Protaras Restaurants

A very friendly setting, good service. Lula and the family make you feel very welcome.

The restaurant is always spotlessly clean and nothing appears to be too much trouble for the staff.

There is an excellent choices of dishes on the menu with something to appeal to everyone. My parents are not the easiest of people to feed when it comes to food but even they have a choice of dishes from the menu ... as does my vegetarian freind.

Favorite Dish: The chicken dishes (I've tried quite a few) are superb ... as are the steaks.I also love the salsa dip with pitta bread and the the buffalo chicken wings. Also of exceptional quality is the swordfish for seafood lovers. It is usually very tasty.

My favourite dish of all is the calamari el diabolo. It is a squid stew with a hint of chilli. Absolutely delicious. It's the only place in the area where the squid doesn't come in rings and served with chips.

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I arranged to have my dinner at the Sofa Sofa Restaurant while in Protaras and I came here with a friend.
My friend who knows well the place told me that it is a new restaurant, just a year old, and I should try it for sure before returning to Greece. She knows that I love checking on new spots and always love good quality food so here we are to check on this restaurant as well.

We did not have to walk much to get here since I was staying at the Odessa Beach Hotel and this restaurant is part of the group.
The night was beautiful, it was cool with the stars brightly shining above us and the lights at the restaurant were creating the best atmosphere with very soft pleasing to the ears music. The three or four couples and a group of friends who had come much before us seemed to be enjoying their dinner.

I did not expect to find gourmet dishes in the first place, and I was happily surprised with the quality, the huge portions, and taste of everything I tried. The service was fast and professional.

We started our dinner with a glass of white wine at first, and then we ordered a fresh green salad with salmon. It was really huge and colorful.
I try to eat light at night so I asked for the prawn dish with ouzo cream and rice and we finished dinner with an apple pie and some ice cream. Of course there were many other gourmet dishes to choose from, with a variety of meat dishes as well, but I try to avoid meat myself.

The food was so delicious, the atmosphere the best and if I had to grade everything I would honestly give it an A.
I urge people who love good cuisine to visit this restaurant. I did not find it expensive at all, and if you consider the delicious huge portions, the nice environment and ambience, the service and professionalism here it certainly worth every penny you spend here.

As well as having the opportunity to sample some excellent Cypriot cuisine, the waiters will often provide a demonstration of Greek dancing.

The service is excellent. All of the staff are extremely friendly and make you feel welcome.

Favorite Dish: There is quite a wide range of traditional Cypriot cusisine on the menu as well as steaks. If you want to try the local dishes, I would recommend the meze. This consists of about 20 different dishes for you to sample. Items usually served to start with are: tzatziki, taramosalate, halloumi, lountza, pitta bread, Greek salad, tahini and olives. These are followed by dishes such as kalamari, sheftalia, keftedes, souvlaki, dolmades, kleftiko, afelia, stifado and chips!
To finish off you will be served water melon.

All the dishes are cooked to perfection.

Be sure to wash it all down with a carafe of the local red wine. It comes highly recommended!

I tried one of the specials they called it Tavas it is like a stew and very tasty. My Grandson tried some of my meal and he liked it that much we had to go back the next night so that he could order it.

Favorite Dish: A local dish called Tavas

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Nikolas tavern is popular with not only tourists but locals as well and there are holiday-makers who would come from Ayia Napa to dine here. His tavern and restaurant opens after 18:00 but is kept closed at noon. Through the years he has become popular all over the district and repeaters keep coming to see him every time they return to the island. He is very friendly and a good-hearted person, with a beautiful family. His excellent cuisine is known throughout Cyprus.

“Kleftiko” is the most popular dish, unbelievably tasty and nicely roasted –cooked in the wood oven of the restaurant. His food absolutely represents the local traditional cuisine of Cyprus. He was telling me that there is a whole procedure to heat the oven daily to the right temperature. Portions are unbelievably huge and tasty, the place is very clean, the service excellent and I urge people who still don’t know Nikola to come and dine here just for once. I am sure they will return again and again if they are really lovers of local food. I found in him the authentic Cypriot, warm hospitality, and he does deserve to rank first in the area.

The two nights I dined here I had the opportunity to taste and try different dishes.
You can ask for “pikilia” -meaning variety. This is a nice opportunity to try different dishes in much smaller portions so on a coming visit -and I am sure there would be, to ask for the one you liked best to be brought in normal portion this time.

I highly recommend this tavern because it deserves it.

Nikolas Tavern and Restaurant is a few metres from the Capo Bay Hotel opposite a bus stop at Xenodohion Avenue Tel: +357 23 833084

It is the avenue where all the hotels are found. The word “xenodohion” means hotel in Greek.