Must-see restaurants in Tenerife

  • Café Palmelita

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    This delightful cafe has a vintage exterior, a theme which continues within, and was founded in the late 1960s with German origins. The emphasis is on…

  • Kazan

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Kazan's Michelin star has assured it a large fanbase in town and far beyond. The setting: lightly polished wood and beige fabric chairs, muted and…

  • El Rincón de Juan Carlos

    Tenerife

    One of the island's best dining choices, this superb Michelin-starred restaurant is just off the main plaza. There's a marked leaning towards seafood: try…

  • Guannabi

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    This excellence of this handsome restaurant is defined not just by its superb ambience and faultless service, but by its simply supreme menu. Guannabi…

  • Tas-k

    Tenerife

    Be sure to make a reservation at this superb spot hidden away down a lane near the port. Some 27 tapas fill the menu, from fresh salmon tartar to croutons…

  • Tito’s Bodeguita

    Puerto de la Cruz

    Despite the mildly off-putting location right off a busy roundabout a few kilometres south of the town centre, the patios, flower-filled gardens and…

  • Abama Kabuki

    Tenerife

    Marrying Western, Canarian and Japanese flavours, this Michelin-starred restaurant in the Ritz-Carlton Abama has sent a tsunami barrelling through…

  • La Ola

    Tenerife

    This restaurant is located away from the usual tourist beach spots, and is all the better for ploughing its own furrow. Beyond the owner's conscientious…

  • Hotel Rural Finca Salamanca

    Tenerife

    The very appealing rustic dining-hall ambience is just one of this restaurant's charms, another is the excellent menu of Canarian dishes. The menu often…

  • Bodeguita Canaria

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    This terrific local favourite has an earthy, traditional atmosphere, with chunky dark furniture and charmingly dated decor. Try local dishes such as ropa…

  • Relieve Restaurant

    North Coast Tenerife

    With such adorable delights as blueberry tart, moist double-chocolate brownies, macaroons, pastries and a wonderful selection of breads, this small but…

  • Guaydil

    La Laguna

    You can't go wrong at this delightful contemporary restaurant with its punchy, playful decor. Dishes are deftly executed, exquisitely presented and…

  • Le Penon

    Tenerife

    A terrific choice with a superbly prepared menu of French seafood, meat dishes and tapas. Dishes such as the braised crispy squid cannelloni, duck breast…

  • Mirador de Garachico

    Garachico

    This pleasing combo of contemporary bar and restaurant, plus tasteful art-and-crafts store, serves creative combinations such as venison in a chocolate…

  • Restaurante Victoria

    North Coast Tenerife

    Dine at this superb restaurant in Hotel Rural Victoria's elegant atrium. There's exemplary presentation and flair in such dishes as duck confit with…

  • Sopa

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    This chilled-out space with sofas, comfy armchairs, and shelves of books and magazines provides the backdrop for a (largely vegetarian) menu of healthy…

  • El Cine

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    It's probably been said before, but El Cine deserves a medal for its inexpensive, simply prepared seafood. It's been here since the '80s, with a menu that…

  • Bar la Duquesa

    North Coast Tenerife

    Cooking since 1942, this friendly and popular family-run place has a pleasing interior of old photos, decorative gourds and farming utensils. The menu…

  • Thai Botanico

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    This enchanting choice is decorated with sumptuous decor and serves a large choice of well-crafted Thai dishes. Curries, stir-fries, salads, spring rolls,…

  • Il Gelato del Mercado

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    This enterprising and popular hole-in-the-wall gelateria sells tubs and cones of superb gelato, concocted with natural and locally sourced ingredients, to…

  • La Pepa Food Market

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    This gourmet food market has stalls including upmarket delis, a seafood counter, sushi, a pancakes and waffles stand, a wine bar and a vegetarian snack…

  • Tasca 61

    La Laguna

    Organic, locally sourced produce, a slow-food philosophy and artesanal cheeses are the hallmarks of this tiny place with its limited but delicious menu of…

  • Burger Mel

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Keeping Santa Cruz vegans happy since 1985, though parked rather incongruously along Calle la Marina, this neat and long, white restaurant serves scrummy…

  • Rosa Negra

    Puerto de la Cruz

    At this small, popular tapas bar beneath Calle la Hoya's palm trees, you can take a seat under a parasol out front and watch the Puerto de la Cruz life go…

  • El Mesón

    Tenerife

    Don't be put off by the nine-language menu; locals rate this place as one of the best in town, and the owner, who’s quite a character, could talk the hind…

  • Casa Egon

    North Coast Tenerife

    Founded in 1916, this is the oldest pasteleria (cake shop) in the Canaries and has happily maintained its stuck-in-a-time-warp ambience with custard…

  • Regulo

    Puerto de la Cruz

    The setting is fairy-tale atmospheric: a 200-year-old building with creaky, uneven floors, rustic antiques and small dining rooms covering three floors,…

  • Pastelería Díaz

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    The superb pastries are what keep customers flocking back to this utilitarian-looking orange-themed place with a big reputation. The mini-bocadillos …

  • La Casa del Drago

    North Coast Tenerife

    Head downstairs through the shops to this restaurant-cafe below, and a lovely garden right next to the drago tree, for splendid views of the noble…

  • Tascafe Grimaldi

    North Coast Tenerife

    Swathed in tranquillity, the main terrace of this historic 1624 mansion, with its sea views, fountain and drago (dragon) tree, is the place to head on a…

  • Otelo

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    This Adeje restaurant is primarily about its dramatic views over the Barranco del Infierno, but the Canarian menu is very good too; the mainstay is Otelo…

  • Bodega Julian

    Puerto de la Cruz

    If you've grown weary of voluminous multilingual menus that read like a ledger, the reassuringly snappy list here is a refreshing change. The time-tested…

  • La Casa de Oscar

    La Laguna

    This place always has a great buzz, particularly at weekends, when the tables are packed with exuberant local families tucking into dishes like grilled…

  • Bodega el Reloj

    North Coast Tenerife

    This restaurant's beautiful setting, overlooking terraced gardens and verdant slopes to the sea, has a touch of Italy's Amalfi Coast about it. Dishes are…

  • El Aguarde

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    This special-occasion place, exuding a minimalist elegance to accompany its finely crafted dishes, gets rave reviews. The menu changes according to what…

  • La Torre del Mirador

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    This elegant bar and restaurant has a lovely terrace with colourful flowers and palms and delightful sea views. The menu has several sound seafood choices…

  • Restaurante Mil Sabores

    Puerto de la Cruz

    Styling itself as a temple to modern Mediterranean cooking, this flash, blue-fronted restaurant has the looks and the tastes down to a fine art. Expect…

  • Meson los Gemelos

    Puerto de la Cruz

    The house specialty is grilled meat and fish at this friendly, welcoming restaurant with a rustic atmosphere. The setting is a covered interior barn-size…

  • Sabor Canario

    North Coast Tenerife

    Exercise your taste buds with soul-satisfying traditional cuisine at this fabulous restaurant located in the lovely, leafy and light-filled patio of the…

  • Da Canio III

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    With a dining room decked out in standard terracotta and stone, this Italian-owned restaurant serves a better class of pizza and pasta than most at very…

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