Restaurant in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Venezuelan-Canarian fusion at a fair price.
Qué Leche is a compact, informal fusion restaurant in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria earning back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition (2024, 2025) at a €€ price point. Venezuelan chef Jennise Ferrari builds sharing plates around Canarian produce with influences from Mexico, Asia, and Japan. A strong value pick for food-focused visitors who want creative cooking without the spend of the city's higher-end tables.
Walk down Calle Torres in Las Palmas' Triana district and the kitchen aromas drifting from number 22 give you the first clue that something interesting is happening inside. Qué Leche is a small, informal room running fusion cuisine anchored in Canarian produce but pulling references from Venezuela, Mexico, Asia, and Japan. The verdict: yes, book it. At a €€ price point, two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025), and a Google rating of 4.6 across 754 reviews, this is one of the stronger value propositions for creative cooking in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Venezuelan chef Jennise Ferrari has been based in Las Palmas since 2013, and the restaurant's identity reflects that decade-plus of settling in: she uses local Canarian ingredients as the foundation and then applies techniques and flavour references from her own background and wider travels. The result is a menu built around sharing plates that move between continents without feeling scattered. Michelin's own notes single out the duck magret, Cuban-style rice nigiri, Venezuelan pabellón criollo made with Wagyu beef, rabbit EscaViche, and sea bass aguachile as dishes worth ordering. That is a broad range of influences on a single menu, and the fact that Michelin has awarded a Plate in back-to-back years suggests the kitchen handles the range with consistency rather than novelty.
The room is described as pleasant but not large, and the atmosphere is informal. This is not a destination for ceremony. If you want tableside theatre or a multi-hour tasting ritual, look elsewhere. What Qué Leche offers is well-executed, ingredient-led cooking in a relaxed setting at a price that does not require advance justification.
Booking difficulty at Qué Leche is rated Easy. You do not need to plan weeks ahead the way you would for a Michelin-starred table in Madrid or San Sebastián. That said, the room is compact and popular enough to carry 754 Google reviews at a 4.6 average, so arriving without a reservation on a busy weekend evening is a risk worth avoiding. Book a few days out as a baseline; a week ahead is comfortable for a Friday or Saturday. No phone number or online booking link is currently listed in our data, so your most reliable approach is to check Google Maps directly for current contact details and reservation options.
Hours are not confirmed in our database. Verify before you go, particularly if you are planning around an early evening arrival from elsewhere on the island.
Given that many of the signature dishes are designed for sharing and carry bold, layered flavours — Wagyu pabellón criollo, aguachile, rice nigiri — these are formats that generally hold less well off-premise than they do at the table. The rice dishes in particular are temperature-sensitive, and aguachile is leading consumed immediately. If you are considering takeout, the heartier proteins (duck magret, the Venezuelan beef preparations) are the safer choices. But Qué Leche is fundamentally a dine-in experience: the informal room and the sharing format are part of what makes the meal work. Takeout here is a fallback, not a recommendation.
Las Palmas has a range of creative cooking options at different price points. Muxgo operates at €€€€ and represents the city's most ambitious end of creative cuisine , a significant step up in both price and formality. Poemas by Hermanos Padrón sits at €€€ with a more structured creative menu. El Equilibrista 33 is the closest direct competitor to Qué Leche on price (also €€) and creative ambition. Rêver covers Mediterranean ground at €€, and Hikari Japanese Roots handles Japanese cuisine at €€€ if the Asian references on Qué Leche's menu are your primary interest.
For this specific combination , Venezuelan-Canarian fusion, Michelin Plate recognition, sharing format, affordable pricing , Qué Leche has no direct equivalent in Las Palmas. The choice between it and El Equilibrista 33 comes down to whether you prefer more rooted Canarian creative cooking or the wider geographic influences Ferrari brings.
Book Qué Leche if you are a food-focused traveller in Las Palmas who wants something more considered than a standard tapas bar but does not want to pay €€€ or €€€€ for the privilege. It works well for two to four people comfortable with sharing plates. It is not the right call for large groups (the room is small), for anyone needing a formal occasion backdrop, or for diners who want a single coherent national cuisine rather than a fusion approach.
For broader context on eating and drinking in the city, see our full Las Palmas de Gran Canaria restaurants guide, our bars guide, and our hotels guide. If you are touring Spain's leading creative restaurants more broadly, the reference points are Quique Dacosta in Dénia, El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, and Arzak in San Sebastián , but those are a different category of investment entirely.
| Detail | Qué Leche | El Equilibrista 33 | Rêver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price range | €€ | €€ | €€ |
| Cuisine | Modern / Fusion | Creative | Mediterranean |
| Michelin recognition | Plate (2024, 2025) | Check Pearl | Check Pearl |
| Booking difficulty | Easy | Check Pearl | Check Pearl |
| Leading for | Sharing, casual creative | Creative Canarian | Med-focused dinner |
A few days is usually enough , booking difficulty is rated Easy. For Friday or Saturday evenings, a week ahead removes any risk. This is not a table that requires the weeks-out planning you would need for a starred restaurant in Madrid or Bilbao.
The room is described as small, so large groups are a practical challenge. Pairs and groups of three or four are the natural fit given the sharing-plate format. For larger parties, call ahead (check Google Maps for current contact details) to confirm capacity before you plan around it.
No specific dietary policy is confirmed in our data. The menu spans proteins including duck, beef, rabbit, and fish, so it is not inherently vegetarian-friendly. Contact the restaurant directly before booking if dietary restrictions are a factor.
It works for a relaxed celebratory dinner between food-focused friends , the quality is there and two Michelin Plate awards give it credibility. But the informal, compact room means it is not set up for grand occasion dining. If you want occasion atmosphere alongside creative cooking, Poemas by Hermanos Padrón at €€€ is the more appropriate upgrade.
At the same price point, El Equilibrista 33 is the closest creative-cooking alternative. For a step up in formality and spend, Poemas by Hermanos Padrón (€€€) and Muxgo (€€€€) cover the higher end. See our full Las Palmas restaurant guide for the wider picture.
No tasting menu format is confirmed in our data. Michelin's notes describe dishes suited for sharing rather than a fixed tasting sequence. At €€ pricing, individual sharing plates are likely the format , which suits the kitchen's range of influences better than a locked progression would.
At €€, with two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions and a 4.6 Google rating from 754 reviews, yes. You are getting creative, well-sourced cooking at a price that sits well below the Michelin-starred tier. For Las Palmas, that is a strong value position.
Come hungry and order to share. The menu spans Venezuelan, Mexican, Asian, and Japanese influences alongside Canarian produce, so picking a range of dishes gives you a better sense of what the kitchen does than ordering conservatively. The room is small and informal , dress accordingly. Verify hours before you go, as they are not confirmed in current listings.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qué Leche | If, as well as enjoying a meal, you are keen to be part of a gastronomic experience, this restaurant is well worth a visit! Although not overly spacious, this pleasant and informal restaurant is enthusiastically run by Jennise Ferrari, a Venezuelan chef who settled in Las Palmas in 2013. Here, she showcases fusion cuisine that is based around local ingredients, with the added aim of creating attractive dishes inspired by places a little further afield (Mexico, Asia, Japan etc). Many of the speciality dishes are perfect for sharing: we can highly recommend the duck magret, Cuban-style rice nigiri and Venezuelan pabellón criollo (with Wagyu beef), the unique rabbit EscaViche, sea bass aguachile and other delightful dishes.; Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | €€ | — |
| Muxgo | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Poemas by Hermanos Padrón | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
| El Equilibrista 33 | €€ | — | |
| Rêver | €€ | — | |
| Hikari Japanese Roots | €€€ | — |
A quick look at how Qué Leche measures up.
A few days ahead is usually enough — booking difficulty is rated Easy, which puts it in a different category from the city's Michelin-starred tables. That said, it is a small, informal space on Calle Torres, so weekends can fill faster. Book online or by email a couple of days out to be safe.
The restaurant is described as not overly spacious, so larger groups should check availability directly before assuming the full party fits comfortably. Small groups of two to four are the natural fit for the sharing-plate format — dishes like the duck magret and pabellón criollo are built for the table to divide. Parties of six or more should confirm in advance.
No specific dietary policy is documented for Qué Leche. The menu draws on Venezuelan, Mexican, and Japanese influences with a mix of proteins — beef, duck, rabbit, sea bass — so vegetarians and those with allergies should check the venue's official channels before booking. The fusion format suggests some flexibility, but that is not confirmed.
It works well for a food-focused celebration, particularly if you want something personal rather than formal. Chef Jennise Ferrari runs it with evident enthusiasm, and the Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) signals consistent kitchen quality. It is not a white-tablecloth occasion venue — think animated dinner with serious plates rather than a ceremony-style meal.
Muxgo sits at €€€€ and represents the most ambitious end of Las Palmas dining. Poemas by Hermanos Padrón and El Equilibrista 33 operate at similar creative registers. Rêver and Hikari Japanese Roots offer more focused single-cuisine experiences. Qué Leche sits at €€ and is the strongest option when you want considered cooking without a full fine-dining spend.
Tasting menu availability is not confirmed in the venue data. What is documented is that many of the signature dishes are designed for sharing — Wagyu pabellón criollo, rice nigiri, sea bass aguachile — which suggests ordering several plates across the table is the intended format and may function like a self-directed tasting anyway.
At €€ with two consecutive Michelin Plate awards (2024, 2025), the value case is clear. You are getting fusion cooking built around local Canarian ingredients, with Venezuelan and Asian influences, at a mid-range price point. For comparable creative ambition in Las Palmas, you would pay significantly more at Muxgo or Poemas.
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