Café Bar Habana — Restaurant in La Oliva

Be patient in waiting for anyone to take your order, come with the food or present you with the bill, remember you’re on holiday so relax and take your time. Just chill and enjoy the coffee, and English breakfast, though I would recommend the Special deal on 8 tapas and a jug of sangria or bottle of wine. Someone in the kitchen is working VERY hard to prepare such lovely food such take your time to enjoy it. I would recommend this place for brunch or lunch, but I’m sure they also do a good dinner as well. Avoid the market day (Sunday) at midday as it seems to be especially busy at this time and you will spend the best part of a couple of hours even over a coffee and a light meal, but again, slow down and remember you’re probably on holiday -...

A good place to enjoy an al fresco drink or light food in the El Campanario Shopping Centre. Shade from big umbrellas means escape from the fiercest sun is possible and the fare is good quality if unremarkable. Prices are cheap. On market days it gets extremely busy and it can be a bit of a bun fight to get a table. Eagle eyed bystanders will shoot in to grab any table that becomes free so you'd better be quick or take up position early. Also on market days there is an excellent three piece band that plays from around 11.30 or 12. Added bonus to music fans is that the bass player is the spitting image of Raúl Malo! Service can be very slow so it's helpful to be confident in shouting out your requests in Spanish for...

We had 8 tapas between the two of us and they were very hit and miss. The calamari was delicious and perfectly cooked. The garlic mushrooms were like leather and tasted like tinned mushrooms. Paella was great but the sausages in wine sauce were not nice. Fish crutons were OK, as was the chicken in sauce. The Canarian potatoes were alright but the sauce didnt taste of much. The marinated cheese was nice. The service was OK but not great, it wasn't very busy but we found ourselves still waiting for service for ages, so much so that we opted not to wait any longer for dessert and went inside to get the bill and pay so we...