The Little Geranium

International Cuisine, Evening Fine-Dining À La Carte & Tasting Menus
Dining Menu

Discover Our Story

Award-winning restaurant on the Costa del Sol, The Little Geranium is run by celebrity Master Chef Steven Saunders and his wife Michele. Located in the heart of La Cala de Mijas, behind the Town Hall and a short drive from Fuengirola and Marbella, the dining room is intimate, welcoming and filled with plants, candles and photographs of friends and family.

Steven personally selects fresh fish, wild mushrooms and specialist ingredients each day. A personally written à la carte menu, tasting menus and a curated wine list are served by a dedicated team. See our Wine Pairing Guide for how Steven matches wines to each course. With only 50 seats, advance reservation is recommended.

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

Delicious Lunch Tapas

Tapas today can reflect cuisines from around the world, and ours are no exception. Steven Saunders refines the lunch menu seasonally, with à la carte choices or a four-course tasting menu that includes a glass of Cava or house wine. Lunch is served 1pm to 4pm on selected days. Please call or book ahead to confirm availability.

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, with à la carte choices or a four-course tasting menu that includes a glass of Cava or house wine. Lunch is served 1pm to 4pm on selected days. Please call or book ahead to confirm availability.

Delicious Lunch Tapas

Tapas today can reflect cuisines from around the world, and ours are no exception. Steven Saunders refines the lunch menu seasonally, with à la carte choices or a four-course tasting menu that includes a glass of Cava or house wine. Lunch is served 1pm to 4pm on selected days. Please call or book ahead to confirm availability.

Evening Gastronomic Wonder

Be prepared for a culinary journey where every dish is freshly prepared using the finest ingredients and the skill of Steven Saunders and his kitchen team. Evening menus offer à la carte dining and tasting menus of 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 courses, with optional wine pairing. Service runs Thursday to Saturday from 6pm.

Evening Gastronomic Wonder

Be prepared for a culinary journey where every dish is freshly prepared using the finest ingredients and the skill of Steven Saunders and his kitchen team. Evening menus offer à la carte dining and tasting menus of 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 courses, with optional wine pairing. Service runs Thursday to Saturday from 6pm.

Evening Gastronomic Wonder

Be prepared for a culinary journey where every dish is freshly prepared using the finest ingredients and the skill of Steven Saunders and his kitchen team. Evening menus offer à la carte dining, a five-course tasting menu or an eight-course tasting menu, with wine pairing available. Service runs Thursday to Saturday from 6pm to 10pm.

Chauffeur VIP Door to Door Service


Exclusive to our Platinum 9 Course tasting menu, we arrange collection from your home, hotel or chosen destination and a safe return at the end of your evening. Terms and 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 cannot wait to go back and try the rest. Thank you for a wonderful evening. I will 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, fill out the form below or call us on +34 952 493 602.

For same-day bookings, please phone rather than email. Email replies may take up to 24 hours 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.