Tenerife Restaurants

You´ll find this well kept restaurant in the new, white, round building on the right hand side before the Qdeje turn off on the TF1. It is a meat lover's paradise with all types of juicy cuts of meat cooked over an open fire and then delivered to your table by the restaurant's hard working waiters. The meat just keeps coming until you indicate that you've had enough. The salad bar is definitely the best ever - over 40 different salads to choose from (and you can go back as often as you want).
Cost approx. €20 euros per head.

Los Cristianos

Tucked in the corner of the harbour of Los Cristianos, recognizable by the small fishing boat outside, one of the finest seafood restaurants in Los Cristianos, with a wide variety of fresh fish daily.
Costs €12 - €15 euros per head.

CC El Trebol 29
Costa Del Silencio
TEL: (+34) 922 734 091

Belgian and French cuisine, serving a la carte and a menu of the day. Open from 12p.m. to 2.30pm and from 7p.m. to 10p.m.

For many tourists, one of the treasures of visiting different locations around the world, is the opportunity to sample new tastes in food that have subtle flavours. Here in Tenerife, it is not only possible to discover tradition dishes like paella, but in every village restaurant, there will be a variation of each local dish.

We are nearly all familiar with the different ways fish and meat are prepared and presented, but the island has a huge cheese and locally produced wines market. For centuries the local goat and sheep farmers created cheese to their own recipe, and now there are many variations from 100% goat milk cheese, to goat/sheep and goat/cow milk cheese. Many restaurants will serve goats cheese as a hors d'oeuvre and when eaten with freshly baked bread and mojo picon sauces, you know you are in Tenerife.

The wine producing industry of Tenerife dates from the time that the Spanish Conquistadors arrived in Tenerife. They brought a variety of grapevines that the early settlers planted and made strong white wines with the harvest. In the 1500's the Canary Malmsey wine was considered to be one of the best in the world and was held in high esteem for over 200 years.

Nowadays, Tenerife wines are produced and marketed through 5 distinct marks of origin, and include all of the growing areas on the island. The wine growing districts are TACORONTE-ACENTEJO, VALLE DE OROTAVA, ABONA, YCODEN-DAUTE-ISORA and VALLE DE GUIMAR. There are more than 100 vineyards on the island of Tenerife and these produce grapes that are grown at levels between 50 and 1,600 metres above sea level.

The botanists among you will be aware that insects form an important part in the reproduction of plant life, and there are more than 700 insect species living here to ensure that the wide variety of shrubs, bushes, trees and flowers are pollinated.

Tenerife has for many years been among the top European Honey producers, and this is a direct reflection on its climatic location. The Canary Islands have long been known to as The Fortunate Isles, and this is because of the 12-month spring like temperatures. With over 500 beekeepers lovingly caring for in excess of 10,000 hives, it is not surprising to hear that some 150,000 kilos of honey are produced annually, and this represents about half of the total from the 7 islands. There are still seasonal changes on Tenerife, and the beekeepers take full advantage of the situation, by moving their hives around the island to be within easy distance of the best blossoms at any one time.

Some honeys are placed in the same class as a single malt whisky, and generally classified to the altitude at which it is produced. Coastal Honey for example normally comes from the combined blossom of avocado, orange, balo and banana and is hived below 450 metres. Foothill Honey is produced from bugloss, chestnut, fennels and heathers, eucalyptus etc and the hives are normally between 450 and 1200 metres above sea level.

High Mountain Honey is harvested above 1200 metres, which is, in the main, from the Mount Teide National Park region. Here an abundance of bugloss, daisy, white bloom, catmint and numerous other plants carpet this high area during the springtime, and some excellent honeys are produced. As the seasons change once more, the hives are relocated to capitalise on the next flower.