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Royal Hideaway Corales Resort, part of the Barceló hotel group, stands out for many reasons. And one of them is its masterful architectural work, conceived by Leonardo Omar, who erects an exterior design inspired by a cruise ship, and an interior that evokes the island’s marine corals. The suites, villas and high-end apartments it houses also connect in essence with the ocean through their permanent views of La Enramada beach.
Beyond the aesthetics of this experiential design hotel, Corales dazzles with its high and innovative gastronomic proposal, and its constellation of haute cuisine restaurants, including two Michelin-starred restaurants: El Rincón de Juan Carlos and San Hô.
The company’s flagship hotel, located in Costa Adeje, collects architecture and gastronomy awards that endorse its grandiosity emulsified with an idyllic climate of almost 300 days of sunshine a year.
To all this is added its extensive wellness proposal that connects with the philosophy of escapism, self-care and pleasure, with 52 private pools in their suites, and 3 heated saltwater pools with hammocks and Balinese beds. In addition to an outdoor spa with thermal treatments and massages inspired by Indian Ayurveda medicine.
El Rincón de Juan Carlos
El Rincón de Juan Carlos is presented as the great gastronomic jewel that dazzles within the culinary constellation of RH Corales. With two Michelin stars and three Repsol suns, the iconic Padrón brothers elevate avant-garde Canarian cuisine from this privileged enclave, highlighting the value of local produce with influences of international flavors and textures.
Juan Carlos and Jonathan‘s culinary synergy translates here into a menu and an extensive tasting menu with different pairing options, where you can enjoy succulent dishes such as elvers with enokis pil pil pil, a gillardeau oyster, pigeon with its mole or corn millefeuille, toasted butter cream and black garlic.
Maresía Atlantic Bar
On the same floor as the restaurant, located on its rooftop with hypnotic sea views, is this space dedicated to the art of Jonathan Mesa‘s signature mixology. Nothing more and nothing less than the current Spanish Long Drink Champion, who will compete in the World Long Drink Championship this year.
Yoni Mesa is in charge of devising and designing the entire liquid proposal of Maresía Atlantic Bar made with organic and Canarian products. That is to say, to exalt the cocktails of the territory through innovative drinks in which he captures the purest flavors of the Canary Islands.
This project, which boasts of being Solete Repsol Guide, serves surprising cocktails such as the ‘Palmerito Sour’, which dilutes the first Canarian whiskey, known as ‘El Drago’, with ingredients such as cinnamon liqueur, lemon juice, egg white or spiced red wine. On the same menu, there is another experimental drink: the ‘Horcon Boy’, inspired by his favorite product: the banana. It is made with Amaro Pargo rum, chili cocoa liqueur, bitter chocolate, banana flambé syrup and lemon juice.
San Hô
The San Hô restaurant is presented as a temple of Nikkei cuisine with a Canarian essence. Endorsed by a Michelin star, this restaurant fuses with harmony and precision Peruvian haute cuisine with Japanese cuisine by executive chef Adrián Bosch.
His culinary proposal is orchestrated around two tasting menus that reflect the identity that surrounds San Hô: global cuisine, without borders or limits. An evolving concept with which they draw from different producers of the archipelago to materialize an eclectic menu that has the Canary Islands as its starting point.
All these influences are represented and channeled through dishes such as their French oyster with ponzu jelly and caviar, their usuzukuri of bull or a delicious sirloin steak with sautéed mushrooms, or their Agaete coffee and banana ice cream. All this presented in a beautiful tableware inspired by the materials, textures and colors of the islands, sculpted by hand by the Canarian artist Sonia Marinoni JiribiZhùa.
La Trattoria e Il Bocconcino
From tradition to avant-garde Italian haute cuisine: RH Corales’ culinary journey also extends to La Trattoria de Il Bocconcino and Il Bocconcino, the Italian restaurants run by renowned chef Niki Pavanelli.
The chef, a native of Bologna, offers two visions or approaches to Italian gastronomy. On the one hand, La Trattoria, in which he versions his most classic, homemade, traditional and informal cuisine through fresh pastas such as bucatini amatriciana or trenette al pesto genovese, as well as wood-fired pizzas, as the main protagonists of his culinary offerings.
On the other hand, at Il Bocconcino, the Bolognese chef offers a contemporary twist, typical of haute cuisine, to the culinary tradition of his country, from the north to the south of Italy. Pavanelli evolves tradition by using both local and home-grown products, reinterpreting local Canarian products such as the endemic black pig.
Through this modern and progressive approach to Italian haute cuisine, Niki enriches its menu with two tasting menus entitled ‘Il Boccococino’ and ‘Identity’, which we had the opportunity to taste through an immersive ritual for its techniques and flavors through star dishes such as its ‘Plin & Oro’ stuffed with osso buco, with parmesan cream and a creamy saffron or its ‘Tonno Vitellato’: A red tuna loin with spicy caper emulsion on a background of vitello. Another must-try? The Vaccinara 2.0, a ravioli stuffed with guinea pig tail with a creamy pecorino and chocolate, inspired by the nostalgic cuisine of his nonna.
More high-end culinary experiences
Beyond the aforementioned restaurants, and other representations such as its ode to fish in the Starfish Atlantic Grill or its Olivia Buffet Restaurant, where you can have breakfast like a true royal, this hotel continues to praise gastronomy through other types of gourmet experiences, even without leaving your room.
Sumptuous experiences in their private suites such as their ‘Floating Breakfast‘. That is, a breakfast prepared with local products from the island that can be taken from the pool, as well as the option of ‘Chef in Room‘: a five-star experience that includes sommelier and show cooking, in which you yourself can prepare special meals or dinners from the hand of the chef, or leave everything in his hands. You will enjoy the entire culinary process from start to finish.
