El Rinconcito de Hilario

The day’s catch at a family table in Las Zocas

El Rinconcito de Hilario is a family-run restaurant in Las Zocas, a hillside neighborhood in San Miguel de Abona. Hilario and María Laura have welcomed diners here since 2013, building the menu around fish brought in daily by professional fishermen from southern Tenerife. Because the selection follows the catch, the meal is tied closely to what the island’s waters are offering that day.

Seafood leads the kitchen, from limpets and prawns to fried octopus, with home-style desserts waiting at the end of the meal. The restaurant describes its cooking as a meeting of maritime, Canarian, and broader Spanish traditions, served in a room with views toward Tenerife’s southern midlands. The result is a family restaurant with a strong local anchor: fresh fish, a changing menu, and a slower pace away from the resort strip.