- There is no Smoked Room in Marbella: Dani García's two-star Smoked Room seats 14 inside Leña Madrid, with a branch in Dubai
- In Marbella his group runs Leña, Lobito de Mar and Tragabuches, and created the menu at La Cabane beach club
- Leña's one-kilo DG chop costs €155, and every price rises 15 per cent on its terrace
- Lobito's Amarre bar menu is €24 with a drink, Monday to Thursday and Friday lunch
- Tragabuches is in San Pedro Alcántara, not central Marbella; a quarter of Málaga kid costs €85
Search for Smoked Room Marbella and you will find old articles placing Dani García's most famous restaurant in his home town. It has never been here. There is no Smoked Room in Marbella: Dani García's two-star Smoked Room is in Madrid, with a second in Dubai. In Marbella in 2026 his group runs Leña at Puente Romano, Lobito de Mar on the Golden Mile and Tragabuches in San Pedro, and wrote the menu at La Cabane.
We book these tables often for clients of our agency, so this guide sets out what each one is, what to order, what it costs on the 2026 menus and how to book. If the dinner is the start of an evening with a companion, our page on escorts in Marbella shows who is available.
Is There a Smoked Room in Marbella?
No. Smoked Room opened in Madrid in 2021 and won two Michelin stars within six months; a Dubai branch followed and won one star in 2024. Neither has ever traded in Marbella. The nearest thing here is Leña, the fire-cooking steakhouse whose Madrid branch hides the Smoked Room.
Where Smoked Room Actually Is
Smoked Room Madrid sits inside Leña Madrid at the Hyatt Regency Hesperia, Paseo de la Castellana 57, and serves 14 diners per sitting around a Japanese-style counter facing the kitchen. It opens Wednesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner, and its own site lists menus at €210 and €280 a head before drinks. The group's list of awards records both stars arriving six months after the 2021 opening, and the Dubai branch's star in 2024.
Combining Marbella and Madrid
If the Smoked Room is the point of the trip, it is an easy add-on. Málaga has seven to nine direct flights a day to Madrid, and the high-speed trains take about 2 hours 45 minutes, so a Madrid night between two Marbella weekends works well. Book the counter first, because with fourteen seats a sitting it is the hard part, then build the rest around it. Our Marbella and Madrid dual-base guide covers trains, flights and timing.
Dani García's Marbella Restaurants in 2026
Three restaurants and a beach club menu. Leña is the steakhouse at Puente Romano, Lobito de Mar the seafood bar on the Golden Mile boulevard, and Tragabuches the Andalusian tavern in San Pedro Alcántara. La Cabane, the 1965 beach club at Los Monteros, serves a menu he created.
The Four at a Glance
Hours and prices are from each restaurant's own 2026 pages and menus, VAT included; the sample dinners leave out drinks.
| Restaurant | What it is | Where | Hours 2026 | Sample dinner for two |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leña | Fire-cooked steakhouse | Puente Romano, Golden Mile | Daily; kitchen 13:00–16:30, 19:00–00:00 | About €230: tartare, croquettes, 1 kg DG chop, two sides |
| Lobito de Mar | Seafood bar | Bulevar Príncipe Alfonso de Hohenlohe 178 | Non-stop 13:00–01:00 | About €120: quisquillas, a seafood rice for two |
| Tragabuches | Andalusian tavern | Calle Ana de Austria 2, San Pedro | 13:00–16:00, 19:30–23:30 | About €110: anchovies, croquettes, presa, sole |
| La Cabane | Beach club, menu by Dani García | Los Monteros, East Marbella | Lunch, in season | See our La Cabane guide |
What Closed: The Three-Star Room and BiBo
Born in Marbella in 1975, García made his name in the kitchens of the Gran Meliá Don Pepe, itself closed for refurbishment since October 2025. His own restaurant at Puente Romano won a third Michelin star in the 2019 guide, and three weeks later he announced it would close so he could take Spanish cooking to the rest of the world. BiBo Marbella, which won a Bib Gourmand in 2016, no longer appears among the group's restaurants; the nearest BiBo is at Málaga airport. None of the Marbella places holds a star, as our Michelin guide notes.
La Cabane: Dani García by the Sea
La Cabane at Los Monteros, in East Marbella, has been a beach club since 1965, reopened with Dolce & Gabbana interiors in the summer of 2023 and marked its sixtieth season in 2025 with a menu created by García, served alongside the group's partners at Grupo Mosh. It is a long-lunch place by the pool rather than a dinner table. Our La Cabane guide covers the beds, the prices and the age rules.
Leña: The Steakhouse in the Old Three-Star Room
Leña opened at Puente Romano in 2020, the first of a chain that now runs from Madrid to Dubai, in the same space where García held three stars. The Restaurant and Bar Design Awards named it the world's most beautiful restaurant in 2021. It opens daily, with the kitchen serving 13:00 to 16:30 and 19:00 to midnight.
What to Order at Leña
Start with the dish that links Leña to the three-star room: two baby burgers with the house bull sauce on pretzel buns, a version of the burger served at Dani García Restaurante in 2019, €29. The steak tartare is minced at the table for €30, or €125 with 30 grams of caviar. For two, the 1 kg DG chop of old cow aged 45 days costs €155 and the 1.3 kg veal tomahawk €110; A5 wagyu from Kagoshima is €420 a kilo, minimum 500 grams. Sides are €10.
Leña's Small Print: Terrace, Bread and Groups
Read the bottom of the menu: every price rises 15 per cent on the terrace, and bread with butter is €5.50 a head. Inside, the stone and wood room is the one the design award was for, so a date loses little by eating indoors. The bar stays open until 02:00, which makes Leña a natural first stop on a Puente Romano night; Leña's page lists a private room, group menus from 12 people and exclusive hire for up to 110.
Lobito de Mar: The Seafood Bar on the Golden Mile
Lobito de Mar opened in 2017 as García's homage to Málaga's beach bars, the chiringuitos where espetos and fried fish rule. It sits at Bulevar Príncipe Alfonso de Hohenlohe 178, serves without a break from 13:00 to 01:00, and prices its shellfish by weight from a daily display.
What to Order at Lobito
Order from the display: Motril quisquillas dressed with lemon at €44, red prawns from Garrucha at €22 per 100 grams, Marbella red mullet grilled at €9.50 per 100 grams. The bluefin tuna section runs from an O-toro tartare at €38 to a mixed tuna grill at €64, and most rices, for two or more, cost €30 to €33 a head, or €62 with carabinero. Bread and olive oil add €4 a head. If the beach-bar roots appeal, our chiringuito guide covers the originals.
The €24 Amarre Bar Menu
The best-value Dani García meal in Marbella is at Lobito's bar. Amarre costs €24 a head with one drink: a gilda, a Russian salad with smoked eel, squid croquettes, a tuna-belly pepito with fried egg and pepper, and cheesecake. It is served only at the bar, for lunch and dinner from Monday to Thursday and at Friday lunch. For a quick lunch before the beach, it is the order we suggest.
Tragabuches: Andalusian Cooking in San Pedro
Tragabuches began in Ronda in 1998 as a kilometre-zero kitchen; the Marbella branch opened in 2022 on Calle Ana de Austria in San Pedro Alcántara, ten minutes west of Puerto Banús. It serves lunch from 13:00 to 16:00 and dinner from 19:30 to 23:30, with a snack menu between.
What to Order at Tragabuches
This is the group's most Andalusian menu. Start with XXL gildas at €6 and Santoña anchovies at €16, then a tartare of Málaga white prawns with beurre blanc and caviar at €30, or beef cheeks braised in Ronda wine with brie at €22. Ibérico ham croquettes are €16 and acorn-fed Ibérico presa €30. For a group, a quarter of roast Málaga kid with chips and salad costs €85 and is meant for sharing.
The Cellar, the Private Room and the Play Room
The wine list reaches back to a 1925 Castillo Ygay from Marqués de Murrieta, a 1928 CVNE Imperial Gran Reserva and a 1991 Alión. There is a private room for small groups, group menus from 12 people and exclusive hire for up to 142, and the restaurant has the group's first children's play room, which tells you who fills it on Sundays. Its page takes bookings online and by phone.
Which Dani García Restaurant Should You Book?
Leña for a dinner date or a celebration with meat at its centre, Lobito de Mar for seafood or a long lunch, Tragabuches for an Andalusian family meal or a group. All three take bookings online, and all three have private rooms, which matters if you want a table out of view.
For a Dinner Date
Leña is the obvious choice: the room is handsome, the bar keeps the evening going and Puente Romano is outside the door. Book 21:00 inside rather than on the terrace, and share the tartare and a chop rather than ordering two steaks. Lobito suits a lighter, earlier dinner at the counter, and its 01:00 close leaves room for a drink elsewhere on the Golden Mile. Tragabuches, with its play room, is a Sunday lunch place more than a date.
For a Group or a Private Room
All three run group menus from 12 people and private rooms for fewer. Leña can be taken over for up to 110 and Tragabuches for up to 142, and both are used for birthdays and company dinners. For a private table for two to twelve elsewhere in town, with minimum spends and set menus compared, see our private dining rooms guide. Give the group's dietary needs when you book.
Booking Channels and Lead Times
Each restaurant books through its own page, Leña's through the CoverManager system, and the group's main site adds a WhatsApp booking line. For a summer Saturday we book Leña five to seven days ahead and Tragabuches two or three; in our experience the bar at Lobito is the easiest seat in the group to find at short notice. Cancel through the channel you booked with, so the change is on record, and mention any allergy at the time of booking rather than at the table.
Dinner at Leña or Lobito With a Companion
Book it as a dinner date: three hours at least, so from €900, at the same price on weekends. Tell us the restaurant and the time, and we suggest someone who enjoys that kind of room, from a steakhouse with a bar to a seafood counter.
Timing and Meeting Point
Leña's kitchen takes orders until midnight and its bar runs to 02:00, so a 21:00 table leaves room for a drink at Puente Romano afterwards. If the evening moves on after that, extra time is €300 an hour, or you can book an overnight, €3,000 to €4,000 depending on the companion and the length. Meet at the table rather than in the lobby if you prefer, and tell us the name the booking is under. Our dinner date companions enjoy exactly this sort of evening.
Golden Mile or San Pedro
Leña and Lobito are on the Golden Mile, a short ride from most of the coast's five-star hotels, while Tragabuches is in San Pedro, ten minutes further west. Clients staying in villas around Guadalmina or Nueva Andalucía often find Tragabuches the easier dinner. Our pages for companions on the Golden Mile and in San Pedro show who covers each end of town, and her taxi to the table is paid by you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a Smoked Room in Marbella?
No. Dani García's Smoked Room is in Madrid, inside Leña at the Hyatt Regency Hesperia on Paseo de la Castellana, where it holds two Michelin stars, with a second branch in Dubai. In Marbella his group runs Leña, Lobito de Mar and Tragabuches, and created the menu at La Cabane beach club.
Does Dani García still have a Michelin-starred restaurant in Marbella?
No. His restaurant at Puente Romano won a third star in the 2019 guide and closed that year. Leña now occupies the same space without a star. His starred kitchens in 2026 are Smoked Room in Madrid, with two stars, and Smoked Room in Dubai, with one.
How much does dinner at Leña Marbella cost?
Plan on about €230 for two before drinks for a tartare, croquettes, the one-kilo DG chop and two sides. Prices rise 15 per cent on the terrace, bread is €5.50 a head and signature cocktails cost €22. The wagyu and caviar dishes cost €115 to €125, and Kagoshima A5 beef is €420 a kilo.
Where is Tragabuches Marbella?
On Calle Ana de Austria in San Pedro Alcántara, the western district of Marbella municipality, about ten minutes from Puerto Banús. It opened in 2022 as the coastal branch of the Tragabuches that began in Ronda in 1998, and serves lunch and dinner with a snack menu in between.
Dinner at Leña, Then the Evening?
Send us the restaurant, the date and the time on WhatsApp. We confirm which companions are free, suggest one who enjoys that kind of room, and confirm the price of the dinner date or overnight and her taxi.
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