Villa Vik - Hotel Boutique - Adults Only

Lovely, small hotel in a quiet, out of the way area. Very clean, very quiet and very well appointed with lovely touches like antique furniture, sculptures, etc. The service from all of the small, but very efficient team was excellent and friendly. We only had b&b but an evening meal is available if ordered at breakfast time. Breakfasts were self-service continental, as well as cooked-to-order in addition.

An enjoyable and relaxing stay at the Villa Vik. The room was spacious and comfortable and the staff were friendly and helpful and quick to deal with any issues that needed attention. This is a quiet hotel a few minutes walk from the prom. If you turn left at the sea, it's a 20 minute flat walk to the island's capital Arrecife and if you turn right, it's a 20 minute almost flat walk to Playa Honda. We tried both and found Playa Honda to have some good restaurants although Arrecife is worth a visit too - there's even a sea fort there. Food is limited at the Villa Vik. A choice of two mains on the dinner menu and if you are a veggie, the chef will always produce a meal but you won't know what it will be until it arrives at the table and it may not contain any ingredients with protein. The food offering is the only area where the Villa Vik is a little lacking especially as the nearest restaurants are a 20 minute walk away - or a few minutes drive. The hotel is ideal if you want some down-time but not the place to go for a party. Overall, it's a lovely hotel and we will be returning.

The Hotel Villa Vic, Arrecife, lanzarote is a small boutique hotel with about 14 rooms. We were half board and took lunch on 5 of the 6 days there. It is very well appointed and delightfully presented. It is dramatically understaffed and our stay was marked by moments of chaos and high farce with the guests helping to clear up and sort things our for themselves. Janet, my wife has a lactose intolerance. The menu is restricted and she found dinner on the first night difficult. Next morning we asked Abdul, the sole member of staff if her intolerance could be accommodated, he said yes and would inform the chef, he didn't and dinner that night and subsequent nights was a matter of giving her a meal with the lactose component extracted. Very few people were eating at night so a different sauce for her should have not been a problem. Wednesday and Thursday breakfasts were utterly chaotic, the young lady could not cope on her own with greeting new arrivals, waiting on tables, cleaning up, coffee, and forgetting peoples' orders. On Thursday we started breakfast at 8.45 am and at 10.30 Janet was told the coffee machine had broken - I had given up as had a zoom call. In a nutshell, this place is somewhere between the white lotus and faulty towers. Clearly, one person could not cope with the differing demands of so many guests. I have to say that I could add other points to this but the above serves to give a good picture.