Big Greek plates, saganaki set alight at the table and a buzzy, family-friendly atmosphere.
Greek · Tavernas · Ayia Napa (Nissi Avenue) · ★ 4.4 (2100 reviews) · €€
Known for Mixed grill & flaming cheese.
Ask around Ayia Napa for greek and Olympic Flame keeps coming up. Big Greek plates, saganaki set alight at the table and a buzzy, family-friendly atmosphere.
A 4.4-star average across well over a thousand public reviews puts it firmly on the shortlist for Ayia Napa.
The thing to order: mixed grill & flaming cheese. 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.
Olympic Flame is in Nissi Avenue, 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.
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