Óleo
Óleo runs a Mediterranean kitchen on one side and a sushi bar on the other, and the plate The Infatuation picks out of the whole city is the patatas bravas.1
Why go
Ignacio Luque put Óleo at the top of the city's Japanese cooking in 2021.2 Guía Repsol carries it among its recommendations and has given it no Sol.3
Those two recommendations and Zaino's paragraph are the whole of the record. Óleo spent years beside the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo and reopened in Soho in September 2025, so the address the guides still carry is dead. Call the restaurant before you walk over, and go for a good local dinner.
Order this / avoid
- Order: the patatas bravas, for the sauce.1
- Order: the tuna belly tartar and asparagus roll under truffle mayonnaise, which Zaino calls the standout of the sushi.1
- Avoid: one guide paragraph is the whole eating record here, so the lack of a complaint counts for very little.
What locals & experts say
- Lori Zaino, The Infatuation (2026):
Óleo's patatas bravas are the best in Málaga—a bold claim for a place that looks like your chic, everyday neighborhood sushi restaurant.
1 - Zaino, on why (2026):
the key to greatness lies in their foamy, fluffier take on traditional bravas sauce that soaks through the potatoes, dousing them in spicy flavor.
1 - Zaino, on the sushi (2026):
the standout is the tuna belly tartar and asparagus roll topped with truffle mayonnaise. Because the fish has a mild, clean flavor, it takes on the zesty, earthy undertones of their seasonings.
1 - Ignacio Luque, Academia Gastronómica de Málaga (2021):
If you want to change register and have something Japanese, the best option for Japanese and a malagueño mix is at Óleo.
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Good to know
- Where it is: Soho, Málaga's arts quarter, since September 2025. The old address at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo is no longer the restaurant. I haven't found a page published since the move that names the new street, the opening days or a price, so call before you set off.
- Booking: the house runs a booking page on its own site.
- On the room: the mood lighting and the big windows Zaino describes were written up in January 2026, but her guide never mentions the move, so they may belong to the old premises.1
Verdict
could-visit — Óleo moved to Soho in September 2025 after years beside the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, and nothing published since gives a street, a service or a price, so call first. Guía Repsol lists it without a Sol, and Ignacio Luque had it first for Japanese cooking in the city back in 2021. Go for the patatas bravas, and off the sushi counter the tuna belly roll. This is a good local dinner rather than a trip across the city.