Guachinche Los Gómez — Restaurant in La Orotava

I am so sad to have this unpleasant memory with the restaurant. I was really excited to visit this place, as I saw it in reviews, me and my boyfriend came on foot from La Orotava just to eat here. And yes, as I expected the food was excellent and the red wine too.

But as we arrived, I noticed that I won't be able to pay by card, and we didn't have any cash with ourselves. I tried to explain my problem to the waiters at the very beginning, nobody spoke English, and they refused to try to understand me when I tried with google translator. Finally, they showed me a paper which said that I can transfer the money, which was okay for me so we continued ordering food. After finishing the meal, I asked for the IBAN number, and I did my transfer immediately. I showed them the validation of the payment, but I knew that it would take time to them to get the money, as I have a foreign bank account. They refused to understand me again, just showing gestures of not accepting my payment. I asked for help, more guests tried to tell them in spanish that I paid, here's the validation but it will take time. They refused to understand them either. Finally, I really nice local man paid for our meal in cash, so we could leave. Basically, we paid double, once my transferation, and once the man's cash. Next morning, I checked my account, and the money did got received by the restaurant... They didn't transfered it back to me. Huge disappointment not in the food, but in acting like...

If you want to eat a typical Canarian food you should go to a Guachinche and this place is one of them. It's a rustic restaurant by the vineyard with a car park. Ladies do not wear high heels as you will walk on stones before you get inside and the place is typically old and rustic so you are better off with flats and casual clothes. There is no paper menu and you will be told what's on offer. To drink you have an option of either soft drink or their own vine. The price for the food is very nice in comparison with standard restaurants. We ordered various plates and shared them out so we were able to taste everything. You can even order half portion as they are very flexible. It's homemade food being served to you so do expect that not a fancy restaurant style. Food was nice but it does take a while so be prepared for that as they get very busy. Staff was very friendly. If you are coming with a baby and the pushchair it's not a problem they can also warm up the food, however there is no baby...

The food was by far the best we had in tenerife. It still surprises me on how some people base their review. It is a rustic little restaurant in the side of the mountain so expect that it’s not a michelin side setup, and it shouldn’t be. They only have a few servers and by the time we were there we had to queue for 30mins so the place was packed, yet the service was sufficent enough but of course we had to wait a little bit, but come on, it was well worth it! You go into a restaurant because you want to eat something nice, not because everything else is perfect… based in that los gomez is absolutely worth it! The chips with the fried egg is sublime, but the grilled cheese with the salsa verde was also a hit. We also had the grilled chuleta (pork chop) which was grilled into perfection and the croquetas were also a must try. All in all, expect that it’s very very rustic place, but if you’re into some very decent classic canarian cooking with a glass of red this...