The Little Geranium

International Cuisine, Lunch Tapas, Evening Fine-Dining A La Carte & Tasting Menus
Dining Menu

Discover Our Story

Award-winning restaurant on the Costa del Sol,  The Little Geranium Restaurant is brought to you by celebrity and fellow Master Chef Steven Saunders and his wife Michele.  Located in the centre of La Cala de Mijas, behind the Town Hall, and a short distance from Fuengirola and Marbella, our restaurant is quaint, charming, full of delightful trinkets and pictures of friends and family.

A small personally written a la carte menu, tasting menus and a sophisticated wine list are available with service comprising of contemporary lunch tapas and evening fine-dining.  Catering for only 50 seats, advanced reservation is advised.

2019 Best Contemporary International Bar & Restaurant – Costa Del Sol

2020 Lux Excellence Award for International Cuisine

2020 Best Luxury Restaurant in Marbella

2020 Contemporary International Restaurant of the Year

PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO RESTRICTIONS OUR LUNCH SERVICE IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED. WE HOPE TO RESUME NORMAL SERVICE LATER THIS YEAR.  

Delicious Lunch Tapas

Whilst many may associate tapas to mean small Spanish dishes, tapas nowadays can be applied to almost any type of cuisines.  Our dishes are varied with influences from around the world.  Our menu is refined and updated seasonally by Steven Saunders offering the choice of a la carte, or a 4 course tasting menu which includes a glass of Cava or house wine.  Lunch specials are also available and will be explained by a member of the team.   Service is between 1pm & 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO RESTRICTIONS OUR LUNCH SERVICE IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED. WE HOPE TO RESUME NORMAL SERVICE LATER THIS YEAR.  

Delicious Lunch Tapas

Whilst many may associate tapas to mean small Spanish dishes, tapas nowadays can be applied to almost any type of cuisines.  Our dishes are varied with influences from around the world.   Our menu is refined and updated seasonally by Steven Saunders offering the choice of a la carte, or a 4 course tasting menu which includes a glass of Cava or house wine.  Lunch specials are also available and will be explained by a member of the team.   Service is between 1pm & 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO RESTRICTIONS OUR LUNCH SERVICE IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED. WE HOPE TO RESUME NORMAL SERVICE LATER THIS YEAR.  

Delicious Lunch Tapas

Whilst many may associate tapas to mean small Spanish dishes, tapas nowadays can be applied to almost any type of cuisines.  Our dishes are varied with influences from around the world.  Our menu is refined and updated seasonally by Steven Saunders offering the choice of a la carte, or a 4 course tasting menu which includes a glass of Cava or house wine.  Lunch specials are also available and will be explained by a member of the team.   Service is between 1pm & 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

Evening Gastronomic Wonder

Be prepared to be taken on a culinary journey you will not forget where all dishes are freshly prepared on order using the finest ingredients, care and attention from a highly skilled kitchen team and Steven Saunders.  Evening menus have been carefully crafted offering the choice of a la carte, and tating menu comprising of 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 courses with the option for wine pairing.  Service commences from 6pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

Evening Gastronomic Wonder

Be prepared to be taken on a culinary journey you will not forget where all dishes are freshly prepared on order using the finest ingredients, care and attention from a highly skilled kitchen team and Steven Saunders.  Evening menus have been carefully crafted offering the choice of a la carte, and tating menu comprising of 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 courses with the option for wine pairing.  Service commences from 6pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

Evening Gastronomic Wonder

Be prepared to be taken on a culinary journey you will not forget where all dishes are freshly prepared on order using the finest ingredients, care and attention from a highly skilled kitchen team and Steven Saunders.  Evening menus have been carefully crafted offering the choice of a la carte, a 5 course tasting menu or an 8 course tasting menu including wine pairing options.  Service is available from 7pm to 10pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

Chauffeur VIP Door to Door Service


Exclusive to our Platinum 9 Course tasting menu, we will arrange to collect you from your home/hotel or destination of your choice and return you back safely when requesting our VIP chauffeur service. Terms & Conditions apply.

What our Customers are saying

Highly recommended for everyone

We felt very welcome and comfortable in the restaurant. The staff were fantastic and very friendly, so nice to have staff that know their menu and wines. The food was to die for especially my duck salad to start, perfection! The early bird menu was gorgeous and fantastic value for money. We cant wait to go back and try the rest. Thank you for a wonderful evening Iwill highly recommend you.

 

Daisy22doo

Beautiful Food

We had an early table and a very reasonable Early Bird 5 course meal for €35 each. For Michelin star quality food, it’s an excellent price!  There’s lots of variety on the menu so something for everyone, beautifully cooked, high quality food. Very tasty!   Lovely friendly staff and the owner and head chef made the effort to come and see us to say hello and thank you for visiting.  I would absolutely return!

 

Laura T

The Little Geranium

Unexpectedly had lunch with family Saturday lunchtime, had the tapas menu which we have not tried before, absolutely excellent, no other words necessary.

 

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Dine with Us


To make a reservation, simply fill out the form below.

We ask kindly that you avoid placing short notice bookings by email and instead call us on +34 952 493 602.  Replies may take 24hrs on working days and longer on Sunday and Monday when we are closed.

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Dear Loyal Clients & Friends,

Since Covid struck in March last year we had to close for the most part of 2020. The impact of it, the restrictions enforced, combined with the fact that most of our clients live outside of Spain made our very special business unsustainable to continue. It’s with a very heavy heart from us to have come to the conclusion of closing The Little Geranium, having tried everything to stay open.

We are very proud of our Little Geranium, the impact it made on everyone and receiving multiple awards along the way. In our final full year of operation we were awarded, Contemporary International Restaurant of the Year, Best Luxury Restaurant in Marbella and an Excellence Award for Best International Restaurant in Spain.

It’s been an incredible 5 years and Michele and I thank you all for your loyalty, business and friendship. We will miss you very much but we do have many wonderful memories that will remain with us.