# El Alférez

Restaurant en El Palmar de Vejer · Vejer de la Frontera and the Costa de la Luz

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/vejer-de-la-frontera/where-to-eat/el-alferez · Revisado: 2026-11-13

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A family restaurant dating from 1988 on El Palmar beach: fish of the day by weight, rice with scarlet prawns and a bluefin tuna menu from the almadraba.

El Alférez is a fish restaurant right on El Palmar beach, Vejer's long beach open to the Atlantic. It is a family business that has been running since 1988 and defines itself as traditional seafood cooking with the odd new touch, based on produce from the Cádiz coast: fish from the market, shellfish and almadraba bluefin tuna, which has its own menu.
Rice with scarlet prawns and fish by weight
The dish the house presents itself with is the rice with scarlet prawns: €30 per person, with one prawn each and a minimum of two. There is also black rice with squid and clams and fideuà with clams and king prawns, at €23 per person. To start, lobster Russian salad (€16), scarlet prawn carpaccio (€23), broken eggs with broad beans and fried tiny shrimp, scrambled eggs with sea anemones and prawns or griddled hake roe (€16), as well as acorn-fed ham from Los Pedroches and anchovies from Santoña.
The fried fish is ordered by weight: little squid, calamari, fish nuggets, roe, and shrimp fritters at €3 each. Among the fish dishes, corvina with garlic and coconut, barbecued octopus tentacle, farmed gilt-head bream or corvina meatballs, from €20 to €26. The wild fish from the market, such as common seabream, red snapper, bronze bream, red mullet, sole, gilt-head bream or sea bass, goes by weight according to availability: the waiter gives you the price per kilo. Among meats there are sirloin, Iberian presa and suckling lamb chops. Bread is charged at €1.50.
With a starter to share, rice or fish and dessert, expect between €45 and €60 per person without wine; fish by weight and shellfish push it up.
Opening hours
According to the Michelin Guide, it opens at midday from 13:30 to 17:00 and in the evening from 20:30 to 23:00, and closes on Tuesdays. The website does not publish the hours or whether it closes out of season: in winter, call 626 58 08 95 before going. Reservations are made on its website.
A day at El Palmar
The restaurant stands on El Palmar beach, home of the surf schools: a surf lesson in the morning and lunch here fit well together. The sunset, a few kilometres away, can be seen at Cape Trafalgar. It is the lunch of the Sunday with city walls, fish at El Palmar and Trafalgar.

Qué pedir: the rice with scarlet prawns (minimum two people), shrimp fritters and the fish of the day by weight

## Practical details

- Address: Playa de El Palmar, 11159 El Palmar de Vejer, Cádiz
- Phone: +34 626 58 08 95
- Opening hours: Mon 13:30–17:00 y 20:30–23:00; Tue closed; Wed–Sun 13:30–17:00 y 20:30–23:00
- Closed on Tuesdays
- Cuisine: seafood, Cádiz
- House specialities: Rice with scarlet prawns, Market fish by weight, Shrimp fritters, Almadraba bluefin tuna
- Details checked on 13 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://restauranteelalferez.com/
- Coordenadas: 36.219, -6.056

## Cerca de aquí

- [El Palmar Beach](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/vejer-de-la-frontera/things-to-do/el-palmar-beach), a 379 m
- [Surf Lesson on El Palmar Beach](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/vejer-de-la-frontera/things-to-do/el-palmar-surf-lesson), a 957 m
- [Hotel Arohaz](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/vejer-de-la-frontera/where-to-stay/hotel-arohaz), a 2.5 km
- [Cape Trafalgar and Its Lighthouse, in Caños de Meca](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/vejer-de-la-frontera/things-to-do/trafalgar-cape), a 4.4 km
- [Vejer Old Town, City Walls and Castle](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/vejer-de-la-frontera/things-to-do/walled-old-town), a 8.8 km
- [El Muro](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/vejer-de-la-frontera/where-to-eat/el-muro), a 8.9 km
- [El Refectorio](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/vejer-de-la-frontera/where-to-eat/el-refectorio), a 8.9 km
- [Hotel Convento de San Francisco](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/vejer-de-la-frontera/where-to-stay/hotel-convento-de-san-francisco), a 8.9 km

## Consejos

### Ask the price of the fish
Market fish is charged by the kilo: ask for the weight and the price before they do.

### Rice for two
The rice dishes are served per person, with a minimum of two.

### Closed on Tuesday
Plan El Palmar for another day.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### What day is El Alférez closed?
Tuesday, according to the Michelin Guide. Out of season, confirm by phone.

### How much does it cost to eat at El Alférez?
Between €45 and €60 per person without wine; more with fish by weight or shellfish.

### Is it on the beach?
Yes, on El Palmar beach.

### Does it have a tuna menu?
Yes, a separate menu of almadraba bluefin tuna.

Destino: [Vejer de la Frontera and the Costa de la Luz](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/andalusia/vejer-de-la-frontera.md)