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| All Four Ladies during important business luncheon in Tenerife ! | |||
| We had a very enjoyable weeks "business" trip to Los Gigantes, Tenerife in November 2001. We flew from Southampton especially to report on the standard of the restaurants and bars there to make life easier for you on your next holiday! | |||
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Acantilados de Los Gigantes, C.P.
38 683
Tels: 922 860 966 - 922 860 943 International Code 34 Tenerife- Espana |
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We have now stayed in these
apartments, Poblado Marinero, in Los Gigantes three times. They are
very spacious, on The Marina, and have a wonderful pool complex which is spotless.
The pool side restaurant is called El Laguillo. Very varied menu,
specialities include Spanish Omelette and excellent salads.
Everything tastes good when sat in beautiful surroundings, the sun is
shining and the measures of gin are enormous!
Cost £ £ Yummy Factor 7/10 |
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Dolphin Bistro & Karaoke
Bar, The Marina, Los Gigantes
Tel: 922 862155 Open 11am till Late We arrived in Los Gigantes late and the brilliant staff of this bar ( the owners are Carl & Royce Davenport, on left ) very kindly agreed to cook us ham & cheese toasties with chips. Absolutely delicious. We also had 2 bottles of house wine and the Cost £ a bargain! Yummy Factor 8/10 We often used the bar for a night cap as it is next to our apartments. Great atmosphere and, good sign, it's full of residents. Carl used to be a backing singer for Shirley Bassey so his Karaoke sessions are special! |
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The Tamara, is a
restaurant half way up the hill from the Marina. Inside very
attractive candle lit surroundings, attentive efficient staff. All
had fish but very disappointing as dry. Would not revisit.
Cost £ £ £ 4/10 |
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Again Bella Napoli is on The Marina. A wonderful position for a very wet day, a table inside but with a lovely view. Very friendly staff especially the dark swarthy young wine waiter! He introduced us to Torres La Casta Rosado which suited both the red and the white drinkers. We drank it for the rest of the holiday, oops, I mean business trip. All of us ordered pizzas with different toppings and they were the best we've ever had. Very thin bases and freshly cooked. Delicious! Cost £ £ 9/10 and |
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Harbour Lights, at the end of the Marina. Arrived full of anticipation as exterior menu looked really exciting and some of us love Mexican food. Fajitas very disappointing, enchiladas too heavy, gambas al ajillo very watery. Only success a leg of lamb steak which had a good flavour. Cost £ £ 4/10 | |||||
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La Terraza is
also on the Marina! (We were actually planning to struggle up the
hill to a restaurant in the square but this turned out to be the night of
the hurricane!) Their warm lights and friendly staff
were very welcoming on this terrible night. Few other places were
open. C. J. had pork chops, S. M. kebab of chicken & pork, S. A.
lasagne, C.V. had a sirloin steak. All very enjoyable except for
tinned vegetables. Excellent house white, excellent atmosphere.
Cost £ £ 8/10 |
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Miranda's is very smart, and very busy. Managed to get a table after 30 mins. wait. Then waited a further 45 mins. for our food! Their speciality is steaks or chicken served sizzling on iron skillets. A medium steak was far too well done and dry but they did replace it ( with an almost raw one!) and they replaced the chips as well. The other steak was OK and so were the 2 chicken dishes but all spoilt by the long wait. Staff not particularly friendly. With 2 bottles of wine Cost £ £ £ 5/10 | |||||
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We discovered it on our penultimate day which was again cloudy. The only thing to cheer us up was lunch in this delightful typically Spanish beach restaurant. Although not on the menu we were told we could have sardines. They were delicious! Freshly cooked, served with bread, and eaten with our fingers! We also had a large mixed salad and Canarian potatoes (tiny new potatoes cooked in their skins in rock salt) that, for the first time on this trip were served with the correct, Mojo sauces, red, hot & spicy, and verde, milder with a mixture of lighter flavours and garlic. At last a very Spanish lunch. | |||||
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enjoyed it so much that the next day we went back for a repeat lunch and
we had dinner! In the evening the restaurant is much smarter and
busy so booking advised. Three of us decided to have Paella which
they cooked especially for us so it was very fresh and loaded with King
Prawns. C.V. had sole. We all thoroughly enjoyed our food
which, as well as tasting so good, was presented and garnished so
attractively (see photos). The staff were attentive and very
friendly. Most importantly they also stocked our favourite Torres
Rose. Cant wait to go back!
Cost: Lunch £ £ Dinner £ £ £ £ Yummy Factor 9/10 |
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