Los Roques Restaurante
| Los Roques Restaurante | |
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 The restaurant, seen from the front | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2005 |
| Current owner(s) | Peter Borg and Andrew Day |
| Head chef | István Farkas |
| Food type | Modern International |
| Rating | Listed in top 10 fine dining restaurant in Spain TripAdvisor Travellers' Awards 2013 & 2014[1] |
| Street address | Calle La Marina 16 |
| City | Los Abrigos |
| County | Granadilla de Abona |
| State | S/C de Tenerife |
| Postal code/ZIP | 38618 |
| Country | Spain |
| Coordinates | 28°01′43″N 16°35′34″W / 28.02861°N 16.59278°WCoordinates: 28°01′43″N 16°35′34″W / 28.02861°N 16.59278°W |
| Seating capacity | 40 |
| Website |
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Los Roques Restaurante is a small restaurant in the village of Los Abrigos, Tenerife, Spain run by restaurant manager Silviu Stanescu and Head Chef István Farkas. The restaurant is located directly on the harbour side of this traditional fishing port and has been voted one of Spain's top 10 restaurants.[2]
Restaurant
The restaurant is open for Dinner at 7pm five days a week, Tuesday to Saturday.
Café
Café Los Roques is the lunch time offering from Restaurante Los Roques. Café Los Roques is open for Lunch between 1pm and 4pm Tuesday to Sunday.
Food and Wine
The food served at Los Roques Restaurante is modern in nature but uses traditional cooking and curing methods to create an interesting balance of local flavours. The restaurant has a good selection of local wines as well as some of the better known international offerings.
Provenance
The Canary Islands due to their temperate climate offer a wide selection natural produce. The meats produced on the islands include Pork, Chicken, Ostrich, Goat, Rabbit and Lamb and the locally caught fish include Sea Bass (Lubina), Sea Bream (Dorada), Sardines and Mackerel. While some products have to be imported the large majority of the produce used by the restaurant is sourced from the Canary Islands.
History
The village of Los Abrigos is well known locally as a place to eat fresh fish and the Harbour has twelve restaurants in total, with nine of these serving fish. In 2005 the current owners purchased the restaurant, which at that time was an Italian restaurant called Antica Italia. After an extensive refurbishment, Los Roques Restaurante opened on Tuesday 4 October 2005. In November 2013 it was included in a list of the top 10 fine dining restaurants in Spain in the TripAdvisor Travellers' Awards"TripAdvisor Travellers' Awards 2013". Retrieved 2013-11-01..
References
- ↑ "TripAdvisor Travellers' Awards 2014". Retrieved 2013-11-01.
- ↑ "TripAdvisor Travellers' Awards 2014". Retrieved 2013-11-01.