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Perhaps it was the music that drew us in. Two local artists performing Cypriot and Greek folk songs for patrons enjoying a meal outside. Whatever the reason, our impromptu visit ...

While vacationing in Protaras, my faithful dining companion and I both immediately knew we were going to try for a reservation at Il Boccon Divino, a place that caught our ...

Some of the best meals begin without a plan; just a feeling that it’s time to eat. That’s how my partner and I found ourselves on Pavlou Valsamaki ...

Divine Peak has been open in Paphos for several years and is one of those restaurants that consistently receives recommendations. However, it has taken me a long time to get ...

Many of the fine establishments reviewed in these pages are the result of single visits, often with the specific intention of trying something new. However, there are also cases where ...

In my eagerness to explore the novel, the obscure, the ethnic I’d somehow overlooked the most obvious choice: the local taverna. You know, places that are meant to be ...

There are meals that fill your stomach and then there are meals that wrap around you like a nostalgic hug. Fish and chips, that deeply British institution, is one of ...

Location, location, location is always mentioned when buying a home. However, it also applies to restaurants, and few eating places in Paphos can beat the position of Vardas Seacret. From ...

This is my consumer conundrum. As with everyone else, I have certain expectations when I give any business my hard-earned money. However, I also do not want to see long-running ...

I’m thinking of writing a somewhat negative review for this place, I tell my faithful dining companion days after we’ve had dinner at Guido and the Goose. “Is ...

There’s something about shopping with a young teenager that works up an appetite you didn’t know you had. After a few hours of hopping between stores with my ...

Strictly speaking, the definition of a restaurant is “a place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked on the premises”. This review is slightly different in ...

To call the Rio Bravo Saloon a Limassol staple would be an injustice. Although it first opened in 1998, it feels like it has been around for much longer, considering how ...

It’s Lent, and I’m fasting, so I decided to visit a fully vegan restaurant instead of settling for a traditional eatery where plant-based options are an afterthought. Despite ...

Scanning online reviews, as you do, to find somewhere new to go, we came across a place whose website showed good humour, smoked meat and tantalising descriptions of the food. ...

Sometimes, we can all be a little bit blinkered regarding world cuisines and choosing a restaurant. When it comes to Chinese, I have to admit to being guilty of sticking ...

It was unplanned, but I dined at Limassol restaurant Embers twice in seven days. But doing so gave a more representative impression than perhaps going once only would have. I ...

A miscommunication between friends meant that we had ended up at a restaurant with no reservation and they had no space to squeeze us in. Being all dressed up with ...

We decided to visit a restaurant that has been a fixture in Nicosia’s dining scene since at least the 90s that is widely regarded as a pillar of Levantine ...

On a ridiculously cold, wet, and wintery night in Paphos, it was hard to summon any enthusiasm to leave the warmth of home and go out to eat. However, the ...

The weather continues to shape my culinary choices. Even before we sat down for a meal at Como, a sea-facing restaurant and bar on Limassol’s coast road, I knew ...

When going out, I usually like to find a cosy taverna, somewhere by the sea or support a local business. However, we can’t always fulfil those criteria and it’...

A long-standing fixture of Nicosia’s dining scene, India India is situated at a busy traffic intersection and it is hard to miss – not least because it has been there ...

The name Campo de Fiori certainly evokes the delights of Italian cuisine. However, if you visit the restaurant so named in the old town of Paphos before 4pm you can ...