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Where to eat at and around Gran Hotel Taoro

You are on a hill above the old town, in a public park that also holds Terraza Taoro, a terrace bar, and a 12 minute walk down to everything else. The hotel has put its money into its own tables: OKA for Japanese cooking under Ricardo Sanz, LAVA as an eighteen-cover tasting room and Amalur as the nightly bistro, both under Erlantz Gorostiza, La Carola by the pools until seven and the Tagoror bar until midnight, one on Friday and Saturday. For anything beyond the park you need a taxi or the car, because the walk back is the climb described on the catch page: La Ranilla is 16 minutes down on foot and six by road, and most guests take a taxi back.

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  • Terraza Taoro

    2 min walk

    Park terrace bar, town views · €

    A terrace in the park that is not the hotel's, 91 metres up the same road from the hotel door. Its map listing gives a bar with outdoor seating at the top of Parque Taoro, which makes it the answer for a drink that is not at the Tagoror. It has no website of its own, so check its hours and whether it serves food at the door, and do not build a plan around it.

    Walk inCarretera Taoro, Parque Taoro

  • El Taller Seve Díaz

    6 min by car

    Starred tasting menus, book early · €€€€

    One Michelin star in the 2026 guide, in a small room two minutes from Plaza del Charco, 16 minutes downhill on foot from the hotel or six by taxi, where Seve Díaz cooks two tasting menus, a six-course Surprise and an eleven-course Long, from Canarian produce including his own farm. The restaurant's own site gives Tuesday to Friday 19:00 to 23:00, Saturday lunch and dinner, closed Sunday and Monday, and advises booking six to eight weeks ahead. The Michelin page has carried a temporarily closed for refurbishment notice, so confirm it is open before you plan around it.

    Book well ahead: tables go weeks outCalle San Felipe 32, La Ranilla

  • Tasca Ihüey

    6 min by car

    Modern Canarian tasca, market menu · €€

    Next door to El Taller on the old fishermen's street, and the place to go when you want the same neighbourhood without the tasting-menu commitment. Its own site describes market-led Canarian cooking with borrowed influences, a short menu that changes with what came in, tasting menus and regular off-menu plates. Hours on the site: Wednesday to Friday 18:30 to 22:30, Saturday and Sunday lunch and dinner, closed Monday and Tuesday. The room is cosy, so book on the site, and plan the taxi back up the hill.

    Reserve aheadCalle San Felipe 34, La Ranilla

  • Brunelli's Steakhouse

    7 min by car

    Dry-aged steaks over the Atlantic · €€€

    The steak night, at Punta Brava near Loro Parque, and listed in the Michelin guide for its meat. Its own site gives daily hours of 13:00 to 15:30 and 19:00 to 23:00, no closing day, and describes a Southbend oven running above 800 degrees, a national Chateaubriand and a Galician rubia T-bone; the Michelin guide adds that many cuts are aged on the premises and sold by weight to share. The picture window looks straight at the Atlantic, which is the reason to book lunch rather than dinner. Reserve on the site.

    Reserve aheadCalle Bencomo 42, Punta Brava

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Breakfast

Breakfast is served at Atlántico from 7:30 to 10:30 on weekdays and to 11:00 at weekends, on a terrace that looks over the town to the sea and up to Teide; check that your rate includes it. The hotel describes it as a buffet with a Canarian corner and an English station. If you miss it, the Tagoror lobby bar opens at 10:00 on weekdays and 9:00 at weekends; the nearest alternative is Terraza Taoro, a terrace bar in the park two minutes up the road with no published hours, and the town's cafés are a 12 minute walk down.

What to skip

The restaurants with laminated picture menus along the seafront promenade and around the harbour. In our judgement they are the trap here: further from the hotel than La Ranilla, no cheaper once you have taken the taxi, and the food is what the pictures suggest. Everything above is within seven minutes by road in the other direction.

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Where can I eat near Gran Hotel Taoro?

You are on a hill above the old town, in a public park that also holds Terraza Taoro, a terrace bar, and a 12 minute walk down to everything else. The hotel has put its money into its own tables: OKA for Japanese cooking under Ricardo Sanz, LAVA as an eighteen-cover tasting room and Amalur as the nightly bistro, both under Erlantz Gorostiza, La Carola by the pools until seven and the Tagoror bar until midnight, one on Friday and Saturday. For anything beyond the park you need a taxi or the car, because the walk back is the climb described on the catch page: La Ranilla is 16 minutes down on foot and six by road, and most guests take a taxi back. Terraza Taoro, 2 min walk. El Taller Seve Díaz, 6 min by car. Tasca Ihüey, 6 min by car.

Our verdict

A landmark worth the small gamble of a young hotel. Check availability, and check the latest reviews the same day.

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Last checked: September 2026

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