The 12 best Italian restaurants in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and on the island

If you're looking for Italian restaurants in Las Palmas city, as well as in the Island of Gran CanariaThis article will interest you. Below, we'll list what we consider to be the best Italian restaurants on the island. We hope you're reading this with a full stomach, because this is going to be tough, hehe. Let's go!

Best Italian Restaurants in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Below you will find the list of the best Italian restaurants in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Below we share others with you Italian restaurants in Gran Canaria, in this case, outside the capital. Of course, if you want to make any recommendations, we will read them in the comments at the end of this article.

1. Rígolo Restaurant, possibly the best Italian restaurant in Gran Canaria

This Italian restaurant in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria We were won over by their fresh pasta dishes. Specifically by their Watercress ravioli with Pajonales cheese, as well as for their Gnocchi alla Bleu di NicolettaIn addition, they have an appetizer. delicious artisanal charcuterie boardFinally, we recommend the panna cotta for dessert. this video from our Instagram You can see the full experience. In addition, Rígolo is known for its spacious dining room. With the capacity to accommodate large groups of up to 90 diners, it also has a private room and terrace..

2. Trattoria Calabrè, one of the best pizzas in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Trattoria Calabre in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a little piece of Italy in the middle of General Vives street. Recognized for its authentic pizzas made in a Neapolitan wood oven and made with Caputo flour, San Marzano tomato y fresh mozzarella. The one we show you below is the infinite, with two flavors. But it's not all pizza; You will fall in love with their fresh pasta. However, a fun tip: Avoid ordering pizza with pineapple or carbonara with cream, unless you are willing to pay €100. If you are looking to taste Italy in Gran Canaria, this is your place!

3. Restaurante Vulcanico, a very original Italian restaurant in Las Palmas

If you are looking for another authentic Italian restaurant in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, point VulcanicWe recommend you try the gnocchi with crispy bacon, pumpkin cream and Taleggio cheese, scialatelli pasta with cherry tomato, mussels, clams, prawns, prawns. According to thepizza, they have a very original one called 5 senses, shaped like a star and each tip hides a flavor. On their menu they also have very original and unique starters in Gran Canaria such as breaded burrata and fruit with pizza dough and arrosticini, which is sheep meat served on skewers, a traditional dish from the Abruzzo region.

From Vulcanico we would like Note that they have a private room with capacity for 16 people.. Likewise, his living room is huge and can accommodate groups of up to 90 people.

4. Il Raviolo Restaurant

At the Il Raviolo restaurant You'll also find delicious Italian cuisine in the capital. Here they excel at parmigiana and also the focaccias, are the authentic ones. We especially like the one from Mortadella, burrata and a crunchy touch of pistachiosIf you are looking for fresh pasta, they make it themselves here and any of their ravioli You're going to love it.

5. La dolce vita, Italian restaurants in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Vegueta)

La Dolce Vita is a small italian restaurant in Vegueta. This family business of Sicilian cuisine is for many the best Italian restaurant in Las Palmas. They are specialized in fresh pasta and other Italian delicacies (they don't have pizzas). We recommend the Veal with tuna sauce, tagliatelle with tartufo and Millefeuille dessert. It is very delicious, although we think the prices are a bit high.

6. Piemonte, Italian restaurants in Las Palmas (Las Canteras)

Finally, if you are looking italian restaurants in The pits, us We like Piemonte because you have views of the sea and the food is good. As for pizza, we recommend the one that comes with dried tomato arugula and parmesan, although I think we ordered this one off the menu. If you want pasta, you have to try the pear saccottini with cheese and black truffle cream.

This is the end of our tour of the capital, if it is your first time in the city, we invite you to read our recommendations on all the things to do in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Now, if you like, we will go on to detail other Italian restaurants in Gran Canaria spread across different areas of the island.

Best Italian Restaurants in Gran Canaria

7. La Pizzeria, Arinaga

Another good Italian restaurant in Gran Canaria It's La Pizzeria de Arinaga. As a starter, don't forget to order the eggplant parmigiana and its focaccia. They make great food here, both fresh pasta, like pizzas. The pistacchiosa pizza is a black, has pistachio, burrata and mortadella. For dessert we also recommend their apple crisp.

8. La Cantina, Valsequillo

Another corner to eat good Italian food in Gran Canaria we find it in Valsequillo. They have both pasta, pizza and other dishes that have nothing to do with Italian food. They always have off-menu dishes like these ravioli stuffed with pumpkin and cheese. Their Lasagnas are delicious, both the vegetables, like meat. The desserts are also homemade and we chose their Black Chocolate Mousse.

9. Rústico Pizza e Vino, Italian restaurant Maspalomas (San Fernando)

The rustic pizzeria is one of our Italian restaurants in Gran Canaria favorites for the quality and variety they offer in their pizza dough. That is, here you can choose between several dough options, including for Celiac. We highlight the mass of five cereals, the traditional one, the one with whole wheat flour, the one with soy flour with long yeast and the black dough with activated charcoal for easy digestion. Here we recommend the Rustic pizza (mozarella, dried tomato, arugula and pesto), the Boscaiola (with parmesan, arugula, speck and boletus) and that of pear, walnuts and gorgonzola.

10. Jevule, Italian restaurant Playa del Inglés

This Italian restaurant in Gran Canaria It is in the south, in the area of English beach. We were blown away by his fresh pasta and melanzane alla parmigiana or eggplant parmesan. They are inside the Los Tilos apartments, in front of the El Yumbo CC. By the way, leave room for dessert, because its tiramisu It is one of the best we have tried on the island.

11. Pomodoro e Mozzarella, pizzeria in Playa del Inglés

This pizzeria Maspalomas In 2022, he received the award for the best pizzeria in the Canary Islands during Canary Islands Absolute Pizza Championship – COMIT Group Grand Prix. The winning pizza was anchovies, yellow tomato sauce, mozzarella, black olives and stracciatella cheese. Their pizzas can be white or with tomato and you can order thousands of ingredient combinations. We loved the cold cuts starter with fried gnocco and their pizza with sirloin, as well as the Trentina with truffle sauce. You can find more information about pizzerias in Maspalomas in our blog.

12. La Vicaría Ingenio, Italian restaurant in Gran Canaria east area

Another of the Italian restaurants in Gran Canaria to take into account is La Vicaria in the town of Ingenio. Their place is super romantic and they have so much fresh pasta, as with the famous Roman pins. And what is the Roman pinsa? Unlike pizzas and focaccias, its dough is oval and made with natural flours (soy, rice, wheat). Its fermentation is also longer, 72 hours. This restaurant, in addition to being delicious, is super romantic and we recommend it for special occasions.

Map of the best Italian restaurants in Gran Canaria

Next, we share with you a map with the location of each of the Italian food restaurants in Gran Canaria that we have mentioned in this article. To see them contact details and check reviews from other customers, click on each of the points.

Video of Italian restaurants in Las Palmas and Gran Canaria

Next, we leave you with some images in video of some of the Italians who appear in this article. You can see more videos about Gran Canaria in our YouTube Channel.

Gran Canaria Guides

If you want to know more restaurants in Gran Canaria, in our restaurant guide we share with you more than 80 places to eat throughout the island Classified by type of food and area. They are the restaurants that We frequent and what we would recommend to our friends. We also have routes and itineraries per day if it were your first time on the island and you don't know what to see in Gran Canaria. You can see all our guides by clicking below.