The cuisine of this land is based on the Mediterranean diet. Mediterranean people managed to combine foods for centuries in an intelligent way, resulting a balanced, nutritious and tasty dishes.

Restaurants and bars in town are a meeting place where you can taste a variety of cuisine from Manilva, prepared with the greatest tradition and the highest quality ingredients.

Daily land and sea offer the best they have for the tasty dishes of Malaga cuisine, where you can find excellent traditional dishes made with local products. Tomato soup (with brown bread, tomato, onion, pepper, garlic and sardines), asparagus, clams, and soup with mayonnaise.

Other typical dishes from  Manilva cookery are: gazpacho "Maja" with olive oil,  bitter orange, bread and salt, cabbage, cooked cabbage base, beans and pork, thistles and chickpea stew, meat marinade , marinated with various spices and vinegar.

Special mention for some traditional salads as the pipirrana, salad with tomato, onion, pepper and cucumber, dressed with olive oil, salt and vinegar and you can add octopus and dried cod, and fried ripe tomato gazpacho, cucumber, garlic, onion, pepper, bread crumbs, olive oil, salt and vinegar.

But what the base of the gastronomy of the municipality is fish and seafood ,for its freshness and natural flavor ,whether they are prepared in a simple grilled or baked ,as if cooked in savory dishes .

There are numerous restaurants and bars offering a rich and varied supply of fish to be combined with a local wine. "The potato stew" with line, spaghetti with clams, cuttlefish and chickpea stew, fish soup, rice with fish; emblanco fresh fish, cod omelette, pickled anchovies and vinegar, but the most traditional way of eating is fried and here we highlight the famous Malaga fry "without forgetting the moraga (act of sardines grilling outdoors, usually at sea, into the wind on skewers, threaded with a special art.)

Moreover, Manilva wines can accompany the dishes very well, giving a very special flavor of Muscat grapes,  a delight to the palate.

The desserts will be the climax to sweeten their food. Pinch cake, fried cakes, French toast, the piñonates, and the traditional muscat grapes, which can be enjoyed also in brandy and raisins.

The tapas is also a good way to open to  Manilva cookery and taste the culinary arts with small portions of the myriad of tapas on offer.