Where to eat at and around Hotel Lancelot
The hotel has one restaurant, a buffet that serves breakfast and, on half board, dinner, plus a cafeteria and snack bar, a hall bar and the chill-out bar on the roof, which keeps short hours. Half board adds about €34 a night for two, and the case for skipping it is the six places below, all within seven minutes on foot: a Solete tavern for fish, a French pâtisserie, two César Manrique spaces now run as restaurants, and two tables at the top and the foot of the island's tallest building. The Charco de San Ginés and its terraces are about 15 minutes along the seafront.
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Within ten minutes on foot
- 3 min walk
Contemporary seafood, rice and charcoal grill on the bay · €€€
Recommended by Guía Repsol for 2026, Alarz sits at the foot of the Arrecife Gran Hotel with its own street entrance and a terrace open to the bay. The cooking is Atlantic and Mediterranean with Basque and Asian touches: crudos, rice, seafood and fish over charcoal. Order à la carte or take the Menú Alarz at €75 a head, or the Gran Alarz at €107, both with a drink matched to each course; dishes include a croqueta of rabbit in salmorejo and a saam of Canarian pork with prawn satay. Dinner from Tuesday to Saturday, lunch from Thursday to Saturday; closed on Sunday and Monday. Book ahead.
Reserve aheadParque Islas Canarias s/n
Restaurante La Luna
4 min walkCanarian tavern for fish and seafood · €
A small, plain tavern in the old La Destila quarter behind the beach, holder of a Solete from Guía Repsol for its home cooking with Lanzarote produce. Order the octopus, fried or grilled, the Saharan squid, salpicón of cherne, burgaos with tomato and the marinated tuna, and the tuna belly when it is in season. Prices are low and the kitchen is small, so tables go quickly. Open in the evenings from Monday to Friday, from 6.30pm or 7pm, with lunch on Friday; closed on Saturday and Sunday. Book or come early.
Reserve aheadCalle Pedro Barba 14
- 4 min walk
French pâtisserie and tea room · €
A French pâtisserie and quiet tea room founded by Ludovic Lamontagne, a pastry chef from Lorraine, which won a Solete from Guía Repsol in spring 2026. Come in the morning for croissants, pain au chocolat and brioche with an Italian coffee, or later for an éclair, a millefeuille or a slice of the cheesecake, with more than 200 teas to choose from. The house chocolates use flavours from Lanzarote and make a good present to take home. Open from 9am, Monday to Saturday, closing in the early afternoon on Saturday; closed on Sunday.
Walk inCalle Manolo Millares 80
- 4 min walk
Rooftop restaurant and cocktail bar · €€€
The restaurant and bar at the top of the Arrecife Gran Hotel, the tallest building on the island, with a panoramic view over the bay, the beach and the town. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, but the reason to go is a cocktail at sunset, with gourmet finger food if you want something to eat with it. Open every day from 10am, with food until 10.30pm and drinks until 11pm. It is the Lancelot's neighbour, four minutes along the promenade, and the easy choice for a late drink with a view.
Walk inArrecife Gran Hotel, Avenida de la Mancomunidad
- 7 min walk
César Manrique's arts-centre bar, Canarian plates to share · €
César Manrique opened El Almacén in 1974 as Lanzarote's first centre for contemporary culture, and Bar Picasso was part of it from the start, a meeting place for the island's artists. Reopened in 2022, it serves Canarian recipes to share: corvina croquettes at €7, cactus croquettes with prickly pear jam, almogrote croquettes, a board of Lanzarote cheeses at €14, grilled octopus with almond mojo at €14, gofio tiramisu, and wines from the island by the glass at €5.40. From 1pm, Tuesday to Saturday, until midnight from Wednesday to Friday; closed on Sunday, Monday and public holidays. No bookings for the à la carte.
Walk inCalle José Betancort 33
- 7 min walk
Café and restaurant on a César Manrique islet · €€
A small islet just off Playa del Reducto, landscaped by César Manrique in the 1970s and restored as a public space with a café, a restaurant and a terrace, reached by a footbridge. Lunch runs to Canarian fish: wreckfish croquettes, Canarian-style smoked octopus, Saharan squid at €21 and wreckfish with sweet potato purée at €20, with papas arrugadas in the house mojo and craft beers from Lanzarote. Café from 10am, lunch from 12.30pm to 4pm every day, and dinner from Thursday to Saturday, 6pm to 10pm. At weekends the brunch, at €33, is booked online only.
Reserve aheadIslote de Fermina, Arrecife
Breakfast
Breakfast is a buffet in the hotel's restaurant. It is included on some rates and not others, so check what yours includes. The hotel publishes no breakfast hours, so ask at check-in. For a French breakfast instead, Pastelería Lamontagne, four minutes away, opens at 9am from Monday to Saturday with croissants, brioche and Italian coffee; at weekends the Islote de Fermina serves a booked brunch at 10am or 11am on its islet just off the beach.
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Where can I eat near Hotel Lancelot?
The hotel has one restaurant, a buffet that serves breakfast and, on half board, dinner, plus a cafeteria and snack bar, a hall bar and the chill-out bar on the roof, which keeps short hours. Half board adds about €34 a night for two, and the case for skipping it is the six places below, all within seven minutes on foot: a Solete tavern for fish, a French pâtisserie, two César Manrique spaces now run as restaurants, and two tables at the top and the foot of the island's tallest building. The Charco de San Ginés and its terraces are about 15 minutes along the seafront. Restaurante Alarz, 3 min walk. Restaurante La Luna, 4 min walk. Pastelería Lamontagne, 4 min walk.
Our verdict
A town-beach hotel with a rooftop pool, close to everything on an island of short drives, at a price that leaves room for dinner out. Check availability for a sea-view double.