Isla de Tenerife Restaurants

We cornered a local business woman and received some good choices for food. This one, The Oasis, has a specialty of only chicken. In fact, when we sat down I asked for a menu and the lady said....senor... waving her hands in air...only chicken and fries. We looked around and sure enough everyone had piles of chicken. She said,, hot or medium...meaning mojo sauce... We chose HOT!
Everyone comes here in the spirit of having fun and stuffing theirselves. This restaurant located in a village 10 minutes from the beach and in a village not frequented by many tourists will not leave you disappointed. It looks to be the most popular place in the town of Adeje.
So if you want to get away from the glitzy, Disneyland kind of beach town restaurants this is the place for you.
We would go back here in a minute!

Favorite Dish: Chicken is all they have! Fried without breadcrumbs....
2 people, 2 waters, 1 bread and chicken......17 euros

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We were searching for Tapas and were not disappointed in this small restaurant along the waterfont run by a family. The owners do it all and they tirelessly try to keep their customers happy and well fed. Their mojo sauce is to die for and you can even purchase jars of it to bring home.
Do not expect tapas in the Canary Islands to be the same you would find in Sevilla or Barcelona, but it is still exceptional in taste.
You can sit along the street at a table and enjoy the sun, or their is plenty of seating inside.
Carla is clean and the food was cooked well. It is not overpriced.
They are busy workers, but friendly, and the owner's wife was very charming and talkative.
Their is a beach within 3 minutes walking, and a harbor that has a walkway. After eating you might walk to the right up and around the harbor and enjoy gelato made by an emigrant Italian family.

Favorite Dish: The mojo sauce was the best that we had all week. We were sorry that our hotel was some distance from this restaurant or we would have gone back and third time.
Depending on what day and if you arrive later, some items on the menu might be missing, but we found that to be okay as there were choices we also wanted to try.
Chicken in Mojo--nice
Octopus--Made into a salad--exceptional
In my opinion these are the kind of people you enjoy meeting and supporting when you go on a trip.
They also rent apartments under the same name located above the restaurant.

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We were searching for a fish restaurant near the airport in a small village. Going here on a tip from a local we found it was a great choice. It is located at the harbour at the end of the road. This was probably the cleanest restaurant of all the ones in which we had eaten in a week in Tenerife.
The owners had a window of fresh fish that you would see and then choose to have cooked for you. It is a popular place, and you won't regret eating here.
It seems to be about 13 minutes north of the airport.
This side of the island north of the airport has some great villages that feature fish Tajao is one of the best.

Favorite Dish: The Octopus was awesome!!! Called Polpo in Spain.
We also chose the red fish you will see in the photos. You pay by the weight.
We also had mixed fried fish....really good. Their specialty.
Seating is outside or in, depending on the temperature.
There is parking for free along the street on the way to the restaurant. The little boat harbour is a nice stroll after.

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The owners of La Pasada do their own cooking and waiting of tables. We ate here, choosing it from several restaurants along the street, and we were not disappointed. The friendly lady owner suggested items on the menu and everything was cooked well. She did not speak English, but we had no trouble because she tried very hard to suggest items and also to see that we had good service.
You could sit outside on a covered area, or inside. The establishment was clean, I also looked in the kitchen and although small, it was clean looking.
If we were to go back to San Andres, I would choose La Pasada because we were getting Canary Island specialties not out of a box, but cooked in a mom and pop type restaurant.

Two people for lunch at 23 euros.

Favorite Dish: The croquetas--my favorite dish.

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Unfortunately, the place does not exist any more. The restaurant which is open instead (something of Balcan food) of this one is just one more soulless place for tourists (don't care about today's tourist, tomorrow other will come) :(((

Located on a lower level o promenade across Hotel Los Olivos. This place was our ring-buoy in a sea of mass touristic restaurant (unfortunately, most o them in this area are selling overpriced crap instead of food).

Pizza, lasagne, spagetti... all was delicious. Actually they had the best seafood pizza I have ever tried outside of Italy (only fresh products, no crab imitations). Also they have good sangria, nice espresso and properly made local coffee speciality baraquito (leche-leche in alcohol free version). And people working in the restaurant are very nice, too :)

Oh, and take a look inside the restaurant, they have funny decorations on the walls :)

La Boca is the best restaurant we came across on our first day. The food was lovely, served in extra quick time.

The owners of this English Bar/Restaurant even import the food from the UK which is what attracted us. The staff are helpful & friendly, not forgetting the lovely PR Girl who i mentioned in my main write-up.

La Boca serve everything from All Day Breakfast to a Full Roast Dinner (Special on Sundays).
The drinks are also cheap and they sell the usual from Budweiser to Wine.

Favorite Dish: The Salad is lovely and if you can eat it all, you are much better than me!

When we arrived in Taganana, it was already 3pm - and we hadn't eaten anything since breakfast, but instead done a 7km hike. So our rumbling stomachs directed us to the first place we came across: a bar in Taganana. Unfortunately, none of us can remember the name of the bar, but it was the first building after the switchback leading past the village.
Anyway, we arrived and asked for some food, and the owner was reluctant at first because he was in need of his siesta, but then he heard our rumbling stomachs and pitied us. I ordered a biftec (= beef steak) and my wife some salchichas. We expected a small piece of meat with some fries, so I joked as the owner went to the grill with a huge pile of meat on a plate that it would all be for us. Well, it was: My wife was served 7 salchichas, I got two steaks, each the size of a small book. Instead of fries, we were served 800g of baked potatoes...
But the best was the price: We paid about 15 euros including drinks! So if you're hungry and travelling on a small budget go to Taganana!

Favorite Dish: MEAT!

Our last day's choice of a restaurant was also the worst. Very slow service, fatty food, small servings and high prices. Located just next door to La Clave, we should better have gone there once more... Bad luck.

Favorite Dish: My pork fillet was good, but the serving was much too small.