EMBER YARD During a visit in September 2021, the food was not as good as in previous visits, and in a couple of cases, it was even poor, which was disappointing. In 2025, Chef Ricardo Sapimental updated the menu, and we believe it is now back to its best, although we haven't been there again yet. This review is from 2019 Located in the ever-busy Soho, Ember Yard serves up excellent Spanish / Italian tapas cooked over Basque charcoal grill (embers, get it?) from the people beh

RESTAURANTE TRICICLO Michelin Bib Gourmand The restaurant's name fits like a glove, as the "tricycle" is a very accurate metaphor for the three young chefs running the show here. One worked in the original DiverXO restaurant in the Madrid district of Tetuán; one was always a chef, and the other was a cyclist and poet. The simple décor combines the height of rusticity with an endearing bistro charm. This simplicity is offset by a high degree of culinary expertise, showcas

RESTAURANTE EL CHAMO On our arrival at Tenerife South Airport, we picked up our hire car and headed to the sleepy town of La Escalona for lunch at Restaurante El Chamo, our first meal on the Island this trip. This family Restaurant is an excellent representative of typical traditional Canarian cuisine, specialising in a wide variety of wood-grilled meats, including lamb, goat, suckling pig, steak, and rabbit (which is served with salmorejo sauce), If it's sunny, you can enj

RESTAURANTE LA CASONA DEL VINO After a 30-minute drive up north, from our base in Los Cristianos, in the south of the Island, we arrived at this traditional Tenerife Restaurant on the east coast, where you will receive a sunny Canarian welcome at Tenerife's House of Wine. If you wish to eat what the locals eat, as we usually do, ask for the signature dish, arroz caldoso de marisco y pescado. This Restaurant in Candelaria serves excellent, tasty soupy seafood, fish, and rice m

MAISON LÚ Michelin Plate IIO NOW CLOSED Chef Juanlu Fernandez has now moved to Jerez de la Frontera and his Two Michelin Star . LÚ COCINA Y ALMA Click here to read a review A visit to this restaurant in Marbella in November 2020 To start, we had, Michel Arnould Brut Reserve Grand Cru, Pinot Noir, Champagne. followed by, Tartar de atún de almadraba con trufa de invierno Almadraba tuna tartar with winter truffle. Huevo de campo a baja temperatura con trufa de invie

Our first stop is the beach town of Praia da Rocha. I last came here in 1998. I noticed that the main strip does not resemble that time. It is now full of karaoke bars and shops selling tourist ware, apart from the classical Bella Vista Hotel and Spa.  We spent our first two nights at the HOTEL DA ROCHA    Four Stars Avenida Tomás Cabreira, 8500-802 Praia da Rocha, Portimão +351 282 424 081 www.hoteldarocha.com It is a nice, clean hotel with friendly staff. The swimming pool

APONIENTE Three Michelin Stars A return visit to the Angel León restaurant (famous for its cuisine of the sea and only from the sea). After moving from its old location in the Centre of El Puerto de Santa Maria, the new, far more glamorous restaurant is just outside town, in what was once an old flour mill, initially built in 1815. A small river/stream flows under the current building, and the energy it generated for the mill was used to grind the wheat into flour. Situate

ACÁNTHUM One Michelin Star PERMANELY CLOSED 2024 After two years at San Sebastian's Arzak, Xanty Elias came home, determined to shake up Huelva's dining scene. His two tasting menus (from €75 with wine) only change twice a year. They may include pistachio, crumbled cookie and white chocolate dust, laid out as a map of the nearby marshes, and include palate-thrilling dishes like beef sirloin (solomillo) with spiced lard and tangy, mustardy mackerel with tender lupini bea

SKINA Two Michelin Stars This is a minute restaurant in the old quarter of Marbella. It offers an interesting and bold approach to top-quality gastronomy. The cuisine is traditionally inspired, showcasing meticulous technique and the highest-quality ingredients. The food is nothing less than sublime. We had excellent, knowledgeable and friendly service from our waiter, Jesús, and the rest of the staff. The restaurant held one Michelin Star for ten years and now has t

BACK! TAPAS BAR & RESTAURANT Michelin Plate IIO David Olivas and Fabián Villar, chef and sommelier, respectively, are the creators of Back! A colourful and modern restaurant, with a focus on traditional and updated Andalucían cuisine. Although it states it's a tapas bar and restaurant, it is probably more of a restaurant. The menu caters for tapas, sharing plates, set menus and new inventive culinary creations. On this occasion, we had the Menu, Grand Back 2020 (9 steps f