Every guide to Marbella lists everyone. This one lists 215 — because a place that can't hold 4.5★ across 200 reviews, or can't be bothered with a website, has told you something. The rating filter alone removed 532 venues.
By Google rating with a meaningful number of reviews: Fresca Passione Gelateria (5★, 578 reviews), PiÑam Coffee and More (5★, 456 reviews), Margot’s Marbella (5★, 247 reviews), Luini (4.9★, 2,041 reviews). Every venue on this list clears 4.5★ with at least 200 reviews.
We swept 1,192 eating and drinking venues in Marbella municipality through the Google Places API, then kept only those rated 4.5★ or better with 200+ reviews, their own website, and a photograph. 215 survived. Nobody is here because they paid.
215 that also clear 200 reviews and run their own website — out of roughly 1,192 venues we looked at. The rating filter alone removed 532 of them.