Must-see restaurants in North Coast Tenerife

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Tasca el Olivo

    Puerto de la Cruz

    The Mediterranean cuisine here is soundly prepared and spiked with a soupçon or two of innovation. Surf-and-turf choices such as pork loins with prawns,…

  • Tapas Arcón

    Puerto de la Cruz

    This place is a bit of a gem. The must-have tapas are the papas arrugadas (wrinkly potatoes) with mojo (spicy salsa) and the Arcón special sauces of…

  • Malaika

    Puerto de la Cruz

    This bright new spark is all bare-wood tables, green cushions, spruce lines, sunny service and wholesome, vegan food. The menu is short, but sound choices…

  • La Cofradía de Pescadores

    Puerto de la Cruz

    Come here for the catch of the day – or buy it at the fish stall next door and cook it yourself. Watch the cost though, as some fish dishes are priced per…

  • Tapias La Bodega

    North Coast Tenerife

    Squeeze in with the locals at lunchtime and enjoy some hearty tapas at this atmospheric bar, with its barrel tables and large chalkboard menu over the bar…

  • Churreria Perdomo

    Puerto de la Cruz

    For the best churros in town, join the local fishermen at harbour-front Churreria Perdomo for a portion of these hot and crispy spiral-shaped doughnuts…

  • El Limón

    Puerto de la Cruz

    This bright and cheerful vegetarian restaurant with an almost exclusively local clientele has a menu consisting of homemade veggie burgers, seitan kebabs,…

  • Le Patissier

    Garachico

    This place has a charming central-courtyard setting and is handy when other restaurants have shut up shop for a siesta. There's a reasonably decent menú…

  • Café los Balcones

    North Coast Tenerife

    Bypassed by tourists marching on to the centre of town, this no-frills cafe-cum-tasca set in a historic building is a great place to kickstart your day…

  • La Parrilla

    Puerto de la Cruz

    La Parrilla is one of several excellent restaurants at Puerto's top hotel and specialises in upmarket Spanish cuisine. Reservations arr recommended at…