The best restaurants Troodos

This inn is an institution in Kakopetria. But it seems to have fallen asleep on its laurels in recent years. Not very well maintained, the hotel part is disappointing.

This tavern (Ταβέρνα Καμάρες) has a pleasant terrace and a stone-walled room. It serves good food that's both homey and inventive: cheese and tomato pita, fried halloumi with carob syrup, Santorini fava, spinach and cheese ravioli, pork in red wine, stewed lamb, etc. The establishment was awarded the Vakhis certificate by the national tourist board for its traditional cuisine. In the village, the same distinction was also awarded to the Agrovino tavern and guesthouse.

The "Platane" tavern (Πλάτανος) is the busiest in Pedoulas. Situated at the foot of a large plane tree and close to the prestigious Archangelos Mihail church, it serves sandwiches, pasta and omelettes as well as rather good Cypriot and Greek cuisine: grilled meats, beef stifado, moussaka, salads, mezzés, farmed trout, king prawns and fried calamari. Note that the owners also have four rather attractive and inexpensive apartments in a stone house to the north of the village.

The "Beautiful Greece" taverna (Η Ωραία Ελλάς) is run by a Cypriot actress and director from Thessaloniki. It serves Greek salad and its variants from Crete and Santorini, fava (split-pea purée), bouyiourdi (feta cooked with tomato and chili), soutzoukakia (meatballs with tomato and mint), grilled meats and a hearty mezze menu (two-person minimum and a little pricey) with assorted Greek and Cypriot specialties. Pleasant courtyard and options for vegans.

Surrounded by forest and bougainvillea, the huge 500-cover terrace is especially designed for large family banquets. Grilled meats, kleftiko, farmed trout, grilled mushrooms, candied and seasonal fruits.

Greek tavern. The owners hail from Epirus, on the Albanian border. They offer specialties from Tzoumerka, their home village: whole lamb cooked on a spit(ovelias), pork kebabs(frigadeli) and leek sausages(choriatiko loukaniko) served only on weekdays. Cypriot wines, large dining room and small terrace.

Restaurant with panoramic view of the Solea valley. Mezze menu and Cypriot cuisine.

Small, family-run tavern in the village center. On the menu: grilled mezze or mezze with sauce, souvlaki or moussaka.

This traditional tavern in the village of Vasa Kilaniou/Βάσα Κοιλανίου is well known in the region for its beautiful terrace and its grilled specialties. It serves very generous kebabs or veal liver accompanied by baked potatoes. The mezze option is inexpensive and hearty, with meatballs, stuffed vine leaves, small salads, hummus... The wines served come from the Argyrides estate. Just outside Vasa Kilaniou, in the direction of Omodos, the Ariadni tavern is also very good.