09:00 Morning
Eggs in the sunshine
Eggs Benedict with hollandaise made that morning, a full English, pancakes, açai bowls and juice pressed to order.
Puerto Sotogrande · Since 2011
Breakfast, lunch and long evenings by the port
A family-run restaurant and bar on Plaza de los Naranjos, where the morning starts with coffee in the sun and the afternoon has a habit of turning into dinner.
From the port car park to our terrace
The place
A terrace, a garden and the whole port
We sit on Plaza de los Naranjos, a few steps from the water. There is shade under the parasols, greenery along the edges and, beyond it, the ochre and the masts of Sotogrande.
Come in shorts. Bring the children. Stay longer than you meant to.
A day here
Nine in the morning until half past midnight
The Hairy Lemon is not one thing. It is breakfast, then coffee, then lunch, then a drink that becomes dinner.
13:00 Midday
Lunch, lightly
Poke bowls, burrata, superfood salads and a cold glass of something from the terrace bar.
17:00 Afternoon
Tapas and shade
Gambas pil pil, croquetas, calamari and a jug of sangria for the middle of the table.
20:00 Evening
Dinner, then one more
Fillet steak, bourbon ribs, homemade pies — and cocktails at the bar for as long as you like.
The food
Cooked properly, served generously
Fusion tapas and sharing platters, poke bowls and salads, pizza and pasta, burgers and curries — alongside the homemade shortcrust pies, lamb shank and beer battered cod that cure the most homesick of our regulars.
Read the full menus
The people
The same faces, year after year
The Hairy Lemon is owned by Lorenc and Lizzie, who took over the restaurant in 2011 and bought it a year or so later. Almost everyone else you will meet arrived around the same time and simply never left.
Robert has run the kitchen for more than a decade and Alfonso the floor for just as long. Antonio, Brigita and Marilyn have been part of the management for years. It is the reason the welcome feels the same every time, and the reason the staff tend to know your table before you ask for it.
Our storyMenus
Everything we serve
Events & celebrations
Good times, big occasions
Birthdays, baby showers, private parties, group dinners and the kind of night people talk about afterwards — in the Bistro, on the Terrace or at the Bar.
Set menus for groups, or party packages built around tapas, canapés and buffets. Kate organises them, and she will put the whole thing together with you.
- Birthdays
- Private parties
- Baby showers
- Live sport
- Group bookings
Reservations
Come and sit with us
Call, email or simply walk in. We are open every day from nine in the morning until late, and there is almost always a table in the sunshine.
- Call
- +34 956 790 124