The 10 Best Local Cuisine Restaurants in Gran Canaria

As soon as you walk into Restaurante Valle de Mogán, you realise that this is an establishment that looks after the smallest detail. Outside, the terrace tables seem to be integrated into the surrounding landscape and the restaurant gardens. Inside, the dining room is decorated in the traditional local style. To sit at a table here is to enjoy the superbly presented fusion of traditional cuisine and international influences with all your senses. Furthermore, the service and customer care is impeccable. Especially recommendable are the locally caught octopus and the organic mango profiteroles. Alternatively, ask about the weekly recommendations. That said, don't take any chances and reserve a table; this is a very popular restaurant.

Los Guayres appears in the world's most prestigious restaurant guides and has won awards for its stylish, modern cuisine. Many who eat here heap praise on the restaurant. Los Guayres is committed to cutting-edge cuisine, modernising traditional dishes and adding a touch of elegance and refinement. Its tasting menus are an excellent choice. All the restaurant's dishes are prepared with the very best that the sea can offer with a special touch, including original sauces and marinades. Los Guayres also offers diners meat and pasta dishes. Don't forget the delicious, fresh, natural fruit deserts.

Among Restaurante Fusion Nube's many attractions, 2 deserve special mention. Firstly, its prime location in a commercial area between Mogán's beach and port. Secondly, the menu is so extensive that it will satisfy all that eat here. Did we say extensive? Well, it's also very varied. Here you can enjoy traditional dishes such as papas con mojo picón (potatoes with spicy mojo picón sauce) and pan de ajo (garlic bread) or opt for Asian house specialities such as Thai chicken and Vietnamese spring rolls. You could eat here every day of the week and never tire of the food on offer!

Palm Garden offers delicious food, a relaxed ambiance and views out over the bay toward the setting sun. The dining room has a modern design with a clever sliding door between the open-air terrace, which can be closed on windy days without blocking the wonderful ocean views. The menu has something for everybody. There is a wide variety of starters, salads, meat and fish, with dishes drawing not only on Spanish cuisine, but also other European specialities and vegan options. Perhaps the thing that sets this restaurant apart is its select wine cellar. Cocktails are also served at the bar.

Balcón Canario is one of those restaurants that we would all love to have nearby. Why? Because it serves delicious home cooking using traditional recipes with generous portions at a good price. As if that weren't enough, the staff are very friendly and the opening hours extensive. This is a restaurant that is ideal for many situations, whether that be breakfast or a late dinner. The restaurant never disappoints. So what can you eat there? A delicious paella de marisco (seafood paella), solomillo en salsa de pimienta (sirloin steak in peppercorn sauce), queso frito con mermelada de tomate (fried cheese with a tomato compote), ensaladilla rusa (Russian salad) or cazuela de gambas y setas (prawn and wild mushroom casserole).

Calma Chicha is a restaurant with a modern design near the Maspalomas Natural Dune Reserve, a truly spectacular landscape. The dishes served in this restaurant are no less so. Traditional Spanish recipes merge with the latest international trends from Peruvian, Indian and Japanese cuisine, among others. At this restaurant, with its intimate ambiance, meticulously prepared – we might also say 'designed' – dishes are served. If you like to experience new, ground-breaking flavours, reserve a table. Any evening becomes a special one when you dine at Calma Chicha.

Los Ángeles is a friendly, welcoming restaurant with menu options for children, adults and those with special dietary needs. The staff are also happy to move away from the menu and improvise to satisfy those eating here. Even the most straightforward dishes here have a special touch that ensures that customers return. Perhaps the most important of these is the low prices. Come to Los Ángeles and try one of their pizzas, a simple spaghetti in tomato sauce, a delicious paella or a fine chuletón (beef chop).

Wapa Tapa's motto is 'tapas that come from the heart', which is very much the case here. The menu includes the essential dishes in any good tapas bar, such as croquetas de bacalao y patatas (salt cod and potato croquettes), cured ham and cheese platters, pulpo a feira (Galician-style octopus with paprika and potatoes), morcilla de Burgos con huevos de codorniz (rice-stuffed black pudding with quail eggs), etc. The restaurant is also well located in a shopping centre with a terrace that looks onto an inner plaza. There is a very open, friendly atmosphere. This is one of those places that you can come to alone, with your family or with a group of friends.

Las Salinas in the south of Gran Canaria uses fresh, quality produce and ingredients to create delicious meals that will remind you of home. Here you can enjoy charcoal-grilled and fried fresh fish and traditional dishes such as paté de vieja (a traditional local paté), sancocho canario (a typical dish from the islands prepared with salt fish, potatoes, sweet potatoes and "gofio", a puré made from roasted grains) and papas con mojo (potatoes with spicy mojo sauce). The restaurant is in a beautiful setting, overlooking the famous natural rock pools, with an open-air terrace in the street, parking and a friendly welcome that adds to the experience.

Restaurante D'romería is located in a quiet plaza with views of the mountains in the centre of San Bartolomé. The establishment has a nicely designed dining room inside and a pleasant open-air terrace. The speciality of the house is the paletilla de cordero al horno (roast shoulder of lamb), which of course comes highly recommended. However, other traditional Canary Islands cuisine is equally good, such as the garbanzas (chickpeas), the octopus, the typical papas arrugás (island-style small boiled potatoes), the salpicón (seafood salad) and the gofio escaldado, a hearty stew that features hand-rolled balls of ground roasted grains. This restaurant is highly recommended if you are visiting the island interior.