Full English Breakfast in Tenerife: Where to Find One and What to Pay

A full English breakfast is easy to find in Tenerife: dozens of British and Irish-run cafés and bars in Los Cristianos, Playa de las Americas, San Eugenio, Costa Adeje, Golf del Sur and Costa del Silencio serve one, often all day. Expect roughly €5–€10 for a standard plate, frequently with tea or coffee included.

Where to find one

Area	What to expect
Playa de las Americas	Huge choice, many all-day breakfasts to suit late nights
Los Cristianos	Plenty of options on and behind the promenade
San Eugenio and Torviscas	Family-friendly cafés near the hotels
Costa Adeje	Fewer budget cafés, more brunch-style places
Golf del Sur and Amarilla Golf	Resident favourites near the golf courses
Costa del Silencio and Las Galletas	Good-value local cafés
Puerto de Santiago and Los Gigantes	Small, friendly cafés
Puerto de la Cruz	A handful of British-style cafés

We don’t name individual cafés because ownership and quality change. Use recent reviews and photos, and our British and Irish bars guide for areas where they cluster.

What’s typically included

A classic full English in Tenerife usually includes:

• Bacon (back or streaky)
• Sausage
• Fried or scrambled egg
• Baked beans
• Grilled tomato
• Mushrooms
• Toast or fried bread
• Tea or coffee (often included in deals)

Extras often available: black pudding, hash browns, fried potatoes, and a “big” or “mega” breakfast with double portions.

Irish breakfast

Some Irish bars serve a full Irish with black and white pudding and soda bread.

Vegetarian and vegan

Many cafés offer veggie sausages and extra mushrooms or beans. Vegan versions are less common; ask before ordering.

Typical prices

Breakfast	Rough price
Standard full English	€5–€8
Large / “mega” breakfast	€8–€12
Breakfast deal with tea or coffee	€6–€10
Kids’ breakfast	€3–€6
Bacon or sausage roll	€3–€5

Prices are rough guides only. Seafront locations and hotel restaurants usually cost more.

How to choose a good one

1. Check recent photos in reviews. Proper sausages and bacon make all the difference.
2. Look for busy cafés at 9–10am, especially with long-stay regulars.
3. Ask what’s included in a “breakfast deal”, particularly drinks and toast.
4. Try a few: they’re cheap enough to compare over a week.

Breakfast at your hotel versus eating out

Many all-inclusive and half-board hotels in the south include a cooked breakfast buffet with eggs, bacon, sausages and beans alongside Spanish and continental options. Quality varies: hotel bacon and sausages are often continental-style rather than British. If you’re self-catering or on a room-only deal, eating out at a local café is usually good value and a pleasant way to start the day.

If you’re staying in an apartment, supermarkets in the resorts often stock British brands, from back bacon and sausages to baked beans and teabags, so cooking your own is easy too. Expect to pay a little more for imported products than you would at home.

When breakfast is served

• British-run cafés: typically from around 8am or 9am, often all day until mid-afternoon.
• Bars in nightlife areas: some serve breakfast late into the afternoon for the night-before crowd.
• Spanish cafés: open early, often from 7am, serving coffee and toast rather than a fry-up.
• Sundays: busiest morning of the week; arrive before 10am or expect a short wait.

Breakfast with a view

For a seafront breakfast, the promenades in Los Cristianos, Playa de las Americas and Costa Adeje have plenty of cafés with sea views. Prices on the front line are usually a euro or two higher than one street back, but the view can be worth it.

Local alternatives worth trying

• Tostada con tomate – toasted bread rubbed with tomato and olive oil, sometimes with ham.
• Bocadillo – a filled roll, often with tortilla, ham or cheese.
• Barraquito – Tenerife’s layered coffee with condensed milk, liqueur (optional), milk foam and cinnamon.
• Churros – fried dough with hot chocolate, popular on weekend mornings.
• Fresh fruit – papayas, bananas and mangoes from local markets. See Tenerife markets.

After a late night

All-day breakfasts are popular in Playa de las Americas for good reason. If you’re planning a big night, our Tenerife nightlife guide and what’s on tonight will help you plan it. For later in the week, there’s our guide to a Sunday roast in Tenerife.