Ultralight Café
Good for: falafel
Not good for: customer service, pesto
- Address
- west main st
- Phone
- 425-3514
- Price
- mains L$90-150
- Hours
- breakfast, lunch & dinner Sun-Thu
Lonely Planet review for Ultralight Café
An Israeli restaurant run by a Utila native named after a doomed flying machine – you know there’s a story here. Joya, the owner, leased her burger joint to an Israeli couple, who switched from hamburgers to hummus, but were mainly interested in flying their ultralight. They were better chefs than pilots though: the ultralight crashed (no one was hurt) while the restaurant took off – the aircraft’s propeller still hangs in the little wood eatery. Joya returned, the Israelis left, and Joya planned to go back to burgers. But the Israelis’ kitchen assistant had memorized all the recipes and convinced Joya to stick with shakshuka (a popular Israeli egg dish), falafel, sabich (a pita sandwich) and what is still the best fresh pita bread in Central America.
Traveller reviews for Ultralight Café (1)
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Oversalted and unfriendly
gringa_gypsy does not recommend this,
The food at the table next to mine looked great. Sadly I made the beginner's mistake of ordering the pesto pasta, which turned out to be anything but. Satly cream sauce with a sprinkling of dried basil. The chopped salad was nice. When I brought the food up to ask if I could have a substitution, since I didn't really consider it to be pesto, I was told that I could substitute if I wanted to pay for both dishes, and that I should be making considerations for the flavor palates of other countries. The reaction to my complaint was hostile and angry. Zero attempt was made at customer service of any kind. What a disappointment!
Good for: falafel
Not good for: customer service, pesto
