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Laona Restaurant

Traditional Cypriot

A tiny lunch-only spot serving honest, daily-changing home-cooked Cypriot dishes — locals queue for it.

Google rating (Sep 2026)4.7(871)
Price€€€€
WherePaphos
AreaOld town (Kato Paphos)
Known for Lunchtime home cooking
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Home cookingLunch onlyLocal
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Why Laona Restaurant makes the list

Ask around Paphos for traditional cypriot and Laona Restaurant keeps coming up. A tiny lunch-only spot serving honest, daily-changing home-cooked Cypriot dishes — locals queue for it.

With 4.7 stars from 871 Google reviews (checked September 2026), it is one of the better-rated places in Paphos on Google.

What to order & what to expect

The thing to order: lunchtime home cooking. 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 go

Laona Restaurant is in Old town (Kato Paphos). Paphos splits in two: Ktima, the upper market town, and Kato Paphos below — the harbour, castle and UNESCO archaeological park, with the hotel strip and old-town lanes in between. 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.

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