Coffee, breakfast and burgers in the village · €
The nearest good coffee to the garden gate, three minutes away on Calle La Mina, in the village streets rather than on the seafront. A family business with a second café in Playa del Inglés, it does espresso, breakfast and burgers from 9:00, Monday to Saturday, and closes on Sunday. It is the place for a breakfast away from the buffet, or a coffee on the way down to the beach; by late afternoon it has shut, so it is not a dinner option.
Walk inCalle La Mina 12, Playa de Mogán
Family-run fish terrace on the beach front · €€
A family-run terrace on the beach front, four minutes from the gate, and the simplest way to eat the port's own fish. The kitchen chooses the day's catch from the harbour each morning and serves it with papas arrugadas at the day's price; Mogán sardines, grilled on the plancha, are €12.90, and there is a mixed fish and seafood grill for two. Open every day from 9:30 to 23:00, with live music and the sunset over the bay in the evening. Book for a front table at sunset.
Reserve aheadAvenida Varadero 21, Playa de Mogán
Beach-front terrace for paella and the sunset · €€
On the beach front, four minutes from the gate, with the sand in front of the tables and the sunset over the bay. Paellas are made for two or more, from vegetable to lobster; sea bass comes with papas arrugadas, and the cherne with a coconut curry. To share, there is a plate of eight tapas for two, garlic prawns, papas arrugadas and cheese among them. It opens every day from 9:00 to 22:30, so it is also a breakfast with the beach in view and a cocktail at sunset; book a front table for the evening.
Reserve aheadAvenida Varadero 7, Playa de Mogán
Ham bar, deli and wine bar · €€
A ham bar and deli on the way to the marina, six minutes from the gate, and the cheap good lunch on this list: bocadillos of Iberian ham from €5.50, or €6.90 for 100% bellota, tostas at €7.90, papas arrugadas and local cheese. The wine list opens with Gran Canaria, a Listán Negro and Tintilla red at €6 a glass, and the evening brings spritzes on the terrace and two tasting menus for two, at €100 and €130 with a bottle of wine. Open every day from 13:00 to 22:30.
Walk inCalle Ribera del Carmen 1, Puerto de Mogán
Fish restaurant on the marina · €€€
A small fish restaurant on the marina, eight minutes from the gate, built around a display of the day's local fish and shellfish: you choose your fish there, and the kitchen fillets it off the bone and cooks it a la espalda, opened flat on the grill. There is a short menu beside it for anyone who does not want fish, and the staff suggest a wine to match. Open from 12:00 to 22:00, closed on Monday. Book ahead by telephone, and ask for a table on the waterfront.
Reserve aheadUrbanización Puerto de Mogán F1, 8, Puerto de Mogán
Canarian kitchen by the port's control tower · €€€
The Canarian kitchen of the marina, next to the port's control tower, nine minutes from the gate. The menu is the island's: papas arrugadas with mojo, ropa vieja of meat and chickpeas, fish soup and Canarian stews, rabbit, and vieja, the parrotfish of these waters and the house speciality, with paella for the table. Open every day from 10:00 to 22:30. Book for dinner.
Reserve aheadPuerto de Mogán, beside the control tower
Eight-course tasting menu on the marina · €€€€
The tasting menu for a Monday, when Los Guayres is closed: one eight-course menu at €95 a head, with an optional €65 wine pairing, mixing French technique, Scandinavian touches and Canarian produce, from Gran Gambón prawns to beef with crispy Canarian potatoes. Dinner starts at 19:00, Monday to Saturday, and tapas are served from 12:00 to 15:00; it is closed on Sunday. Reservations are required for the tasting menu. Nine minutes from the gate, at the far end of the marina.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks outUrbanización Puerto de Mogán, Local 101
Breakfast is a buffet in Tamarona, from 07:30 to 10:30 and until 11:00 on Sundays, and the from-price includes it; half board adds the buffet dinner. Guests in the Junior Suites and the Senior Suites breakfast instead at La Sama, the bar on the south pool, from 08:00 to 11:00. Outside, The Grand Café on Calle La Mina, three minutes from the garden gate, does coffee and breakfast from 9:00, Monday to Saturday; on Sunday, Belin on the beach front opens at 9:00.
