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From Time Out Dubai Eating Out 2009

El Malecon doesn’t exactly scream fine dining, especially with its dancefloor and graffiti-strewn walls. It’s better known as a raucous nightspot that serves nicely mixed cocktails and has live bands and DJs. But that shouldn’t necessarily put you off its food offerings.

On the menu you’ll find a mix of seafood, steaks and salads, all with Latin American flair – even oysters make an appearance (but you’ll only get three as a starter). The camarones al coco are impressive as an appetiser or a bar snack – four plump prawns in breadcrumbs, hanging over half a coconut shell, half filled with pineapple chutney.

Stick with seafood for mains as well, as dishes like the ropa vieja, which is a mix of shredded beef and veggies, rice and fried banana, fail to inspire.

We’d definitely recommend El Malecon for decent bar food preceding the shenanigans of a big night out, but if it’s purely food you’re after, maybe this isn’t quite the place.

• Previous reviews
  • 26 March,2008- reviewed by Jeremy Lawrence
  • 22 August,2007- reviewed by TimeOut Dubai Staff
  • 12 March,2007- reviewed by Time Out Dubai Staff
  • 30 April,2006- reviewed by TimeOut Dubai
  • 01 November,2004- reviewed by Matthew Lee
  • 01 November,2001- reviewed by Time Out Dubai Staff

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