Cafetería Islote la Fermina — Restaurant in Arrecife

Stopped at Lanzarote on a cruise stop. Decided to visit the island and have a drink. The chocolate cake was nice, but a tad on the dry side for me. The sangria went down a treat as did the local Lanzarotian beers.

Lovely little island with swimming pools that are no longer (or maybe even never) in use. The sun shining down on them made it feel like a 5star hotel in the med.

Ordered a slice of cake and a packet of crisps to go with our drink and it seemed to take ages to get to us. Nearly 30mins we waited. Other tables had sat down and got sandwiches before...

The food was nice even though there was a limited choice The staff are not the most helpful though. The seating is really poorly arranged - just a bit of effort with the umbrellas would shade the tables from the burning sun. The chairs at the back are incredibly uncomfortable. All in all a lovely location but lacking atmosphere because you feel the staff don't really want you there - all a bit style over substance. A real pity as I loved the other Cesar Manrique houses and...

Went for an evening cocktail, was met with a very unfriendly female who very clearly had no interest in serving or welcoming us (3 females). The female staff member then refused to bring us menus, ignored us when we tried to order and was just downright rude. 2 stars given as the older gentleman was the only one who was friendly, he was then on dinner break and we were literally chased down by his colleague to check we paid the bill....