Shredded meat
full portion
“Recommended as the star dish; the creator compares it to the liño de jamón asado from Granada, but says it should be eaten quickly because it cools fast.”
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Tapas / tavern (gildas, montaditos, carne mechada) · Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena · 1 dish with price
El Tapeo
Calle Sol
About El Tapeo
Eat it quickly
In Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena, El Tapeo is a tapas taberna where gildas stay cheap and generous: €1.50 to €2, with elaborate versions at €2.20. @tamaraxgb comes for the gildas and leaves won over, especially by a bonito gilda described as really good
and huge
, with two pieces of bonito, piparra and olive.
The cherry pepper gilda stuffed with cheese is pickled
and sweet, while the chistorra one could use an olive, per the creator. The real star, though, is the carne mechada: a full portion for €7, made to pile into bread, with a flavour that recalls Granada’s roast ham. Just eat it quickly
because it arrives hot and cools fast.
@tamaraxgb’s verdict: big, cheap gildas, with the only complaint being that they come on bread when they’re better alone with oil or on potato. The carne mechada alone justifies the stop. It’s a taberna for snacking well without spending much and ordering the full portion.
Automatic summary of 1 creator video (and its top comments).
The menu they tried
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Gilda with bonito
“Looks very tasty; the creator says it is very good and really big, served with two pieces of bonito, pepper and olive.”
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Gilda with cherry pepper stuffed with cheese
“Pickled and sweet; the creator says she loved it.”
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Gilda with mushroom, anchovy, olive and piparra
“Described as cured and sweet; the creator says she liked it a lot.”
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Gilda with chistorra
“Good, though the creator thought it might need an olive.”
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Elaborate Gilda
last, huge
“Very large; the creator's only complaint is that she dislikes gildas served on bread and prefers them on their own with olive oil or a bed of potato.”
What creators said
A Benalmádena tapas taberna praised for cheap gildas (€1.50 to €2, with elaborate ones at €2.20) and a €7 carne mechada.
24 Feb 2026 Watch on TikTok ↗
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