The best restaurants Canary Islands

With its open and protected terrace, it opens on the beautiful wild beach of lava rocks and the azure waves. The specialty? Fresh and grilled fish on a platter for two, prepared by Luis, the chef: sardines, grilled tuna, sea bream, grouper and steamed potatoes, enough to enjoy and fill up on trace elements. If you don't want dessert, you'll have to pay for it with frozen bites. It's hard to resist these sweet treats. A good value for money for a gourmet experience with your feet in the water.

About 6 km southwest of Yaiza, on the road to these huge squares of salt salt, you will not be able to miss this restaurant on the heights and offer a splendid panorama on the site. It is also a spot indicated by a sign on your way. Set in a terrace or glass garden, you will taste the good Canarian cuisine with a varied and very varied menu. On the menu, a wide choice of fresh fish such as "sama" served for two, or fish with big salt or roasted, paella… Not to mention homemade desserts!

With sand-coloured walls, small blue tablecloths and marine decoration, this small, unpretentious family restaurant is better known as "Casa Pepín". It is famous and very appreciated locally for its fish, accompanied of course by the papas and mojos, and for its croquettes, served in generous portions that can also be enjoyed on a very small shaded terrace that guarantees a view over the roofs of the village and the sea. An alternative to the often crowded seaside restaurants. Pleasant welcome and fast service.

Behind Concepción church, this tiny restaurant does not pay a mine at first sight. There is a typical family kitchen that allows you to discover all the Canary specialities. Mary and Hucho are no longer here, but the family took over. Enjoy a room on the few tables - always full - or on the terrace with a beautiful view of the church but take an assault in the beautiful days. Very popular by the locals, you will eat a rabbit to the very well-cooked salmorejo, accompanied by a glass of red Alegria wine. Also test their soups, absolutely delicious.

Popular with regulars, this family-friendly tapas bar is open non-stop and also serves daily specials. On the terrace, facing the sea, you can enjoy fresh fish a la plancha and other local specialties such as fried eggplant with honey.

The lovely terrace of this restaurant and bar overlooks the whole cactus garden and lets you admire the landscape and garden while sipping a refreshing drink, or enjoying the numerous tapas of the house: Dads dads with sauces, ham chunks, Spanish tortilla, fresh yellow melon… All kinds of drinks including fresh fruit smothies mixed!

In a nice traditional wooden building, it is a small tavern which delights its customers of regulars and hikers. With typical Canarian dishes that fit the body well. It will be the occasion to try the escaldón de gofio, one of the pillars of the Canarian cuisine. Gofio accompanied by a vegetable, meat or fish broth, with papas, cheese cubes and green and red mojos. For smaller appetites, almogrote (gomero cheese), good soups or well presented fresh salads. Sale of products next to the bar.

Only 1 kilometer from Puerto de la Cruz, this restaurant is located in a former monastery where four rooms have been converted. In a very original setting with a garden where chickens, roosters and peacocks roam freely, it offers Canarian and international cuisine. The menu offers a wide range of fish, meat, fondues and sausages sold by the meter. The service is continuous all day long - breakfast is possible - and there is a beautiful wine list with more than 200 references.

It is the other restaurant that allows you to sit down and enjoy a beautiful view of the sea from the terrace, particularly irresistible at sunset. An address that has long been appreciated by Canarians who come here to taste meat and fish. If possible à la plancha to savour all the taste or why not a parillada of fish or rolls of sole and prawns. Not forgetting the queso frito with its jam. As a counterpart to its success, either you have to wait or it is better to book in advance.

Don't be fooled by its exterior, which doesn't necessarily look good, because it's inside that the atmosphere is appreciable, very familiar and sometimes very lively. People come here most often to eat good traditional Canarian specialties, which are quite appreciated by the tifeños but also by enlightened tourists. On the menu you will find a multitude of dishes such as grilled fish, lamb, steak and dads, accompanied by an excellent mojo verde. Even less local, the homemade paella is also famous there. All in all, it's pretty good value for money.

Created in 1985, this restaurant is a bit of an institution that owes its name to the boat of the grandfather of the five brothers who now run this new boat. If he has received Felipe González and José Luis Zapatero, he has also built up a regular clientele of lanzarotenos, who come almost every day, and of tourists who return regularly. They appreciate its terrace facing the sea and also the excellent quality of what they have made their specialty, fresh fish, grouper, swordfish, tuna a la plancha, squid ... Don't forget to make a reservation.

Restaurant with terrace offering a superb view of Roque Nublo and the valley of Tejeda. The homemade dishes are worth a stop!

The Costa Azul restaurant, with its beautiful designer terrace on the seafront, is the ideal setting to enjoy a seafood recipe. And in the evening, it will be fairy tale. On the menu, fresh fish grilled according to the catch of the day, lobster, white crab, fish paradilla, octopus accompanied by different varieties of rice, including in soups. And we can finish with a homemade flan de la casa, a typical Canarian and Mediterranean cuisine of quality, but expensive. Perhaps justified by the certificate of excellence obtained in 2013.

Located in the Guayadeque ravine, this restaurant is built in the mountain caves of Barranco. It is a curious experience that will leave you with an imperishable memory, the echo, the sound of the stones as many extraordinary sensations for a dinner. You will taste some specialities such as fried pork with aioli sauce, a hearty parillada or beautiful grilled meats which have won prizes in competitions rewarding local flavours. A must-have.

Take a seat in this small tavern, next to the locals, to enjoy the best tapas in the city. On the large slate, the house offers a fine selection of Canary Islands wines (Lanzarote...) served by the glass or by the bottle and tapas of a high quality (bellota ham, manchego, croquetas...). A beautiful evening in perspective for your taste buds.

On a square in the old town centre, a very popular bar in this village and frequented by many inhabitants of Aguïmes. Juanjo will serve you very good homemade tapas to enjoy on the terrace and to music.

Right in the centre of Vilaflor, this family restaurant is located in an old Canarian house and above all has a very nice terrace under the vines. Logically a bit overwhelmed on weekends. The menu is simple, but proposes the Canarian classics such as chicken or rabbit in sauce, accompanied by potatoes, served rather copiously. Their chicken soup is also famous and you will appreciate their homemade desserts such as gofio, to be discovered as a dessert or honey roasted cheese. Good choice of wines, including the local Vilaflor wine.

This is one of the restaurants not to be missed during a visit to Tenerife. Located on the^fifth floor of the Royal Hideaway, this rincón , run by the Padrón brothers, offers refined cuisine made from quality products. Priority is given to Canarian cuisine, revisited with creative touches. You can try it with marinated tomatoes and squid with black garlic and lemon. We recommend the tasting menu, which will give you an idea of the extent of the restaurant's expertise. To be reserved for a special moment.

This is one of the best places to taste Adeje's speciality, garlic chicken. And its success in this area has earned it an excellent reputation for many years. You can try it as part of a classic menu where you can choose between this garlic chicken or a spicier pepper chicken, but not too much. You will be able to accompany it with the classic Canarian arrugadas papas and their equally classic mojos. And finish with a homemade flan, as are the various breads on offer.

Very well located in front of the sea, with the island of La Graciosa in the line of sight, this restaurant with a very modern decoration offers a tasty and refined cuisine. Because priority is given to product quality. One will surely appreciate the excellent grilled octopus, or its suckling lamb chops. As this restaurant is very popular, it is best to book in advance, especially if you want to be located near the window. On the walls there is also a small work by Manrique, created in 1986, paying homage to the "risco" of Famara. Confronted by fishermen.

The hotel has been decorated several times with the title of better Canary cuisine and is always surprised by the astonishing subtlety of its dishes. Do not hesitate to ask for advice for wine, we will bring you the bottle that harmonizes perfectly with your dish. The decor is rustic and if you succeed in lifting the eyes of your plate, you will notice huge indigenous paintings on the top of the walls. Finally, you will be received in all friendliness and probably… you will return.

Set in a large traditional blue house, this restaurant is located on the sea and beachfront. Above all, you will have to love fish, which is his speciality and which you can taste for example by asking for a fish and seafood parillada, peppers stuffed with cod, octopus salad, scampi with garlic or chupitos, small tapas assortments. For dessert, there's no escaping the gofio mousse. All this accompanied by good local wines. A terrace for which it is better to reserve.

A typical rural restaurant, which cooks the Canary Islands specialities wonderfully well, from papas arrugadas to local cheeses, meat recipes such as goat cheese or pork in Roquefort sauce, good wines and desserts.

A coup de coeur for this small restaurant, housed in a traditional Canary house dating back to 1532, which has experienced a long history and served as a millstone seat and residence to many personalities from the island over the centuries (ministers, lawyers, member of the government…) This restaurant offers a wide variety of "land and sea" dishes: lamb, rabbit, pork and fresh fish such as Colin, cod, baucily, sole,… The Chef, Jose Alberto Felipe, and all his staff will make you discover all these places in a quiet and beautiful patio. A wide choice of dishes as well as the menu of Canary and Spanish wines. Nice small terrace below the street.

Located in the city centre, this small family restaurant offers good Canarian cuisine. It is made with fresh, quality products, while allowing itself a few originalities that make it stand out from most of the other restaurants in the city. Try for example stuffed fish, pescado relleno or seafood cake. Two spaces to settle down, a rather luminous interior and a beautiful terrace for the beautiful days. Efficient service.

Be careful, be prepared, as it is important to book in this popular restaurant in Morro Jable. And appreciated as much for the quality of its varied products as for its setting, overlooking the sea. We settle down in a hushed, chic but relaxed atmosphere to discover Canarian dishes such as fish soup, plates of goat cheese with honey and ginger, beef brochettes, grilled fish, carpaccios or tuna tartars and delicious desserts such as gofio mousse.

On the edge of the Carretera General, in a fishpond with many small restaurants, you will find Casa Odón. Which stands out from the other offers by betting on simple and tasty cuisine, but also by its family treatment of customers. The house's great specialty is mushrooms, which are sure to delight mushroom lovers, but there will also be fish, lobsters a la plancha, cod and good grilled meats. And rest assured the portions will be canarian-style, generous. Superb view of the El Sauzal viewpoint.

As it is run by an Asturian woman, this ochre-walled posada has made a specialty of some traditional Asturian dishes such as chorizos a la sidrabut also fabada (a kind of cassoulet) and white beans (fabes) served with mushrooms and scampi or clams. The excellent quality of the products and the attentive service have helped to ensure a regular clientele. The room is small as well as the terrace, so you would be well advised to make reservations before coming to this very popular and rewarding place.

It is an institution in the region, frequented by both locals and tourists. The décor is a little agreed, classic and elegant, but the kitchen is excellent, mainly oriented towards seafood products that have made its reputation: fish in salt, fajitas and rice to seafood, but also meat lamb meat, soup of onion onion, roasted shrimp… and excellent white wines.

Restaurant at the Santa Catalina Hotel. Select ambience for international cuisine and market.

Casa Rustica offers a wide choice of cuisine and dishes: international cuisine, meat, fish and fresh pasta to discover in the dining room or on the terrace. On the menu, grilled fish accompanied by a saffron sauce, homemade gnocchi, a large choice of tapas, and wines from many countries and a delicious sangria. The plates are copious and the family atmosphere in this restaurant located in the village and run by a couple, Nathalie and Gustavo, lovers of simple and tasty cuisine. Also proposals for vegetarians.

The plus point of the family restaurant is undeniably its pretty shaded terrace which offers beautiful views of the natural pools of Garachico. And since it is high up, it will be the only one to offer this pleasure. To settle in, it's best to arrive early, as it is of course easily overrun. The interior is more banal as a space. His speciality is fresh fish and his octopus has a good reputation. With beautiful proportions for the plates. The fact remains that this is a fairly simple kitchen that does not justify spending your savings on it.

Close to the port is an excellent fish restaurant where you can choose the freshly caught fish of the day, an old (or a labre) for example, to be accompanied by papas arrugadas and excellent mojos. You will also appreciate the good meats such as steak with wine sauce, homemade croquettes and the generosity of the dishes, served copiously. Beautiful presentation is his other trademark. Which has earned him a regular clientele. Logically, it is often full, especially at noon, so it is wise to book.

Its name is already a first clue, the cuevita, a small cave, is indeed the place that has been chosen by this restaurant to settle down. It is sometimes a little difficult to find, but it is located at the end of the beach and near the port, next to the hermitage of the Virgen del Carmen. You will settle down under a rock ceiling, in a subdued decoration that makes it an intimate place. His specialty is fresh, local fish. We will be pleased to taste the fish of the day, prepared a la plancha and accompanied by a local wine. Pleasant welcome.

Typical restaurant, meat specialties and all kinds of grilled sausages (chistora, buttifara, salchichas), try the assortment. Their rabbit à la canarienne, accompanied by onion fries is worth the detour, as well as all their wood-fired grilled meats. And don't forget to try the egg custard for dessert, which also gives it a good reputation. From the restaurant, you have a breathtaking view of the seaside villages. It is now the son who holds the reins of the company, but the map and the tradition still exists.

Located just outside Hermigua, on the way to San Sebastián, this restaurant offers quality specialities from La Gomera, such as grilled fish, grilled squid with onions or goat's cheese a la plancha, served with honey from La Palma and gofio, watercress soup, and good desserts of the day such as gofio mousse, which is particularly appreciated. The dishes are simple and well prepared and the setting is unpretentious and pleasant, overlooking the kitchen. Good value for money, and as a bonus here we speak French.

In this small restaurant with a charming reception, you will discover excellent Canary cuisine at a very low price. Typical dishes such as the Berros Soup, the stew of white beans and sausages, the milk pig, mushroom recipes, salads and the Canary burgers "house" outside standards… Many recipes following the chef's mood!

The paradise of all the real meat lovers who can recognise their Argentinas origins, guarantee of quality. And an appointment of all life for the inhabitants of Las Palmas. You can also admire the spectacular wine cellar from the dining room. It is located near the plaza de España, in a modern non-tourist area.

Here is another restaurant that deserves a little detour out of town on its way to Las Manchas. On arrival, a place that doesn't have much to do with a classic grill. Its architecture is impressive, like a small bunker made of volcanic rocks, and perfectly integrated into the black decor, dotted with small green touches. The kitchen is also worth the detour. With well-presented and generous dishes such as the plate of solomillo à la brasa, which may be difficult to finish. We recommend the terrace with a view of the San Juan volcano.

Since March 2018, José, a young chef in his thirties and Marcos' nephew, has taken over his uncle's old restaurant, but has maintained the classics that made its excellent reputation. You will always find scrambled eggs, the speciality that had won him several awards, or fried aubergines, lamb with dried fruit, stewed goat meat, vieja a la plancha or homemade croquettes with fish or ham. Now all you have to do is come and test if the relief is up to the task. In the meantime, there's always people around.

The first thing you appreciate is the pretty restaurant setting, which offers, in the evening, a string of small colourful rooms, framing a patio and garden at the far end. As well as a terrace on the street. Its cuisine is both Canarian and international. As an appetizer, after good croquettes, we will test for example salads, with cherry or salmon, perfectly fresh and well presented to continue with a carpaccio of langoustines. For dessert, the dulce de leche should be unanimous. A highly recommended place for a romantic dinner.

At the edge of the wild coast and near the forts of Cotillo, the large terrace (or the room) will allow you to enjoy your meal with a first class view. On the menu, paella (for 2), fresh fish (on request) with vegetables from local producers, grilled shrimp, fried fish and seafood, baked or salt-crusted fish, tuna fillet with onions, cod la Cizcaina, meat recipes (fried kid, grilled meat, grilled chicken, filet...). Los postres (desserts) are rather international as in most restaurants. A nice team, welcoming moreover.

In the centre of the village of Villaverde, this Canary Restaurant is known for its friendly atmosphere. Typical dishes from here like stew of chickpeas (cooked like a dessert) and peppers tomato sauce, the fried black black sausage, grilled aubergines in honey and local cheese! You will also discover their specialities: des and viandes meat (lamb, goat, beef) and octopus stews and shrimps, soup of seafood, puchero soup (canary), cuttlefish to Roman or wood fire, grilled fish fillets or langoustines, fish of the day… Excellent value for money in rustic decoration in a thousand details such as fountain, decorative objects, small bistro style tables…

This NASA should not register any problems. We will enjoy beautiful views of the Graciosa, El Roque and the Risco de Famara, from the terrace, but also indoors through the large bays. On the kitchen side, he is almost unanimous about the quality of the products on offer. The first choice is an excellent seafood and fish paella, which will have to wait until it is prepared. Pretty good sign. In the meantime, garlic mushrooms or prawn omelette will do the trick. Let us advise you on local wines.

The restaurant is a renovated ^17th-century farmhouse with a warm, rustic decor and a pretty garden. Casa Santa Maria offers refined Canarian cuisine, both traditional and creative, and many come here to enjoy cabrito or baked kid. The menu also includes duck foie gras with caramelized apples, garlic shrimp flambéed in brandy, duck breast in Madeira sauce, fish fillet with tomato confit... You can also enjoy a drink in the shade on the charming patio, except at lunchtime.

A large single room (accommodating up to 70 people) with its fireplace corner to discover meat specialities from the country cooked before you: tender, veal, chicken, pork… The menu also includes fish (squid, fish chunks, poisson fish…), soups, a multitude of local starters and desserts, and the country's wines.

A good address for tapas and especially for the frame, in the heart of a wooded park. The square Square is also very lively in the evening.

On the cofradías side, this one is to be registered in the register of good students. Its price is a little higher than in other restaurants, but justified by the quality. He tests himself via his fish of the day, his seafood, but also his parillada and to follow the theme starting with fish croquettes. The other pleasure will be the space. Just a few steps from the small street and the fishing port, its terrace offers very nice views of the lively atmosphere.

Refined cuisine and good wines at this beautiful address with a modern, traditional and warm decoration. You will discover for example seafood skewers, fresh fish, mixed salads and a whole waltz of dishes to discover such as duck mousse toast with mogote, Gomera cheese, or boletus risotto, in season.

You will find it on the right side of the muelle, when you arrive to La Graciosa. And this establishment is rather frequented by those who stay in La Graciosa when most of the tourists of a day turn on the muelle, towards the left. A large room awaits you, but the shaded terrace is usually preferred to enjoy the view of the port. And enjoy the fish of the day, prepared a la plancha, the wild sea bass and especially the restaurant's specialty, the fish soup. Without forgetting to listen to the conversations about the merits of the soccer teams.