Puerto del Carmen Restaurants

Located close to the top of the old town, El Burro, The Donkey in English, is a large restaurant with a large selection of food.

food ok - service very slow - we only had main meals and it took over an hour for them to come to the table - wouldn't hurry back...

Stayed at a local villa near 10 mins walk from El Burro. The food we ate at the restaurant was the best I have eaten in a long time. The t-bone steak special was fantastic and the way they serve it to you is just amazing. Everything that myself or my family tried was brilliant. Also the service we received was second to none. I would definitely go back to El Burro!!!!

Went to El Burro in January and had a very nice meal,suckling pig.But it was not the best I had had.Everything else was good.As my husband had trouble with his mouth we did not eat there again.......or anywhere else that did not do fish!!! But went back at the end of March with my friend and we had two fantastic meals in there,staff very pleasant and the atmosphere was very good. Also stayed at the Flora( 2nd time) and as always was lovely,clean etc and staff great. As for cardiac hill........well I suffer from arthritis and if you break your journey on the way up its not to bad. Mind over matter. Going back to Lanzarote at the end of July and will defo go to El Burro.

Only got back 1am this morning, i went with 3mates, we ate at el burro 1st as we were staying at flora apmts close by,(which just quickly say, very nice friendly n spotless place, nt 1complaint). we then tried various other places, where the food was neva ba, it just simply did nt compare 2 el burro, honestly, the food is just amazing, it has a large n varied menu inc pizza, fish even roasted rabbit, which was out of this world. we ate there twice aday 5days awk, n trust me, we like our food, the staff were real nice guys, we ad a good friendly laff n were treated like kings. its far from exspensive, i do seriously recomend u try the t bone special, it will just blow u away truly, we paid 17 euros each, then a chef comes over with slabs n slabs ov steak, sets up a little bbq, n with mesmorising skil, slices the steak thim n flips it over, keeps doin that till e done it all, n then cooks it all fresh piece by piece there n then nxt to your table, its awesome 2watch, n no bull, smells n tastes like heaven, dnt forget were 4big lads wiv big apetites, we had been past 4seperate plates of steak 1 after the other, we got 2bursting point n cldnt eat anymore, wen u order n eat this, ev1 in the place stops n waches it bein cooked, n ev1 in there wants wot ur eatin right now i swear my life on it, we were tht full we offerd it 2 various ppl sat around us who had watched it bein cooked n just loved it. like i said, we paid 17euros each n it was worth every penny... bt ths the very dearest end ov the menu, adv id say was about 6-9 euros per eal, we tried all sorts n loved every meal, soup, pizza, mix grills, fresh fish(inc sea bass)........ive neva eva left a revue anywhere of any kind, weve bin other counrties n stuff bt hand on my heart, evey1 ov us was gutted 2come home, we suppsed 2b going bk in wks n i personaly cnt w8, we stayed in old town n it was only a 3-4 eruro taxi ride in2 new town for the bars n clubs, oh n yes thee is a hill bein honest i wldnlt like 2push a wheel chair up it bt its nt tht bad, best clubs n bars id say was, redz bar, then onto route 66, then go into nickis beach, n if u still awake after 3.30am, which we was then into club 928, we ad a good laff every nighte,no trouble n just a great atmosphere.... IVE DONE THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE I FELT I OWED IT 2 EVERY1 AT EL BURRO, AT FLORA APP, THE STAFF IN THE BARS RIGHT DOWN2 THE LOCALS IN THE SHOPS, JUST WLK IN SAY OLA, YOU WILL GET SERVED WIV A SMILE...... I FELL IN LOVE WIV THE THE PLACE, ATE WELL, DRANK N DANCED WELL, AD A GR8 TIME N MET SOME TOP PPL....8WKS N COUNTING THE DAYS ALREADY............

We stayed in puerto del carmen for 2 weeks november 2009.We eat out all lunches & diners & ate at El Burro at least 6 times. All the meals were excellent quality & very good value,also the wine,both "House" & bottles was excellent value. The service was friendly & efficient & we were welcomed each time we visited. The restaurant is well decorated,atmospheric & the music not too loud. Although the menu states Mexican",that is a small part of dishes on offer;everything we tried we enjoyed & portions were generous. Previous reviews donot sound like the same place! The only snag is it is situated at the top of "cardiac Hill" so if you are not staying nearby,as we were, a taxi is a good idea & cheap.

myself and my partner went here in july '07 and the service and the food was excellent. we recommend the steak with pepper sauce or the pizza. cheap and cheerful :)

I think the others went to a different place, we both had mixed grills from here, the plates were piled high and the meat was tasty and tender. Very good value too

very very disapointed,ordered a steak the smallest i ever had.

I ate in el burro for the first time in august 2006...its was fantastic...there was a big crowd of us, yet we were served promptly and the food was great... So we returned to el burro in july 2007...WHAT A LET DOWN...the food was nowhere near as good as the previous year...the staff wernt half as friendly...i couldnt believe the change

Sorry I have to be honest the meal my husband and I had was just awful and to be honest the service wasn't much better! Most nights there was quite a queue outside the restaurant which was why we tried it but either everyone in the queue had lost their tastebuds or they all thought the same as us if there is a queue it must be good but in our case it wasn't good!