We found Posada La Plaza a perfect place to stay. Situated on a pretty little square in the lovely village of Canillas de Albaida. Gustavo the owner was friendly and helpful and our room overlooking the square was clean, comfortable and atmospheric. The view from the terrace was superb and sitting there with a drink from the honesty bar was a perfect way to end the day after a long hike.
Dinner was to be had at Gustavo´s restaurant opposite and it was delicious. As was the breakfast included in the very reasonable room rate.
We would highly recommend the village as a place to stay. So many of the other villages around this area were large and with a strong English flavour. This village retains its Spanish identity and the Posada la Plaza is a perfect place to enjoy this.

This is a review only of the restaurant, not the hotel accommodation. Canillas de Albaida is a very attractive, somewhat remote, village in the Axarquia region NE of Malaga.

The square, which is pedestrianised, is dominated by the restaurant, the hotel, the ayuntamiento, and an attractive little church (not open very often but worth a look inside if you can). We sat outside in the square, and had a perfectly nice meal, pleasantly served. Prices were fair, including wine. The menu has a few nice little surprises for a village bar/restaurant - places of this kind tend to be very predictable and vary mainly on quality of food and cooking, and service: but here there were a few different dishes, some reflecting the non-Spanish staff, I suspect.

It's better than the three-star 'average' for Trip Advisor, hence the rating, but 'very good' is perhaps a stretch. From our base it was a 70-minute drive and therein lies the real question - was it worth that length of drive. Probably not as there are better restaurants in the Malaga Province. But if you are nearer, then it's definitely worth a visit.

In the summer you sit in a lovely little square that is edged on one side with a tiny church, the hotel rooms on another and an amazing flower strewn house on the other. In the Winter you sit inside - ask for the top floor where there are stunning views from two full sized windows - one side to the square and the other 650m down over mountain villages to the blue sea. It is magnificent. The menu is interesting with a mixture of local specialities and more cosmopolitan dishes. The wine is excellent and we can never believe how low the bill is given the quality of what we had.

Great base for our organised walking holiday which included the St Anton festival in January - blessing the animals. Jacuzzi is now enclosed so we made good use of it, the sauna and Turkish steam room, after a days walking.
Not only was the local food excellant, including some wine tasting around the valley, but one of our group went riding with Eva's riding stable in the village can came back saying that was the best horse she had ever ridden.