Restaurant Arana

Description:

• Unlike the more rustic and woodsy-looking restaurants that surround it on both sides, Arana is positioned directly in front of the beach, midway between Tryp La Caleta and the Hotel Playa Victoria. This is a high-style, post-movida restaurant with sea-fronting tables that sit under a high-tech tent. The rather formal indoor dining venue is accented with polished granite and high-grade plastics. Menu items include broad beans with ham, platters of cured Iberian meats, diced tuna with roasted peppers, braised oxtail, sirloin steak with Roquefort sauce, minted loin of codfish, breast of duck, and a fine version of local anchovies marinated in (what else?) local olive oil. The cookery is precise and reflects the region's high culinary standards.

• © Frommer's 2013