Casa Mespilea

Location is good, place is clean, the garden ia lovely. Near free parking

Casa Mesplea is a small and well kept secret on the very edge of Pafos Old Town. Very easy walk to a number of, restaurants, a couple of which are fine dining, although the majority are in typical Cypriot style. The food at the hotel is excellent and the eating area is delightful. Quite unique. Rooms are clean and tidy, and far from the square boxes you would find in the tourist hotels. Interesting and quirky. Perhaps a little tight for long stays but then again, you would not go to Pafos Old Town if you want to stay in your hotel. The staff are lovely, and are really helpful. If you ask for advice on restaurants, beaches, visitor attractions etc they will go out of their way to help. Would we go back.... Undoubted.

Had seen this bistro advertised on SoMe quite a lot and positive posting associated with it so decided to give it a try. Have walked past it many times not realising it was there tucked away on a link street in the old town. We were seated in the garden which was lovely, plenty of cover by trees & umbrella's with nice lighting adding to the feel. The menu is not huge but there is enough choice -often less is more! There was a complementary amuse bouche which was so tasty, really enjoyed it. This was followed by how made breads - one with carob which was near black and a lighter bread along with butter. Opted for the giant beans with feta and the stuffed halloumi to start, both were delicious and would order both again! For mains ordered the sea bass and the iberico pork, again both were delicious although I didn't try the pork as it is served with chimichurri. The sea bass was off the bone, 2 nice sized fillets which were cooked to perfection. There was a complementary pudding of orange cake, very sweet and moist which rounded the meal off nicely. Had a bottle of Sauvignon blanc from the Makarounas winery which was an ungrafted vines and single vineyard. It was a really enjoyable wine and reasonably priced. The bill came in at €98.50 which was well worth it. The waiter was very attentive, he checked that the amuse bouche didn't contain parsley, whenever my wine glass was low it was topped up and checked several times that everything was OK. Parked in the market car park which is a short walk from the bistro - there is no road parking around the bistro as it's on a pedestrianised link road off the busy main road, and the pedestrianised main street through the old town. Would certainly return!