La Isla de Goya — Restaurant in Santa Cruz de la Palma

Nice food but very poor service and atmosphere. Arrived at 18.30. Restaurant quiet but was told to sit outside as weren't letting anyone sit inside (tables outside full when we left but still no-one sitting inside). Had view of parked cars, refuse bins and bus stop with associated smells and cigarette smoke and sat with coats zipped up as quite cold. Ordered 6 dishes but waitress told us that was too much so we deleted one. No orange juice available. Drinks and salad came reasonably quickly but other 4 dishes were brought one by one over the course of next 70 minutes. Fifth dish never came as waitress had decided we didn't need this either so we ended up leaving hungry. Took 5 minutes to get waiter attention to get bill. Brought after another 5 minutes but was the wrong bill then had to wait another 5 minutes for...

I came here looking for a greater meaning to life. I thought a new island experience might turn around all the past disasters and nightmares that I have experienced on islands. In England, a frog stepped on my toe. In Ireland, I realized I had taken the wrong plane to Iceland. In Jamaica, bicycles stole my black person. In Australia, I questioned the true meaning of what an Island really is, and where it becomes a continent. Because, aren't we all living on islands? Islands of the mind. Is not the Earth an island, adrift in the cosmos? That's why I went to restaurant la isla de...

Really heartbreaking experience. After reading all these lovely reviews I had the highest expectations. All dishes were mediocre at best except one dish. It was a salad with curry vegetables and chia seeds. Absolutely horrendous. Most of the vegetables were totally black burnt. The waiter made it seem like he understood. He ended up charging us for the salad which was about 10 euro and just giving us one free coffee. This is totally unacceptable. Do yourself a favor and go to another one of the amazing restaurants in the area. DO NOT WASTE YOUR...