Since 1985
in Playa del Inglés
Four decades bringing the taste of the Galician rías to the south of Gran Canaria.
Rías Bajas opened its doors in 1985 on Avenida de Tirajana, when Playa del Inglés was becoming what it is today. The idea was simple and has not changed: to bring to the south of Gran Canaria the shellfish and fish eaten in the Galician rías, cook them without artifice and serve them as they deserve.
The name says it all. The Rías Baixas are the sea inlets of southern Galicia — Vigo, Pontevedra, Arousa, Muros-Noia — where some of the best shellfish in Europe comes from: spider crab, velvet crab, clams, razor clams, gooseneck barnacles. Our menu reads like a map of that coastline, and our emblem, the meiga (the Galician witch), comes from the same land.
Four decades, the same formula
Four decades of daily service have passed since then. Through the dining room have come residents from all over the island, families who celebrate the important things here, and visitors — many German, British and Nordic — who return year after year and ask for the same table. That loyalty cannot be bought: it has to be cooked.
The formula is still that of 1985: first-class produce, lifelong Galician recipes — octopus with potatoes, lacón con grelos, the daily empanada, caldeirada —, fish that is shown to you before it is cooked, and a dining room set for eating without hurry.
Where we are today
We are where we have always been: in the Edificio Playa del Sol on Avenida de Tirajana, a few minutes' walk from the Yumbo Centre, open every day from 1 pm to 11 pm. You can see the menu, check how to get here or book a table online, by phone or by email.
— Rías Bajas Playa del Inglés, since 1985.
A table with history
Behind the bar and the kitchen there is craft, inherited recipes and a way of understanding food that has not changed: produce, fire and patience.