Restaurant in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Canarian creative cooking, serious value.
A Michelin Bib Gourmand winner in 2024 and 2025, El Equilibrista 33 delivers chef Carmelo Florido's Canarian-rooted creative cooking at a €€ price point that is hard to argue with. The modern room near Las Alcaravaneras beach works well for a date or celebration dinner. Book a few days ahead for weekends; walk-ins are more feasible on weeknights.
El Equilibrista 33 is a Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised creative restaurant in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and it earns that recognition without the price tag that usually accompanies it. Chef Carmelo Florido's cooking draws on Canarian tradition and reframes it with enough technical ambition to keep food-first diners engaged. At the €€ price tier, this is one of the clearest value propositions in the city's creative dining scene. The common misconception is that Bib Gourmand-level cooking here means a casual, bistro-style room where you roll in without a plan. It does not. This is a place worth booking deliberately, especially for a date or a celebration dinner where you want real food at a price that does not require a post-dinner financial recovery.
The room sits close to Las Alcaravaneras beach, and the setting matters: the modern-contemporary interior creates an atmosphere that reads as considered without being stiff. The energy is warm rather than hushed, the kind of place where conversation stays easy throughout the meal. It does not have the formal hush of a three-star room, nor the ambient noise of a tapas bar on a Friday night. For a special occasion dinner, that balance is useful — you can actually hear your guest, and the room does not feel like a performance space.
Carmelo Florido has built a following around a specific proposition: Canarian ingredients, treated with care, delivered with the kind of precision that earns repeat visits and awards recognition. The Bib Gourmand, held for both 2024 and 2025, confirms this is not a one-year anomaly. It is a consistent kitchen. The focus on local and regional products from the Gran Canaria and broader Canary Islands area gives the menu a coherence that generic creative restaurants often lack. The cooking has an identifiable point of view, which matters when you are choosing between multiple options in a city with a genuinely competitive dining scene.
The standout dishes from the Michelin record include ceviche canario, which uses the format of a South American classic and reorients it with local ingredients; carajacas, a sautéed veal liver preparation with caramelised onion, garlic, and potato sticks; and huevos moles accompanied by gofio, the Canarian toasted grain flour that appears throughout the islands' food culture. The gofio-based dessert in particular has developed a loyal following among regulars. These are not fusion gimmicks — they are dishes rooted in what the islands actually produce and eat, executed with a degree of refinement that justifies the awards attention.
For a first-time visitor to Las Palmas who wants to understand what Canarian food actually tastes like at its most considered, El Equilibrista 33 is a strong answer. It is more accessible than Poemas by Hermanos Padrón in terms of both price and booking difficulty, and it delivers a more distinctly local experience than many of the city's international-leaning restaurants. For a broader picture of dining options across the city, see our full Las Palmas de Gran Canaria restaurants guide.
Hours are not listed in our database, so confirm directly before planning a late dinner. What is worth knowing for evening visits: the beach-adjacent location and the warm atmosphere make this a natural choice for a leisurely dinner that extends through the evening. Spanish dining culture in Las Palmas runs late by northern European standards , expect the room to fill properly from around 9 PM. If you are planning a celebration dinner and want to avoid the peak energy of a full room, an earlier booking gives you a quieter atmosphere. If you want the room at its most animated, arrive later. Either way, this is not a venue that closes early in spirit even if specific hours require confirmation.
For context on the broader Las Palmas evening offer, including bars that complement a dinner here, see our full Las Palmas de Gran Canaria bars guide.
Reservations: Booking difficulty is rated Easy, but given the Bib Gourmand status and the loyal local following, booking a few days ahead is sensible for weekends and advisable for a specific occasion date. Walk-in availability is more plausible on weekday evenings. Dress: No dress code is on record; the modern-contemporary room suggests smart-casual is the appropriate register , neither a suit nor beach shorts. Budget: €€ price tier; this positions El Equilibrista 33 as the kind of dinner where the bill does not dominate the evening's conversation. Location: C. Ing. Salinas, 23, 35006 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, close to Las Alcaravaneras beach. Phone/Website: Not currently listed in our database , check Google Maps or local booking platforms to confirm current contact details. Rating: 4.6 from 586 Google reviews, which for a restaurant of this specificity and ambition represents a high satisfaction baseline.
Exploring Las Palmas more broadly: our full Las Palmas de Gran Canaria hotels guide, our full Las Palmas de Gran Canaria wineries guide, and our full Las Palmas de Gran Canaria experiences guide.
For Spanish creative dining at a higher tier, the country's reference points include El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Arzak in San Sebastián, Azurmendi in Larrabetzu, Cocina Hermanos Torres in Barcelona, DiverXO in Madrid, and Aponiente in El Puerto de Santa María. For creative cooking benchmarks in Paris, see Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen and Arpège.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Equilibrista 33 | Located close to the Las Alcaravaneras beach, this restaurant with a modern-contemporary feel reflects the personality of owner-chef Carmelo Florido. It boasts a cohort of admirers thanks to its focus on quality products that combine perfectly with tradition and innovation to seemingly perform the impossible and to always showcase the region’s different products. In this modern and contemporary setting, make sure you try the delicious “ceviche canario”, the “carajacas (sautéed veal liver with caramelised onion, garlic and potato sticks) and the egg-based “huevos moles” accompanied by the islands’ typical “gofio” flour, one of its customers’ favourite desserts thanks to its extraordinary and intense flavour. Tradition at its purest!; Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025); Michelin Bib Gourmand (2024) | €€ | — |
| Muxgo | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Poemas by Hermanos Padrón | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
| Deliciosamarta | €€ | — | |
| El Santo | €€ | — | |
| Hikari Japanese Roots | €€€ | — |
How El Equilibrista 33 stacks up against the competition.
Go in knowing this is chef-owner Carmelo Florido's personal project: creative Canarian cooking with a strong emphasis on local products, priced at €€ and backed by two consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand awards (2024 and 2025). The room sits close to Las Alcaravaneras beach and has a modern-contemporary feel. Book a few days ahead — Bib Gourmand recognition has built a loyal following, and walk-in availability is not guaranteed.
Tasting menu details are not confirmed in our data, so verify the format directly with the restaurant before booking. What is confirmed: this is a €€ creative venue with Michelin Bib Gourmand status, which typically signals strong value-to-quality ratio rather than a high-spend omakase format. If a tasting menu is available, the price point suggests it will sit well below comparable Michelin-recognised options in the Canaries.
The interior is described as modern-contemporary, and the €€ price range places this firmly outside formal fine-dining territory. Neat, put-together casual is the sensible call — think the kind of outfit you'd wear to a considered dinner rather than a special-occasion tasting room. No dress code is stated in available data, so when in doubt, err slightly towards presentable.
Yes, with the right expectations. Two Michelin Bib Gourmand years running gives it real credibility, and the creative Canarian cooking provides enough distinction to make a dinner feel considered. At €€, it works well for a birthday or anniversary where you want a genuinely good meal without a fine-dining price tag. For a more formal milestone, Poemas by Hermanos Padrón operates at a higher tier if budget allows.
Three dishes are flagged specifically in Michelin's venue notes: the ceviche canario, the carajacas (sautéed veal liver with caramelised onion, garlic, and potato sticks), and the huevos moles served with gofio flour as a dessert. The gofio-based dessert is cited as a particular favourite among regulars. These are the confirmed starting points for a first visit.
For a step up in format and price, Poemas by Hermanos Padrón is the clear comparison. For similarly accessible creative cooking, Deliciosamarta and El Santo are worth considering. Muxgo offers a different angle on local Canarian produce. Hikari Japanese Roots covers a different cuisine entirely but sits in the same city for those who want a change of direction.
At €€ with back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, yes — this is one of the cleaner value cases in Las Palmas. The Bib Gourmand designation exists specifically to flag restaurants delivering quality cooking at accessible prices, and Florido's focus on regional Canarian products adds substance to that claim. If you're comparing it against higher-priced Michelin options in the city, the gap in spend is far wider than the gap in quality.
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