Ikarus (Teguise)
Note: Non-smoking seating is available.
It’s a beautiful manor house in the Teguise tradition, with exquisite furniture and a relaxing and romantic atmosphere. That’s what Ikarus is about. Two main rooms with few tables and what once was a typical Canarian patio as the main attraction to the restaurant (see picture on the right).
Overall, the menu is somewhat limited, especially the appetizers. Salads, a good smoked salmon with potato and horseradish pancakes called rosti, a quite tasteless meat carpaccio with balsamic vinegar, vegetable strips and some creams and soups. The kitchen of Ikarus offers a better selection in terms of entrées with a careful selection of vegetarian dishes, such as the delicious tagliatelle pasta with mushrooms and parmesan cheese and the satisfying lasagna filled with spinaches and goat cheese.
Without a doubt, the meat is what distinguishes this restaurant from any other. The combination of duck breast with sesame seeds and balsamic vinegar along with potato and vegetable croquettes is very successful. Other delicious dishes are the beef tenderloin and the veal liver. But better yet is the exquisite lamb filet with herb crust.
The dishes also include the daily catch, fish freshly caught along the Lanzarote coast: fish with salt crust, which you need to reserve beforehand, and langoustine with saffron or Pernot liquor and basmati rice. The kitchen works fast, particularly if there are fewer than 6 people sitting at your table. For larger groups Ikarus is not the best option.
The wine list is also short, but it features a great variety of wine producers and all are reasonably priced according to their quality. Other kudos points to the kitchen for their desserts. Liquor parfait, a superb chocolate variation, some very intriguing and tasty figs dipped in red wine and ice cream and a supreme crepe with flambé apples, vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.
At Ikarus the excellent ratio between quality and prices is surprising. You’ll always end up spending around € 25 per person.
What to do before and after: A stroll in the historic center of La Villa. Coffee or tea at Hespérides or at Café Cejas. A few kilometers away, in Nazaret, you can check out La Cueva Lagomar, which is the ideal after-dinner spot. Teguise is located in the center of the island, so we can go by car to Costa Teguise or Arrecife if we want somenight life.