Where to eat at and around Lopesan Villa del Conde Resort & Thalasso
The hotel's own tables cover most evenings. La Plaza is the buffet for breakfast and dinner, and OVO the à la carte room, built on Canarian produce, for dinner from 18:00 to 22:00 in winter and 18:30 to 21:30 in summer; both have a dress code. Alpendre does lunch by the pool from 12:30, the Azotea bar serves cocktails until 18:30 and snacks until 17:00, and Pub Zythum pours craft beer until midnight; half board also covers the buffets of the sister Lopesan Costa Meloneras and Baobab, booked ahead. Outside, the Oasis arcade on Calle Mar Mediterráneo starts 10 minutes from the front door and the restaurants by Playa de Meloneras are 10 minutes along the promenade from the garden gate. Anything further on foot from the front door is listed with its time by car, and San Fernando, Arguineguín and Patalavaca need a car or a taxi.
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- 10 min walk
Grill and braseria in the Oasis arcade · €€€
The nearest proper dinner on foot, in the Oasis arcade on Calle Mar Mediterráneo. El Gaucho has been grilling on the island since 1991, and its Meloneras room is the quieter of its two, run as a Basque-French braseria with large cuts finished and carved at the table. Order the Argentinian churrasco, an Asturian ribeye or the châteaubriand for two, after chorizo criollo or a Canarian tomato soup. Open every day from 14:30 to midnight, from 17:30 on Fridays. Book by phone or WhatsApp at weekends.
Reserve aheadC.C. Oasis, Calle Mar Mediterráneo 2, Meloneras
- 2 min by car
Tapas bar for breakfast and Canarian plates · €€
A tapas bar a few doors along the same arcade, 11 minutes on foot or 2 by car, open every day from 8:00 until midnight. Breakfast runs from 9:00 to noon, with tostas and scrambled eggs, and is the easiest morning out of the hotel. Later, order the Canarian plates: papas arrugadas with mojo, smoked La Palma cheese with mojo, octopus or ropa vieja, then croquetas, with a menú del día at lunch. A DJ plays on Friday and Saturday nights; book for a weekend dinner.
Reserve aheadLocal 139, C.C. Boulevard Oasis, Calle Mar Mediterráneo 2, Meloneras
- 3 min by car
Canarian tasting menus · €€€€
Lopesan's tasting-menu restaurant, inside the sister Lopesan Costa Meloneras, 12 minutes on foot or 3 by car. Chef Germán Ortega cooks the island on three menus named after Gran Canaria places, Ansite and Temisas at €90 and Amurga at €115, IGIC included: Flor de Guía and Lomo del Palo cheeses, black pork with figs and mojo, tuna, sama, and gofio with chocolate. The sommelier, Diego Tornel, was named Spain's best in 2026, so take the Canary wines. Dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 18:30, last arrival 20:45. Book; there is no vegan menu.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks outLopesan Costa Meloneras, Calle Mar Mediterráneo 1, Meloneras
- 5 min by car
Paella and fish beside the sand at Playa de Meloneras · €€
A family-run restaurant beside the sand at Playa de Meloneras, with a terrace for about 120 and a quieter room inside: 10 minutes along the promenade from the garden gate, 17 from the front door, 5 by car. Paella is the house dish; otherwise order cherne or sea bass baked in salt, the La Proa grill of fish and shellfish or a fritura mixta, with bienmesabe or polvito uruguayo to finish. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 23:00; closed on Monday. Book a terrace table for lunch.
Reserve aheadC.C. Meloneras Playa, Calle Mar Blanco, Meloneras
- 12 min by car
Locals' restaurant with a Repsol Solete · €€
A neighbourhood restaurant in San Fernando de Maspalomas, the residential town inland from the resorts, open since 1997 and given a Solete by the Guía Repsol, its mark for informal places worth the trip. It opens at 8:00 for breakfast, cooks dishes of the day at lunch and a carta at night: order the mushrooms sautéed with prawns and Iberian ham, smoked Canarian cheese with miel de caña and mojo verde, and cherne a la plancha. Tuesday to Saturday, 8:00 to midnight; closed Sunday and Monday. Book at weekends.
Reserve aheadCalle Plácido Domingo 12, local 5 to 6, San Fernando de Maspalomas
Cofradía de Pescadores de Arguineguín
15 min by carFish of the day at the fishing port · €€
The fishermen's guild restaurant on the quay at Arguineguín, the working port along the coast to the west. Order the fried mixed fish, the octopus, papas arrugadas with mojo and the gofio escaldado, and ask what was landed that morning. Open 12:30 to 23:00; closed on Monday, and listings disagree about Wednesday, so telephone before a midweek visit. At weekends a queue forms at lunch, so arrive early.
Walk inAvenida del Muelle 1, Arguineguín
- 16 min by car
One MICHELIN star, modern Canarian · €€€€
The nearest MICHELIN star, one in the 2026 guide, with two Repsol Soles as well, at Patalavaca, facing Anfi del Mar, 16 minutes west by car. Chef Desiré Cabrera cooks modern Canarian food on three set menus: Little Experience at €128, Harvest, the vegetable menu, at €130, and Experience at €158, with red tuna, sama roquera, Mogán shrimp, Canarian pork with Pajonales cheese and suckling lamb. Dinner from 19:00, Tuesday to Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday, and for holidays in early June and mid-September. Book well ahead.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks outAvenida de la Verga 5, Barranco de la Verga, Patalavaca
Breakfast
Breakfast is a buffet at La Plaza, from 7:00 to 10:30 in winter and 7:30 to 11:00 in summer, with live cooking stations, freshly baked bread, local fruit, cold cuts and homemade jams. Most rates include it, as bed and breakfast or half board, but check that yours does. Guests in Unique by Lopesan rooms, from the Junior Suite up, have a breakfast of their own in the Unique area, and can ask 24 hours ahead for an early one before a dawn flight. The best outside option is Bandera Tapas y Copas in the Oasis arcade, 11 minutes on foot, which opens at 8:00 and serves tostas and scrambled eggs from 9:00 to noon.
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Where can I eat near Lopesan Villa del Conde Resort & Thalasso?
The hotel's own tables cover most evenings. La Plaza is the buffet for breakfast and dinner, and OVO the à la carte room, built on Canarian produce, for dinner from 18:00 to 22:00 in winter and 18:30 to 21:30 in summer; both have a dress code. Alpendre does lunch by the pool from 12:30, the Azotea bar serves cocktails until 18:30 and snacks until 17:00, and Pub Zythum pours craft beer until midnight; half board also covers the buffets of the sister Lopesan Costa Meloneras and Baobab, booked ahead. Outside, the Oasis arcade on Calle Mar Mediterráneo starts 10 minutes from the front door and the restaurants by Playa de Meloneras are 10 minutes along the promenade from the garden gate. Anything further on foot from the front door is listed with its time by car, and San Fernando, Arguineguín and Patalavaca need a car or a taxi. El Gaucho Meloneras, 10 min walk. Bandera Tapas y Copas, 2 min by car. Bevir by Lopesan, 3 min by car.
Our verdict
A themed resort done with conviction: the village, the saltwater pool and the thalasso earn their place. Check availability for the Junior Suite, and ask about renovation works.
Last checked: October 2026