I love cooking, but also love eating out and thankfully, so does my husband. We like to visit different restaurants in town, but there are only a couple of them where we like to go back over and over again. One of them is the Allende restaurant in the port zone of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Allende Restauración consists of three establishments. Two of them are Tasca-restaurants, and the third and the newest one is a bistro bar. Every restaurant has a different menu, but there are a lot of dishes that are served in all of their establishments. The first Allende name-bearing restaurant in Las Palmas was opened in 2009, the second in 2010, and the third one in 2012. All these restaurants are very well situated in the most important places around the city – near the marina, shopping centers, old town, and beach.
So far we have visited the first two restaurants and hopefully, soon we will have a chance to enjoy a good meal in their newest addition too.
Allende Puerto
Situated on a pedestrian street near the Las Canteras beach and Mesa y Lopez shopping avenue – it is the first restaurant Allende Restauración opened.
Allende Puerto offers a variety of Spanish dishes (including tapas) with an interesting twist. This local restaurant has both in and outdoor seating as well as a bar area. We usually eat in the outdoor area, as there is more space for Sofia’s stroller and it’s nice to see what’s happening on the street. It’s a busy place, so I would recommend booking a table if you don’t want to wait for one.
The bar area only serves tapas, so if you want to order from the menu, you have to choose a table outside or in the restaurant itself. You can’t order any tapas if you are not seated in a bar area. That’s why we haven’t tried any of their tapas.
Menu
There are some dishes we have tried once and then there are dishes we like to repeat. We always order various dishes and share. So I’ll show you our favorites from Allende’s menu.
Fried Eggplant with Cane Honey
We tried it last time we visited the restaurant and we will order it more for sure. Crispy deep-fried eggplant sticks with strongly flavored honey – delicious! I tried to make this dish at home, but the result doesn’t deserve a mention.
Fried Eggplant with Cane Honey
Huevos Rotos con Chistorra (fried egg with potatoes and spicy sausage)
It’s a yummy plate full of comfort food. Thin slices of potato chips mixed with eggs and topped with chistorra sausages. Simple ingredients create a mouth-watering combination. We have ordered this food every single time we have visited the restaurant.
Huevos Rotos con Chistorra (fried egg with potatoes and spicy sausage)
Grilled Herreño Cheese with Red Pepper Marmalade
This is by far one of my favorite entreès offered in Allende. Herreño cheese is a smoked cheese that consists of a mix of goat, cow, and sheep milk. It’s produced on the island of Hierro, one of the Canary Islands. Grilled and then topped with sweet red pepper marmalade – the mix of flavors is just amazing.
Grilled Herreño cheese with red pepper marmalade
If you are visiting Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and need a place where to eat, Allende Puerto is a good choice. Fair prices, good portions, fast service, and of course the delicious food make it an experience worth trying!
For more information:
Web: http://www.allenderestauracion.com/
Phone: : 928 494 626
Opening hours: Monday – Sunday 13:30 – 16:30 and 20:30 – 23:30
HLA did not receive any compensation for the post. All thoughts and opinions are mine. Those beautiful pictures are from Allende Restauración website.
That looks delicious and like nothing I’ve had here, ever.. WOW.. When Guy and I go visit you in Canarias, we will have to go to Allende. :))
OOOOh yummy! My hubby would LOVE the Huevos Rotos con Chistorra 🙂
I like that there are staple menu items but different things too at each location. The pictures of the food look great!
That sounds SO good! The fried eggplant sounds amazing!
I have never had eggplant and believe it or not I broke down and bought some plants this year for my garden thinking what am I out, two bucks? Well the rabbits ate the plants. So maybe I am better off going to a restaurant and getting something like the Fried Eggplant and trying that, it sure looks delicious.
Wow those look delicious. I love eggplant and those look fantastic. The plating on the cheese is also beautiful.
Everything looks delicious! Now my mouth is watering.
Yum! That looks like a delicious meal. Now I am hungry!
This all sounds and looks amazing! I can’t imagine getting to eat places like this in a foreign place all the time. Sounds like a permanent vacation!
That just made me hungry! Looks like you are lucky to have such a great place by you.
wow, the food looks great! You are so lucky to have such cuisine readily available.
The fried egg plant looks delish!
My mom has been on my case about eggplant forever! It’s the ONLY veggie I don’t like, but I think I could like it if I had it like your picture above!! Looks great!
These dishes look very tempting!
I don’t think we have one of these in my area. But, their food looks delicious.
Those dishes look amazing! Wow!
All of these dishes look wonderful, but I think the one that drew my attention was the Grilled Cheese. Yum.
Oh wow, this sounds out of this world! I HAVE to try the Fried Eggplant, that sounds amazing!
The cheese and marmalade dish sounds soooooo delicious!
I have to stop reading certain blogs, like yours, when I am hungry. The food looked so good it was hard not to lick my laptop screen!
Looks like a wonderful restaurant to visit, I’d love to go there, I see here some awesome dishes to try out.
The fried eggplant sounds delicious. And honey totally adds to the flavor.
Not many restaurants offer tapas in our area. This one looks really good.
everything looks so good! I really want to try the fried eggplant. Yum!
All that food looks SO good! Especially the fried eggplant and grilled cheese. YUM!
Oh yummy I have been wanting to try eggplant for a long time. What type of texture dose it have? I been a little scared.
All of these look delicious!! Beautiful photos too!
My favorite restaurant in Las Palmas, can’t wait to go back! You should also check out La Azotea de Benito cocktail bar in Vegueta, world class cocktails and service.
Everything looks so yummy!! I don’t care for eggplant normally but they looks delicious!
Huevos Rotos con Chistorra (fried egg with potatoes and spicy sausage) looks awesome! I might have to try making that at home soon. I could see that being a hit. Also, great restaurant review. Everything looks yummy!