Ristorante Mamma Rosa — Restaurant in Puerto de la Cruz

We decided to give this place ago after reading the good reviews. We called in advance to reserve a table and enquire about the vegetarian options. We ended up ordering the vegetarian meatballs as our starter and the tri pasti (vegetarian style) as our main to share between two people.

The starter came out somewhat promptly and it was tasty, so we thought we were off to a good start, but we then had to wait around 40 minutes for our main dish to come out and when it finally did, we were left underwhelmed.

The tri pasti consisted of 3 different types of pasta which were each prepared differently. We were served a penne style pasta with pesto, fettuccine with mushrooms and tomatoes, and spaghetti with black olives and some other ingredients.

We found it all to be tasteless apart from the pesto style pasta, but this one was slightly undercooked (not al-dente). None of the pastas had a proper sauce so they all tasted very bland. It was also expensive for what it was, around 21 euros for a small plate of pasta to share between two people.

After leaving the restaurant we both felt unwell so I'm not sure if we ended up with a bout of...

Went here on a Saturday night. Been to two restaurants close by and both were excellent so had high hopes. Unfortunately the service was dead slow, 35 min from taking order to cold starters being delivered. Cpuple next to us who orderex at same time had eaten hot mains befoure purs arrived.

I had anti pasto and it was ok a lot of cheese, no vinegar or oil on it. Basic but ok. Partner had buischeeta and it was bland lacking garlic.

Mains arrived without taking away starter dishes. My main was lasanga and I ate about a 1/5th. It was lots of pasta, very little sauce, quite dry, lacking cheese or a real sauce. Her risotto was ok. The waiter did apologise for it being slow but other tables were served quicker.

To make it worse their card machine didn't work (only place in 2week holiday this happened) so 10 min walk to cash machine required. Got limoncello shots as an apology but overall a disappointing experience. Just lacked any authenticity for the food and service was not great.

I normally don't leave negative reviews which i think reflects the level of this experience. Maybe it was a bad night service wise but that doesn't cover...

We happened upon this lovely restaurant whilst exploring the area and wanting a quick snack in the remaining afternoon sunshine. We were absolutely blown away by the delicious food and the warmth and friendliness of the staff and owners. My aunt makes a killer Parmigiana, and when I saw it was on the menu I had to try it. It was simply wonderful! So incredibly delicious. I savoured every mouthful! I asked about the recipe because (don't tell my aunt) it was even better than hers. I went to compliment the chef and the owner, and they were so charmed that they gave me an extra portion to take home to our hotel! How very lovely and kind of them. We flagged down other passing tourists looking for somewhere to eat and recommended the restaurant to them and they were equally thrilled with the food. The restaurant inside is decorated so beautifully, and outside too. It's immaculately clean and the tables so nicely set. The prices are excellent and the food delicious. My partner loved his dish too. Eating there was the top culinary experience of our holiday. We...