El Diablo Restaurant in Timanfaya
El Diablo, the restaurant at Islote de Hilario in Timanfaya: meat grilled over a 5 m well at about 250 degrees, a César Manrique dining room, no reservations, and the tours that give you time to eat (Oct 2026).
El Diablo is the restaurant at Islote de Hilario, in the middle of Timanfaya National Park, where meat and vegetables are grilled over a well five metres deep in which the earth reaches around 250 degrees (CACT Lanzarote, October 2026). It takes no reservations: tables go to whoever arrives first. The restaurant is part of the Montañas del Fuego visit, so you reach it with a park ticket or on a tour that leaves time there, such as First Minute Travel’s park tour, from US$66 a person (checked October 2026).
The grill and the building
The grill is the reason people come: it stands over a well about five metres deep, and the heat of the earth at the bottom, around 250 degrees, cooks the meat and vegetables above it. César Manrique designed the building, a round dining room whose large circular glass wall looks out over the lava field, the malpaís. Inside, the counters are shaped like the socos, the half-moon stone walls that shelter the vines of La Geria, the lamps are made from hand-forged pans, and in the centre is the Jardín Muerto, a dead garden with the skeleton of a dromedary. The signature dessert is a chocolate brownie served as a volcano.
Getting a table
- No reservations. Tables are given on a first-come, first-served basis, as available when you arrive.
- Lunch only. The park’s visit runs from 09:00 to 15:45, and the Tinajo town council’s listing gives the restaurant’s hours as 12:00 to 16:00 every day.
- With children. The restaurant and the cafeteria have high chairs.
- Not in the ticket. The park ticket covers the coach route and the demonstrations; the meal is paid at the restaurant.
Which tours leave time to eat?
On the shortest tours you have about a quarter of an hour at Islote de Hilario, enough for the heat demonstrations but not for lunch. First Minute Travel’s park tour, rated 4.4 from 1,055 reviews, schedules free time in the service area there, El Diablo included, before the camel Echadero and La Geria, and is back at your hotel around 14:00. With a car you can do as you like: book an entry time around noon, take the coach first and eat after.
| Way to El Diablo | Time at Islote de Hilario | Length | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park tour with free time | Free time in the service area | About 6 hours | US$66 |
| Half-day park tour | About 15 minutes | About 5 hours | US$66 |
| Park ticket, your own car | As long as you like | Your choice | €30 an adult |
On a phone, swipe the table sideways for the lengths and prices.
Tour prices from GetYourGuide, per person in US dollars, checked October 2026; the ticket price from CACT Lanzarote, October 2026.
For a meal cooked over the volcano’s heat after dark, the evening tour with dinner is a separate outing; the evening tour guide has what it includes. The ticket, its time slots and what it covers are in the entrance fee guide.
The grill, the building, the reservations policy and the high chairs from CACT Lanzarote’s Montañas del Fuego page, and the restaurant’s hours from the Tinajo town council’s business listing, both read in October 2026. Tour times from the GetYourGuide listings, read on 28 October 2026.
A Park Tour with Time at El Diablo
First Minute Travel's half-day tour: the volcano route, the heat demonstrations, free time at Islote de Hilario with El Diablo and its volcanic grill, the camel Echadero and La Geria, with pickup from the main resorts. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before, as listed in October 2026.
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