Insider Cafes in Tenerife for coffee fans

Discover typical Cafes in Tenerife where you enter and you smell good coffee...

More about the Cafe Vista Paraiso namely of a view of the Paradise Country

Closed Cafes in Tenerife that are to change owners since August 2025

1) Cafe de Paris the Cafe with its huge terrace opposite Lago Martianez 

2) Columbus Cafe and Restaurant on Plaza del Charco in the Columbus Center 

3) All Cafes of the Monasterio theme park of Los Realejos, unless they were already under outside management, while the delicious Columbus cakes, tarts, pastries and bread are now replaced by another source.

4) Cafe and Restaurant Rancho Grande by Columbus S.L. is now under new management with cakes and pastries looking very different.

5) Ebano Cafe that was known for its spectacular vintage shop and that has never been part of Columbus S.L. has been sold with the entire building. A so-called boutique hotel will replace it while nothing is known yet about the fate of the antique shop cafe and tapas bar interior. 

So who serves the best cheese cake in Tenerife North now?

Find it at C/Santo Domingo, 13, opposite the Puerto de la Cruz Town Hall. David Rodriguez took over in 2021 from Starbucks a cafe that was not what tourists wanted in Tenerife North.

Cafés Bio Cafeterias with Vegan food

Cafes in Tenerife at la Orotava.

Puerto de la Cruz Plaza Charco cafes

There are several but the one with best cakes and Penguino ice creams was Columbus Plaza Cafe.

Of course, fresh bread, pastries and tarts were usually behind a counter. You could consume on the spot or buy takeaway. Teas were also available.

City Cafe Columbus Plaza at interior patio

Supracafe Coffee is one example for good Espressos, such as Café Solos or Cortados on the Canary Islands. You smell the heavenly scent of it, as soon as you enter a coffee house that serves it.

More Tenerife coffees

• Cafe con Leche the UK Coffee Americano
• The tiny Cortado Leche Leche with a large percentage of sweetened condensed milk
• The erroneously served Barraquito as a large Cortado Leche-Leche without liquor
• Saperoco a slightly sweet coffee with liquor, condensed milk, milk and cinnamon on top
• The real Barraquito is prepared like the Saperoco but without Liquor

Mind that the culture of consuming coffee isn't new in Tenerife. The other day, an Italian friend of mine pointed out to me a vintage espresso machine.

It's a big beauty made of brass that stood the test of time downtown in the island's capital Santa Cruz.

Small cooked lunch or brunch meals, some of which Tapas may be on offer in some of the Cafeterias. 

Basic food in cafes in Tenerife

• Bocadillos
• Toasted sandwiches
• Tarts, cakes and pastries
• Tortillas
• Churros
• Crêpes
• Ice Creams

Cafe Breslau in a class of its own in La Orotava

The story about a former very historical Santa Cruz Tenerife capital cafe now unfortunately modern.

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