Name: Demosthenes Garden Tavern
Address: Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa & Protaras, CY
Price range: €€
Rating: 4.5

Demosthenes Garden TavernA long-standing garden taverna locals point tourists to for honest meze away from the strip.Cypriot meze · Tavernas · Ayia Napa (Off the square) · ★ 4.5 (1700 reviews) · €€Known for Meze & souvla.Why Demosthenes Garden Tavern makes the listAsk around Ayia Napa for cypriot meze and Demosthenes Garden Tavern keeps coming up. A long-standing garden taverna locals point tourists to for honest meze away from the strip.A 4.5-star average across well over a thousand public reviews puts it firmly on the shortlist for Ayia Napa.What to order & what to expectThe thing to order: meze & souvla. This is traditional Cypriot eating: charcoal, clay ovens, village wine and plates meant for sharing. Come hungry — meze here is a marathon, not a sprint.Where it is & when to goDemosthenes Garden Tavern is in Off the square, Ayia Napa. Ayia Napa packs a lot into a small grid: the medieval monastery square at its heart, the bar strip fanning out around it, Nissi Avenue running west towards the famous beach, and the harbour and sculpture-park headland to the south. Nothing in town is more than a few minutes apart by car. Cypriots eat late; go from about 8pm for the full atmosphere, and book ahead on summer weekends — good tavernas fill with local families, which is exactly the sign you want.Good to know

If meze is on the table, pace yourself — the grilled meats land last.

Ask what’s from the charcoal today rather than sticking to the menu.

House wine by the carafe is usually local and usually good value.

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