Where to eat at and around La Isla y el Mar Hotel Boutique
The hotel has two restaurants and a pool bar. Restaurante La Isla serves breakfast and dinner, and its dinner is what half board adds. Kentia Gourmet Club, the hotel's à la carte restaurant and cocktail bar, is open to outside guests too: island produce cooked with ideas from both sides of the Atlantic, from Tinajo tomatoes with smoked cheese at €17 and ceviche of red porgy at €19 to octopus ropa vieja at €21 and confit sama at €25, with three set menus at €55 and €79 and pairings of Canary Island wines. The dress code is casual, with no flip-flops or sportswear, and there is a cocktail masterclass on its terrace on Tuesdays at 5pm. The Pool Bar serves drinks and light dishes from 10.30am to 6pm. Outside, the walks are short: Kalma Café is two minutes along Calle Reina Sofía, Antonio four, a little further up the hill, and the fish restaurants of the old harbour at La Tiñosa about eight, downhill. Coming back from the harbour, it is uphill all the way.
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Within ten minutes on foot
- 2 min walk
Brunch and speciality coffee · €
A small brunch café two minutes along the street, with a long list of toasts on butter-soaked brioche or sourdough. The Nórdica comes with cottage cheese and salmon smoked on Lanzarote at €10.50, eggs Benedict with salmon at €14, and there are pancakes, healthy bowls, smoothies, fresh juices and speciality coffee, with vegan and gluten-free choices throughout. Open every day from 9am to 4pm. Walk in.
Walk inCalle Reina Sofía 42
- 4 min walk
Fish and rice, a few doors up the street · €€€
An intimate dining room a few doors up Calle Reina Sofía, the closest proper dinner to the hotel and the one for a night when the hill does not appeal. The kitchen leans on fish and rice: arroz meloso with king prawns and baby squid at €25, a fish and shellfish caldereta at €30, sea bass in the chef's style at €27, and Canarian cheeses or Iberian ham to start. Open every day from 1pm to 10pm, so it works for a late lunch too. Book for dinner.
Reserve aheadCalle Reina Sofía 29
Cofradía de Pescadores La Tiñosa
8 min walkFishermen's bar on the old harbour · €€
The fishermen's guild restaurant on the harbour of La Tiñosa, the fishing village Puerto del Carmen grew from, and the one table on this walk with a Repsol Solete. It is a plain bar and counter that has worked with Lanzarote's fishermen and producers for more than 20 years. Order the fish of the day, which comes with Canarian potatoes and salad, and the island's shellfish when it is in: burgados, limpets and mussels. Fish is sold by weight, so ask the price before it is cooked. Open every day.
Walk inAvenida del Varadero 1
- 8 min walk
Canarian home cooking, family-run since 1986 · €€
A family restaurant in the lanes of La Tiñosa, behind the harbour, open since 1986 and supplied with fish the family catch themselves. It is the place on the walk for Canarian home cooking: Lanzarote goat's cheeses, goat stew, beef stew, the island's potajes and the fresh fish of the day, with octopus and paella besides. The bar at the front is where locals and regulars meet for a drink before dinner. Open for lunch and dinner from Thursday to Monday; closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. Book, or arrive early.
Reserve aheadCalle Teide 38
Mardeleva
8 min walkSeafood on the harbour · €€
A family-run seafood restaurant just above the old harbour, with a shaded terrace and the boats in view. Order the barracuda, fried or grilled, with papas arrugadas, the octopus, or a mixed seafood grill to share, with garlic prawns to start, and leave room for the lemon meringue. The prices are fair for the waterfront. Open from 2pm to 10pm; closed on Monday and Tuesday. Book for dinner.
Reserve aheadCalle los Infantes 10
- 8 min walk
Seafood terrace for the sunset · €€€
A large restaurant built like a ship on the Varadero, the old harbour, with a wide terrace over the water and a dining room that looks the same way, across to Isla de Lobos, Fuerteventura and the Los Ajaches hills. It is the sunset table of the harbour. The carte is Atlantic and Canarian: fresh fish and live shellfish, seafood rice, octopus and carpaccio of rock fish, with Lanzarote wines and cocktails. Open every day from noon to 10.30pm, with the kitchen closing at 9.30pm, so book an early table for the sunset.
Reserve aheadAvenida del Varadero 6
Breakfast
Breakfast is served at Restaurante La Isla from 7.30am to 10.30am: a buffet, with dishes cooked to order from a short carte. Every June rate on the room ladder includes it, and half board adds dinner at La Isla, so check what your rate covers. The best outside option is Kalma Café, two minutes along Calle Reina Sofía, open from 9am every day for brioche toasts, eggs Benedict, pancakes and speciality coffee.
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Good questions about La Isla y el Mar Hotel Boutique
Where can I eat near La Isla y el Mar Hotel Boutique?
The hotel has two restaurants and a pool bar. Restaurante La Isla serves breakfast and dinner, and its dinner is what half board adds. Kentia Gourmet Club, the hotel's à la carte restaurant and cocktail bar, is open to outside guests too: island produce cooked with ideas from both sides of the Atlantic, from Tinajo tomatoes with smoked cheese at €17 and ceviche of red porgy at €19 to octopus ropa vieja at €21 and confit sama at €25, with three set menus at €55 and €79 and pairings of Canary Island wines. The dress code is casual, with no flip-flops or sportswear, and there is a cocktail masterclass on its terrace on Tuesdays at 5pm. The Pool Bar serves drinks and light dishes from 10.30am to 6pm. Outside, the walks are short: Kalma Café is two minutes along Calle Reina Sofía, Antonio four, a little further up the hill, and the fish restaurants of the old harbour at La Tiñosa about eight, downhill. Coming back from the harbour, it is uphill all the way. Kalma Café Reina, 2 min walk. Antonio Restaurante, 4 min walk. Cofradía de Pescadores La Tiñosa, 8 min walk.
Our verdict
A calm, grown-up hotel of big suites above a busy resort, with the pool, the spa and a serious dinner on site. Check availability for the Suite Excellence Atlantic.