Restaurant in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Canarian tasting menus done with real conviction.
Tabaiba holds a Michelin star (2024) and serves only two tasting menus built around seasonal ingredients sourced from across the Canarian archipelago. At €€€€ and open just four days a week, it is a hard booking — but the right one for food-focused travellers who want creative cooking anchored in a specific place. Book well ahead; last-minute availability is rare.
Picture a small, contemporary dining room a few steps from Las Canteras beach, the kind of place where the kitchen team arrives in sombreros and the menu reads like a love letter to the eight islands. That image alone tells you whether Tabaiba is your kind of restaurant. If it is, book immediately — this is one of the most focused tasting-menu experiences in the Canary Islands, and it holds a Michelin star (2024) to prove it.
The verdict is direct: Tabaiba is worth booking if you want a serious, ingredient-led creative menu rooted in the Canary Islands rather than a generic Spanish fine-dining template. If you prefer à la carte flexibility or a shorter meal, look elsewhere , the kitchen offers only two tasting menus, Tabaiba and Experiencia, and that is the entire deal.
The editorial angle that matters most at Tabaiba is not the technique (though the technique is clearly there) , it is the sourcing philosophy. Chef Abraham Ortega draws seasonal ingredients from across the Canarian archipelago, treating each island as a distinct larder. This is not a marketing claim; it is the structural logic of both menus. Dishes are built around what the islands produce, and the names make the provenance explicit. The Chickpeas-Egg Yolk-Pork Belly sequence, described as a tribute to Ortega's grandmother, connects Canarian domestic cooking to fine-dining format without losing the original ingredient's identity. The Vieja-Gazpachuelo-Vinegar dish, cited approvingly in Michelin's own notes, uses vieja , a local wrasse caught in Canarian waters , as its anchor.
Why does this matter for your decision? Because at €€€€ pricing, the sourcing philosophy is what separates Tabaiba from a technically proficient tasting menu that could be anywhere in Spain. If you are travelling specifically to eat something that could only exist in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, this is the restaurant that makes that case most clearly in the city. Comparable ingredient-first arguments at the leading end of Spanish creative cooking can be found at places like Quique Dacosta in Dénia or El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, but neither of those connects you to Canarian product the way Tabaiba does.
The space is small and contemporary, which shapes the experience significantly. A small room at €€€€ pricing with a Michelin star means the atmosphere runs at a controlled, focused pitch , this is not a loud celebratory restaurant. Expect a quiet, attentive environment where the pacing of the tasting menu sets the rhythm of the evening. The team's sombreros are a deliberate signature, a visual cue that the experience has a point of view. The beach proximity adds a low-key geographic logic: you are in a coastal city, eating coastal product, in a room that does not try to feel like Madrid or Barcelona.
For food-focused travellers who want atmosphere without noise, this format works well. For groups expecting a convivial dinner where conversation dominates and dishes are shared informally, Tabaiba is not the right fit.
Tabaiba is closed Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday. Service runs Wednesday through Saturday, lunch from 2 PM to 4:30 PM and dinner from 8 PM to 11 PM. That is a tight window , four days a week, two services per day, a small room. Booking difficulty is rated hard. If you are planning a trip to Las Palmas around a meal here, secure the reservation before you book flights. Last-minute availability is unlikely, particularly for dinner slots. No phone number or direct booking link is published in our current data; check the restaurant directly or use a third-party reservation platform.
Dress code is not formally stated, but a Michelin-starred €€€€ tasting menu in Spain typically means smart casual at minimum. Showing up in beach clothes from Las Canteras , despite being metres away , would be misjudged.
Quick reference: Wed–Sat only, lunch 2–4:30 PM, dinner 8–11 PM. Closed Mon, Tue, Sun. Booking: hard. Price tier: €€€€. Address: C. Portugal, 79, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Google rating: 4.7 (260 reviews).
See the full comparison section below.
Within Las Palmas, Muxgo is the direct peer comparison , also €€€€, also creative, and worth reading side by side before you decide. Poemas by Hermanos Padrón comes in at €€€ and offers a different creative register. For lower price points in the city, El Equilibrista 33 (€€) and Deliciosamarta are worth considering, as is El Santo for modern cuisine at accessible pricing.
At the European level, Tabaiba's closest conceptual relatives are restaurants that anchor their creative menus in hyper-local product: Jordnær in Gentofte uses Nordic coastal product with a comparable rigour, and Arpège in Paris is the canonical example of an ingredient-sourcing philosophy carrying an entire tasting menu. Tabaiba operates at a smaller scale and with a more regional focus, but the underlying logic is the same: the sourcing is the menu.
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Yes, if a tasting menu is how you want to eat. Tabaiba holds a Michelin star (2024) and offers two menus , Tabaiba and Experiencia , both built around Canarian seasonal ingredients sourced from across the archipelago. The format is immersive and the technique is serious. If you want à la carte or a shorter meal, this is not the right restaurant.
At €€€€, Tabaiba is priced in line with the top tier of Las Palmas creative dining. The Michelin star and a Google rating of 4.7 across 260 reviews suggest the price is consistently justified. The case for value is strongest if you are a food-focused traveller for whom the Canarian sourcing story adds material interest , you are not just paying for technique, you are paying for a menu that could not exist anywhere else.
The room is small and the format is tasting-menu only, which limits group flexibility. Large parties are unlikely to be well served here , the experience is calibrated for focused, smaller-table dining. If you are organising a group dinner in Las Palmas, contact the restaurant directly to confirm capacity. For more relaxed group formats, Poemas by Hermanos Padrón at €€€ may be a more practical option.
It can work well for a solo diner who wants a serious tasting-menu experience. Las Palmas is not a city where solo fine dining feels unusual, and a Michelin-starred room at this price tier is a reasonable solo splurge for a food-focused traveller. Confirm with the restaurant whether counter or bar seating is available, which tends to make solo tasting menus feel more natural.
No formal dress code is published, but smart casual is the safe call for a Michelin-starred €€€€ tasting menu. The restaurant is close to Las Canteras beach, but that proximity does not change the register inside. Treat it as you would any serious one-star restaurant in Spain: neat, considered, not beach-casual.
The closest peer at the same price tier is Muxgo (€€€€, creative). If you want creative cooking at a lower price point, Poemas by Hermanos Padrón (€€€) is the next step down. For accessible creative and modern cuisine, El Equilibrista 33 (€€) and El Santo offer good value without the tasting-menu commitment. See our full Las Palmas de Gran Canaria restaurants guide for the complete picture.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabaiba | Located just a few metres from Las Canteras beach and taking its name from a native flower, Tabaiba enjoys surprising its guests with what it describes as its “evolutionary Canary Island cuisine”. In this small contemporary space, chef Abraham Ortega (who, along with his team, is usually seen sporting his typical sombrero), offers guests his highly personal and entertaining cuisine that takes seemingly humble Canarian cooking to new heights thanks to his superb technique and seasonal ingredients sourced from each of the islands. He also adds touches of sentimentality, such as the tribute to his grandmother in the sequence entitled “Chickpeas-Egg Yolk-Pork Belly”. His cuisine is exclusively served on two tasting menus (Tabaiba and Experiencia), featuring elaborate dishes (we thoroughly enjoyed the “Vieja-Gazpachuelo-Vinegar”) whose aim is to pay dutiful homage to the very best local ingredients.; Located just a few metres from Las Canteras beach and taking its name from a native flower, Tabaiba enjoys surprising its guests with what it describes as its “evolutionary Canary Island cuisine”. In this small contemporary space, chef Abraham Ortega (who, along with his team, is usually seen sporting his typical sombrero), offers guests his highly personal and entertaining cuisine that takes seemingly humble Canarian cooking to new heights thanks to his superb technique and seasonal ingredients sourced from each of the islands. He also adds touches of sentimentality, such as the tribute to his grandmother in the sequence entitled “Chickpeas-Egg Yolk-Pork Belly”. His cuisine is exclusively served on two tasting menus (Tabaiba and Experiencia), featuring elaborate dishes (we thoroughly enjoyed the “Vieja-Gazpachuelo-Vinegar”) whose aim is to pay dutiful homage to the very best local ingredients.; Michelin 1 Star (2024) | €€€€ | — |
| Muxgo | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Poemas by Hermanos Padrón | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
| El Equilibrista 33 | €€ | — | |
| Qué Leche | €€ | — | |
| Rêver | €€ | — |
A quick look at how Tabaiba measures up.
Tabaiba is a small contemporary space, which makes it a poor fit for large groups. The format is two fixed tasting menus with no à la carte option, so everyone at the table commits to the same experience. Parties of two to four are the natural fit here — if you are organising a larger group dinner, Poemas by Hermanos Padrón may offer more operational flexibility.
Yes, if tasting menus are your format. Tabaiba holds a Michelin star (2024) and runs two menus — Tabaiba and Experiencia — built around seasonal Canarian ingredients sourced across the islands. Chef Abraham Ortega's approach is personal and technique-driven, not just regional for the sake of it. If you prefer à la carte or want to eat lightly, this is not the right venue.
At €€€€ with a 2024 Michelin star, Tabaiba sits at the top of the Las Palmas price bracket and delivers accordingly. The case for value rests on the sourcing philosophy and the coherence of the menu as a whole rather than any single dish. For that price point in Gran Canaria, it is one of the few places where the cooking justifies the spend — but only for diners who want a full tasting menu commitment.
Solo dining is workable at Tabaiba given the tasting menu format — you are not relying on shared plates or group dynamics. The small contemporary room and a kitchen team that engages with guests means a solo visit is unlikely to feel awkward. That said, confirm the booking policy for single covers directly, as small Michelin-starred rooms sometimes manage solo seats differently from pairs.
The space is described as small and contemporary, and the kitchen team is known for wearing sombreros — which signals a relaxed, personality-led atmosphere rather than a stiff formal one. That said, at €€€€ with a Michelin star, arriving dressed neatly is appropriate. Think polished casual rather than black tie.
Muxgo is the most direct comparison — also €€€€ and creative, and worth reading side by side before you commit. Poemas by Hermanos Padrón is another Canarian fine dining option if you want a different register. El Equilibrista 33, Qué Leche, and Rêver round out the Las Palmas creative dining scene at various price points for diners who want a shorter or less formal meal.
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