Restaurante Azul — Restaurant in Garafía

We went today for a luncheon. The place's location is just out of this world; overlooking the skies and sea with the depths of a cliff. Just breathtaking.

We had a table reservation and it was very nice, although I must said there was a table with even better views of the ocean that was 'occupied' turns out it was kept for friends of the restaurant. A bit of a rude, unnecessary move for a business.

Then ordering food came. The menu is very short and just printed in stationaries. Very unique and minimalistic approach. However.

It was also weirdly formatted and ordering turned to be a chore because the waitress, although delightful and very hard working, they were behijd a very obvious language barrier.

Before food we were served some 'salad shots' of melon and a translucid, cooked onion soup. Wasn't a fan.

Food arrived rather quickly and it was delicious. We had a fish stew, served in a bowl, similar to my tomato apricot soup. It was salty, sweet and spicy. A treat.

My salad with shrimp and chorizo was okay. It was a mixture I wasn't expecting but also didn't work for me.

My sirloin was rare. Excellent cooked served with a chili chocolate sauce and a squach onion pepper blend. Just delicious, but not outrageous.

I had a tiramisu as a dessert which was a bit puzzling, served on a mostly tasteless dough with toasted nuts. It was okay but you won't see me ordering that particular item again.

It was a very pleasant experience and I will definitely come again. Not a full score because some of the food wasn't my cup of tea. But overall it was fantastic....

Best restaurant in the Canary Islands! (so far...) Delicious food, perfectly seasoned, beautifully presented, amazing value 4 course menu and wines that don't cost excessively either. Full menu with wines and apero and you won't break more than 40€pp... It's extremely busy so you must book at least a week in advance to be sure of even availability that day, but we'll worth it. These guys are doing an amazing job with mostly local ingredients. They do it with style, they know it (but are both confident and humble in equal measure) as do the locals...a real treat and with the views over the clouds at sunset and you won't want to be anywhere...

Homophobes Restaurant, nie wieder!

Wir hatten für die Feier unserer Hochzeit das Restaurant telefonisch reserviert (15 Personen) und eine Zusage unserer Reservierung erhalten. Wir vereinbarten, bei einem Restaurantbesuch persönlich die Details zu besprechen. Dabei stellte die Chefin dann überrascht fest, dass wir ein Paar zweier Männer sind. Nach einem - zugegebenerweise - exquisiten Abendessen mit vorzüglich kombinierten Geschmacksrichtungen - teilte die Inhaberin uns mit, dass "leider doch nicht genug Platz für eine Feier mit 15 Personen ist", zuvor hatten uns noch die Angestellten erläutert, wie einfach es wäre, ein Bankett für 15 Personen einzurichten. Spanien ist ein sehr liberales Land, und die Kanarischen Inseln sind für Ihre besondere Fremdenfreundlichkeit und Toleranz bekannt, daher wohnen wir hier. Wir hätten niemals gedacht, hier im "Paradies" eine solche - durch die deutsche Inhaberin kaum kaschierte - Homophobie erdulden zu müssen.

Ansonsten: Die Speisen sind vorzüglich in Geschmack und Präsentation, nur leider nicht lokaltypisch, sondern eben deutsche gehobene Küche mit wohl überwiegend importierten Zutaten. Schade: Das Wasser in der gereichten Karaffe ist gechlortes Leitungswasser - der einzige Bruch im ansonsten guten und hochpreisigen Mahl. Die Bedienung ist aufmerksam...