Which restaurants in San Cristóbal de La Laguna are confirmed?
Three restaurants in San Cristóbal de La Laguna can be verified through the Guía Repsol (a Spanish restaurant guide) listings: Sorimba, La Gastro Tienda and Conny. None of the three pages gives opening days, so diners should ask the restaurant about opening hours and closing days before they go.
The prices quoted are average bands per person, according to Guía Repsol, not prices for single dishes. Sorimba, at Calle Manuel de Ossuna 3, 38202 La Laguna, costs 35 to 60 euros per person according to the guide.
Sorimba is a grill restaurant that focuses on meat, including chuletón. The guide lists it as a simple restaurant, without a Sol or Solete, and the listing says it is wheelchair accessible.
According to Guía Repsol, the head chef is Yeray Abalde and Dolly Torres runs the dining room. The listing highlights slow cooking, local produce and rice with fresh fish from the fish market.
For dessert, the listing mentions a guava creation with Cuban touches. Telephone: 822 992 500; website: the official website.
The source gives no booking rule for Sorimba. At this price band and at weekends, though, it makes sense to ask ahead, ideally with a call asking about free tables.
Where can you eat more cheaply, or outside the old town?
La Gastro Tienda (Avda. Embajador Alberto de Armas, local 2, 38206 La Laguna) costs under 35 euros per person, according to Guía Repsol. The creative market-cuisine tavern received a Solete from the guide in its 2022 list.
An award from 2022 is no longer new. Whether it still applies in 2026 is not confirmed.
According to the guide, the menu changes almost daily, with examples such as escaldón de carabineros, marinated peto from El Hierro and huevos bravos. There are also dishes for people with coeliac disease and vegan options.
You can book La Gastro Tienda by email at lagastrotienda@gmail.com or by phone on 605 325 094. Conny (Ctra. General de Bajamar 119), by contrast, is in Bajamar, within the La Laguna municipality but on the coast rather than in the old town.
Guía Repsol lists Spanish and Mediterranean cooking there at 35 to 60 euros per person. The focus is a five-course tasting menu that changes weekly.
Telephone: 822 053 686. Website: the official website.
Which central restaurants does Guía Repsol name, and which awards exist?
Guía Repsol names three central venues in its article “Qué ver en La Laguna” of 21 February 2025. The article gives no prices or opening days.
Whether the venues are open in 2026 is not confirmed. Diners should check with the restaurant beforehand.
According to Guía Repsol, El Jinete sin Cabeza is a small central restaurant with an open kitchen and a menu on a board. It is run by Patricio Pérez, who comes from Argentina.
El Bejeque, at Calle Viana 61, serves world cuisine with Asian, Latin American and Canarian dishes, and has a terrace. Head chef Elías Rodríguez is behind it.
Los Baggerman is a butcher's shop near Plaza del Adelantado that also serves food. It is known for hamburgers and pastrami sandwiches.
According to Michelin, Tasca Silbo Gomero, at Calle Volcán Elena 9, holds a Bib Gourmand and sits in the two-euro-sign price category. Head chef Braulio Simancas matures the cheeses himself, and the specialities include escaldón and frangollo.
Michelin presented the venue as its Bib Gourmand of the month in January 2024. Teneriffa-News described the award as new in August 2026, a contradiction that remains unresolved.
According to the Michelin entry, the tasca's opening days vary, so diners should check beforehand. According to Diario de Avisos, Guía Repsol awarded 7 new Soles in the Canary Islands in February 2026, 5 of them on Tenerife.
On Tenerife they went to San Hô, Cráter, Troqué, Haydée and Moral, with San Hô receiving the second Sol and Moral located in Santa Cruz. A Sol restaurant in La Laguna is not among them.
Reports of a Michelin star for a restaurant called Nub contradict each other. They are not confirmed.
Which other La Laguna restaurants are named, and what is unchecked?
The German-language blog on the official website names ten more addresses in La Laguna in an article of 22 April 2026, with prices per person excluding drinks. It is not an official or editorially checked source.
Treat each detail as a pointer that diners should verify on the venue's website or profile. All the details below come from the blog.
According to the blog, Malaka serves Asian fusion at La Laguna Gran Hotel, where a ten-course tasting menu costs 60 euros. It is closed on Mondays.
Café-Café is a café at 10 to 20 euros and open daily. Tasca 61 focuses on organic and vegetarian food for about 20 euros, and its speciality is aubergine gratin.
Tasca 61 opens at lunchtime from Thursday to Sunday and in the evening on Friday and Saturday. Telephone: +34 636 021 353.
Guanchinch & Fusion gives the guachinche a modern twist and costs around 30 euros. It is closed on Sundays and Mondays; telephone: +34 922 125 473.
Isleño Delgado offers fish and seafood for 40 to 50 euros and is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Booking is through the official website.
La Abadía Gastrobar, with Canarian and fusion cooking, costs about 30 euros. It is open daily.
According to the blog, La Tasca Faracho is traditional and costs 20 to 30 euros, and it is closed on Sundays and Mondays. It is known for cheesecake and a ceiling decorated with wine bottles.
Maquila (Spanish and international, open daily) gave no price. Website: the official website.
According to the blog, El Jinete Sin Cabeza opens only from Thursday to Saturday and costs 20 to 30 euros. Reservations: +34 622 886 288.
La Hormiga costs 20 to 30 euros and is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Telephone: +34 822 040 919.
That blog also says La Concepción 8 has closed. Other names, such as Tasca El Tonique, Casa Franco, Tasca La Carpintería and Tasca La Teja Rota, circulate unchecked.
These names are mentioned here only for completeness. They are not a recommendation.
What applies to guachinches and terraces in La Laguna?
According to the reports, guachinches rest on Decreto 83/2013 of the Canary Islands government, which regulates the temporary sale of wine from the producer's own harvest. We could not view the text in the BOC (the Canary Islands official gazette).
According to the reports, Ley 6/2019 on the quality of agricultural foodstuffs treats guachinches separately from restaurants and bars. According to Diario de Avisos (2026), they may serve only wine from their own harvest and water.
Beer and soft drinks are excluded. Opening is limited to four months a year and ends when the wine runs out.
Food is a side issue. Diners should check before visiting whether a guachinche is currently open.
Diario de Avisos reported in 2017 that many guachinches are not legalised. In 2018 the relevant agriculture council proposed a quality seal and stricter rules.
Whether this was implemented is not confirmed. Teneriffa-News names guachinches such as De Argelio and El Buen Comer outside the old town, and the source gave no year for this.
Diario de Avisos reported on 23 April 2022 that only the historic centre had a terrace ordinance. The town council voted unanimously to draw up an ordinance for the rest of the municipality by the end of 2022.
During COVID, around 500 businesses set up or enlarged terraces under a mayoral decree. Whether the municipality-wide ordinance now applies is not confirmed.
How do you get to La Laguna, what does a meal cost and what happens next?
Teneriffa-News names the tram from Santa Cruz and TITSA regular buses (guaguas) as ways into the old town. La Laguna is considered a student town, and according to this source locals prefer the side streets to the main thoroughfares.
Teneriffa-News describes Calle Herradores as the heart of pintxos and Canarian cooking. According to the source, main courses cost about 10 to 18 euros, while one page gives 10 to 15 euros.
The menu of the day costs 8 to 10, 8 to 12 or 10 to 15 euros with a drink and dessert, depending on the page. The source gives no year, so the figures are unconfirmed.
A guachinche meal with papas arrugadas, a meat dish and house wine is said to cost 12 to 15 euros. According to Teneriffa-News, dinner rarely starts before 21:00, and the town comes alive after 20:00.
Small tascas often take cash only. We found no official visitor guide from the town or the Cabildo (island government) on this, so the tips are rules of thumb, not official guidance.
According to Diario de Avisos, La Laguna was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list on 2 December 1999, while the Ayuntamiento (town hall) and RTVC give 4 December. The layout dates back to 1500.
After 1999, the old town's main streets became pedestrian zones. That brought life to the centre.
The old town's Plan Especial de Protección dates from 2005, and its revision is still pending, according to Diario de Avisos. In March 2026 the board of the town planning company awarded the drafting of the new Plan General de Ordenación.
The consequences for the centre are unknown. This edition does not have a complete Michelin list for La Laguna, which should be checked on the official website.