Advantages: Antiquity, architecture, atmosphere Disadvantages: Cut in two
The Saray Hotel is rather unprepossessing from the outside. Clad in a dingy grey on which its name is emblazoned in orangey-red lettering, it might have looked trendy when it was built around 1960, but not since. Just eight storeys high, it doesn't even seem very tall.
Still, we had been told that it was the place from which to obtain the best view of Nicosia (or Lefkoşa, as the Turks prefer to call it), so we paid our YTL4 (£1.50) each to go up to the rooftop terrace. Since this fee also entitles you to a drink at the bar, it's not bad value. And the view lived up to its billing, which perhaps only emphasises how few tall buildings there are on the northern, Turkish side of the city. On the Greek Cypriot side, quite a few were visible, if mostly located some way out from the centre. The Turks claim that the Greeks ...
torr 16.04.2007 (23.04.2007)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Nicosia (Lefkosia)
Advantages: Interesting green line, healthy nightlife, many good restaurants Disadvantages: Not for beach worshippers, or soldier haters
Last summer I went to Cyprus to visit some family for the first time. I am half Cypriot, but have been brought up by my English mother and English stepfather in a fully English family since the age of 2. I went to Nicosia to more fully explore the capital of the country that my father came from.
There are two sides to Nicosia. The old town is at the centre, and is fully pedestrianised. Here is where the bulk of the night life is to be found. There is a wide selection of pleasant restaurants tucked away in little alleys, in addition to a number of bars and nightclubs.
Further out from the center, the town becomes mouch more modern in style. The "coolest" area is near the Kiss FM radio station, around which a selection of bars and fashionable clothes shops provide the habitat for the young upwardly mobile, fashionable local ...
Advantages: Always one close by, quick turn out, children are welcome and catered for. Disadvantages: Toilets can be quite disturbing, not all dishes taste as good they are described.
Harvester RestaurantsRestaurant Reviewed: Stag and Hounds
Winchester Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
(next to Comet and Home Base)
The Harvester chain of Restaurants have over 2000 outlets across the United Kingdom and owned and operated by Mitchells and Butlers, who claim to be the UK's leading operator of managed pubs, bars and restaurants. Harvester claim to offer healthy eating, drinking and entertainment in one reasonably priced outlet.
**** Parking and Getting a Table *****
As with most of the Harvester's I have visited, there is usually ample free parking at the rear of the establishment. However on Saturday evenings and Sunday lunch times these places are heaving with customers, so avoid the crowds, go early and if possible ring and reserve a table. The Stag and Hounds is no exception but fortunately ...
Product Information for "Abu Faysal Restaurant, Nicosia" »
Product details
Long Name
Abu Faysal Restaurant
Type
Lebanese
Continent
Europe
Country
Cyprus
City
Nicosia
Address
31 Klementos Str., Nicosia Cyprus
Telephone
00357 2276 0353
Manufacturer's product description
Abu Faysal is a Lebanese restaurant located in the heart of Nicosia, Cyprus. It is the ideal place for meeting family, friends and business associates over a really tasteful lunch or dinner. Excellent Lebanese food, selected wines and drinks, home made sweets and ice-creams, personal service and attention in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
