"Chef Nikki Pavanelli's work at his restaurant, Il Bocconcino, in the Royal Hideaway Corales Resort is truly commendable. Bringing the parameters of contemporary haute cuisine to an Italian restaurant outside of Italy is no easy feat. Perhaps that's why there are always Italian customers in his restaurant who appreciate his work better than anyone else."

"For a chef like Nikki Pavanelli, breaking away from clichés and trying to introduce diners to the world of haute cuisine, as the great chefs in Italy do, is a challenging task. At Il Bocconcino, everything, from the bread (the focaccia is incredible) to the desserts, is made in the kitchen. It's a kind of Italian-Nikkei cuisine, meaning the cuisine that immigrants create with what they find in their host countries."

"The veteran Nikki Pavanelli cooks exceptionally well at Il Bocconcino, a top-notch Italian restaurant at the Royal Hideaway Corales Resort in La Caleta de Adeje. He has a perfect mastery of pasta, achieving precisely cooked, al dente textures."

"With both technique and knowledge, Nikki Pavanelli reinterprets the traditional cuisine of different regions of Italy. At Il Bocconcino, he partially draws from the pantry of the Canary Islands (fish and meats) to create recipes from his country, whether they are popular or lesser-known."