Casa Montesdeoca Restaurante — Restaurant in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

For the positive note: the food was kinda ok-ish. flavors were good but most of the sauces and dressings were to dominant. Medium Rare ordered meat was served way beyond rosé... Also the scenery is really nice, this old inner square garden is nice and cosy to sit and relax.

Now some critical points, notice that we are talking here about a supposingly high end restaurant.

The waiter was very inexperienced for an older guy.

He wanted to serve the starter and main course at the same time because that would be quicker...?

Wanted to put the red wine in our white wine glasses. Because we felt this coming we put our glasses on the side of the table, that made him realize it was time to do the glass changing thing.

The red wine was poured in our glasses in a clumsy way with a towel around the neck of the bottle, so high that a lot of wine was soaking into the towel and wine was spilled on the table giving ugly red spots.

The bread that was served before was not home made and pre heated in a hot air oven. We had to pay 4 Euro for that.

The owner was rude and careless. Sitting on a table for guests with his stinking cigar. Also he was walking around in a shady way taking pictures of the guests while they were eating.

We order a duck carpacio, which was served with fish knives. We had to ask if this was supposed to be the way or if this was a misunderstanding because the dish above on the menu was a fish carpacio... Bit weird because we both ordered the same duck carpacio so kinda strange to mix that up twice. After we asked it was indeed a failure and luckily they could fix it before severing two wrong dishes.

Both waiters who were older were super insecure. Also a boy who was not in uniform was also severing the guests, we guess it was the son of the owner. He was more quick and professional making the other two waiters in uniform look even more stupid.

For a high end restaurant it was a surprise that the concept of a wine pairing was new to the waiters, so we thought it would be more safe to just order a good bottle by our own choice from the menu.

All together we had a kinda ok night, more to have a laugh about all the things that were off or wrong in this place instead of enjoy an upper...

On our last evening in Las Palmas before returning home to Canada, we ate at your restaurant. For my main course, I had the cod fish with potatoes and grilled octopus in a beautiful broth. When I tasted the dish, I had an experience that I have never had before - I was filled with emotion. To me, everything about the dish was perfect - the flavour, textures, colours and temperature. But even more, the dish flooded me with memories of my grandmother and the fish dishes she cooked for me when I was a child. I struggled to find words to describe how the experience made me feel, but it touched me deeply.

Besides that very personal experience triggered by the food, the staff at the restaurant were marvellous. They took great pride in their service and readily revealed their passion for their food when we asked questions about the dishes. The location in an interior courtyard is very special too.

The meal was a beautiful ending to our visit to Las Palmas and I hope that I will be back there again sometime to enjoy another meal at the Casa Montesdeoca...

Fui obligado porque la cena de empresa era allí. Discutiendo con otros compañeros antes del evento, coincidimos de que el restaurante no se le veía la gran cosa por el precio al que nos lo ofrecieron. Idea del restaurante muy bonita aprovechando una antigua casa canaria pero tan poco iluminado que apenas se ve lo que estás comiendo. Llegué tarde porque tuve algunos problemas pero pude probar los entrantes. Las croquetas supuestamente caseras son las de Jamón Serrano de la bolsa del Mercadona de toda la vida, la ensalada era una ensalada normalisima que podrías hacerte en tu casa con latas de atún, el ceviche tenía pinta de que alguien lo había masticado antes de echarlo en el plato. Llegamos al primer plato, solomillo. A mi pareja la car e roja le gusta muy hecha por lo que le pregunto al camarero en que punto sacaron la carne y la respuesta fue "No sabemos el punto de la carne porque no lo hemos pedido, cuando hay mucha gente en eventos como estos no se pide y se sacan todas iguales", respuesta digna del Bar Manolo debajo de casa que por lo menos, no se las dá de pretencioso. En primer lugar, entiendo que cuando hay eventos es complicado pedir los puntos de cada persona ya que eramos unos 30 pero no le puedes contestar a un comensal que no sabes punto de la carne con al excusa de que es un evento, supongo que el cocinero sacó la carne con el mismo punto para todas y podrían mas que sea informarse antes de sacarlo. El toque de clase sirviendo el agua o el vino cuando el vaso está vacío es muy apreciado pero si se comete el error básico de apoyar la botella al vaso, pierde toda la gracia y si le sumamos que cuando queda poca agua, la sirves manteniendo la botella en horizontal y se sale el agua del vaso, no llegamos a ninguna parte. Por otro lado, la camarera muy amable y disponible en toda la cena, la segunda estrella del servicio se la llevan solo gracias a ella. En el plato se veía un solomillo de tamaño mediano tirando a pequeño con una salsita, 2 pimientos del padrón y 1/4 de una papa al horno con 3 tiras de cebolla encima, todo esto emplatado de la forma mas triste posible. Pasamos al postre, sorbete de supuesto limón japonés que sabe a limonada de supermercado y con un probable toque de alcohol que no se menciona en el menú, también tuve la oportunidad de probar la tarta de mousse de chocolate, tarta que probablemente compran congelada y en el plato le ponen colacao encima y miel por debajo. De mousse no tiene nada y solo sabe a leche y cacao. Antes de irnos del local, el maitre nos dió la mano a los comensales para despedirse, cosa que encuentro muy elegante pero otra vez se vino todo abajo, cuando la mano del caballero estaba mojada. Probablemente no repetiré la experiencia ya que en Vegueta hay minimo otros 10 sitios mejores. Espero que la reseña les pueda ayudar a mejorar, no soy el único que se ha ido descontento del local esa noche. Un saludo y...