Cafeteria Cayaya is a cheap Tenerife restaurant for insiders.Cafeteria Cayaya is a straight forward restaurant for little bites.
Whenever hungry by the little harbour of Puerto de la Cruz I like going to Cafeteria Cayaya. Why? The Cafeteria is actually a Tapas Bar. Its food on offer is good and it's fresh. Service is very speedy and friendly in this simple Spanish restaurant. A Poster is often on a wall advertising an unusual event or the sale of a private computer. The Tapas place Cayaya is big, clean and airy inside where the bar dominates. It has no luxury touch. A few tables with reasonably comfortable chairs stand on a veranda. Many more are inside. You could call this long narrow veranda, almost, an elevated porch. You walk up a few stairs by the side of the entrance to get there. But, wow, what a place to look out from!
It's the Puerto Cruz harbor view at Cafeteria Cayaya which is most captivating.You see about 80% You spot wooden fishing boats, an ancient fountain and shops depending on the direction in which you look The boats, actually, have high big bellies and are painted.
In the distance you notice sun bathers and walkers on the long quays (muelles). Casa Aduana Puerto's oldest building stands proudly facing on your right. Fly fishers may be watched from Cafeteria Cayaya, occasionally.
At this restaurant you may see the Tenerife fishing boats coming back from the ocean by mid morning.They are all bound to notice if Cafeteria Cayaya's front door is open or not as the photo reveals.
The fishermen, sometimes, meet up at Cafeteria Cayaca because, it's a true Spanish insider eating place for little Tapa bites. You would think that time is standing still, here, looking out from Cayaya Tapas Bar. But, there are tourists and locals who all must pass by at La Cayaya. They come from the big free parking place by the Muelle (quay) or go there. They are heading into all sorts of directions around the port which came into existence with the conquest of the island. I went to Cafeteria Cayaya, again, yesterday (September 2008) I picked a fish Tapa at the bar and ordered a cool beer, although, not really a beer drinker. It goes down well with all Tapas you know. The man behind the bar told me I couldn't have what I had chosen. He said he was sorry that it's not good any more. He took it back to the kitchen to have it thrown away. I may, please, choose, something else.
I went for chicken liver tapas of Cafeteria Cayaya. They came with fried potato pieces as well as onion and red pepper sauce. The waiter brought me the Tabasco I had ordered on the side. Spanish food may lack spices, you know...The photo gives you a good idea of the size of a general Tapa dish in relation to the Tabasco bottle. I am telling you those chicken livers were so good, so yummy I had to order a 2nd. helping. I also had to scoop up the delicious sauce with white bread served. It couldn't be let to waste. One Tapa dish like that sets you back 2 Euros. This is cheap. That's a regular Tapa price in that area, by the way. I forgot the beer price for the Dorada but, it was relatively low. Who wants to wait and starve until back in their holiday home in Tenerife with such good little dishes around? At Cafeteria Cayaya Tapas really are value for money. I sure will go back there for its chicken livers, in particular. Sometimes, La Cayaya is closed. Don't worry... Go there whenever it's open while you are nearby. That way it feels like a real occasion to visit. The beauty of eating out in Tenerife is its variety of restaurants. The soft and exotic name Cayaya is probably South American. Find out the best way to learn Spanish fast when you hear it pronounced, almost like Cadgadgar and like the 'dg' in the English word hedge). Cayaya sounds so beautiful. And you know, Spanish isn't that hard at all, when learned my way. Please, return from Cafeteria Cayaya to Tenerife Restaurants to discover more of them known by an insider.
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