Portofino

We went to this “a la carte” restaurant in the all inclusive hotel in Grand Palladium (had to book a reservation 2 days before).

Started off with some appetizers. We got the beef tar tar and the Tiradito (fish dish below). All great choices. For drinks, got cava.

For the main course, got the pork belly, which I thought was really good. Also tried the Tournado beef, which was super tender and I would also get.

For desert, had the chocolate cafe with sorbet. It was alright. Would probably try something else next time.

Crania

This place serves as a restaurant, and also a venue for deep and playa house music. Would definitely come back for both, it the thing about the reservation system is that if you cancel, you have to pay $15 USD per person.

As a music venue, it has burning mana vibes (and people can actually stay and camp there. We saw David Holme as a DJ there).

In terms of the food, we got the beef tartare, calamari and pork belly. Pork belly was really good (although not sure if it was the cause of my stomach being upset the next day).

For drinks, kept it safe and did red bull vodka (they had rebuke!), and whisky soda. Remember, always ask no ice (phonetically it is seen-yellow in Spanish).