La Taqueria Mexican restaurant, in Gaurgacho.Īn authentic, culinary outpost of Mexico. The Khong Tsha found on Parque Santiago 3, in Las Americas.Īnother fine Chinese restaurant, with an excellent reputation.įu Xin Chinese restaurant, Los Cristianos. Although its name, translated into English is the rather uninspiring "Restaurant China", the food and service are far from it. There is a profusion of Chinese restaurants in Tenerife, all pretty much the same standard. Restaurante China on the Patch, Las Americas. Just the job as a convenient place if you're peckish, late on.ĭid you know that every main petrol station has a bar/restaurant attached to it and they can all be relied on to provide excellent food at low prices. Very, very basic, but try the pincho (kebab) with fried potatoes (not chips) coated in the hot, red mojo sauce, or one of the arepas (sort of pasty made of potato, with choice of filling). Many of the acts that provide Tenerife's live entertainment make their way to it when they finish. The beauty of this tapas bar/eatery is that it opens late in the evening and stays open more or less all night! Ideal if it's about 3 in the morning and you've got a rumbling tum. Now you are getting down to the bare essentials. If you are prepared to experience the true Tenerife eating out experience, you literally are spoilt for choice.īar Apolo, Apolo Centre, Los Cristianos. There are many of these eating places around, all of an equally high standard, but cheap.Įl Parador, again in Guargacho. This is a true restaurante típico, very basic, but with good food and, because it has no airs and graces, low, low prices. On the main road of this small village not far from Las Galletas, this is yet another typical Canarian restaurant/bar. There's not that much of a need to reserve a table, but if you want to phone them, the number is (+34) 922 731471. They’re so keen to serve, you sometimes get your main course before you finish your starter! There is some complimentary bread with dips placed on your table before they bring your first course.
There are often several animated converstions in progress!įood is good, prices reasonable. It also seems to be a meeting place for locals. After serving you, they generally leave you alone to get on with your meal. Not a complete absence of frills, but getting there. Las Rosas, on the road into Las Galletas. Restaurantes Tipicos (very cheap, no frills) Unusually, a genuine Canarian restaurant in a tourist area, with low, low prices.įor a review, by Tenerife journalist John Riddle, of the restaurant El Cine in Los Cristianos, click here. Known locally to Brits as "The Pig Farm", this Canarian restaurant specialises in suckling pig and caters for large groups. Just off the motorway, on the way to the airport.
This is really a hidden gem and is known only to a few ex-pats, certainly not many tourists. Please note, this restaurant is no more, its premises now being occupied by an Italian one called L'Italiano.Ĭasa Pedro, at Las Chafiras. Quite a mouthful, but I gather it means something like “granddad’s pub”! In the centre of Los Cristianos, this is typically Canarian, especially popular with the locals.
Also about 15 minutes’ drive from Los Cristianos. One of those “hidden gem” places that not many people know about yet. Restaurante Excalibur, in the village of Cabo Blanco. It serves Canarian food, but also caters for British tastes. Some of them are not that well-known - especially by tourists!Įl Paraiso, in the town of Valle San Lorenzo, about 15 minutes drive from Los Cristianos. These are restaurants I have eaten at on more than one occasion and can heartily recommend. Have you ever eaten at a great Tenerife restaurant? One that not many people might know about? Or had a really horrendous experience? Tell us about it! The reason's simple - you’re not paying for any frills. Every traditional Tenerife restaurant/tapas bar can be relied on to deliver first class fare, at remarkably low prices. In Tenerife, these basic dining places (called "restaurantes típicos") can be deceptive. Of course, the latter types offer the best value for money.
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Tenerife restaurants cover the full range - superb five-star establishments to really simple, no-nonsense eateries. In fact, a survey has found that there’s one bar or restaurant for every seven residents! The island’s eating out experience boasts a full range of international cuisine, from Chinese, to Indian, to Italian, to pure, honest-to-goodness traditional Canarian cooking. Tenerife restaurants! There are so many of them! You pass one every few yards, especially in the tourist areas.
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