Restaurante Cala — Restaurant in Arrecife

This place is a modern contrast with the rest of restaurants in the area (Charco de San Ginés, in Arrecife) but (since I’m from Madrid) I expected a little bit more from them seeing their prices.

We were 2 people having dinner and we ordered:

Two croquetas — they were good. Half ración of ‘queso frito a la plancha’ (grilled fresch cheese from Lanzarote) — good as well. Half of ‘ensaladilla rusa’ — I’m a huge fan of ensaladilla rusa and this was simply OK. (Picture)As a main we ordered the ‘morena frita’ and we knew that the way of cooking is typical here but the dish seemed much better on display than when tasting it. It was difficult to eat ‘cause of the dozen fishbones in it and the breading was not too good. Then we ordered a ‘mini hamburguesa of meat’ and it was overcooked.

Service was good, nothing extraordinary and the place is nice (with that modern touch which makes...

12/15/19

I would like to highlight this wonderful restaurant after 4 very mixed bad dinners around town, which were graded from mediocre to terrible.

Service was impeccable with great attention to details.

The food was amazing! We had an assortment of tapas with 3 different sauces. Octopus and a black rise. All three dishes were super. I had a strong suspicion that the base for the flavor/s came from Peru. We named at lease 5 high end restaurants in Lima to where you can match up those flavors

We would suggest to expand the wine list. We had two wonderful bottles, but we did not see any vintages from Navarra or LaMancha regions.

All and all - this is a highly...

We had a very pleasant dinner here, with attentive service and enjoyed it very much. Since we’re traveling as a family with small children, we have to eat early- and this was one of the rare options to find here (6pm). But be aware: A few days later we returned at 6pm just to be sent away “because this week we open the kitchen only from 8pm on”.

In reference to the owners reply: If what you suggest would have happened, that would be okay - but I’m sorry to say that in fact it was exactly like I wrote: we were sent away and told that the kitchen is closed and not opened before 8pm. Not the slightest chance for a...