North Cyprus Restaurants

  1. Guthrie's Bistro Bar

    Deirdre Guthrie, the owner of Gardens of Irini, runs a small restaurant in her gorgeous garden, serving freshly prepared food. And she cooks up a storm for dinner. The menu is normally a starter of gazpacho (cold tomato soup), or haloumi and tomatoes; the main is a choice of kleftiko, garlic and lemon chicken or sweet and sour pork; and for dessert you get ice cream or a fruit compote. Deirdre also serves Italian red and white wine, and makes a great brandy sour. Always book one day ahead.

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  2. Hill Top

    The one other restaurant in the village, the Hill Top, is open for lunch and serves OK food, although sometimes the chefs can go wild on the oil in their dishes. The menu has kleftiko, liver and onions and (an oily) moussaka on offer. Follow the signs from the village centre.

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  3. Horseshoe Beach Restaurant

    This place gets very busy at weekends with locals on a day out for a snorkel or swim followed by a lazy lunch of grilled fish or meats.

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  4. Huzur Ağaç (Tree of Idleness) Restaurant

    This is Durrell's famed Tree of Idleness. An atmospheric place where you can have a drink, but you're advised to avoid the tourist-oriented food.

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  5. Körfez

    The beach restaurant, Körfez, serves juicy kebabs.

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  6. Kybele

    Surrounded by verdant foliage, this place has the best views of the abbey in the village: it's right next door to it. While the food is good and service very attentive, you can also just have a drink in the cool, welcoming gardens and enjoy the soothing music.

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  7. Paşa

    A basic eatery at the end of the main village street, excellent for some lahmacun (Turkish pizza) and Turkish ravioli, which comes with a good portion of salad. Most tourists avoid this place for its lack of luxury, but for some homemade, tasty carbohydrates and meat, this is a treat.

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  8. St Kathleen's Restaurant

    Have a meal at St Kathleen's Restaurant nearby on the main road, where the meze, grills and fish dishes, such as tsipura (bream), are excellent and good value for money.

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