Larnaca is packed with restaurants and night spots.
For a nice simple Cyprus meal, we would (and used to) recommend the Megalos Pefkos (the Big Tree) next to the fort, however one awful day in 2005 it disappeared. Actually the tree was no longer there as it was blown down one winter about 20 years ago, but the food was good and wholesome and the ladies in the kitchen worked very hard under difficult conditions to produce it. They were refugees from Famagusta, and the powers that be decided to knock their place down in order to better light up the fort at night. So now we have lost a local landmark.
For local food we now rely on the Corfu Tavern in Oroklini, who also have decent entertainment on a Saturday night and some other nights in the week (Wed, Fri & Sunday). A meze averages out at £8 a head.
A new restaurant in Larnaca opened in May 2006 is run by an Estonian family. The concept is the same Cyprus Meze, however the dishes are different and beautifully prepared and presented. The medal which The maitre ' Diit ' wears with pride is for an international best BBQ award, he can be seen below serving up one of his specialities of the house, a whole salt baked salmon.
Other dishes include a very tasty meat soup, green baby tomatoes in honey, chicken with orange, beef patties, gravaad lax - but hey ! try it yourself.
You will find the place just past the fort, on the sea front road, go round the corner and on the right hand side just before the cuckoo's nest set in slightly from the road.
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The Taipei Chinese restaurant on the main road from the town centre towards the port has ambience, good service and (often) excellent food. It is served quickly and freshly sizzling (try the sizzling beef) and we are sure you'll go back for more. It is not cheap but offers a pleasant ambiance and value meals are available on a set menu.
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If you wish to have a delightful Chinese meal, we can highly recommend Tai Pei, the food is hot, freshly cooked and tasty, the decor is fun and most professional and the service is a little special.
The Campanario near metro offers standard international
cuisine and concentrates on steaks and meat dishes. It is often good, but is
unfortunately not consistent. Stingy with the sauces if served separately.
Pleasant garden area in the summer.
Not cheap but reasonable value when at its best.
Krateon is behind the tennis club, at the top of the
hill. A wonderful old building, renovated nicely and decorated well. Pity about
the food, which is pretty abysmal and expensive.
Puts itself up as upmarket but serves tinned asparagus and frozen chips.
No cold coke !
The Black Turtle is near Ayios Lazarus Church. It is
housed in a rickety upstairs of an old house.
The food served is a meze, particular to the Black Turtle. The music is provided
by a dedicated bunch of amatuers who enjoy this part of their life to the full.
Great atmosphere, and when the tables are full of locals dancing on them you
wonder whether the building will collapse. A must see.
Cessac fish and chip shop in Dhekelia is an
institution. It has been good for years and has recently expanded to a pavillon
type building next to the original.
Good value and consistent good food.
Kantara is on the Dhekelia road. Nice decor, reasonable service and ok food that is very good in spots.
For Mexican food either Aztecas or Mexican Rose
are passable. Aztecas is quite far up the Dhekelia road, whilst
Mexican Rose is near the port on the land side of the main road.
Six of one and half a dozen of the other to choose between them. One does a mean
Margueritta the other a better chilli con carne, both are worth a visit.
There are many seafront restaurants in Larnaca, a kebab has gone up to between £2.25 and £2.75 a shot - still good value
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