Marisquería Jacinto
Jacinto Rojas kept livestock before he opened this marisquería, and Málaga suckling kid is the dish he brought with him.
Why go
Rojas runs the room with his wife Isabel Luque and their children Pablo and Isabel, and they have been at this address since the start of 2004.2 A glass case at the front carries the day's buying and you order off it: langoustines, prawns, goose barnacles, carabineros, quisquillas, conchas finas, oysters, búsanos, coquinas, squid, red mullet, and elvers when they are running.2 It comes back boiled, off the plancha, fried, or out of the oven.2
Cruz del Humilladero sits a long way inland from the seafront marisquerías and the beach shacks. The room is a plain bright dining hall with a bar down one side. There is no terrace.4 Sixty euros a head covers a meal without drinks.4
Order this / avoid
- Order: the coquinas, which are the dish to judge the kitchen on.
- Order: the ensaladilla rusa first. The house treats it as the thing that does not come off the card.2
- Order: the chivo lechal malagueño if somebody at the table wants meat. Rojas was a livestock man and this is the dish he knows best.4
- Order: the anchoas, or the avocado and salmon tartare, to eat cold while the fish is cooking.2
- Avoid: turning up for a terrace lunch. There is no terrace here.4
What locals & experts say
- Lori Zaino, The Infatuation:
The trick to the best coquinas is in their preparation: it takes time to remove all the sand from the tiny shells, and Jacinto ensures every last grain is gone before serving them in a butter-parsley-lemon marinade.
1 - Ignacio Luque, Academia Gastronómica de Málaga:
marisquerías like Jacinto, its brother El Cateto, or simpler ones like La Luz or La Playa.
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Good to know
- Booking: take one. The room has no terrace to absorb a walk-in and the house books by phone and by email.6
- Price: 60 euros a head without drinks, read in September 2026.4
- Where: Avenida del Obispo Ángel Herrera Oria 7, between Carranque and Carlos Haya.6
- Guía Repsol lists it on the recommended roll for the province in the 2025 edition, without a Sol.5
Verdict
should-visit — He was a livestock man first, and that is why a shellfish house in Cruz del Humilladero roasts kid. Everything else comes out of the case at the door, and the coquinas are the plate to test this kitchen on. Start with the ensaladilla rusa. Sixty euros a head without wine, in a residential street a long way from the seafront. Book it, because there is no terrace to wait on.