking module loads a working July 2026 calendar with real availability logic; coordinates confirmed against the OpenStreetMap POI 'Paco "El Churretero"'.
Book on CoverManagerVerified July 2026: the Guía Repsol Solete record loads with address Playa el Cañuelo, N-340 km 287, phone 699810885, live opening hours, and listed services including sea views, garden, children welcome and reservations; coordinates confirmed against the OpenStreetMap 'Las piedras' POI beside Playa del Cañuelo. No website exists — phone only.
Verified July 2026: the Guía Repsol record loads carrying a current 2026 'Restaurante Guía Repsol' listing with live opening hours, phone 951 48 08 08, and services including terrace, good views, own kitchen garden and children welcome; coordinates from the OpenStreetMap El Acebuchal hamlet, which the restaurant effectively constitutes.
Verified July 2026: the MICHELIN venue page loads with address Avenida Costa del Sol 37, Almuñécar 18690, phone +34 958 63 24 02, Monday closure, and the note that it manages its own bookings; it also appears in the live 5-restaurant 'Nerja and surroundings' MICHELIN selection. Coordinates confirmed against the OpenStreetMap 'El Chaleco' POI in Almuñécar.
Verified July 2026: lapuntillanerja.es is live, with phone +34 952 528 951 and a working /reservas/ request page; the Guía Repsol feature's description of two facing units and a terrace across Calle Bolivia and Calle San Pablo matches the OpenStreetMap 'La Puntilla' POI used for coordinates.
Verified July 2026: merenderolabarca.es loads with address Camino de Burriana s/n, hours 13:00–18:00 and 19:00–22:00, the November–21 December closure, and the 1967 founding by Francisco Navas Valverde; coordinates and phone +34 952 52 69 27 confirmed against the OpenStreetMap 'La Barca' POI on Paseo Marítimo Antonio Mercero.
Verified July 2026: the Guía Repsol Solete record loads with Paseo Burriana 15 and phone 952522289, and ayonerja.com resolves over HTTP (HTTPS returns an SSL protocol error) advertising paella a la leña since 1969 and the Ministry of Agriculture 'Alimentos de España' award; coordinates confirmed against the OpenStreetMap POI 'La Parrala "Ayo"' at Paseo de Burriana 15.