Restaurant review: Santa Barbara, Paphos
These are strange times, and like many I find my spirits need lifting more often than usual. A drive to the coast always helps me...
Restaurant & Bar Reviews
Restaurant review: Campanario, Larnaca
When I ask people what they look for in a place to dine, the answers are usually ‘somewhere with a good view’ or ‘a peaceful...
Restaurant Review: Bella Vita, Nicosia
This will be the fourth resurrection of a restaurant on the site that I can recall. A previous venture sent the gourmet world of Nicosia...
Restaurant review: Mitbah, Limassol
Most people have a distorted perception of national cuisines beyond their own, often possessing a somewhat warped idea of what comprises a nation’s eating habits....
Restaurant review: Filiotis by the Sea, Paphos
By Sarah Coyne When your well-travelled friend comes from Nicosia to Paphos and suggests a restaurant you have never heard of that is just five...
Restaurant review: Alonia, Livadia
While going to various different restaurants to sample cuisine from around the world is great, I do love a good Cyprus meze. There are many...
Restaurant Review: Scale, Nicosia
What on earth is going on? The moment I suggest that Covid has devastated our capital’s once shabby mediocre range of national cuisine outlets, an...
Restaurant review: Agora, Limassol
I grew up in Limassol’s old town, with my family working in the area around Saripolou street. Watching the old town turn into a bustling...
Restaurant review: Chez Mamma Bistro at Casa Mespilea
By Bejay Browne A recent visit to family-run Chez Mamma Bistro at Casa Mespilea in Paphos old town left me in a real quandary. Should...
Restaurant review: Siko Seaside, Paralimni
The summer heat combined with time off work means it is the perfect opportunity to visit one of the lovely beaches on our beautiful island....
Restaurant Review: Pralina Experience, Nicosia
Many years ago, I was asked to review Pralina, where the management claimed they were departing from their burger/pizza cuisine and introducing an international menu....
Restaurant review: That’s Amore, Limassol
Authentic Italian cuisine is hard to come by outside Italy as its enormous popularity and availability has, over the years, seen it inevitably adapt to...
Restaurant review: Kanalli, Pomos
By Sarah Coyne It is that time of year when you yearn to escape the heat and head for the cooler climes. Last weekend I...
Restaurant review: Maria’s Restaurant, Vavatsinia
After months of lockdown and the effect of the summer weather people are out and about and restaurants and the like are full of life....
Restaurant Review: Family Nest, Nicosia
In an age where labels are so important and none more so than in the consumption of food – if vegetarians will only eat vegetables,...
A taste of Mexico in the heart of Nicosia
Before travelling to Mexico my knowledge of Mexican food was limited to tacos, cheese-topped nachos and the odd chimichanga. It’s a colourful cuisine using a...
Restaurant review: Molly Malone’s, Limassol
Returning to a place after 15 years can be a strange experience. You constantly compare and contrast, trying to work out what’s changed and if...
Restaurant review: Mandria fish and chips, Paphos
Fish and chips might not be the first thing you think about when it comes to dining out, however, once tried, Mandria Fish and Chips...
Restaurant review: San Pedro, Larnaca
It has most definitely been a very strange few months. Being stuck at home with nowhere to go was definitely a shock to the system...
Restaurant Review: The Wine Bar, Limassol
When out dining you want to know what you’ll get and, provided that it is adequately satisfactory, you want to know that you’ll be getting...
