Sailor's Bay Bar — Restaurant in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

I had two terrible experiences here... But tonight was the worst.

We sat down ordered 2 wine and food, after receiving our wine, we were told to push our table back to squeeze another table in no problem. Then we were moved from our table to make a four cap, another couple sat down after we got up and were moved also to a small table on the street, behind us. Following another couple of two who finally stayed at our original table we started at.

We ordered at the first table and were served last, and forgotten.

My Calamari was the SINGLE worst dish I have had on my entire three year trip. It was served over done, burnt and ice Cold, with tiny pieces of old soggy fries AND soggy SLIVERS of veggies also Ice Cold. My boyfriend ordered the pork special he was served 20 minutes after me Ice Cold meal but at least his was cold and eatable, and only after the two tables that came after us, who ordered the pork were all but finished.

They were more about, tables, then drink and quality food, then service. Our bill was 30.00.

Extremely Disappointing would have rated it a zero if it...

After several recommendations from several cruisers, I visited Sailor’s Bay Bar several times before writing this review. Bottom line: Over hyped. To be fair, all 4-5 of my visits were during breakfast hours, which is obviously not a priority event for this establishment. Beyond an extremely limited breakfast menu (which is not uncommon throughout Spain), I was most disappointed by the service - or, more correctly, lack thereof. Most of the servers seemed typically courteous and professional, but the one lady I seemed not to be able to avoid was surly to the point of being rude. My Spanish friend noticed it, too, the one visit I made with him. Hard to say if I’ll overlook this one employee’s poor comportment and give the famous marina hangout a try during dinner hours to sample its Italian fare, which is reportedly delicious. Consistency is the hallmark of a true landmark establishment, something that seems to be missing here. At least the coffee was...

A cosmopolitan place, owned and managed by an expatriate, right on the marina. Since they offer free WIFI, speak a few languages (English for sure), and they are not overly pushing on foreigners.

The spot to have some beers, cocktails, sodas and something to eat and connecting with the world.

Preferred by the crews of most sailing vessels crossing the Atlantic to/from the Caribbean from/to European waters that do a layover in this marina either waiting for the trade winds to pickup or just taking a break to replenish supplies and stamina.

The drinks, food and service are fine; and the ambience is very sailor like, specially in the months just before November when a lot sailing vessels, from almost every country with seashore, gather at this port to cross the Atlantic "together" westward towards...