Monarch Reveals the Top Ten Cypriot Eating Places

LONDON, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Monarch has reached into their extensive experience travelling in Cyprus to put together their guide to the top ten restaurants that offer local cuisine. It's enough to have any food lover reaching for their passport and checking out Monarch holidays to Cyprus.

1. The Blue Island Restaurant, in Limassol
   The Blue island restaurant, which is very popular with the locals, is famous for its unrivalled steak dishes. The Blue Island offers an extensive menu including fresh sea food, which coming from this seafront restaurant can be guaranteed to be the freshest around.

1. The Chesters Bar and Restaurant, Limassol
   The Chesters is hailed by locals as one of the most relaxing and friendly restaurants on the island. The Chesters caters for a wide variety of customers, from those who enjoy their sushi dishes to those who come for their renowned beer festivals.

1. The Psarolimano Fish Tavern, Larnaca
   The Psarolimano Fish Tavern has been an established business on the island since it opened in 1975. Offering a variety of fish mezes made from fresh local fish, Psarolimano is the place to go for an unbeatable fish dish.
2. The Lofou Tavern, Lofou
   This traditional little tavern is approximately fifty minutes away from Limassol. The Lofou is reputed to be a favourite spot with visiting officials to the island and the service and the quality of the authentic Cyprus cuisine is truly outstanding.

1. The Blueberries Restaurant, Ayia Napa
   The Blueberries Restaurant was set up by two British chefs who came over to Cyprus in 1985. The Blueberries offer top British food with a Cypriot twist, using the freshest of locally sourced ingredients.

1. Maryland at the Mill, Kakopetria
   This is a fantastic place to enjoy fresh trout from the trout farm while sitting in the sun on the terrace of this beautifully restored seventeenth century mill. The recipe for the "yellow sauce" which is served with the trout is an age old secret of the family who run the Maryland at The Mill, but is reputed to be absolutely delicious.

1. The Nissiotis Beach Restaurant, Famagusta
   The Nissiotis Beach Restaurant is well known for its generous portions, its extensive menu and for having a wine to suit any dish. Enjoying a meal in the beachside restaurant would be a most pleasurable experience.

1. The Kyprion Gevseis in Limassol
   The Kyprion Gevseis is proud of its authentic Cypriot cuisine. The top quality meals, great service and in-house entertainment is what has locals and visitors alike returning again and again.

1. The Mandra tavern in Paphos
   The Mandra tavern, which was established in 1979, was built with beautiful, naturally shaped stone and rock, the result of which provides locals and visitors with a beautiful and restful place to enjoy top quality local cuisine.

1. The Menelaos Restaurant in Paphos
   It would be worth catching one of the many cheap Monarch flights to Cyprus to visit the well-known Menelaos restaurant - a beautifully cool place to eat after a hot day of sightseeing, due to the premises being fully air conditioned. Where better to get out of the sun and enjoy a selection of savoury meze dishes amongst other fine local cuisines.

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For more information contact Robert Foulkes atRobert.Foulkes@Monarch.co.uk, or on +44-(0)1582-398122.