Greek-Cypriot
Piatsa Gourounaki
A lively, always-packed taverna built around the souvla and grill with a social buzz.
Known for Souvla & grilled meats
Stasikratous areaDirections
Island-wide · Updated September 2026
Best Restaurants in Cyprus
From charcoal-grill tavernas to waterfront fine dining in Cyprus. We ranked 40 Cypriot restaurants by their Google rating, weighted by how many reviews back it up — with prices and directions to each one’s exact location.
The shortlist
Top restaurants in Cyprus.
Sorted by Google rating and review volume. Tap any venue for details and directions.
Italian & Med
Quadro Restaurant
Refined Italian-Mediterranean plates and wood-fired pizza in a calm setting off the party strip.
Known for Handmade pasta
Limnara areaDirections
Greek cooking
Nameless Restaurant
A Greek restaurant on Protaras Avenue with one of the highest ratings in the resort: 4.8 on Google from over 1,200 reviews.
Protaras AvenueDirections
Cypriot meze
To Kazani
A village-style meze taverna locals send visitors to for endless small plates and real hospitality.
Known for Village meze
OrokliniDirections
Rooftop dining
Nubila Rooftop Restaurant & Bar
A rooftop restaurant and bar above Protaras, rated 4.8 on Google from nearly 1,000 reviews - the resort's best-rated place to eat with a view.
Protara AvenueDirections
Seafood & grill
Captain’s Table
A long-running Ayia Napa favourite for fish meze, steaks and friendly service.
Known for Seafood meze
Ayia Napa centreDirections
Farm-to-table Cypriot
7 St. Georges Tavern
A famed organic, farm-to-table taverna serving a daily-changing meze of foraged greens and garden veg.
Known for Daily organic meze
GeroskipouDirections
Mediterranean taverna
Poseidonio Tavern
A Mediterranean taverna in central Protaras and one of the most-reviewed places to eat in the resort, holding 4.7 on Google from nearly 1,500 reviews.
Central Protaras, off Syttarkas StDirections
Traditional Cypriot
Laona Restaurant
A tiny lunch-only spot serving honest, daily-changing home-cooked Cypriot dishes — locals queue for it.
Known for Lunchtime home cooking
Old town (Kato Paphos)Directions
Mediterranean
Dionysos Mansion
Fine dining in a candle-lit neoclassical mansion and courtyard — a special-occasion destination.
Known for Seasonal tasting menu
Old town mansionDirections
Meze & grill
Yiasemi Meze & Grill
A meze-and-grill taverna on Protaras' main avenue, rated 4.6 on Google across roughly 1,300 reviews.
Protara AvenueDirections
Cypriot taverna
Vangelis Tavern
A long-standing Cypriot taverna on Protara Avenue, rated 4.6 on Google by close to 1,300 diners.
Protara AvenueDirections
Levantine meze
Syrian Arab Friendship Club
A Nicosia institution for decades, beloved for generous Levantine meze served in a leafy garden that fills with big family tables at weekends. The menu barely changes and that is exactly the point — locals come back for the same hummus, falafel and grilled meats year after year.
Known for Levantine meze spread
Ayios DometiosDirections
Cypriot meze
Zanettos Taverna
One of the oldest meze houses in the capital, serving the same honest dishes since 1938.
Known for Chef’s meze parade
Trikoupi St, old townDirections
International
Sage Restaurant & Lounge
A design-led dining room lifting Ayia Napa beyond the strip with refined plates and a deep cellar.
Known for Fillet & wine pairing
Town centreDirections
Japanese & sushi
UMI Japanese & Sushi Bar
A Japanese and sushi restaurant on the fourth floor of the Grecian Park Hotel, looking out over the sea towards Cape Greco. Expect around €50+ a head.
Known for Sushi with a sea view
Grecian Park Hotel, Konnos St (towards Cape Greco)Directions
Home-style Cypriot
Mattheos
A tiny lunchtime legend tucked beside Phaneromeni church, where office workers and old-timers queue for whatever slow-cooked dishes came out of the kitchen that morning. Choice is limited and it winds down by mid-afternoon, but this is honest Cypriot home cooking at its most authentic.
Known for Daily slow-cooked stews
Old town, by Phaneromeni churchDirections
Bar-restaurant
Elia Taste & More
The bar-restaurant inside the Napa Mermaid Hotel & Suites on Kryou Nerou Avenue, east of Ayia Napa harbour. Around €20–45 a head, and open late.
Napa Mermaid Hotel, Kryou Nerou AveDirections
Steaks & grill
Limelight Taverna
A garden steakhouse running since 1979 — charcoal-grilled meats, flaming desserts and old-school table service.
Known for Charcoal steaks & flambé
Town centreDirections
Italian
Cavallini
A long-loved Italian on the Kato Paphos hotel strip for fresh pasta and pizza.
Known for Handmade pasta & pizza
Kato Paphos hotel stripDirections
Cypriot-Greek classics
Neon Phaliron
One of Limassol's longest-standing restaurants, a white-tablecloth stalwart that generations of local families have chosen for celebrations. The style is unfashionably classic rather than trendy, but the traditional Greek and Cypriot dishes are executed with real care.
Known for Classic Cypriot grills and oven dishes
City centre, near the old townDirections
Modern Cypriot
Ta Piatakia
Chef Yiannos Ioannou reimagines Cypriot small plates with flair — playful and beautifully plated.
Known for Pork belly & carob
Agiou Andreou StDirections
Cypriot meze
Kathodon
A lively meze house on Ledra Street where live Greek and Cypriot music keeps tables singing late into the evening. It is louder and more boisterous than a village tavern, but the atmosphere on a busy night is one of old Nicosia's great experiences.
Known for Meze with live music
Ledra Street, old townDirections
Cypriot meze
Karatello Tavern
A restored 1800s carob warehouse beside the castle pouring village wine over a generous meze.
Known for Full mixed meze
Medieval Castle squareDirections
Mountain trout
The Mill Hotel Restaurant
The restaurant of The Mill Hotel, beside the stream in Kakopetria with views of the mountains; diners on Google single out its fresh trout. Its Google rating covers the hotel and restaurant together.
Known for Grilled fresh trout
Milos Street, KakopetriaDirections
Indian
Koh-i-Noor
Widely rated the island’s best Indian — freshly ground spice blends and warm hospitality.
Known for Lamb rogan josh
Kato PaphosDirections
Mediterranean
Muse Kitchen Bar
A clifftop terrace with castle-and-harbour views and one of the most photogenic sunset settings in town.
Known for Sea-view set menu
Above Paphos CastleDirections
Mediterranean
Ammos at Mackenzie
A chic white-on-blue beach restaurant and bar — brunch, Mediterranean plates and sunset drinks.
Known for Beach brunch & cocktails
Mackenzie BeachDirections
Cypriot meze
Voreas Tavern
A taverna-meets-folk-museum serving a vast traditional meze surrounded by rural Cypriot antiques.
Known for Folk-museum meze night
Livadia villageDirections
Cypriot cuisine
Andama Tavern
A Cypriot-cuisine taverna in the centre of Protaras, rated 4.4 on Google across almost 900 reviews.
Protara AvenueDirections
Cypriot taverna
Pithari Tavern
A village taverna on Aphrodite Avenue in Kouklia, the village by the Sanctuary of Aphrodite, a short drive east of Paphos. Around €20–25 a head.
Kouklia village, Aphrodite AvenueDirections
Seafood
Zephyros Tavern
A Larnaca seafront institution for fresh-fish meze on the Piale Pasha waterfront.
Known for Fresh fish meze
Piale Pasha seafrontDirections
Fish meze
Vassos Fish Harbour Tavern
Serving fish by Ayia Napa's old harbour since the early 1960s, long before the clubs arrived, this family tavern is the town's most enduring institution. It gets very busy in high season and service can be brisk, but the fish is reliably fresh and the harbour-front tables are hard to beat.
Known for Fresh fish meze
Ayia Napa HarbourDirections
Restaurant
Yianna Marie Restaurant
A Protaras restaurant on Lefkolas Street, rated 4.3 on Google from over 600 reviews.
Lefkolas St, ProtarasDirections
Cypriot
Hondros Restaurant
A Paphos classic since 1979 with vine-shaded tables and dependable traditional Cypriot cooking.
Known for Afelia & village wine
Kato PaphosDirections
Mediterranean & Asian
Notios
Polished hotel fine dining by the sea blending Mediterranean and Asian flavours with style.
Known for Med-Asian tasting
Almyra HotelDirections
Trout farm cooking
Psilo Dendro
A Platres institution at the foot of the Caledonia waterfall trail, serving trout raised in its own farm to generations of hikers and Sunday drivers. The menu beyond the fish is simple and the room fills fast after midday, but few Troodos meals feel this rooted in place.
Known for Farm-raised trout
Start of the Caledonia trailDirections
Traditional Cypriot
Militzis Tavern
Famous for clay-oven kleftiko and charcoal grills, a seafront landmark for generations.
Known for Kleftiko (clay oven)
By the fort & seafrontDirections
Seafood
Karousos Beach Restaurant
Serving the day’s catch by the water, a short walk from Ayia Napa harbour.
Known for Fresh fish by the water
Ayia Napa harbour areaDirections
Seafood
Theo’s Seafood
A harbourside institution for fresh fish and seafood meze while the boats come in.
Known for Fresh-catch seafood meze
Harbour frontDirections
How we choose
Honest rankings, no paid placements.
Every venue here was checked on Google Maps — that it exists and is open, where exactly it is, and its current rating and review count (September 2026). We rank by that rating weighted by review volume, so a long-proven favourite beats a handful of glowing reviews. Businesses cannot pay to rank higher.
Read our full ranking methodGood to know
Best restaurants in Cyprus — FAQ
What is the best restaurant in Cyprus?
Piatsa Gourounaki is our top-rated pick — 4.8★ from 2,897 reviews, known for souvla & grilled meats. See the full ranked list of 40 options above.
How did you choose these restaurants?
Every venue is checked on Google Maps — that it exists, where it is, and its current rating and review count (last checked September 2026). We rank by that rating weighted by review volume, so a long-proven favourite beats a handful of glowing reviews. Scores move, so confirm the current one before you go. There are no paid placements — a place only appears because it earns it.
Where are the best restaurants in Cyprus?
Our highest-rated restaurants are spread across Ayia Napa, Protaras, Paphos, Larnaca and Limassol. Tap any venue for its exact location and directions.
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