Marisquería Agua y Sal — Restaurant in Arico

Off The Beaten Track and Into A Remote Little Fishing Village to Create Those Authentic Moments At Agua Y Sal And Some Tasty Fresh Seafood. San Miguel de Tajao is a remote little fishing village 12.8km East from Tenerife South Airport with Canarian charm and laid-back harbour attitude featuring several Fresh Seafood restaurants. Near the harbour, around a slightly winding road, a few more restaurants start to appear. But of them all, we found that Aqua Y Sal is buzzing with tourists and locals alike waiting to order and be seated. While the staff runs around busily, the atmosphere rather takes you back to other remote places where you truly felt you are off the beaten track. Maybe worth the journey just to be out of the tourist areas and a part of authentic Tenerife. Calamar (Squid), Chocos (cuttlefish), Chipirones (baby squid), Chopitos (tiny squid), Gueldes (White Bait) to Navajas (Razorfish), all can order as a starter. These will likely come deep fried or grilled. Octopus you can order fried or as a cold salad, mussels and clams are offered both in marinara or white wine sauce (Salsa Vino Blanco), and a few other starters such as Queso a la Plancha con Miel de Palma (white cheese with palm honey), Verduras a la plancha (Plate of vegetables), Pimientos de Padron (Green non-spicy peppers), Gofio (Originally Canarian, is a flour of roasted grains) , and Papa Arrugadas (Canarian potatoes with mojo rojo sauce- spicy) or other pre-made tapas from the case! Ostras (Oysters), Cangrejo Real (Real Crab), Cangrejo Snow (Snow Crab), Vieira (Scallop), Zamburinas (Small Scallops), Croquetas de Bacalao (Cod Croquette), Brocheta de Langostinos (Prawn skewer), Brocheta de Choco (Cuttlefish skewer), Brocheta Mixta (Mixed skewer) and various sizes of Prawns, Crab, and Lobsters are all available. Paella also seems to be popular here at Agua Y Sal as four different types are offered: Caldoso con Marisco (Shellfish, Seafood), Caldoso con Bogavante (Lobster), Caldoso con Cangrejo (Crab), and Cazuela de Pescado y Marisco en Salsa Marinera. Not forgetting, their spaghetti con Bogavate for two or Spaghetti Marinara or with...

Except for the food quality, which was a bit above average, everything else was terrible. The place was crowded. All staff generated a lot of chaos running through the tables, speaking loud, a lot of noise from the kitchen, so not a place to relax and enjoy your food. Long time to order - YOU HAVE TO ORDER BY STANDING IN ROW IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT - it looked like you ordered to take away your food. Ordering at the table was just for drinks. Slow ordering process and someone from our group needed to stand at the ordering queue for 15 - 20 mins. Then some food was ready right away while pasta and french fries required more than 1 hour to be delivered. Unfortunately, this was the food for kids, so the adults finished to eat by the time the rest of the food arrived. English is not easy for the staff. We asked a plate, and they brought us bread. We stayed 30 mins with finished food in front of us and nobody got rid of used plates so I put the used plate on a different table and only then an angry waiter came nervously to tell me not to put the plate on a different table. So we have been asked to raise our hand if we want someone to clean our table. So we raised our hands a lot of times 😀. You can see the passion they put in cooking but the poor service, chaos, long waiting time to order, long waiting time to deliver the food, long time to get access to the toilets, this almost doesn't matter. Not even the low price compared to prices you get in other cities, nothing matters because of poor atmosphere and somewhat...

Do you want them to treat you with disdain and rudeness? Want to tip to be accommodated? Do you want to eat crumpled and rushed? Agua y Sal is the place! We have been to Agua y Sal several times, more or less we have always been satisfied. Yes, the quality of service was falling, but we were understanding and patient. Until today! As always I called to book and was told they don't take phone reservations and to go to the location and may have to wait 10-15 minutes. I put my 80-year-old mother in the car and together with two friends we arrived. We were told to wait and a gentleman wrote us down in a book... and filled with positivity and good will we started to wait. The gentleman accommodated groups of people who came after us and didn't care at all that we were patiently waiting... 40 minutes. When he once again gave a free table to people who had just come in, I politely asked him what was going on, and then he was extremely rude to me, shouting that there was no arguing with him, that he wasn't going to feed us and that he decided who and when to be accommodated. I didn't answer him, we went to El Rocas, the people welcomed us kindly, the food was excellent. Never again...